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Table of Contents
- The Minstrel
Ksemendra, People's Poet
- The Chronicler
Serpentine Vitasta
- A Brief Study
of "Maya"
- An apostle
Ahad "Azad"
Spots of Kashmir
Kashmir Monistic Shaivism
Mankha & "Sri Kanthacaritam"
Nilamatpuranam and Kashmir
Nilamata Purana
& Pratyabhijna
Social Set-up
in Kashmir
Vedanta &
Kashmir Shaivism
Hindu Periods
Kaavya of Kashmir
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Table of Contents
by P. N. Walie
In 1968, I had an occasion to be
associated with a Swamiji in Chandigarh. He had
spent forty years in the valley. He was eighty
five and of Shankracharya Sect. Radiating a robust
health, he had remarkable mental agility and speed
in action. His face which was pink looked all the
more radiant because of following snow-white beard
and hair that reached his shoulders. Spirituality
or no spirituality, his very bodily features were
enough to draw attention of those who even passed
by him. So when he spoke, people listened. What he
said about Kashmiri Brahmins passed for
By virtue of his long
stay in the valley, he had developed an affinity
with Kashmiri Pandits. He would even join the
meetings of Kashmiri Pandits' association, when I
was its General Secretary. Once addressing a
Kashmiri Pandit congregation, he remarked, "
I am of a firm opinion that whereas Guru Nanak
looks after Sikhs in whichever foreign country
they happen to be: Shiva, the lord of intellect,
education, art, sciences and conjugal happiness
looks after Kashmiri Brahmins wherever they are in
India and abroad. They are being guided by Shiva
everywhere whether they acknowledge this fact or
not. I have an evidence to prove my point
regarding Shiva's grace to Kashmiri Brahmins. In
the wake of 1947 raid, I went round the places
which fell to raider's vandalism, in order to find
out the state of Shivalings in God-forsaken
places. Not a single Shivaling was
This statement put me to
thinking, and Lo! Among seventy odd men audience I
counted eleven who drew four figure salary; ten
who were gazetted officers, twenty owned houses in
Chandigarh (now there are about forty.) Out of
seventy men about fifty were graduates and above.
Most of them had come away from the valley after
1947 raid. With heart within and God overhead,
they had made room for themselves in a different
world outside their own.
When speaking rationally,
we do not take cover under religous hypothesis but
when reality is taken into consideration, one is
amazed while pondering over such statistics. Here
I shall refer to 'Illustrated Weekly of India',
which, about seven years ago, brought out a
feature pertaining to the Kashmiri Brahmins of
India. Its statistics showed that this section of
Indian Society from Kashmir to Kerala and Gujrat
to Assam consists of only one Lakh and fifty
thousand men, women and children. But in
proportion to this number this sub-clan of
Brahmins produced two Prime Ministers, two cabinet
ministers, one chief-justice of India, two general
secretaries of parliament, one chief election
commissioner and four generals ! 'Disproportionate
to its population are high-ranking civilian and
military officers, diplomats, doctors, engineers,
scientists, famous actors, businessmen, men of
letters, university teachers judges etc. etc. When
I was in active service, the Kashmiri Pandit
Officers in the Indian army, after independence,
outnumbered the Kashmiri jawans therein. If
attainment of positions of any section of Indian
society has any bearing on its social set-up then
the Kasbmiri Pandits in relation to their
numerical strength are far ahead as a social group
in our country.
Scattered all over India
and abroad in small groups they have organised
exclusive cultural associations. They publish
their own magazines. Observe typical Kashmiri
festivals. Hold biradiri elections. Celebrate
pleasures of one another and share the pain of the
unfortunate among them, wherever they happen to be
outside the valley.
Even the last solar
eclipse which turned out to be a scientific
fan-fare throughout the world threw up the name of
Kashmiri astronomer since dead. The fanfare of
first Indian Sputnik 'Aryabhatta' leads one to
realize as to why Kashmiri Pandit, in the valley
was, and is, called 'Bhatta'.
Under dispassionate
analysis, this reality cannot be relegated to mere
coincidence because, this social position in
relation to this microscopic section of Indian
society with its typical identity has been more or
less constant. It was about half a century ago,
when as a boy, I read Late Shri Anand Koul
Bamzai's 'The Kashmiri Pandit'. I marvelled at the
fact that those of Kashmiris who fled the valley
as refugees under various pressures, two or three
centuries ago and settled in the plains, had made
enviable positions for themselves. Less then five
thousand paior to indepenance these handful of
people had produced men of national stature, out
of sheer merit and became the very elite of Indian
society. Under British rule they earned the status
of being the blue eyed boys of the 'Raj'. In
administration, under British rule there emerged
in the plains Kashmiri Pandits of Knighthood, Rai
Bahadurs, Rajas, Rai Sahibs, men of I. C. S.
cadre, famous lawyers, professors of reput,
scholars, writers and poets. In education and
refinement, they were an aristocratic class by
themseleves. In the field af national politics
this negligible society threw up the people of the
highest social stature like the Nahrus, Saprus,
Katjus, Kinzus; and other dignitaries during forty
year's time span. In Lahore, Delhi, Jaipur,
capitals of the then princely states, Lucknow,
Allahabad, Calcutta and large towns then Central
India, Kashmiri Pandit was recognised as a man of
substance and respectability. Yet he retained his
identity. It is because of that we to-day
distinguish him from the rest and attempt to
analyse intrinsic powers to rise among crores of
Indian masses above the level of the average in
his social set-up.
So if this trait of
Kashmiri Pandit to emerge despite political social
and financial handicaps in land outside his own
appears to be a constant factor then there is
indeed some uniquequality in this sub-clan just as
there is God given fair complexion and bodily
features. Otherwise how in such a hotch-potch of
religions, castes languages, cultures, economic
disparities, illiteracy and other myriads of
disabilities prevalent everywhere in the plains,
this Kashmiri Brahmin is making his presence felt
now as before? To find the reason, I have to go
back to the the times of Martand Ruins.
Archaeology has ceased to
be a boring subject for all those whose hobby
happens to be general reading even regardless of
any special interest in history. From
archaeological findings lavmen enjoy co-relating
affairs of their heritage with what they are at
present. So the discovery that Martand Relics are
five thousand years old a discerning Kashrniri
Pandit straight away connects this Circa to his
traditional calender called in Kashmiri as "Nich-Patri".
It shows along with Christian Era, Vikrami Era,
Saka Era, the current year as 5056. A Kashmiri
Pandit, social and cultural age therefore, is
justified in the assertion that his is
consistently and persistently as old as the
Martand Ruins. Our 'Nich Patris' have been brought
out all along the ancient times down to the
present day without a break. "The Sapta Rishi
Samvat" of 5056 years that appeared to a
layman as an astral era has manifested in the
background of archaeological research a different
meaning in the terms of Kashmiri Pandits' culture
and their whole social standing. Thus, he can
examine this fact under the much condemned (and
justifiably so, Hitlerence theories and analysis
of races. In that cult a pure Aryan has God-given
attributes commensurate with geographical and
biological factors. This valley of Kashmir of
temperate zone, eighty miles in length and twenty
- three in breadth is peopled by a race which is
pure Aryan, not in mere aspects of natives,
physique but instinctive behaviour. In the whole
of Asia only this area, covered on all sides by
majestic ranges of Himalayas, has sustained this
purity of Aryan of creativity and initiative.
Historically, morally and politically, we are all
strongly averse to the claim of racial
superiority. But realistically speaking we cannot
deny under any pretext that the western world,
whose achievements we envy and whose way of life
we strive to follow, has been the leader in the
progerss of making and is currently regardless of
our spite. There appears to be no time in the
foreseeable future when the process Even Japan is
the jap we admire because for the last hundred
years and more she has gone the western way by her
own efforts to follow in the foot-steps of Europe
and United States where the pure Aryan abounds.
One of the foremost
qualities of the aforesaid race is the initative
in its intrinsic ability to turn to its use
available resources by its own genius under any
evironment, hostile or favourable.
Under this analysis, we
take into account the people who lived in the
valley of 80 miles by 23 miles in a geographical
set-up that made communication with the outer
world extremely difficult two or three centuries
before and almost impossible in the B. C. Era.
This state of being cut off and what the avarage
Kashmiri did on his own, within his available
resources and by his own genius to live with it
proves exclusive characteristics to survive and
retain his identity. This becomes all the more
pronounced when other classes of Indian society
placed in similar conditions and with available
natural resources have not been able to turn them
to their own use, on their own initiative. When
reference is to an average Kashmiri in relation to
an average individual of other parts of India, it
excludes those who have privileges of birth,
economic well-being, education or any other social
distinction. Normally it is a man in the street
and a representative sample of millions of
illiterate people whose economic condition
precludes any special feature in cultural fields.
Here in the valley, right
from copper age, the average man has on his own,
shown creative instincts, productivity,
originality and adaptability. The exploitation of
wood, the indigenous water transportation devised
so as to take advantage of gently flowing rivers,
the crafts, handi-work, weaving, floating
vegetable gardens, boat-craft such as 'Doon-gas',
'Khachus' (later house-boats), pottery
innovations, the 'Kangri' the type of cooking
hearth (Daan), foot wear out of hay, warmth
generating fuel out of tree leaves, all have the
stamp of creativity and adaptability. And most
important of all is the fact that these items are
out of available local natural resources.
Even in the art of house
- building Kashmir had devised special aspect of
construction which is exclusviely his own and this
has been profusely praised by construction experts
because such construction had outstanding features
of adaptality to extreme cold and earthquake prone
conditions of the valley. Surprisigly the cost was
less in relation to durability. For all this type
of exclusive requirement of life in the valley
since, ancient times, it has generally been the
genius and the initiative of the average man that
has produced the results which are tenable even
today despite mechanical life that has overwhelmed
countries ill around the world.
The foregoing is just an
illustration to prove the point that a Kashmiri
pandit being a pure Aryan has an edge over others
who do have availble to themselves the natural
resources which, if exploited on their own as did
the Kashmiri, would have definitely raised them
the level of backward sections of society about
which we read and hear day in and day out through
the media. I have had the opportunity to assess
the quality of the average man in many other parts
of India in comparison with average Kashmiri by
virtue of my All India Service. This quality of
adaptability, creativity and exploitation of
resources and situations towards his own good has
come in good stead for a Kashmiri Pandit. This is
an intrinsic trait. This has been the product of
biological and geographical conditions obtaining
in the valley over the centuries.
Besides, the Kashmiri
Pandit has a psychology which has been nurtured by
his religious beliefs of exclusive ritualism. As
education and the effects of environments mould
the character of an individual so do the religous
beliefs shape and formulate a collective behaviour
of a section of people which we term as its
cultural. So in the religious aspect of Kashmiri
Pandit's life, a reference is necessary to
substantiate this argument. To a Kashmiri Brahmin
upto eleventh century A.D. the reality that Vedas
were transmitted over 5000 years by 'Shruti' and 'Samriti'
from mouth to mouth must have been an inconvenient
process. He therefore, applied his quality of
adaptability to this aspect of his life. Pandit
Vasukura, the Kashmiri Brahmin was, thus the first
individual who reduced the Vedas to writing. In
evidence of this statement, I refer to para 2 of
page 2 of a treatise on "Vedic India" by
Louis Renou, the French scholar of Paris
University as translated by Philip Spratt in 1957.
Apart from this documentary authority I have my
personal experience right since my boyhood to have
perceived that our religious rites were elaborate
and always in the medium of Sanskrit accompanied
by manifold symbolisms, figures, diagrams, mud
improvis- tions, rice-balls, Kusha grass,
copperware, limestone, barley and various
techniques like, the "Shokh-ta Punshun"
at the time of births. Earlier the whole of this
was a 'tamasha' for me but after going through the
above named French scholar's work of research in
Vedas, I am convinced that Kashmiri Brahmin was
meticulous in performance of religious ceremonies.
Such process was common in every household and was
precisely as laid down in Rig-Veda five thousand
years ago. But elesewhere during my forty-five
years in plains, I have not witnessed such
festidiousness in performance at the function of
any non-Kashmiri Brahmin. Even in the process of
"Lagna" at the marriage functions the
Kashmiri Pandits' technique excels; i.e. the bride
and the bridegroom hold each others hands both
together go round the fire, whereas non-Kashmiris
tie the bride to bridegroom's dhoti who takes her
round as an appendage. In Kashmiri Pandits
procedure bridegroom and bride moving around fine,
hand in hand, appear as equal partners in the
journey of life. In the other case the girl is a
mere follower with no status of equality in
participation of life together.
Besides this aspect, I
have had the opportunity to be in almost all
British-time provinces of India which include
Pakistan and Bangladesh. I worked in Army Ordnance
Depots such as the one in Srinagar called Badami
Bagh Depot. In those depots throughout India,
local civilian labour (average Indians) is
employed. From the collective observance of
religious function of those average civilians in
the country, I have been able to note that whereas
Hindus of particular state or region celebrate
festivals exclusive to them only, we Kashmiri
Brahmins in the valley recognise and celebrate all
these put together. Illustrate this point by the
mention that in Maharashtra the greatest religious
exclusive festival is the fortnight of Lord
Ganesha. We also celebrate 'Ganesh Cheturdashi'
and a fair is held at 'Ganpath Yar'. In deep south
Maha-Shivratri is observed among wider range of
Hindu community. Kashmiri Pandit does it over a
number of days. In Bengal, Durga Puja or worship
of Maha Kali is an exclusive annual feature. We
also perform Durga Ashtami 'Havans' during the
same period and observe Maha Kali day in December
every year. Janma Ashtami, Navratra and Dussehra
being most widely celebrated in Karnataka, U. P.,
Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and H. P; in Kashmir
these are the festivals of equal importance.
Brahmin's New Year Day in the south is the same as
our 'Navreh'. 'Nag Panchmi', a snake worship is in
vogue in Central India; we observe 'Ananta Chodah'.
Baisakhi is celebrated in Hindi Belt but not in
the South. It is a festival in Kashmir. In certain
parts of U, P. and Bihar, 'Khichari' festival
coincides with our 'Kicha Mavas'. In Assam region,
worship of 'Ghar Devta' is common and we also
perform puja and offer rice and raw fish to 'Yach'
during the same month. In Jabalpore and Andhra
where female labour is employed by Ordnance
Depots, leave is obtained by Hindu women because
of the fast of 'Chandan Shisti'. Kashmiri Pandit
ladies observe this accession at a mass scale.
Diwali is common everywhere as in Kashmir. In
Kerala the thread ceremany is a lengthy affair
with the connected 'havan'. It is as elaborate a
performance in Kashmir. In 'Shradha' functions
rice-made 'Mool Purusha' other than 'Pindas' is a
common sight in deep South and the same is the
feature of a Kashrniri 'Shradha'. In Eastern U.P.
'Chandika hawans' are just like ours in Kashmir.
Despite having highest percentage of educted
members, Kashmiri Pandit sub-clan is the most
ritualistic among all the classes of Hindus, I
have had occasion to study in different parts of
India in relation to our religious life. All
religious proceeding, and temple recitations of
Kashmiri Pandits are unwittingly still in Sanskrit
even though we seldom wittingly or studied Hindi
or Sanskrit as a subject in Schools.
With all the above
mentioned religious background the Kashmiri is
respected for this trait by Pandit is secular by
disposition and other non-Hindu communities in the
rest of India. The Muslim surnames are an evidence
substantiating non-fanatical attitude of this
community. I am both a "Pandit" as well
as 'wali' and there are Kashmiri Pandits in India
whose surnames are Mullas, Sultans, Mirzas,
Durranis and Qazis. They have not changed in Kauls
or Dhars so far! There is no feeling of
embarassment whatever even though in the other
parts of India than Kashmir such names exclusively
identify Muslims.
In the light of all this,
Kashmiri Pandits settled in plains after 1947 or
earlier are, to my personal satisfaction in this
regard, above average, economically and
educationally with high sense of hospitality and
intellectual disposition when compared with Indian
masses in any part of the country and are proud of
their heritage. Their power of competition under
odds in the various walks of Iiie which are
peculiar to Kashmiris such as services of sort
professions based on education, modern sciences
and technology, is of very high potentiality.
Normally Kashmiri Pandits calculating mind which
over-rules emotion at the time of scoring over
others, is a determining factor in his struggle
for survival especially in places and societies
where he has landed outside his own state.
In this context, the
social set-up of Kashmiri Pandits in India has now
manifested a new pattern. There are easily
distinguishable two groups of this sub-clan,
difference between them has become pronounced
because after 1947 a large number of Kashmiri
Pandits left the valley and settled elesewhere in
India. Almost all of the present generation of
Kashmiri Pandits whose fore-fathers have
permanently settled in plains over last century or
so, do not speak Kashmiri even though they retain
much of Kashmiri culture. They speak, Urdu or
Hindustani regardless of the local languages of an
Indian State in which they happen to live and
thrive. They seldom arrange inter-cast marriages,
even though recently settled Kashmiri Pandits do
without inhibitions even intercommunity weddings.
This class of Kashmiri Pandits normally find
matches for boys and girls among the biradari
scattered over various states. They arrange
matches in towns and cities hundreds of miles away
from boy's or girl's home. But the culture,
tradition, religious functions, mode of marriages
are uniform despite being in different states and
far away towns of course other, socialites conform to those prevalent among the class who
have settled in plains after 1947. But these are
drastically curtailed. In this respect also I have
opportunity to study this sub-clan of a sub-clan
at their close quarters because I married in 1946
in a family of Kashmiri Pandits who had settled in
Lahore, a hundred and fifty years earlier. All
relatives on my wife's side and that of my
daughter-in-law belong to this social group. So
they refer to Kashmiri Pandits who have recently
come away from the valley and speak Kashmiri as
"Taza Kashmiri" whilst the latter call
them 'Purane Kashmiri.' For convenience sake I
have coined my own nomenclature. I demarcate the
members of either group as 'Typical', and 'Non-typicals'.
This terminology has been catching up since 1946
as it has obviated confusion in reference. I call
a Kashmiri Pandit 'Typical' if he speaks Kashmiri.
Those who have settled in earlier times and do not
speak Kashmiri, I identify them as 'Non-typical'.
My family, therefore, has a composite culture,
Typical and Non-Typical put together !
My personal knowledge
based on my relationship with this sub-clan of a
sub-clan is that those who are highly placed are
more or less cosmopolitan, but in many ways have
affinity with a Kashmiri Pandit as in early days.
In British India it was this tendency to help
fellow Kashmiri Pandit that benefited this class
by creating social net-work consistently for about
a century. If an uncle in Kanpur held a key
position he would see that his nephew in
Rawalpindi availed benefit of his being a
relative. And this sort of help members of this
social group gave to one another regardless of
relationship also contributed to their sustenance
as a class as well as to their emergence of a privileged
social entity in British time. The
British rulers were susceptible to their in-born
abilities and mastery over English language.
At this present juncture,
this social group has three stratas. The first
strata has already been referred to. The middle
one has retained the family tradition and a cult
of ancestors which are somewhat unlike not
distinct, except that of a typical Kashmiri. The
lowest strata is not distinct, except that it
speaks Hindustani or Urdu and the women do not,
unlike typical Kashmiri wear Punjabi dresses or
that of other states. All the three stratas have
no compulsions to stick to certain avoidable
formalities as typicals do, which include the art
of presentation of hospitality. Against this, the
typical Kashmiri copies Punjabis in dowery, dress,
other things and above all arranges inter-caste
marriages. Among non-typical Kashmiris, inter
community or inter-caste marriages, are only the
result of a boy or a girl having fallen for a boy
or a girl of other community. Parents or relatives
do not as a rule arrange such marriages. Even in
food habits, they have a creed of their own, which
is different from that of typical Kashmiri, a
Punjabi or natives of other states where they
live. But on comparison with typical Kashmiris who
have recently settled in plains the non-typicals
of middle and lower starta appear, these days, to
lack lustre in many fields of competitive life and
All said and done, this
whole idea of a microscopic distinct class as
Kashmiri Pandits in India can sustain its social
individuality with its God-given attributes in
case it retains by effort, its culture as well as
purity of blood. If that is to be an aim,
inter-caste or inter-community marriages merrily
arranged by typical Kashmiri parents work counter
to it. A sub-clan of a lakh or two numerical
strength among 70 crore people of Indian Society
does not take long to disappear as a group of a
distinct set-up. At the present speed, the
inter-caste or inter community marriages
accelerated by the compulsions of irrational and
bad dowry and marriage customs of the typicals as
well as love affairs of non-typicals, the social
identity of Kashmiri Pandit, in India will be gone
and forgotten, if not now, but here-after.
The reader may
justifiably observe that I have chanted only the
beauties of the good, of the social set-up of the
Kashmiri Pandits in India and not barked against
the bad; like a pianist, I have only touched the
keys that made my tune and have ignored the rest.
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There aren't many times that a New York football team could get thumped for three straight weeks and barely raise an eyebrow from the hordes of media in our fair city. Unfortunately for Tom Coughlin and the Giants, the Yankees wrapped up their season on Wednesday night. That means that there's no bigger story, or even a Jets game, to serve as a distraction from the mess that's been unfolding for Big Blue entering as they prepare for a critical game against the Chargers.
There's no way to soft pedal the importance of this Sunday's game for the Giants. The last three weeks have seen almost no positives in any phase of the game. The schedule got tougher and the Giants promptly fell apart, a scary state of affairs for a team that was expected to challenge for the NFC East title at the very least. Another loss will leave the Giants will be 5-4 entering the bye with no help on the horizon in terms of the roster or the schedule.
Coughlin isn't blind to what's on the line on Sunday at the Meadowlands. He's calling it a "one-game season" and called on the team's leaders to fix what's wrong with the team.
"Leaders are lifters," Coughlin said. "Normally what has to happen when a team does fight their way out of a problem, your best players have to show the way. The guys that are in the role of a foot-soldier, they will play and they will work their tails off. But what ultimately shows is when the guys that are recognized as your quality football players, they have to play themselves into a position where they are showing the way."
Two of those leaders, Eli Manning and Antonio Pierce, are singing the same tune, which is important. The message of even the best coaches can become stale over a long period of time, but that doesn't appear to be a problem with the Giants. That's good, because those issues can't be solved with tired war metaphors and speeches about leadership.
It's also bad, however, because it leaves a question about the talent level. That wasn't something that remotely worried the team entering the season, they were crowing about how deep they were to be honest, but it hasn't manifested itself on the field when faced with other talented teams. The defense looks especially vulnerable, especially to teams that have the kind of speed and athleticism that the Chargers will bring with them from California.
Is that vulnerability an issue of talent or is new defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan struggling in his transition to the top spot? Is Manning hurt, slumping or a victim of a diminished supporting cast? Two good questions and the fate of the season will be decided by Coughlin's ability to answer them.
Funnily enough, that's the best bit of news for the Giants. Coughlin has faced down more than one season on the brink since taking over the job and he's pushed the right buttons to keep his team from falling apart. If his luck doesn't run out, the Giants' season still holds promise. It ain't much to bank on, but it's just about all the Giants have going for them right now.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.


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text: Will Roeder Passes At 52 Cycle News Staff | May 18, 2011Will Roeder, the 1984 AMA Battle of the Twins Overall champion, and part of the famous Roeder racing clan of Monroeville, Ohio, died early Sunday morning, May 15, 2011, in Stein Hospice Care Center, in Sandusky, Ohio, as a result of ALS.He was 52.Roeder was a member of one of the most famous families in American motorcycle racing. His father George Roeder was one of the leading AMA Grand National riders of the 1960s. Will, and his brothers Jess and George II "Geo", carried on their father's legacy in racing. While his younger brothers were best known for flat track racing, Will made his name in road racing.He started racing the AMA Battle of the Twins Series shortly after the series was inaugurated in 1982. Will won the stock class of the Battle of the Twins at Daytona International Speedway in March of 1984 racing a Harley-Davidson XR1000 Sportster. It marked his first national win and it was an emotional one for the Roeder family. His father George wrenched for him that weekend and Daytona was one track where George had never tasted victory."That was a race my dad always wanted to win, but didn't," Will said of racing at Daytona, in an interview late last year with the Lorain Morning Journal. "I desperately wanted to win that race for him, and I did."Daytona was just the first of many Battle of the Twins victories. He dominated the stock class for two years, winning 13 races in the process. Will racked up so many points in 1984 on the Sportster that he earned the overall Battle of the Twins Championship.Will's brother Geo explained why his brother got into road racing in the first place."Will was a good flat tracker and motocross racer," Geo said. "But he had arthritis really bad from a pretty young age and it was tough for him to heal up from broken bones, so he got out of racing. He caught the bug again and went road racing instead, figuring that was a little easier on the body."After Will earned two Battle of the Twins stock class titles, the class was discontinued. He reemerged four years later racing the new Harley-Davidson 883 Road Race class. He was one of the top riders in the early years of the 883 class, scoring a podium at Mid-Ohio in 1990. After a few seasons in the 883 series Roeder again retired from national-level racing to focus on running the family's Harley-Davidson dealership in Monroeville, Ohio.In 2009 Will announced to his family that he had ALS, often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease. "He knew he had it for awhile, but didn't want to tell anybody," Geo said.In spite of battling with the disease for the last few years of his life, Will looked upon himself as lucky to have done all he had."I was fortunate in my life," Roeder said in a video interview last November. "I got to go to a lot of places, see a lot of things, meet a lot of people and make a lot of friends."Will was a life member of Harley Owners Group, American Motorcyclist Association and Airline Pilots Owners Association. He was also a member of the Harley Davidson Dealer Advisory Council, Sons of the American Legion, and was an instrument-rated pilot. Will enjoyed boating, golf, fishing, dartball, traveling, NASCAR, Bike Week at Daytona, and most of all riding his Harley. Will was magnetic, spreading his laughter, fun and mischief to his family and friends throughout his entire life.He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Julie A. (Moore) Roeder of Sandusky; by his children, Jessica L. and Scott Benfer of Monroeville and Brooke A. Roeder of Huron; by his grandchildren, Logan, Evan and Addison Benfer. Will is also survived by his mother, Jessie Roeder of Monroeville; and by his brothers and sisters, Paula Roeder-Fox and Steve Fox of Monroeville; George II "Geo" and Constance Roeder of Monroeville, Jess Roeder of Monroeville, Katherine "Kami" and Chris Luers of Cincinnati and by his half brother, John Best of Columbus.He was preceded in death by his father, George Roeder, in 2003.Friends may call 1-3 and 5-8 p.m. Thursday, May 19, in Walker Funeral Home, 98 West Main Street, Norwalk, Ohio. Staging for the procession to the funeral service will begin at 1 p.m. Friday, May 20, at the funeral home. The service will begin at 2 p.m. at Roeder Racing and Service, 3684 Ohio 20 W., Monroeville, Ohio. The Rev. James McClain will officiate.Memorial contributions may be made to Stein Hospice Service, 1200 Sycamore Line, Sandusky, OH 44857.Condolences may be shared at edwalkerfuneralhome.com.Share this:ShareFacebookTwitter Comments


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Assistant Attorney General Michael Tryon acknowledged that a 1974 voter-approved constitutional amendment says special screening panels need not submit more than three names to the governor for each vacancy. By contrast, the legislation adopted earlier this year mandates they nominate at least five unless, with a two-thirds vote, they conclude there are not that many qualified applicants.
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Each evening it's been me not saying much to WW and WW being very talkative, which is a reversal. I don't talk about my pain. Last night she kept shifting around in her sleep. Held my arm or my hand, wouldn't let go. I don't KNOW that she's involved in a real R. I still get the sense that she's holding a lot back until she visits her family in a couple of weeks. She asked this morning, "How do you feel about us?" (A real change.) I gave it some real thought, and said, "I haven't, in a while. I've been focused on fixing me." She nodded silently. Saw me to the door, gave me a long hug and a kiss.
I do NOT want to punish my wife. I think when she finally starts to really process what she's done, she'll come close to destroying herself on her own. Am I doing the right thing, by being this much of an 180 hardass?
"How do you feel about us?"
Sounds like she is fishing for reassurance. Make sure you are putting that on her. She was unfaithful, it is up to her to reassure you. Don't fall into that trap. I think you gave a great response.
Ultimtely your WW will either work on herself or not. At that point if you have worked through your issues you will be in a much better place to handle her implosion if that in fact happens.
Keep focusing on you and your needs.
You have to take care of your emotional well being. An unremorseful WS doesn't have our best interests at heart. I don't feel like the 180 is punishment and shouldn't be used as such. It is the best way for a BS to detach emotionally from the unremorseful WS.
With an unremorseful WS they haven't given you transparency. Maybe they haven't gone NC with the AP. Maybe the affair has gone underground (an aside, I find that term "affair going underground" kind of redundant), it would be best if you are emotionally somewhat detached so if the WS is "caught" again, it is not quite as devastating because you have been becoming emotionally devested from the marriage/spouse. You can hope for the best, but be prepared for the worse.
The 180 shouldn't be used on a remorseful spouse who is working/trying to reconcile wholeheartedly.
eta: To answer your topic title question, yes, you may have confused your WW. Oftentimes BS beg the WS to stay with us, as if we did something awful, and not them. Or, if we don't do the begging thing, the WS feels we should be and gets confused that we aren't.
[This message edited by SisterMilkshake at 4:27 PM, August 1st (Thursday)]
"Oh, why do my actions have consequences?" ~ Homer Simpson
"She knew my one weakness: That I'm weak." ~ Homer Simpson
You're doing the best you can in terrible circumstances.
I think you've only seen the very tip of the iceberg, and that the clinginess/need for reassurance likely stems from concern that you will find out more---and worry that you will leave if you find it out.
This is just a hunch, and I hope I am wrong.
Either way, I don't think you've sen anything resembling remorse---and that the 180 is still appropriate.
When she starts digging and offering and giving, then you might reconsider.
Right now, her confusion stems from the lies she's telling herself, not your confusion in the midst of a shattering experience.
I never did the 180. I was lucky enough to have the remorse right their in plain site form the second day forward. Yes I feel you should go slowly and yes I feel you need to make sure of what your wife is feeling. but don't make the mistake that I did and discount true remorse and good deeds. If those go over looked for too long the WS will slowly get the message that nothing they do will be good enough.
I got to this stage in my own journey and it was hell to get back out.
Through thick and thin we will survive but he gets only one shot at it!
For 2 weeks after DDay it seemed like genuine remorse on her part. She did EVERYTHING I asked and more to make me feel safe and make amends.
Then something shifted. Not sure what. But anger was mixed in and she started pulling away. She insists she's still remorseful, but I'm not feeling it.
Not sure what to make of it.
Just so you know, my WH did the same thing. The reason behind it was because I was too upset and fogged out to properly understand his intentions in the beginning. I don't think any BS can understand what's up or down at that point.
My IC helped a big deal in slowly pulling me out of my huge black hole and when I got there I realized I had made my WH feel like everything he had tried to do in those first 8 weeks was for not and that he felt like nothing he ever did was going to make up for the mess he created. Talk about the guilt shoe shifting to the other foot.
That's when I went and got medical help and started AD meds. I didn't want to all of the sudden be the reason why I drove my husband away from me instead of towards me.
When you are so unstable you don't think clearly. When you have PTSD symptoms you need to start getting higher help to stabilize yourself. This isn't your fault but your over active mind can drive you mad. Be kind to yourself.
When she offered her phone to me last night to check I said No Thanks, which surprised her. Just now I explained I didn't want the phone not because I didn't care, but because I was in the right headspace to trust her. She shrugged and said "ok, whatever." I asked, "That's not important to you?" She said, "I don't attach any feelings to any particular thing right now because things seem to change day to day."
Is that reasonable? Or should I launch into a super hard 180?
He told me he, at the very start was eager for positive action. But as the days turned into weeks and we didn't get any further ahead and I got angrier and angrier he started to feel like it was hopeless. He too was waiting for the other shoe to fall. What was the next trigger, the next thing that would come along to help me spiral out of control. He has confessed that those earlier days were the hardest on him too. he felt like he was failing me all over again.
It wasn't until I decided that it might be time for me to leave that he got his butt into high gear. He knew I was becoming stronger. I had never promised him that, at the end of our journey, I would still want to stay. I only promised him I would try to go forward with him.
I don't know what the answer is but it is helpful to start thinking not only that there is negative in your wife's actions but that their also might be positives. Yes she might very well be lying but the one thing I do know....she is still under the same roof as you and that is the most positive thing for both of you.
If we were living closer to her family I'd wager she'd be gone by now. Even if it's just for space. Hence the trip she is about to make Aug 11-17. I confess I am very worried about what that time apart will do to our already broken marriage.
This is YOUR time to get up, take a deep breath and take care of yourself without passing out or dropping dead..
You need time and space to stop the bleeding and clean your wounds so that the pain is more tolerable..
That is what the 180 is about..
Let me give you an example..
Pretend you are in this work situation..
You just found out that a close and trusted buddy of yours, for no reason, stabbed you in the back causing your good reputation in that community to be forever ruined..
It is a stretch of the imagination to think that you would respond to this betrayal by giving your friend a hug or immediately continuing the relationship as if nothing happened..
If there is to be healing you have to allow yourself space to figure out what the heck happened and why..It is natural to feel distant during this time..
IMHO a truly remorseful WS is going to sense that you aren't trying to punish him/her, you are just trying to breathe and process things...
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Try to measure the cogging torque on the same outrunner but changing the position of your rotor relatively to the lever (your graduated rule)
See if your cogging torque results are repeatable (for successive peak values CW or CCW) along the rotor angle.
Hi Fourdan
If you mean what I think you mean I have already done it. Using a 1cm drum wound with thread. A force was then applied to the thread until the rotor moved one "cog" and then on to the next etc.until it had revolved through a full 360 degrees. Am I on your wavelength?
How are you interpreting CW and CCW ?
Thanks for the positive suggestion.
Yes we are on the same wavelength ..
But I think (like some others) that the cogging (at no current) is not easy to measure with precision and repeatability and so not very representative of quality.
What about your results by figures versus rotor position and repeatability ?
For me if you test Rm (Ohm law) and no load rpm and current versus V, you have a good idea of any motor and can compare.
Looking at your test rig Helio, it would seem to me that there is potential for error if you are trying to measure 'cogging' force. As the distance from centre to the measuring link rod is small, the motor would need to be precisely aligned each time otherwise a small differential angle could be seen between each measurement. Any angle will affect the displacement of the actuator slightly, which I think may have significant effect.
I think an actual load test is the only useful way of measuring motor performance, though I too am surprised at the differences noted between 6, apparently identical motors.
I don't know, but suspect that these motors are not actually made in one factory, there are probably several, but many of them buy in the alloy and steel components from another supplier(s). Thus, the magnets and windings may come from other (possibly multiple) suppliers. As a consequence, the motors all come out looking alike with very similar specifications, but are not necessarily exactly the same.
Hi Louis
Working on some figures versus rotor position.You didn't say what CW and CCW are.
Hi Sparks
I am aware that the rig is not perfect and nor is the technique used during the tests.
All I can do is to be objective and do the same, warts and all for each motor tested
So I could not say for certain that my Gms/Cm are spot on, however the errors are the same for each motor tested and it is the difference between the motors that I am interested in.
The "feel" of the motors confirms that there is a difference. These are just my first attempts to put those differences down on paper.
Your last para says what I am thinking in a nutshell. You get what you get and the origional spec goes out the window.
I have spent some time reading past threads on the subject and also looked at some published papers on cogging.There is a 2002 thread from this forum in which a designer of very large motors describes the attempts to design out cogging (detent) to make the motors smoother to operate. He describes the downside of the changes as follows:
"The drawback is loss of torque, high detent motors have higher
peak torque and better efficency than low detent motors."
I can readily understand why this is might be so.
My tests are not looking at differences in different motors of different designs they a looking at differences in supposedly identical motors.
Therefore I have yet to be convinced that the 8 Grams/cm motor can give the same performance that the 19 grams/cm motor does.
Many thanks for you input.
Hi Jon,
I think we are broadly in agreement and can understand the argument for the higher peak torque for a given winding at a given flux magnitude.
But there's the thing that makes me think about the varied suppliers. Assuming that the motors have the same stator, rotor, shaft dimensions and materials (which may be an assumption too far of course), you might surmise that the 'air gap' between rotor and stator should be the same, at least on same models from the same brand. If that is true, unless i've missed something, then it really only leaves the quality, or perhaps the position of the permanent magnets to affect the level of detent. Thinking about that a little further, I guess it is possible for the material of the rotor and indeed the stator to also come from different sources and introduce another variable that could affect performance.
In terms of perfomance, lower detent levels can be balanced by increasing voltage/current, ie increasing the magnetic flux density to induce the required torque.
I'd be interested to see the results of a performance test between the 8gm and 19gm motors, at a variety of speeds and loadings.
Going to sit in a quiet room now 'cos my brain is aching ;-)
Thank you Sparks
And if the motor is increasing the magnetic flux density to induce the required torque then it is going to get hotter, waste more juice = less efficient ?
Have to do some more testing.
Thanks too for CW....thinking to deeply elswhere.
At least Louis did'nt have the pleasure.
If a precise plot of cogging torque were made, I think it would look something like the atachment.
It would show both +ve and -ve peaks, which would be of equal value.
The average torque, over one complete rotation, would be zero. This is regardless of the magnitude of the peaks.
Jon's test indicates only the magnitude of the peaks, and only one way. It gives an incomplete picture.
At the conceptual level, the notion that the average is zero should make it easier to accept that cogging does not influence motor performance.
To anyone who enjoys playing with test rigs, I suggest you make a torque balance.
Running a test and plotting the measured values helps you to understand your motor.
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...=645168&page=4 post 52
You are assuming that variations in cogging torque [between individual motors] are due to variations in magnet strength.
I suggest that variation is more-likely due to variations in the gap between the stator poles and the magnets.
The variability of the gap is the sum of at least three manufacturing tollerances.
The attached picture shows how tiny variations in three dimensions can produce a two-to-one variation in the gap.
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The vertical rig was unsuitable for the rotational measure so I came up with a Mk11.
I found a 10mm drum so the figures need to be halved to get grams/Cm. Gearing up actually made the process easier.
The benchtop stabilisers one axis the guide the other. A 10mm spacer goes in when the thread is wound on the far side of the drum.
The rest was just some steady and balanced thumb pressure!
The figures speak for themselves, ran out of time to do a full test, but you will get the idea, full results to follow.
Hi Peter
Yes I think magnet strength must play apart whether directly or indirectly.
The way you have drawn how the tolerences can stack up I agree must play a big part too. With CNC machining it should not be too difficult to control these but they can't or won't do much about under strength magnets except perhaps use them when they shouldn't?
I am trying to get my head around a posting you made earlier....
"At the conceptual level, the notion that the average is zero should make it easier to accept that cogging does not influence motor performance".
Yes OK it produces a moment of resistance to rotation then assists rotation and one balances out the other.
But am I right in thinking that motor strength is dependent on magnet strength, if there were no magnets at all then the windings could do what they liked and there would be no rotational force since one reacts directly with the other.
Maybe cogging does not directly influence motor performance but it just gives an indication of the condition of the magnets that do. A secondary situation ?
Thanks for your patience and your drawings. Jon
For the strength of the motor vs. magnet strength:
I doesn't seem to me that an average of zero is important.
After all, the ESC keeps the current driven magnetic field rotating at the rpm of the motor and makes the permanent magnets move to keep ahead (or behind) the rotating field - always on the up (or down) slope - never going over the top (or cogging).
So I guess that the peak strength of the permanent magnet is important.
At less than WOT the height of the individual peaks are not important -- don't even have to equal.
BUT, nearing WOT as one or more of the peaks is surmounted slipping will start to occur.
Okay, this is rambling - am I on the right track, eh?
Hi Walt
I think you are but then I am only the spanner boy around here? It's the Profs that you have to convince.
"At less than WOT the height of the individual peaks are not important -- don't even have to equal".
Interestingly from my measurements,they are not. I have averaged out the three readings I did for each station, then taken the average of all the readings for CW and all for CCW then taken one from the other.....I never get zero.
For supposedly two identical motors there seems to be rather a lot that isn't.
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I tried the HDMI adapter, and I didn't like it. First, it only output to 720p, which my TV at the time didn't support (only 480i, 480p, and 1080i).
The other thing I didn't like about it was that it got HOT --- and FAST!
I've had no problems with the component cables. If my TV did support 720p, I would have guessed that the there would be no "better result" visually. Since the most the Wii can output is 480p, upscaled or not, it's still a 480p image and shouldn't look better either way.
If you need a good pair of cheap third-party cables, you can pick one up for less then $6 usually from amazon: http://url.llaffer.com/component
[EDIT] Looks like the price did go up a little, it's slightly over $6. Still, cheaper than if you bought first-party cables from GameStop or Wal-Mart. I've had mine for almost 3 years and have had no problems with it.


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Party gatecrasher Gary Holgate jailed for punching Jamie Cook in Midlothian
A gatecrasher at a house party in Midlothian who almost killed a man with a single punch has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Gary Holgate, 22, had been on bail six times before the attack at a house in Gorebridge on 26 October 2012.
Holgate punched Jamie Cook, 24, putting him in intensive care.
Holgate, from Musselburgh, East Lothian, admitted assaulting Mr Cook to the danger of his life, leaving him scarred and permanently impaired.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, advocate depute Douglas Fairley QC told judge Lord Bannatyne Holgate already had a record for breach of the peace, violence and breaching court orders.
He has been jailed twice for assaults and is currently serving a 28-month jail term.
Mr Fairley said Mr Cook and friends had been working as beaters in the Pentland Hills and towards the end of the afternoon went to a house in Gorebridge with a carry-out.
Later they were joined by other friends. Mr Fairley said Holgate arrived, uninvited, about 22:30 and appeared to have been drinking.
He said: "The accused and Mr Cook began arguing in the living room. The accused then punched Mr Cook to the face, resulting in him landing on his back on the floor."
Holgate then left the flat and Mr Cook was taken to Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary.
While in the hospital's accident and emergency department Mr Cook's nose started to bleed and he began to lose consciousness.
'Significant scar'
A CT scan revealed bleeding inside his skull .
After an emergency operation, Mr Cook spent a day in intensive care. He was in hospital for a week.
Three days later he had to return to hospital suffering from headaches and swelling to his wound.
Mr Fairley said the surgery had left Mr Cook with "a significant scar" extending from his ear to the middle of his head.
"The injuries to Mr Cook were life-threatening in the absence of surgical intervention," added the prosecutor.
Solicitor advocate Krista Johnston, defending, said Holgate had expressed remorse for what had happened to Mr Cook and for causing an "extremely regrettable" injury.
Lord Bannatyne ordered the prison sentence to begin at the end of Holgate's present jail term and extended the time he will remain on licence, after his release, by two-and-a-half years.


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1. May 15
Kids explore a different book from the series by Mary Pope Osborne from 4 to 5 p.m. as part of the Magic Tree House Book Club at Oro Valley Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive. The event includes activities,
crafts and a discussion.
This month's book is "Stage Fright on a Summer Night,"
and participants need not have read the book to attend.
Registration is required for
the event, which is for children 6-10 years old. Free.
2. May 17
Bring the kids and grandkids to Oracle State Park, 3820 Wildlife Drive, for a day of ranger-led hands-on activities including making a leather-tooled key chain, planting seeds to take home, and learning to identify animal skulls. Stop by the "Ask Your Master Gardener" corner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with SaddleBrooke Master Gardeners answering gardening questions and presenting tips. Bring a picnic if you like. Both free with park admission: $7 per car or $3 per individual. The park is open year-round from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. 1-520-896-2425 or www.azStateParks.com/Parks/ORAC online.
3. May 17
"Oz: The Great and Powerful" is the featured film during the Movie in the Park at Dove Mountain Community Park, 12405 N. Dove Mountain Blvd. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Snacks and drinks will be for sale. The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. Free. 382-1950.
Arizona Daily Star


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Educational conferences for PBC and other autoimmune liver disease patients, family members, friends and those wanting to learn more about Primary Biliary Cirrhosis.
Every few years the PBCers Organization hosts a PBC conference, either National or Mini-conference. If you would like to submit a city for consideration, please read the following.
What we must consider when choosing a conference location:
- Price: Is the main factor. Maximum "average" hotel rate of $85 per night. Many hotels charge a higher rate for weekends.
- Hotel: Must have meeting space available for our friendship and speakers meetings at the same location, or directly across the street. We prefer the same location.
- Catering & refreshments: Must be available in meeting area.
- Hotel restaurants: Hotel has at least 2 restaurants or 1 restaurant and snack bar on hotel site. Room service also available.
- Major Airport: The City must have a major airport, with good access to the city/conference location, or shuttles at a low cost. We try to keep travel time from airport to hotel less than 30 minutes.
- Activities and Attractions: Outside activities and attractions within walking distance or easy access for PBCers/family members/ friends to enjoy.
- Security: We try to set our conference in areas that are safe for those PBCers who wish to walk around alone or in small groups. But as most of us know, things can happen in even the safest areas.
- Good weather: We try to plan our conference during the months of March – June.
- Transportation: Activities within walking distance or free/low cost shuttles. We don't want our conference attendees to rent cars or use taxis for majority of travel in conference location.
- Medical facilities available: Distance of closest hospital & transplant facility.
Submit the following for the city you would like for the next PBC conference:
- If you would like your city considered for the next conference, please submit the following information. All the information must be included for consideration.
- Your name, e-mail address and city location.
- Why you think the PBCers conference should be held in your city and what it offers.
- Confirmed group rates for at least 2 hotels with meeting space available.
- Month and days of week the group rate would be available.
- Name and phone number of contact person who quoted the hotel rates.
- Hotel and amenities offered: Hotel must be large enough to accommodate our blocking 75-125 rooms.
- Hotel must offer 1 comp room for each 50 our members reserve. We normally use the comp rooms for speakers to help lower our conference expenses.
- Hotel must state the PBCers Organization has 30 days "prior" to our conference to cancel the unreserved rooms in our block, without any type of penalty.
- Meeting space must be large enough to accommodate up to 300 for sit down dinner. Catered meals & refreshments must also be available at the same location.
- The cost of meeting room space at various hotels range from $300 to $1,500. With the amount of meals and refreshments we order, we do "not" pay for meeting room space.
- The location must have the following equipment available for our conference to rent through the hotel: LCD screen, slide projector/screen/ VCR & large screen TV, mics, podium, electrical outlets in meeting room.
- Major airport facilities and airlines available.
- Shuttle and public transportation available including current cost.
- Activities and attractions available in your city. Distance from conference hotel/ meeting location.
- Medical facilities available. Distance of closest hospital and transplant facility.
- If the hotel has a printed planning package with the above information you can request this be sent to PBCers Organization, 1430 Garden Road, Pearland, TX 77581.
We must have all the above information to consider a city. Please mail the information to the PBCers Organization, 1430 Garden Rd., Pearland, TX 77581. Be sure to include your e-mail address.
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The following is an excerpt from Walking to Forest Grove, Copyright 2013 by Ken Bilderback. All rights reserved.
The events of November 1930 seemed out of place in Forest Grove. Just about midnight on November 20, with Thanksgiving just one week away, neighbors in the small farming community of Hillside saw flames coming from the farm of Clifford Thompson, who had moved to the town of Banks and was now ready to rent out his vacant farmhouse and barns. By the time Vandervelden arrived, the house had been consumed by fire, and flames were coming from a barn a good distance from the home. Turning their hoses on the barn, firefighters managed to save it with relatively little damage. It didn't take Vandervelden long to answer the two questions this fire posed: How did the vacant house catch on fire, and how did the fire spread to the barn? The answer was obvious, because the remains of the house reeked of gasoline, and the inside of the barn was covered with accelerants that for some reason had not ignited. In reality, Vandervelden would have guessed that this was arson even without those clues.
On Thanksgiving Day, the News-Times laid out the story and came to a startling conclusion. It seems that a few weeks before the fire at the Thompson place, flames had consumed another nearby vacant farmhouse and barn. Although he suspected arson, Vandervelden didn't find enough clues at the earlier fire to confirm it in that case. But then a few days after the Thompson house fire, crews were called to another raging middle-of-the-night barn fire in the same area. This time the farmhouse was occupied by its owner, Karl Schaefer, and was untouched. The fire, however, consumed not one but two of his large barns, which also were occupied, one with horses and one with cattle. This time Vandervelden was certain that arson was the cause. First, someone had released the livestock into the field. Second, the rubble smelled of gasoline. Third, Schaefer had a pretty good hunch about why he was targeted; he had just rented much of his acreage to Japanese berry farmers and he knew that some neighbors were unhappy with him for doing so. Vandervelden called in veteran Washington County Sheriff John Connell, but Connell dismissed Schaefer's concerns.
But when the News-Times talked to Clifford Thompson about this latest fire, he told the reporter that he, too, had just rented the farm to Japanese berry farmers. The vacant farm in the first of the arsons had been for rent, although the owner said he had not found a tenant at the time of the fire. Still, the News-Times uncovered racial animosity in the Hillside area, not far from where in 1923 the Ku Klux Klan had held its state convention, which featured a 70-foot-tall cross, illuminated by electric lights instead of flames. The recent influx of Japanese farmers had rekindled animosity, and the editors concluded that racism was indeed the cause of the arson spree. By now Connell agreed, but there's no record that any arrest was ever made. Regardless, the string of Hillside arsons ended at three, and the Japanese farmers went on growing berries, at least for 10 years, when they were sent to internment camps after Pearl Harbor was attacked at the start of World War II.


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Market for MEMS microphones takes off
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SAN JOSE, Calif. The MEMS-based microphone and speaker markets are taking off due to growth in consumer electronics products, according to The Information Network (New Tripoli, Penn.).
The market is set to reach 5 percent of the nearly 2 billion microphones sold worldwide in 2005 and is projected to grow to 15 percent of the nearly 3 billion microphones sold in 2008 a compounded growth rate of 240 percent, according to the research firm.
A similar growth rate in the speaker sector will propel the MEMs microspeaker market in 2008 with 500 million units shipped, the report said.
"Recent refinements in MEMS processing have resulted in the batch fabrication of low cost, high performance, miniaturized condenser microphones," according to the report. "In certain applications, this device offers specific advantages over traditional ECMs. MEMS products utilize robust processes from the semiconductor industry to make a wide variety of electronic devices smaller, more reliable and cheaper to manufacture."
Knowles Acoustics has emerged as the top worldwide provider of MEMS acoustic components with nearly 100 percent of the market, according to the report. In 2004 the company signed a deal an agreement with MEMSCAP to garner silicon microphone wafers.
In May, Knowles signed a definitive manufacturing and supply agreement for MEMS wafer services with Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Corp.


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Citric Acid
Derived from citrus fruits, citric acid is a natural preservative that enhances foods and beverages with a bright, acidic tang. A sprinkling of this tart powder is one of the easiest and most effective ways to keep cut fruits looking fresh and appealing.
- Use this tangy powder as a natural preservative or to add a vibrant sour flavor to foods
- Sprinkle to prevent them from browning of fruits
- Try citric acid as a convenient substitute for fresh lemon juice or vinegar in marinades and sauces.
- Home brewers and cheesemakers will find citric acid useful in their favorite recipes.
- Citric acid is also known as "sour salt," due to its physical resemblance to table salt.
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[JURIST] The Somalia transitional government [official website] offered amnesty Tuesday to the former Islamic extremist group that controlled the capital of Mogadishu [JURIST report] last year. The declaration was announced hours after an assassination attempt [Reuters report] against presidential spokesman Hussein Mohamed Mahamud "Hubsired." The government announced that the move was intended to foster a sense of good will before its scheduled July 15 reconciliation talks with the Islamic Courts Party [BBC profile]. It has not yet been announced how many prisoners will be pardoned.
In January, the transitional government began imposing martial law [JURIST report] over areas under the government's control, two weeks after martial law was approved by parliament [JURIST report]. Somalia has suffered through an internal civil war and several failed peace talks since the collapse of civilian government in 1991. Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi [BBC profile] has survived three assassination attempts in recent months. AP has more.


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If there is one thing that really makes my blood boil, it is smug, rich people coming up with arguments as to why people who are barely surviving on what they earn should not be paid more. These people are disgusting human beings. I honestly cannot understand how you can be so lacking in basic human decency that you think that it is actually a good thing for people to live in constant anxiety about how to make ends meet. The fact that children are also among those affected does not seem to bother them in the least.
Jon Stewart takes a look at the arguments that these people offer and marvels that anyone could say such things.
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If I piss (technical term) someone off I apologize in advance! I my humble opinion H.F. makes disposable tools.... Use them a few times and throw them away.... Great prices on many things beating the heck out of anyone's prices... There is a reason for that. They are great for the very casual user but to risk your $3000.00 to $5000.00 investment (or more) for your tower, rotor and antenna's on a cheap winch is ludicrous. Remember "You get what you pay for" Me.. I prefer to pay the price for the investment that I have! 73 Larry WA9VRH ----- Original Message ----- From: "EZ Rhino" <email@example.com> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <firstname.lastname@example.com> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Harbor Freight WInch > DO NOT!!!! buy the Harbor Freight version of that winch! Total garbage, > won't last a week. The worm gear will wear the teeth right off the lousy > unhardened ring gear. Just ask AB7E if you want a second opinion. :-) > > Chris > KF7P > > > > > > On Jul 12, 2010, at 16:15 , Gil Woodside wrote: > > Thats the winch I put on my tower. Very smooth and easy to crank. Well > worth > the $70. > > 73, > Gil > WA1LAD > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Wolf" <firstname.lastname@example.com> > To: <firstname.lastname@example.com> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 5:58 PM > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Harbor Freight WInch > > >> You might consider a worm gear winch. It won't spin out of control if >> your >> hand sides off the handle. It's also very simple to hook up a 1/2 or 3/4 >> hp >> motor. >> >> http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/detail.ex?sku=0501555&ucst=t >> >> Jim, KR9U > > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > email@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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Getting ThereSix days into our 2012 Sierra Scree and Talus Tour, Ruvicha, Brian (still needs to join and get a Summitpost alias) and I were eager to nail a summit. The Sierra had not been kind, with shaky weather plus our aversion to being on mountain tops with graphite hiking poles leading us to turn back from a couple of summits. The most frustrating was Basin Mountain: two of us ascended to within 500 vertical feet of the summit when the snow/hail mix began. Five minutes later, the thunderclaps validated our decision to bail and head down.
We had originally planned to attempt Boundary Peak via the Trail Canyon route. But the White Mountains brochure we picked up at the Bishop Forest Service Visitor's Center noted that, with a four-wheel drive vehicle with high clearance and a narrow wheel base, one could drive to the trailhead for the Queen Mine route, which would start almost 1,000 feet higher and be shorter than the Trail Canyon route. We had such a vehicle, so adjusted our plan and headed for the Queen Mine.
As described in dshoe's route page, when coming from Bishop, we found the cut-off for the Queen Mine route two miles after crossing the California/Nevada border, immediately across Highway 6 from an abandoned ranch.
The Hike to Trail Canyon SaddleWe arose before dawn the next morning and hit the clearly marked trailhead – above and to the southwest of the saddle – about 6:25 am. The trail rose sharply in a series of switchbacks, climbing 900 feet to an altitude of about 10,700 feet in the first mile. But it went fast, at least for us. By 7:00 am we gained our first view of Boundary Peak; shortly thereafter, the trail sidehilled over and onto the south side of the ridge.
Climbing Boundary PeakBy 9:10 am, we had covered an additional .6 miles and gained another 1100 feet and had regained a view of Boundary Peak' summit. It loomed closer than before but still a way away and 1200 feet above us. The viewpoint provided another good rest stop.
About 300 vertical feet from the top, we met a couple from Colorado who had just summited and were heading down. They ignored our suggestion that they return with us to take a picture of the three of us on top – geez, normally you meet such nice people in the mountains (☺) – but continued down and on to Las Vegas. I made it to the top just after 11:00 am and got great pictures of Ruvicha and Brian as they summited.
We lingered for 30 minutes, taking in the views. We looked across the traverse to Mt Montgomery, which seemed to be a rather tough and challenging slog. Boundary Peak would do. With clouds beginning to roll in, we took some last pictures and started down about 11:40 am.
The DescentThe descent went relatively fast (for us), though we took care with footing, especially when a hailstorm shortly after we had left the summit. It made some boulders a bit slick, but the footing on the trail remained generally good. Just after leaving the summit, we ran into three other hikers, who had ascended the Trail Canyon route. We told them they were almost to the top, but we declined to return with them to take their picture – yeah, yeah, normally you meet such nice people in the mountains.
By 1:20 pm, we were back at the Trail Canyon saddle. From there it was a relatively fast walk back to the campsite and the Kennedy Point saddle, which we arrived at about 2:20 pm – just in time to bolt into the car when a huge downpour opened up. At eight hours roundtrip, we certainly set no speed records, but it was a fun hike and gave us our summit for the week.
All in all, a day well spent. Boundary Peak is kind of a rock pile, and the scenery doesn't come close to what we have seen in the Sierra – few trees, no mountain meadows, creeks or lakes. But it is Nevada's highpoint and a nice summit to tag.


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White House press secretary Josh Earnest refused to say whether or not the Obama administration thinks the border is secure, despite being repeatedly pressed on the question at Wednesday's daily briefing.
"Is the border today secure?" asked Fox News' Ed Henry.
"The issue we're seeing today at the border—," Earnest said before being interrupted by Henry.
"Is the border secure?" Henry pressed.
"Well, I will tell you there are more resources that are dedicated to this border right now, and securing it, than there ever have been," Earnest replied. "The issue that we're seeing right now is not individuals attempting to evade detection by Border Patrol, what we're seeing right now are people coming to the border and turning themselves over to Border Patrol."
Henry then asked if the White House agreed with Senate Majority Harry Reid (R-Nev.) who proclaimed the border "secure" Tuesday.
"Do you agree with that?" Henry asked.
"The administration under the president's leadership has dedicated significant resources to securing the border," Earnest said. "Here's what I would say to those Republicans who are concerned about border security. There is an historic investment in border security resources included in the bipartisan bill passed by the Senate. So those in the House who are concerned about border security should be the champions of common-sense immigration reform."
"So it is hard to take seriously the concerns of those who say the border is not secure while blocking a piece of legislation that's already passed the Senate that would actually invest in securing the border," he continued.
Henry, still not satisfied with the answer, asked one final time if the White House views the border as secure.
"They're saying its not secure, the Republicans," he said. "You're saying it is secure?"
"They're saying its not secure and blocking a piece of legislation that would make an historic investment in border security," Earnest answered.
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Nearly £500 million could be wiped off the value of tenant farms in Scotland if proposed legislation is introduced in its present form, ministers will be told today.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors fears that in the "worst-case scenario", the value of one million hectares of tenanted land could drop by up to £480 million because of a controversial amendment to the Agricultural Holdings Bill.
The measure, introduced by Rhoda Grant, a Labour MSP, would allow tenant farmers to assign a tenancy to somebody else. At present, a landlord can expect to regain vacant possession of tenanted farms when the point is reached at which an elderly tenant has no successors.
But landowners fear the amendment would create a never-ending secure tenancy that would stop them regaining the land.
The institute has given a warning of the potentially-damaging effect of the move in a letter to members of the rural development committee who will discuss the Bill today.
Andrew Hamilton, chairman of the institute's working party on agricultural holdings, said: "A lot of farmers are expecting to hand over their farms to their children but their children don't want to take them over, preferring to move into other careers.
"This has meant that a lot of land has been coming back to landlords. If this amendment was carried as part of the Bill, the chance of a landlord ever getting his land back would disappear completely. It would drop the bottom out of the agricultural land market."
Another amendment from the same MSP would force owners to pay a tenant 25 per cent of the value of the farm if he decided to stop renting it.
"It's never been the case that a tenant paying rent gets a portion of the capital value," said Mr Hamilton. "A lot of people are worried that if they start messing around with leases like this, what will happen to shops and offices and other leases?"
Landowners also expressed concern about a last-minute amendment from ministers that would allow a farmer in a "limited partnership" agreement with a laird - unlike a secure tenancy, it runs for a fixed period - to go to the Land Court if he thinks the agreement is ended unfairly.
If the Land Court decided the landowner had acted unreasonably, it could convert the partnership to a secure tenancy - once again removing any prospect of landowners regaining their land. A spokesman for the Scottish Landowners' Federation said the proposal was "hugely worrying".
He said: "If you rented your house for six months you would expect to get it back after six months and not to lose it forever. If this measure resulted in limited partnership agreements being converted to secure tenancies it would be disastrous for landowners and would half the value of an awful lot of land."
However, it was unclear last night whether the measure was intended to be as draconian as some owners fear. Mr Hamilton said he believed it was an interim measure - it would be effective from today - to stop landowners cancelling partnerships before the new legislation is enacted.
He said the measure was worrying, but he thought it was unlikely the Land Court would find that a landowner had behaved unreasonably if the limited partnership had run its course, and if the owner then offered a further deal.
It was more likely to take action if an owner unilaterally stopped a partnership before its expiry date.
The latest amendment followed claims from Fergus Ewing, the SNP MSP, that some landowners were behaving "disgracefully" by terminating partnerships early to escape the effects of the Bill.


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