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Here in the UK debate has sparked after a petition was started to reinstate the death penalty. The vast majority of people seem to be against it, and I'm against it personally, so it most likely will get no where (not to mention that it's illegal under EU law). It also seems to be supported by the Christian right, although obviously they are at no where near the strength here in the UK as they are in the States.
With America being one of the few 1st world countries that still have the death penalty and this being a largely American dominated forum, I thought it would be interesting to see if there is a difference of opinion on here. Can the death penalty ever be justified?
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We may have the 'Death Penalty' in the USA, yet you'd be surprised how little it is actually carried out. Firstly, it's expensive because of all of the appeals that the taxpayers have to support before it can be finally carried out. Secondly, the "Christian Right" actually doesn't support it here as much as you may surmise, because killing is a "Sin."
However, I feel that it should be utilized, especially if someone is convicted of taking another life that was not in self-defense. Premeditated murder is proof that someone is either criminally insane or anti-social, and they have forfeited their right to live. Like a cancer they should be excised from society by death, or a lifetime of medical research as a lab rat to discover why they committed an atrocity. They should never be allowed to re-enter society since they have proven that they cannot respect another person's right to live. In short, if they are guilty then they have discarded their own life to taking another. People are not found guilty by accident ans mistake with the laws constructed to protect criminals as they do (see the recent Casey Anthony Case), and with the advances in DNA and crime scene evidence extraction the proof that someone is guilty should be enough to convict a criminal and have that sentence carried out.
Would you suffer to support the life of someone in jail, enjoying light labor, free cable in the cell, and free meals for years on your tax dollars after having killed your a parent or child? Criminal activity should be punished, and killers need to be permanently dealt with so that their DNA is not perpetuated (if it is the cause) or their behavior (nature) is inflicted upon a child to have them grow to be a killer like their parent. There is nothing wrong with the death penalty, there is no moral standard that should oppose it, it is merely a way to clean society of a cancer that should be removed for the good of that society...
I go back and forth on Capital Punishment all the time.
On the one hand, the system is so screwed as to be almost unfixable. So many innocents are murdered with Capital Punishment every year that it's almost not worth it.
On the flipside... I'm sorry, but I don't want my tax dollars going to give a proven serial killer or rapist a roof over their heads, free cable, free food, and any kind of social life whatsoever. I would honestly rather my taxes go towards these people's deaths. I don't care how "mentally sick" a person is. If they've taken numerous lives for no real reasons, or they've gone around raping women (or men, or children... or all of the above), again, for no real reasons, then I would rather they be killed.

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RAPID CITY - A 22-year-old South Dakota man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for beating a sleeping man to death with a baseball bat on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The Rapid City Journal reports that Kyle Yankton was sentenced in federal court for killing 23-year-old Pablo Galindo while Galindo slept in his girlfriend's home last June. The girlfriend is Yankton's ex-girlfriend.
Prosecutors reduced the charge to second-degree murder as part of a November plea deal.
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Amazon appears to be learning a big lesson from its nascent, $500 million advertising business: It's a lot easier to make money if you're not selling physical stuff.
Reuters examined Amazon's profitability outlook and found that the company's real growth is not going to come from selling books and toys.
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Amazon's physical warehouses are legendary: vast, football field-sized storage units jammed with towers of boxes and fleets of palette trucks. That's expensive to maintain.
This explains why Amazon is so keen to develop its own TV programming business, which we noted CEO Jeff Bezos talked up yesterday in his Q1 2013 earnings statement. The shows are streamed digitally — Amazon doesn't need to ship DVDs to customers.
In fact, for the first time ever, Amazon's 10 best-selling items are either digital or non-physical products. CFO Tom Szkutak said on the conference call:
Another way you see it is, if you take a look at our top 10 best-selling items worldwide in Q1. The top 10 are all either digital or Kindle related. Paperweight is our best selling product worldwide. But again, all 10 spots in the Q1 were either Kindle or digital items. And I believe that that's the first time that we've seen.


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The reformist credentials of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his Democratic Party suffered in 2011, as the party treasurer was arrested on corruption charges and several other high-ranking party members faced similar accusations. Also during the year, deadly communal violence erupted between Muslims and Christians, and members of the Ahmadi religious minority faced increasing harassment, including deadly attacks, with perpetrators enjoying relative impunity. Terrorist bombings struck places of worship as well as public figures known to oppose Islamic extremism, though one prominent terrorism suspect was extradited from Pakistan, and a longtime extremist leader was sentenced to prison in June. Separately, in October, security forces opened fire to disperse an assembly of Papuan separatist leaders.
Indonesia declared independence from its Dutch colonial rulers in 1945, though the Netherlands did not recognize its sovereignty until 1949. The republic's first president, Sukarno, assumed authoritarian powers in 1957. The army, led by General Suharto, crushed an apparent Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) coup attempt in 1965. Mass acts of violence followed, ostensibly against suspected PKI members, resulting in an estimated 500,000 deaths. With military backing, Suharto formally became president in 1968.
Suharto's regime created Golkar, a progovernment party based on bureaucratic and military interests, and embarked on a development program that helped the economy grow by an annual average of 7 percent for three decades. By the 1990s, Suharto's children and cronies were the major beneficiaries of state privatization schemes and in many cases ran business monopolies with little oversight. Soaring inflation and unemployment following the Asian financial crisis of 1997 prompted urban riots in 1998, and Suharto was forced to resign. He was succeeded by then vice president B. J. Habibie, who removed legal constraints on the press, labor unions, and political parties. The province of East Timor voted to separate from Indonesia in a 1999 referendum and gained independence in 2002.
Also in 1999, Indonesia held its first free legislative elections since 1955. The Indonesian Democratic Party–Struggle (PDI-P), led by Sukarno's daughter, Megawati Sukarnoputri, won the largest number of seats, followed by Golkar. The People's Consultative Assembly, made up of elected lawmakers and appointed officials, chose Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid as president and Megawati as vice president that year, but Megawati rose to the presidency in 2001 after Wahid was impeached over corruption allegations. Support for the PDI-P dropped in the 2004 legislative elections, and Golkar once again became the largest party. Later that year, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) of the new Democratic Party and his running mate, Jusuf Kalla of Golkar, won the presidency and vice presidency in the country's first direct presidential election.
The Democratic Party won the April 2009 parliamentary elections, raising its share of seats to 148, from 55 in 2004. Golkar garnered 106 seats, and the PDI-P took 94. Religious parties generally fared poorly, though the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), with its strong anticorruption platform, captured 57 seats. SBY easily secured a second five-year term in the July presidential election, defeating Megawati and Kalla with 61 percent of the vote in the first round. SBY's new running mate, former central bank governor Boediono, became vice president.
Public awareness of the extent of corruption in the legal system and attempts to weaken anticorruption efforts grew in 2010, and new corruption allegations against members of the Democratic Party continued to undermine SBY's reformist credentials during 2011. In August, party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin was extradited from Colombia after he fled the country in May, having been accused of masterminding extensive graft surrounding preparations for the 2012 Southeast Asian Games in South Sumatra. Nazaruddin was formally charged with corruption in December. He had made frequent public statements accusing other senior officials of corruption, including Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum, Democratic lawmaker Angelina Sondakh, and members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) itself, though they were later cleared of any ethics violations. Two other officials received prison sentences of up to two and a half years in September—and suspended Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry secretary Wafid Muharram received a three-year sentence in December—for paying bribes related to the case.
Religious violence continued in 2011 with a deadly February attack on an Ahmadi community in Cikeusik, West Java. Twelve men were sentenced to between three and six months jail for a collection of minor offenses, but none were charged for the killing of three Ahmadis during the assault. In a widely decried ruling, one Ahmadi victim was sentenced to six months in jail for defying a police order to leave the area during the incident. Three police officers were named as suspects for allegedly failing to protect civilians; their cases had not advanced by year's end. Separately, communal clashes reemerged in Ambon in September, after false rumors were circulated via text message that a Muslim man had been tortured and killed by Christians. The claims led to three days of violence that damaged over 200 buildings and left seven people dead, 65 injured, and 4,000 displaced. Past violence between the two communities in Ambon had peaked in 1999 and 2000. The Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace recorded a total of 299 violations of religious rights and acts of violence in the name of religion in 2011, 105 of which were committed by state actors including the military, police, and government officials.
There were a number of terrorist incidents during the year, including small or thwarted bomb attacks that targeted churches and public figures known for their outspoken opposition to Islamic hard-liners. In June, radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was found guilty of supporting a terrorist training camp in Aceh and sentenced to 15 years in prison; the sentence was reduced to nine years on appeal in October. Umar Patek, a suspect in the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 102 people, was extradited to Indonesia in October after being captured in Pakistan.
In the eastern region of Papua, where the central government's exploitation of natural resources has stirred resentment and separatist sentiment, members of the security forces continued to enjoy relative impunity for abuses against civilians. Three soldiers caught on video torturing two Papuan men were sentenced to between eight and 10 months in jail for "disobedience" in January, and in August three soldiers involved in the killing of a Papuan priest were sentenced to between seven and 15 months for "insubordination." In October, police opened fire on participants in a proindependence Papuan People's Congress and arrested 300 people. Some 96 people were reportedly assaulted by security personnel, and six were found dead in the aftermath. All but six detainees were released, and five were on trial for treason at the end of the year. In November, eight security officers were given written warnings for their conduct during the incident.
Corruption has undermined the central government's efforts to improve economic conditions in Papua. In 2011, the Supreme Audit Agency reported the misuse of $2.2 billion in special autonomy funds by the Papuan government, even as the central government increased the 2011 budget for Papua and West Papua by 23 percent. Special autonomy status had been introduced in 2001 to undercut separatist agitation and a low-grade insurgency dating to the early 1950s. It provided for increased economic but not political autonomy. Separately, in August, all 44 members of the West Papua provincial legislature were named as corruption suspects.
Indonesia is an electoral democracy. In 2004, for the first time, Indonesians directly elected their president and all members of the House of Representatives (DPR), as well as members of a new legislative body, the House of Regional Representatives (DPD). Previously, presidents had been elected by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), then made up of elected lawmakers and appointed officials. The MPR now performs tasks involving the swearing in and dismissal of presidents and the amendment of the constitution, and consists of elected DPR and DPD members. The DPR, with 560 seats, is the main parliamentary chamber. The 132-member DPD is responsible for proposing and monitoring laws related to regional autonomy. Presidents and vice presidents can serve up to two five-year terms, and all legislators also serve five-year terms.
Parties or coalitions must attain 25 percent of the popular vote or 20 percent of the seats in the DPR to nominate candidates for president. Voters for the DPR can select either a party list or an individual candidate, but candidates are seated based on the number of direct votes they receive. The changes, introduced in 2008, were designed to increase lawmakers' accountability to voters and reduce the power of party bosses. The 2009 elections yielded a significant turnover in the DPR's membership, with approximately 75 percent of the chamber consisting of new lawmakers. Several parties protested against the revised Law on Political Parties passed in 2010, charging that it was biased against smaller parties. In September 2011, the parliament revised the Law on Election Organization, removing a mandatory five-year waiting period between resignation from one's political party and application to serve on the General Elections Commission. Critics of the change said it could lead to conflicts of interest.
Staggered, direct elections for regional leaders began in 2005 and have generally been considered free and fair. Independent candidates were allowed to contest local elections for the first time in 2008, although Aceh's 2006 governance law had already allowed independent candidates there as part of an effort to cement a 2005 peace agreement with the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) militant group by integrating former GAM members into the political process.
Corruption remains endemic, including in the parliament and other key institutions. Indonesia was ranked 100 out of 183 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index. The KPK's success in a series of high-profile cases has raised public expectations that acts of corruption, even by senior officials, will be punished. In March 2011, former chief detective Susno Duadji was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for graft and embezzlement. After being implicated, he had made corruption allegations against a number of high-ranking police officers and government officials. In another major case in June, the last of 28 elected officials and party members were sentenced for receiving bribes linked to the election of Miranda Goeltom as deputy governor of the central bank. In December, Nunun Nurbeati, the wife of a PKS member of parliament, was extradited from Thailand after being accused of distributing bribes to lawmakers in the same case. A separate case against former justice minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra over a $46 million embezzlement involving the ministry's website was ongoing at the end of 2011.
Critics have accused entrenched elites of attempting to weaken anticorruption bodies, citing an alleged conspiracy against the KPK that emerged in 2009, as well as a 2009 anticorruption law that diluted the authority and independence of both the KPK and the Anticorruption Court (Tipikor), where cases brought by the KPK are tried. The 2009 law decentralized anticorruption efforts, allowing the opening of regional corruption courts. Seven have since been opened, and the KPK lost its first case ever in the Bandung regional court in October 2011. Tipikor had been established partly to counteract the acquittals commonly issued in regular courts. Even those who are convicted often receive light sentences or benefit from mass pardons on certain holidays.
The alleged conspiracy against the KPK highlighted pervasive corruption in the legal system. A wiretap recording indicated that extortion charges against two deputy commissioners in 2009 were fabricated by elements in the national police and attorney general's office to discredit the anticorruption body. However, the Supreme Court in 2010 rejected an initial attempt by prosecutors to drop the charges against the commissioners, and the case was not put to rest until January 2011, when the attorney general's office formally invoked its authority to set the charges aside in the public interest. Separately, in April 2011, the Judicial Commission announced that district court judges who in 2010 convicted former KPK chairman Antasari Azhar of planning the murder of a businessman may have overlooked important evidence, and that high court and Supreme Court judges may have done the same on appeal.
Indonesia is home to a vibrant and diverse media environment, though press freedom remains hampered by a number of legal and regulatory restrictions. Strict but unevenly enforced licensing rules mean that thousands of television and radio stations operate illegally. Foreign journalists are not authorized to travel to the restive provinces of Papua and West Papua without special permission. Reporters often practice self-censorship to avoid running afoul of civil and criminal libel laws. In addition to legal obstacles, reporters sometimes face violence and intimidation, which in many cases goes unpunished. In January 2011, the police ruled that the December 2010 death of Pelangi Weekly editor Alfrets Mirulewan in Maluku had been a homicide; several suspects were arrested, and the case was ongoing at year's end. In East Java in May, four journalists were beaten by police while reporting on a Falun Gong march. In December, a mob destroyed the home of journalist Dance Henukh, resulting in the death of his child. The mob was allegedly incited by a local official whom Henukh was investigating in a corruption case. The Alliance of Independent Journalists documented approximately 49 cases of violence against journalists in 2011, while the Legal Aid Foundation for the Press reported 96 acts of violence against members of the media, with approximately 25 percent committed by police or the armed forces.
Freedom of expression is generally upheld. However, in December 2011 over 60 "punks" were rounded up by police in Aceh for supposedly "insulting Islam." They were then subjected to "reeducation," which included the forcible shaving of their punk-rock hairstyles and a traditional cleansing ceremony. Censorship and self-censorship of books and films is fairly common. In August 2011, after pressure from the extremist Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), a television network decided not to air a film promoting religious tolerance.
The 2008 Law on Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) extended libel and other restrictions to the internet and online media, criminalizing the distribution or accessibility of information or documents that are "contrary to the moral norms of Indonesia" or related to gambling, blackmail, or defamation. In July 2011, the Supreme Court found Prita Mulyasari guilty of defamation under the ITE law and imposed a six-month suspended jail sentence. She was prosecuted for complaining to friends via e-mail about a hospital where she had been a patient. In 2010 the Supreme Court had overturned a 2009 civil defamation ruling against her, and she had initially been acquitted in the parallel criminal case.
Indonesia officially recognizes Islam, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. Members of unrecognized religions have difficulty obtaining national identity cards. Atheism is not accepted, and the criminal code contains provisions against blasphemy, penalizing those who "distort" or "misrepresent" official faiths. The national government has often failed to respond to religious intolerance in recent years, and societal discrimination has increased. A 2006 joint ministerial decree requires religious groups seeking to build houses of worship to obtain the written approval of 60 immediate neighbors. In 2010 the Supreme Court overturned the 2006 revocation of a building permit for GKI Yasmin Church in West Java, but the local administration has continued to prevent the congregation from using the premises. In April 2011, a Buddhist statue in Sumatra was ordered taken down by the Religious Affairs Ministry after complaints from local residents.
Violence against Ahmadiyya, a heterodox Islamic sect with approximately 400,000 Indonesian followers, continued in 2011. In the February mob attack in Cikeusik, West Java, the brutal killing of three Ahmadis was captured on video. Soon afterward, 29 Ahmadis, allegedly under coercion, renounced their faith and converted to mainstream Islam. Allegations of a military role in forcing conversions surfaced in March. Ahmadiyya was banned in West Sumatra and Depok that month, in South Sulawesi in June, and in Bekasi in October. In a December report, the National Commission on Violence Against Women listed 26 regencies and municipalities that have passed bylaws restricting or banning Ahmadiyya. Discrimination and violence against the sect have increased since 2008, when the Religious Affairs Ministry recommended that it be banned nationwide, and the government, seeking a compromise, instead barred Ahmadis from proselytizing.
In addition to the Christian-Muslim violence that erupted in Ambon in September, attacks against churches continued in 2011. In February, a mob burned two churches in Temanggung, Central Java, after defendant Antonius Richmond Bawengan was sentenced to the maximum of five years in prison for blasphemy against Islam. The rioters reportedly called for the death penalty. In June, Muslim cleric Syihabudin was sentenced to one year in jail for inciting the Temanggung mob. Also in February, Murhali Barda, the head of the FPI branch in Bekasi, West Java, was sentenced to less than six months in jail for "unpleasant conduct," having incited a September 2010 attack that included the stabbing and beating of leaders of a Protestant church. Several other defendants received similar sentences for the attack.
Academic freedom in Indonesia is generally respected.
Freedom of assembly is usually upheld, and peaceful protests are commonplace in the capital. However, authorities have restricted the right to assembly in conflict areas. Flag-raising ceremonies and independence rallies in Papua are routinely disbanded—as was the case with the Papuan People's Congress gathering in October 2011—and participants have been prosecuted.
Indonesia hosts a strong and active array of civil society organizations, though some human rights groups are subject to monitoring and interference by the government. Moreover, independence activists in Papua and the Maluku Islands, and labor and political activists in Java and Sulawesi, remain targets for human rights abuses. No high-level official has been convicted for any serious human rights violation since the fall of Suharto. Two Greenpeace activists were deported for visa violations in October 2011; the organization said it was under pressure after antagonizing business interests in the country with its efforts to halt deforestation.
Workers can join independent unions, bargain collectively, and with the exception of civil servants, stage strikes. The labor movement is generally fragmented, and government enforcement of minimum-wage and other labor standards is weak. However, relatively rigid labor laws include generous severance pay and strike provisions. Approximately 10 percent of workers in the formal economy—which accounts for one-sixth of the total economy—belong to unions. Domestic workers are currently excluded from labor law protections. In December, a three-month strike of approximately 8,000 workers ended at the Freeport Indonesia mine in Papua. The dispute, marred by at least nine deaths, was resolved with a pay increase.
The judiciary, particularly the Constitutional Court, has demonstrated its independence in some cases, but the court system remains plagued by corruption and other weaknesses. The Supreme Court has been the slowest to reform among the country's judicial institutions. Low salaries for judicial officials and impunity for illegal activity perpetuate the problems of bribery, forced confessions, and interference in court proceedings by military personnel and government officials at all levels. In June 2011, the parliament passed a bill that limited the powers of the Constitutional Court, removing its authority to revise laws or issue rulings that address issues beyond the petitioners' requests. However, the court annulled the controversial articles in the law in October, effectively restoring its powers. Also in 2011, the Presidential Judicial Mafia Task Force, appointed by the president in 2009 to fight corruption and case brokering in the legal system, reported 51 cases of allegedly corrupt prosecutors to the attorney general's office.
Since 2006, a number of districts have issued local ordinances based on Sharia (Islamic law). Many are unconstitutional, contradict Indonesia's international human rights commitments, or are unclear, leading to enforcement problems. The national government and various parties have failed to take decisive action on the issue, apparently for political reasons. Many of the ordinances seek to impose an Islamic dress code, Koranic literacy requirements, and bans on prostitution. For example, a bylaw passed in 2009 by the West Aceh legislature prohibits women from wearing trousers. Other measures are more extreme. In 2009, the Aceh provincial parliament passed legislation that, among other provisions, allows stoning for adultery and public lashing for homosexual acts. Two people were caned in Aceh in April 2011 for having an extramarital affair, and 14 people were caned for gambling in May. Other local regulations unrelated to Sharia have also been criticized for violating constitutional protections.
Members of the security forces regularly go unpunished or receive light sentences for human rights violations. These include ongoing abuses in conflict zones like Papua, but they are largely related to land disputes and military involvement in illegal activities such as logging and mining. According to the Indonesian Farmers Union, there were 120 land conflicts nationwide in 2011, an increase from 22 in 2010. Such clashes frequently lead to the shooting of protesters by police. In 2010 the national police issued a regulation allowing officers to use live ammunition to quell anarchic violence.
In October 2011, the parliament passed legislation that gave the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) greater authority to gather information on those suspected of terrorism, espionage, or threatening national security. The law also criminalized the leaking of state secrets to the public, which critics warned could lead to abuse of power given the broad definitions of secret information.
Effective police work has proven critical to Indonesia's recent successes in fighting terrorism, but the police force remains rife with corruption and other abuses, and officers have generally avoided criminal penalties. Currently, information garnered through torture is permissible in Indonesian courts, and torture carried out by law enforcement officers is not a criminal offense. The Indonesian Legal Aid Institute found in 2010 that up to 80 percent of detainees suffered from acts of violence in police custody. Detention laws are generally respected, but there are many reports of abuse aimed at female and minority detainees. Student activists are the most prone to arbitrary arrest, followed by farmers and journalists. Poor prison governance is compounded by overcrowding.
Members of Indonesia's ethnic minority groups face considerable discrimination. The problems of mining and logging on communal land and state appropriation of land claimed by indigenous groups are most acute in Kalimantan. Ethnic Chinese, who make up less than 3 percent of the population but are resented for reputedly holding much of the country's wealth, continue to face harassment and occasional violence. Sexual minorities also suffer discrimination, and gay-themed events have encountered resistance from local officials and open hostility from groups like the FPI. Many local bylaws criminalize homosexuality, and a 2008 antipornography law labels homosexuality a "deviant act."
Discrimination against women persists, particularly in the workplace. In the political sphere, a 2008 law states that 30 percent of a political party's candidates and board members must be women. While only 101 women were elected to the 560-seat DPR in 2009, this was an increase over the 63 who served during the previous term. Trafficking of women and children for prostitution, forced labor, and debt bondage continues, despite the passage of new laws and stricter penalties. Abortion is illegal, except to save a woman's life. Sharia-based ordinances in a number of districts infringe on women's constitutional rights; it is estimated that over 150 bylaws discriminate against women and minorities.
The 2008 antipornography law applies not just to published images but to speech and gestures that "incite sexual desire," drawing concerns that it could be used to persecute women. Significantly, the law invites the "public" to participate in the discouragement of pornographic acts, which has led to extrajudicial enforcement. A Constitutional Court ruling in 2010 upheld the law. In January 2011, the lead singer of a popular band was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for making sexually explicit video recordings that circulated on the internet in 2010. However, in a separate case in June, after a review of its own 2009 ruling, the Supreme Court exonerated the editor of the relatively mild Indonesian version of Playboy magazine, who had been jailed in 2010 for public indecency.


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Judge denies information to alleged Boston marathon bomber
A federal judge has denied a request from lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for broad access to the prosecution's files in the case.
In an order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge George O'Toole said Tsarnaev was entitled to relevant information in the possession of the government, including information that would relate to his eligibility for the death penalty in the case.
However, O'Toole said Tsarnaev's defense team failed to present any specifics about what they hoped to gain from the government's records.
Tsarnaev "essentially seeks access to the government's information haystack because he is confident there are useful evidentiary needles to be found there. That is simply not enough to trigger a disclosure obligation..." O'Toole wrote in his nine-page order (posted here).
O'Toole did order prosecutors to turn over any recordings of calls Tsarnaev has made while in custody. He is also entitled under other legal precedents to information in the possession of the government that tends to undermine the notion of his guilt or other evidence in the prosecution's case, the judge noted.
Prosecutors said at a recent hearing that they planned to send their recommendation regarding whether to pursue the death penalty to Attorney General Eric Holder earlier this month. Holder told the Washington Post he plans to make that decision by mid-January. As part of the process, Tsarnaev's lawyers will be allowed to appear before a Justice Department panel and argue that the government should not seek the death penalty.
One potential factor in the death penalty decision: Massachusetts does not have the death penalty in its courts.
Three people, including a eight-year-old child, were killed in the April 15 bombing. Tsarnaev is also charged with conspiring in the shooting death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer three days later.


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Conclusions and Recommendations as adopted by the participating States Parties
National Coordinators from Russia, Ukraine and representatives of the national coordinators from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belarus participated in the International Training Workshop for the preparation of the Periodic Reporting exercise. All the participating countries need to fill in Section I of the Report concerning the implementation of the World Heritage Convention on the protection of Cultural and Natural heritage. Besides the World Natural Heritage sites, the Russian Federation is to submit Section II of the Periodic Report for 8 World Cultural Heritage sites; Armenia 1, Georgia 3 and Ukraine 2. The Russian Federation was represented at the Workshop by site managers (representatives of museum-reserves) and officials from local authorities in charge of monument protection. Officials from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the National Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, the UNESCO Moscow Office and UNESCO's World Heritage Centre also participated in the Workshop. Altogether, 35 specialists took part in the International Training Workshop.
Participants of the Workshop expressed their gratitude to the Russian National Committee for World Heritage for the organization of the workshop, and to UNESCO World Heritage Centre for their participation. The workshop emphasized the urgency of the theme in the context of the submission of the periodic reporting to the World Heritage Committee.
Representatives of the World Heritage Centre explained the process of the Periodic Reporting exercise as adopted by the World Heritage Committee in 1998, and gave presentations on the work of the World Heritage Centre, the Periodic Reporting format as well as the results of the training workshop organised in Vilm, Germany, in August 2003. The Russian Federation and the CIS participants provided information on the current site management structures and legal and regulatory documents related to the identification, management and monitoring of conservation of the World Heritage sites in Russia and CIS countries.
The Participants of the Workshop highlighted the following general points:
- Financial problems related to management and preservation of the World Heritage sites in the region.
- The need to intensify awareness-building efforts and ensure a greater involvement of general public and authorities of all levels in the preservation of the World Heritage.
- Insufficient number and coverage of legal and regulatory documents regarding World Heritage and methods of site management.
- Insufficient financing of restoration, management and protection of the World Heritage at the federal, regional and local level. The Workshop has stressed the need to use the potential of international, as well as national funds for protection of cultural heritage, to finance the protection and restoration activities at the World Heritage sites.
- The need to address the issues of training and refresher courses for the staff involved in management and preservation of World Heritage sites, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention and other regulating documents of UNESCO, and also the issues of exchange of information and documentation on the World Heritage between CIS countries in Russian.
- The possibility to introduce new types of sites that can be inscribed on the World Heritage List, in particular, XX century sites and industrial architecture sites.
- The participants of the Workshop call on UNESCO World Heritage Centre and World Heritage Committee to note the difficulties in preservation of historic centers of cities and settlements, and the submission to the World Heritage List, since they are growing urban areas that should meet the current life standards. In this context, the concept of "buffer zone" should be clarified for these sites, as well as for other World Heritage sites.
- The need to address the issue of developing express-diagnostics methods of the physical state of monument and formats for periodic national monitoring for the World Heritage sites, including application of photo-grammetric methods for measuring of monuments.
The Participants of the Workshop have also recommended the following:
- To set up a coordination Group, which is to include the national coordinators from the CIS Participant countries of this Workshop, for the coordination of the national and sub-regional Periodic Report Exercise on the World Cultural Heritage.
- To establish the Russian National Working Group for the preparation of the Periodic Reports on the World Cultural Heritage Sites situated on the territory of the Russian Federation.
- Mr. Makovetsky I. - National Coordinator for the Periodic Report Exercise.
- Mr. Rabotkevich A.
- Ms. Potapova N.
- Ms. Snopkova N.
- Mr. Udovichenko V.
- Ms. Taratynova O.
- Ms. Slunkova I.
- Ms. Averjanova E.
- Mr. Grinev N.
- Ms. Aksenova A.
- Ms. Kolesnikova L.
- Mr. Lopatkin M.
- I. September, 2003. The International Workshop for the Preparation of the UNESCO Periodic Reports on the implementation of the Convention in Russia and the European CIS countries.
- II. April, 2004. The International Workshop on editing Sections I and II of the Periodic Reports according to the UNESCO Format.
- III. June, 2004. Submission of Section I of the Periodic Reports on World Cultural Heritage Sites of Russia to the Russian National Committee for the World Heritage.
- IV. November, 2004. Submission of Section II of the Periodic Report on the World Cultural Heritage of Russia to the Russian National Committee for the World Heritage.
- V. December, 2004. Submission of Section I of the Periodic Report of the Russian Federation to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
- VI. March 2005. Submission of Section II of the Periodic Report on Cultural Heritage of the Russian Federation to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
- VII. In the near future the Russian National Committee for World Cultural and Natural Heritage under the National Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO will organise a special session on the conclusions and recommendations of this International workshop inviting specialists involved in the preparation of the UNESCO periodic reports for cultural and natural sites to elaborate the coordination steps. The representatives of Ministry of Natural Resources and other governmental and public organisation working in the field of the World Natural Heritage in Russian will be invited.
The coordination effort between the Russian Federation and the CIS countries will aim at producing a sub-regional analysis. This sub-regional report, which is not an obligation according to the official format for Periodic Reporting but is encouraged by the 1972 Convention, could be coordinated by the Russian National Committee for World Heritage.


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Ajay is a True Gentleman
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by anon. on 2009-03-15
Have interacted with Ajay Chopra for the last couple years. He has good instincts, reads people well. Shrewd business guy, but he's upfront with his intentions and draws from his operating experience.
Human dynamics matter most in selecting a VC, Ajay ranks highly in my books.PRIVATE: Members Only (175 Characters)
Take the Venture Out of Venture Capital
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-09-09
For the most part, Trinity is not an early stage investor. Based on my experience, I wouldn't bother pitching them an idea before you've hit $10 m in annual revenue. Very conservative fund.PRIVATE: Members Only (554 Characters)
Alex O
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-05-16
Alex is a rare VC who has both played direct operational roles and is quite aware of the particular roles that VCs play and is working extremely hard to be world class at the roles VCs play. Perhaps I'm lucky, but he has always been straight forward and funny and, yes, somewhat cutting but not unreasonably so in our interactions.PRIVATE: Members Only
Ajay is Smart!
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by FounderBelle on 2007-04-17
Quick, efficient & friendly!PRIVATE: Members Only
A Great Experience
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by billsvision on 2008-07-07
I met Alex about 2 years ago at my previous firm at a Seattle event. He invited us down to the bay area to chat about what we were doing for another company (for one of his portfolio), which we did. At the time I told him that I was also thinking about a startup and ever since he's been helping me with insight, critiques and connections. Last fall we pitched them on our 'let's see if this will fly with VC's' trek and they turned us down, within the week. Great to have all the issues out as he was very honest as to the reasoning. Could not have asked for anything more, except of course, the money...PRIVATE: Members Only (648 Characters)
Tim vs. Fred
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-02-20
I've pitched Trinity twice, and Tim McAdam, is definitely smart, engaged and helpful. He asked good, productive questions and seemed sincerely interested in our business. Fred Wang seemed totally aloof and uninterested. Perhaps he is smart, but he definitely needs to work on his meeting skills. It seemed from the start that he had an attitude that we were wasting his time. He's clearly shouldn't have even taken the meeting. It's clear that he was a consultant and has never been an entrepreneur.PRIVATE: Members Only
Tim Was Okay, Team Was Weaker
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-02-02
Tim was okay for us, even though we did not get any funding from them.
Our first meeting was over the phone, and then he invited us in to pitch. He was on time, gracious, and very friendly. The pitch went on, with Tim occasionally asking questions, but being polite.PRIVATE: Members Only (497 Characters)
An Inside Look
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by dougklein on 2007-10-22
In the interest of full disclosure, I had the pleasure of spending 3 months last year as an EIR with Trinity, so you can slant my comments either positively or negatively based on your view of that sort of VC involvement :)
I found the team at Trinity to be of the highest ethical standards. I have worked with some firms that have exhibited some pretty questionable behavior - I never saw anything questionable at Trinity. I strongly recommend them (and indeed, am trying to convince them to fund my current company :). Each partner had value to bring to the party, especially in terms of basic business planning and on market analysis. The team as a whole is extremely supportive of their portfolio companies, even stepping in with operational help when necessary (which is never what anyone *wants* to happen to a startup :).
They do tend to be very conservative, however, focusing mostly on Series B stage deals. You'll have the best luck if you are looking for growth funding, i.e., you are more into execution risk than market risk.
NOTE: I later added a comment to this post but it appears that comments require a bit of digging to see, so in the interest of fairness, let me just add it to the main text body also:
A friend pointed out to me that in recent past over half of Trinity's investments have actually been Series A, so my comments may be a bit mis-leading. A better way of stating what I was trying to get across is that if you're very early (more seed than traditional VC stage), Trinity, like most of the more convervative funds is less likely to participate. They're quite conservative. What I have found over the past few months as I've worked on my current company is that they are extremely helpful in terms of advice and introductions as you build yourself up to the point of presenting a solid story to them :) This is actually just further evidence of the value a good investor can bring to the table - the connections and feedback I have received from Trinity over the past few months have allowed us to get close to a point at which I may convince them to invest.
Bottom line: highly recommended firm.PRIVATE: Members Only (1796 Characters)
On Tom Cole
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Alyssa Rapp on 2007-06-25
Tom Cole is a wonderfully cerebral, open-minded, and authentic Venture Capitalist. He's candid about his passion for a given space, direct about whether or not he sees your concept as a fit for Trinity, and in general, a lovely person with whom to do business. Based upon our interactions, should Bottlenotes seriously pursue venture financing, there's no question he's one of the first people to whom I'd take the deal.PRIVATE: Members Only (339 Characters)
They Like to Wait
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-05-04
My experience with Trinity is that they will drag out a conversation as long as possible. In two term sheet discussions, they always bid lowest and took the longest. You never know where you are in the process until it's over. If you have a retail deal, definitely go see them, otherwise move on.PRIVATE: Members Only (131 Characters)
On My Tier 1 List
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by networker on 2008-04-14
Gus sat on the board of the last company I was an executive at, and now that I'm at another startup he's definitely on my tier 1 list of folks to ping when we're ready to raise.
Gus has a calm zen like aura that I just love, it's a calm wisdom that I don't get from most people. The rest of the team, Jim, Ajay, Tom, etc are also all just great guys, really smart and what I love the most about trinity is that they are pragmatic in the way they think about ideas. Basically you need to have a way to make money :)
They don't have the big consumer name as most of the other VC's but check their track record for companies that went public or sold. It's pretty impressive.PRIVATE: Members Only (40 Characters)
Smart and Fast
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-03-25
I've pitched a couple deals to Trinity.
They're great, but tough, so make sure you have your stuff together before heading in.
Alex O is aces.PRIVATE: Members Only
Moved Fast, Professional
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by harrc on 2008-02-15
We pitched Trinity on a Monday, had a second meeting on Wednesday, and a decision by the following Monday. We were finishing up our fundraising cycle and asked them to move quickly, which they did. While Trinity decided not to invest in this round, they were very efficient and moved quickly. Their questions and due diligence checks were thoughtful and professional.
We worked with Jim Tybur, Fred Wang, and Alex Osadzinski. I would feel very comfortable working with these guys in the future. Trinity gave us good support and feedback.PRIVATE: Members Only
Trinity is Fair
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by sarto on 2007-08-08
we met several times and with many partners without getting a term sheet despite a lot of verbal indications we would. on balance, i can't fault them. they could have been more decisive at the outset but not out of bounds. think they were careful and generally supportive. at the end of the day, they wanted us to show more progress with our concept-- which is reasonable. across the board, the partners were approachable and had constructive comments- Ajay, Gus and Tom in particular.PRIVATE: Members Only
Tim Mc Adam is Definitely Not Slow!
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-05-14
I'd be very wary of posts that suggest that ANY venture capital partner is slow. All of the venture capital partners I know are smart. Tim is one of the brightest. Quick to respond, decisive and very helpful and insightful in a working relationship. You got this one dead wrong.PRIVATE: Members Only
The Real Trinity (And the Real Tim Mc Adam)
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-05-13
The new generation at Trinity (Gus, Tim, Fred, and Patricia) is very solid. Those 4 make up a very formidable engine. Bring a big market, an elegant business model, as well as a non-pyschotic personality and you'll do well here. BTW, the comment about Tim is totally off base. He's one of the hardest working people on the venture side, pre and post funding. The guy is many things, but slow isn't one of them.PRIVATE: Members Only
Non Responsive
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-05-09
I give Fred Wang and Gus Tai a presentation. We get to the end, and as I ask them for questions, they both look at each other and say that they need to talk to each other about the deal and will get back to us. 10 phone calls and 10 emails later and I have no idea what they thought. I would describe this visit as a complete black hole.PRIVATE: Members Only
Partners Vary
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-05-05
Gus has a good reputation but some of the others aren't at the same level.PRIVATE: Members Only (220 Characters)
Seemed Unable to Focus
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by 3.141592654 on 2007-05-01
Brainspace was clearly somewhere else.PRIVATE: Members Only
Great Firm
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-04-08
The process was very efficient and pleasant. Gus, Patricia and Larry had extremely valuable insights. Moreover, they were curteous and honest throughout the process. I would definitely work with them again.PRIVATE: Members Only
Smart, Team Oriented, Connected
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Nittany on 2007-03-19
Trinity has been fantastic to work with. They bring fresh ideas and talented resources to the table. They are very well connected and have plugged us into their network. They act as part of the team, not just a critical spectator.PRIVATE: Members Only (28 Characters)
Super Smart & Engaged
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-03-14
Great firm. All substance. Patricia Nakache, in particular, is a true superstar. She is exceptionally entrepreneur focused and brings superb insight to any challenge...PRIVATE: Members Only
Ajay, an Entrepreneur and a Class Act
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by gobears34 on 2010-05-17
Ajay and Trinity led our A1 round in early 2009. (Note that Ajay/Trinity did this deal during end of days when few deals were getting done). Ajay has been awesome to work with as he is honest, straightforward, and good intentioned. As a former entrepreneur he puts a lot of faith in his CEO's and he knows that bumps in the road are just that. His advice is practical and his strategic vision is perceptive. But his MO is really just to find ways of being useful and letting you run the company how you see fit. I feel fortunate we've got Ajay on our team.
Brett Wilson
CEO, TubeMogul
Ajay Chopra Shows Class, Poise and Experience
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2010-04-14
In my dealings with Ajay Chopra, he has shown nothing but the utmost intelligence, care for his companies and a desire to mentor those who reach out. In his learning as founder and CEO of Pinnacle Systems, he has invaluable operating experience that will help any company that signs with Trinity Ventures excel.
I would highly recommend Trinity Ventures and Ajay Chopra if you are considering Venture Capital as they are a great fit for those who want to take their company to a higher level of business.PRIVATE: Members Only
Pitched Tom, Ajay, Patricia & Larry
Fund: Trinity Ventures
Posted by kickinit on 2008-11-01
Really liked Tom and Ajay, Patricia asked good questions and seemed interested. First couple pitches went really well. But our last pitch to MR. LARRY ORR, oh man, guy was taking a siesta in the back of the room. You can tell who holds the purse strings. Quickly turned down after that.PRIVATE: Members Only (317 Characters)


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Maritime News
IMO 2020: Hydrogen's Future in Maritime
Hydrogen fuel cell technology to Satisfy Future IMO RequirementsWith an ongoing push by the maritime community to reduce ship emissions to satisfy IMO MARPOL Annex VI regulations and limit the sulfur content of ships from 01 January 2020 to 0.5 percent world-wide, many ship owners are starting to consider hydrogen fuel cell technology to satisfy evolving emissions regulations. To date, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on research programs to utilize hydrogen fuel cells for transportation.
Market in Focus: Bulkers
NewbuildingMany Chinese companies have been stepping up in the bulker market with COSCO Shipping and Avic leasing placing orders at Chinese yards. Of the total 313 Bulkers ordered over the past year, nearly 40% have been Panamax vessels, demonstrating the hot market.Source: Vessels ValueSecond hand marketThe Bulker market as a whole has shown a softening in values over the past year. The main reason for this is due to the drop off in rates throughout the first quarter of 2019. In particular, the Capesize market suffered a substantial amount over the spring months with rates reaching three-year lows.
Vitol Builds Refinery for New Ship's Fuel
Vitol, the world's largest independent oil trader, has started building a small oil refinery at its storage terminal in Malaysia that will provide low-sulfur fuel for ships, a senior company official said on Monday.The project consists of a crude distillation unit that can process 30,000 barrels per day of crude and is located on the same site as Vitol's oil storage terminal at Tanjung Bin in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, Vitol Asia's President and Chief Executive Officer Kho Hui Meng said.
Orsted to Build NJ's First OWF
Denmark's Ørsted won New Jersey's first offshore wind solicitation with a 1.1-gigawatt project Ocean Wind, the largest offshore wind project to secure a development deal with a U.S. state to date.The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced in a press note that it has selected Ocean Wind, an offshore wind energy project proposed by Ørsted with support from Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), to negotiate a 20-year offshore wind renewable energy credit (OREC) for an offshore wind farm with a capacity of 1,100MW.Located off the coast of Atlantic City, Ocean Wind will be New Jersey's first large-scale offshore wind farm.
Cruise Ships: Oceanwide Orders Polar Class Ship
The expedition cruise ship market maintains its torrid pace with news that Oceanwide Expeditions has orders another Polar Class 6 ship, following the success of its ship Hondius.Croatian shipyard Brodosplit, the builder of Hondius, won the follow on order for M/V Janssonius, which is scheduled to be completed in October, 2021. The 174-passenger ship will be nearly identical in size and design, complete with a Polar Class 6 ice-strengthened vessel equivalent to a 1A super ice-class ship. Janssonius will feature a protected indoor Zodiac loading area, as well as two separate gangways to further facilitate ship-to-shore operations.


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A tech columnist, an Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer, and the Grand Wizard of Net Persecution for Verizon walk into a bar. The tech journalist slides into a booth, orders whiskey and wings, and sits back to watch the show.
The EFF lawyer takes off his organic burlap sweater, while the Grand Wizard puts down the fluffy white cat he normally strokes in his office as he monitors the world and sends large men with metal teeth after British spies. Then they proceed to repeatedly bump chests threatening to beat each other bloody. It's awesome for the first five minutes, but gets boring fast when you realize no actual fists will be thrown.
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These guys hate each other anyway, but it's more pronounced today because some old guys in tailored suits made in Hong Kong of cloth spun from child sweat and tears decided to strike down the Net neutrality laws the FCC apparently shouldn't have been allowed to enforce and have supposedly been keeping all of us using a fair and equal Internet. Two ends of a long feud trying to kick each other in the gonads with nasty nouns -- pass the scotch and popcorn, please.
Get ready to rumble
The EFF lawyer believes that, without Net neutrality, criminally insane sociopaths at companies like Verizon will co-opt the Internet that they essentially own from a pipe level in certain regions and prioritize network traffic for their own nefarious ends, like throttling the life out of Netflix movie streaming packets in favor of their own FiOS entertainment service. He's screaming this at the Verizon exec while taking off his peace-sign necklace in preparation for a savage beat-down. Are these the paranoid ravings of a left-wing pinko commie activist who hates American capitalism and uses our flag to wipe his nether regions?
Verizon's Grand Wizard thinks so. He's bellowing that he doesn't want any trouble, though I see him palming his stainless steel tiepin and lining it up with the pinko's jugular. On-topic he responds he's outraged at the accusation against his entirely ethical and well-meaning organization -- yet he's wearing the salaciously satisfied look that Chris Christie has after a visit to a jam-packed tri-state bridge. He cites that there's only been one case in all of legal lore where a carrier tried something along those lines, and the miscreants were soon caught, prosecuted, and flogged as they deserved.


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Mike got his ass whipped by Gree
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Noun, derived neologism; a graceful, gracious glee; grace and brilliant happiness combined, with connotations of mastery, superiority, agreement, goodwill and even satisfactory compensation, victory or success; not to be confused with Clone Commander Gree (CC-1004) of the Star Wars film series; see also prior definitions at Meriam-Webster, dictionary.com, etc.
I'm not saying she's a female Jack Black or anything like that. At least she wasn't an oaf. But, like most of her compatriots and co-workers, what gave her glee was so childish she'd all too often seem graceless or naive or even uncouth. I have to admit there were times her humor was so puerile it even disgusted me.
I suppose that for better or worse, at least for me, a mate must have some sense of gree.
-- Of My Estranged Wife, ICT.23h15.Thu.22.Mar.2007.AD --
I suppose that for better or worse, at least for me, a mate must have some sense of gree.
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There is nothing cooler than a big inch Tin Indian set up for the digs. Richard Fish, a hard-core Poncho racer, couldn't agree more. His '66 Tempest was built with exactly this in mind. Using a bit of the past, his Poncho is ready for any challenges; p
Chief Richard was tired. Richard Fish had been the hard-core Pontiac drag-race guy of the Northwest for going on 20 years. What started out as a fun way to blow off steam in quick street/strip cars had evolved into long expensive tows resulting in a precious few seconds of enjoyment–and it was getting old. So when he happened across a college professor with a clean '65 Pontiac Tempest for sale at a grocery store one day, the Chief knew he was facing his past, present, and future, all rolled into one mystical four-wheeled messenger. The professor needed to finance a trip to Mexico. The Chief needed to reclaim his lost perspective. He bought the car on the spot.
Visions of Tri-power 389s banged gears through Richard's mind. A nice, clean 400-500hp street car with no rattles or squeaks would hit the spot. Then he returned home and rolled up his shop door. He was greeted by a lifetime accumulation of Tin Indian speed parts, and he had to face the inevitable: Once a warrior, always a warrior. He knew what he had to do. He would have his nice, clean rattle-free street car all right, but the focal point of the car would be the glovebox, where he would enshrine a decent e.t. slip.
Richard's vision for the Tempest was a unique one: moderate street gearing, a bulletproof Powerglide, and enough torque to move a mountain. He brought this strange vision to the local fast street car guru, Charlie Allin at Allin Specialties. Charlie admits he was startled at first, but he ran some computer simulations on the combo and became intrigued. After the usual head scratching, Allin decided it could be done successfully with parts the Chief was tired of tripping over in his own shop.
He already had the 3.70-geared Currie 9-inch Ford with 35-spline axles and Detroit Locker. He had the Hughes 'Glide with manual valvebody and transbrake. He even had a TCI 9-inch 4,000-stall converter. And Chief Richard had the big medicine: a 507-inch Indian Adventures block filled with mojo like an Eagle stroker crank and H-beam rods, 12.5:1 Ross pistons, and a Comp Cams solid roller cam so hairy it barely fit in the block with specs so secret only Charlie knows the recipe. Ported Edelbrock Performer RPM aluminum heads were stuffed with yet more mystery, and the whole thing was topped with an Edelbrock Victor intake supporting a Holley 1050 Dominator.
This whole drivetrain had occupied various engine bays in Richard's fleet over the years. It ran 10.04 in a street/strip Firebird with DOT tires and mufflers and had offered up a 7.96 in a rear-engine dragster. Yep, the good Chief had everything he needed right there. Everything except for one magical ingredient, and his pal Charlie had it: great gobs of nitrous. Charlie figured a Big Shot plate system would enhance the torque curve of the long-armed 507 to pull through the 1.76 First gear of the Powerglide and keep on pulling right through the top of the 3.70 rear gear. It was a devious plan that had both men giggling like they'd just discovered the fountain of youth. And in a sense, they had. They would pour all of their newfound youthful energy into the Tempest for the next few months.
The Chief dropped the Tempest off at Allin Specialties, and Charlie went to work on Richard's vision. The body, interior, and chassis were pristine, needing only minor tweaks. Charlie installed the 9-inch Ford housing using tubular control arms from Morrison/ Gazan then added an antiroll bar using bits from Chris Alston and Allin Specialties. Double-adjustable Alston rear shocks were fabbed into place by Charlie. Up front, a Stainless Steel Brakes Corp. disc-brake conversion kit made for a quick and easy way to bring the 3,600-pound arrow to a halt, and 90/10 shocks completed the upgrade.
The stock fuel system was considered laughable for what was in store. It was replaced by an aluminum Triangle Engineering 16-gallon fuel cell feeding a Magnaflow ProStar 300 electric pump and filter combo, continuing on through No. 10 braided stainless line. Charlie slipped the big engine and trans into place and fitted a pair of Doug Thorley 17⁄8-inch headers backed by a Torque Technologies 31⁄2-inch exhaust system dumping into Flowmaster 31⁄2-inch 40-series mufflers. He added a Ron Davis aluminum radiator with twin cooling fans, an oil cooler, and a trans cooler. The last piece of the puzzle was a Mark Williams chromoly driveshaft with 1350-series U-joints. The key turned, the shop windows rattled, and then everything changed.
When the Chief heard the 507 idling with a snap, crackle, and pop at 1,000 rpm, he had yet another vision. One of a 40-year-old car showing the world what it can do with some refinements. All of the new parts added to the car were designed based on the original parts. From the carburetor to the exhaust pipes, these were just modified versions of parts that came from Michigan in 1965–except for one thing. Richard told Charlie to remove the nitrous system. They didn't use nitrous oxide on street cars in 1965, and this car wouldn't be using it now. The vision was now complete. They changed the oil and the Tempest was ready for its first move under its own power in many moons.
The next morning, the '65 was at Southern Oregon Dragway. Its first baby steps were in the form of a viciously brutal burnout. Baptism by fire. Chief Richard and the Tempest. It felt like watching cowboys break wild horses. By the end of the track they had developed a mutual respect. They had run an early shutoff 10.96 on a slippery track, on street tires, through mufflers, first time out. The Chief grabbed the timeslip, tossed it in the glovebox, then left. The car had no safety equipment other than that offered in 1965, so they were done racing for the moment.
One week after the dragstrip debut, the Tempest had only a few miles on it. The Chief is a busy man. Mostly, he keeps busy with his visions. This one worked out well: The car has no squeaks, leaks, or rattles. It looks nice and clean, is dependable and comfortable, and has an awesome glovebox. He's thinking about maybe refining it further with a TH400 and an 8-inch converter, and he will probably add a rollbar and harnesses. But no nitrous. It could blur your vision.


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On the Friday, May 3, Politics Nation, MSNBC host Al Sharpton fretted over the video that was played at Friday's NRA convention in Houston to introduce Rick Perry which shows the Texas governor firing at targets with an AR-15. Sharpton began the segment:
Houston, we have a problem. It's called the NRA. Today, in Houston, the NRA held its annual convention with a whose who list of the far-right pundits and politicians in the country. In fact, the NRA used a tasteless video to introduce Texas Governor Rick Perry, complete with the soundtrack and slow motion effects that showed him shooting an AR-15, the same type of gun used at Newtown.
After a clip of the Perry video, Sharpton responded:
That's offensive. Glamorizing a weapon of murder. That's not what Americans want. At a townhall last night in Arizona, a woman who used to work for Gabby Giffords and who was shot in the Tucson massacre praised Republican Senator John McCain for his "yes" vote on background checks.
After a clip of the audience member, Pam Simon, thanking Arizona Republican Senator John McCain for voting for universal background checks, followed by audience applause, the MSNBC host continued:
That's where Americans stand now on guns. That's why the far right is far from over -- far from over is this fight against the far right on this issue. And that's why President Obama is vowing to renew the push for background checks.
-- Brad Wilmouth is a news analyst at the Media Research Center


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This crazy weather can't make up its mind today, rain or shine? I didn't let the back and forth stop me from busting out my new spring dress from Target. Purple-pink, with a ruched bodice, zipper detail AND pockets, I adore a dress with pockets. It's the little things in life, my friends. Target, you little minx, just when I've given up on you, you offer me a little gem like this. I threw on a black cardigan from Torrid, featuring a big sugar skull design on the back (GOTHIC!) and black tights. I thought my body might go into shock without a comforting layer of black clothing surrounding it.
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Artist's View of a Super-Jupiter around a Brown Dwarf (2M1207)
This is an illustration of a planet that is four times the mass of Jupiter and orbits 5 billion miles from a brown-dwarf companion (the bright red object seen in the background). The rotation rate of this "super-Jupiter" has been measured by studying subtle variations in the infrared light the hot planet radiates through a variegated, cloudy atmosphere. The planet completes one rotation every 10 hours – about the same rate as Jupiter. Because the planet is young, it is still contracting under gravity and radiating heat. The atmosphere is so hot that it rains molten glass and, at lower altitudes, molten iron.
Because the planet is only 170 light-years away, many of the bright background stars that can be seen from Earth can be seen from the planet's location in our galaxy, including Sirius, Fomalhaut, and Alpha Centauri. Our sun is a faint star in the background, located midway between Procyon and Altair.
Artwork: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI);
Science: NASA, ESA, and Y. Zhou (University of Arizona)