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Yan and others, any idea if this Tranz X kickstand would work on a Downtube FS?
Anyone else solve the problem yet?
Yan and others, any idea if this Tranz X kickstand would work on a Downtube FS?
Anyone else solve the problem yet?
I don't think this will work on wheels with QR axles.Originally Posted by spambait11
@hbob that looks like a great idea....I wish they had more specs on the dimension of the frame/swingarm it will accept.
Originally Posted by downtube
How about this item? An adapter that fits over dropouts and with quick release?
http://recumbent.net/cgi-bin/readite...ory=1016488489 or
Here is one solution for a kickstand. 3 pieces of aluminum and a bolt. I still need to paint it but it works.
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What is the third piece af aluminum? I see the top and bottom plates.Originally Posted by Kenal0
Do you think the kickstand is long enough? Did you make any extras?
I was hoping that someone would look at the above photos and see if they thoughtOriginally Posted by hbob
that would work with the DT FS model. the last photo shows the adapter used with
a QR hub. Adapters have hole for skewer and a set screw hole to go into frame above
dropout. Is the distance between those two holes a standard on bikes?
The last block on the bottom is to add some length. Otherwise the kickstand is not long enough. I already had the kickstand so I did not order another one. If the kickstand were 1/2 to 3/4 longer then it would not be needed. I am going to make 3 or 4 more then I will be out of aluminum. The problem I run into is when I compare the cost to what you can sell them for, it is not a good deal. After all it is just a kickstand adapter and I do not have automated equipment to make them.
Old fashioned machine shop.
That's cool, Kenal0. Do you have pics of the kickstand folded - i.e. does it clear the chainstay?
Here are some longer kickstands available:Originally Posted by Kenal0
I am painting it now. Since I already have the kickstand and the extension block built, I will probably not order another kickstand however it appears the longer ones on that website would work. They are pricey. The one I bought was 7.99 from the LBS.
I will post pics with kickstand up and down when painted.
This is my finished kickstand. On to the next project. Getting a fixed rear wheel for an old mountain bike.
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Nice work.
I am going to make 3 more of these holders if anyone wants one. $10 +$2 shipping. You supply your own kickstand. I will paint white if you want. So it will include the aluminum pieces and a stainless steel bolt.
If you can get a longer kickstand you can eliminate using the bottom block of aluminum. After 3, I am out of aluminum and quite frankly my machinist time cost more than I can get from these so I do not want to make any more. I just want to offer some fellow Downtube FS guys a solution. I will also provide anyone who wants with a sketch and dimensions if you want to make your own.
Not the most elegant solution but it works.
I will take one. Send me Paypal or other payment info via private forum message.Originally Posted by Kenal0
Which model kickstand do you have? Which longer one would you recommend?
I need to know which style to purchase.
I sent you a pm.
I have not received it. I wonder how long it stays in transit?Originally Posted by Kenal0


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ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. - Canada geese are plentiful in southeast Michigan and can be legally hunted.
However, Richard Lesko, of St. Clair Shores, is accused of killing the geese in a way which is strictly against the law.
The 69-year-old lives along a canal in St. Clair Shores. Neighbors say the geese often walk along the street.
Police say Lesko backed his pickup truck out of his driveway and intentionally drove into the flock of geese, killing one. The alleged attack on the birds, according to police investigators, did not stop there.
"He then goes down the street, turns around to get running room and revs the engine, hits the flock a second time, killing another goose," said St. Clair Shores Police Det. Margaret Eidt.
Eidt said Lesko retrieved a garbage can from behind his house and put the two dead birds inside. A witness told police she saw the whole thing.
Lesko can go free by posting a $1,000 bond. According to court records, he has previous charges but no convictions. If convicted of killing the geese, Lesko could face four years in prison and a $7,500 fine.
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What is a fossil fuel subsidy?
A fossil fuel subsidy is any government action that lowers the cost of fossil fuel energy production, raises the price received by energy producers or lowers the price paid by energy consumers. There are a lot of activities under this simple definition—tax breaks and giveaways, but also loans at favorable rates, price controls, purchase requirements and a whole lot of other things.
How much money does the U.S. government provide to support the oil, gas and coal industries?
In the United States, credible estimates of annual fossil fuel subsidies range from $10 billion to $52 billion annually yet these don't even include costs borne by taxpayers related to the climate, local environmental, and health impacts of the fossil fuel industry. As of July 2014, Oil Change International estimates U.S. fossil fuel subsidies at $37.5 billion annually, including $21 billion in production and exploration subsidies.
How much money do governments provide to support the oil, gas, and coal industries internationally?
Internationally, governments provide at least $775 billion to perhaps $1 trillion annually in subsidies. This figure varies each year, but it is consistently in the hundreds of billions. Greater transparency would allow for more precise figures.
You can find more information on the breakdown of national and international subsidies at our interactive website: ShiftTheSubsidies.org.
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) – backed by governments – still provide billions of dollars each year in subsidies to oil, gas, and coal production. A downloadable database of energy finance from these MDBs, taken from Oil Change International's Shift the Subsidies database, is available here.
U.S. Subsidies FAQ:
What are the estimates of fossil fuel subsidies in the United States?
As of July 2014, Oil Change International estimates the total value of U.S. subsidies to the fossil fuel industry at $37.5 billion annually, including international finance. This does not include military, health, climate, or local pollution costs. These subsidies have increased dramatically as U.S. oil and gas production has increased.
Many numbers circulate as estimates of U.S. fossil fuel subsidies. This explainer details what those numbers actually represent:
$2.4 Billion: subsidies to the Big Five producers debated and defeated in the Senate in 2011 and 2012
The Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act, sponsored by Senator Menendez (D-NJ) was debated and defeated by the Senate for two years running, and would have eliminated $2.4 billion in annual tax deductions for the five major oil companies: BP, Exxon, Chevron, Shell and ConocoPhillips.
Although the move would have been an initial step, it's just the tip of the iceberg. So called "independent" oil companies are hardly small businesses. Major integrated oil companies also include Occidental, Amerada Hess, Marathon, Murphy Oil and dozens of others. Together, these companies produced 53.5 percent of U.S. oil in 2009.
$4 Billion: Subsidy cuts President Obama proposed in every budget he has sent to Congress
President Obama has proposed cutting certain subsidies to the oil and coal industries every year he's been in office. The projections for savings have varied slightly each year but always hover around $4 billion annually. Congress has never even agreed to vote on all of them.
$10 billion. Pre "All of the Above" low end credible comprehensive estimates. Several independent estimates of U.S. fossil fuel subsidies all arrived at roughly this number, although they consider slightly different things. Recent studies include those conducted by Management Information Services, Environmental Law Institute, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development – OECD. (The OECD numbers compiled and analyzed here.)
The Sanders / Ellison "End Polluter Welfare Act" also clocked in at $11.3 billion annually – and was also proposed and estimated prior to the U.S. oil and gas production boom.
$18.5 billion: Oil Change International 2014 estimate: federal exploration and production subsidies. Since President Obama took office in 2009, federal fossil fuel production and exploration subsidies have grown in value by 45 percent, from $12.7 billion to a current total of $18.5 billion. This rise is mostly due to increased oil and gas production: the value of tax breaks and other incentives has increased along with greater production and profits, essentially rewarding companies for accelerating climate change.
$21.6 billion: Adding in the states we have data for, the United States as a whole provided $21.6 billion in production and exploration subsidies to the oil, gas, and coal industries in 2013.
$32.8 billion: Adding in consumption subsidies at the Federal and State levels which are on the order of $11 billion a year. Thus the total annual value of all known U.S. state and federal fossil fuel exploration, production, and consumption subsidies is $32.8 billion.
$37.5 billion: U.S. financing of fossil fuel projects overseas increased by 14 percent from $4.1 billion in 2009 to $4.7 billion in 2013, driven by an increase in bilateral oil and gas project lending. This brings the U.S. fossil fuel subsidy total for consumption, production, exploration, and international finance to a staggering $37.5 billion annually.
$52 billion. Highest credible comprehensive estimate (pre All of the Above energy). Includes some costs associated with defending pipelines and shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf. Earth Track, an NGO that specializes in subsidy valuation, estimates that annual oil, gas and coal subsidies total about $52 billion annually.
What are the additional public costs of fossil fuels?
Health: A 2009 report by the National Academy of Sciences claims that burning fossil fuels results in about $120 billion per year in health-related costs.
Infrastructure spending: The United States is already committed to spending at least $1.6 trillion additional dollars per year in maintenance, new vehicles and fuel. We built our power transmission lines on the assumption of large, remote power plants. We build our houses and industries on the assumption of cheap electricity; those practices, codes and regulations are still embedded in our construction and manufacturing sectors. We built our power transmission lines on the assumption of large, remote power plants.
Costs from climate change: The costs of accelerating climate change are staggering and certainly greater than the costs of ending our dependence on fossil fuels.
Military expenditures: The U.S. spends $10.5 to $500 billion annually to defend overseas oil interests. While exact estimates of oil-related military spending vary, it is clear that oil is an important driver of U.S. military force in the Persian Gulf. Taxpayers are paying a huge unaccounted-for price for oil imports, not to mention the political destabilization and lives lost due to military force in the region – casualties of the insatiable U.S. thirst for oil.
Overall costs borne by taxpayers related to the military, climate, local environmental, and health impacts of the fossil fuel industry are credibly estimated between $360 billion and $1 trillion each year – in the United states alone. You can find more information on these additional costs in our latest fossil fuel subsidies report.
Whatever the numbers, it seems ludicrous that any of our tax dollars would support such established and profitable industries. These energy subsidies are completely out of step with a nation that now broadly accepts the need to end our collective oil addiction and fight global warming.
Why is there such a big range in estimates of fossil fuel subsidies?
First, accounting methods and exact definitions of subsidies vary. Second, while environmental and consumer groups tend to calculate the total amount of revenue to the American taxpayer that these subsidies cost, others note that "many subsidies have a higher value to recipients than their direct cost to the government." In other words, the higher values are more indicative of the corporate welfare given to the already highly profitable oil industry annually, while the more conservative figures are a better estimate of how much the elimination of these subsidies would save the U.S. taxpayer.
Finally, some of the highest estimates include a portion of defense spending (more info on defense subsidies to oil here and here). It should be noted that while the estimate of $53 billion in fossil fuel subsidies annually does include some of the cost of U.S. military "defense" of the Persian Gulf region, it does not specifically incorporate any increase in defense spending relating to Iraq, or any quantification of the environmental externalities associated with oil. And none of the amounts cited include fossil fuel subsidies in the form of international aid, which is explained in greater detail on this page.
Oil Change International's U.S. subsidy estimates are largely based on foregone revenue to the federal government due to tax breaks and favorable policy measures and are closely aligned with the OECD and WTO subsidy definitions.
One major obstacle to greater action both domestically and internationally is information. To help ensure we can reduce or eliminate fossil fuel subsidies successfully, we have to know how many of them there are. Governments need to stop hiding their handouts to oil, gas and coal and come clean.
What are the benefits from removing fossil fuel subsidies?
One of the most obvious benefits of ending fossil fuel subsidies is increasing the availability of public money. Additionally, ending excessive and wasteful support for fossil fuels would reduce greenhouse gas emissions that lead to global warming.
The money saved from fossil fuel subsidies could be used to promote clean energy and energy efficiency alternatives, which would be in line with public opinion. A 2010 poll by Stanford University found that 84 percent of people are in favor of giving companies tax breaks to produce more electricity from water, wind, and solar power; 81 percent want more fuel efficient cars that use less gasoline; 80 percent want more appliances that use less electricity; and 80 percent want more home and office buildings that require less energy to heat and cool.
What is the U.S. government doing to end fossil fuel subsidies?
For the last several years, President Obama has proposed eliminating $4 billion in oil and gas subsidies from the U.S. budget. While these are not all the subsidies that this mature and very profitable industry enjoys, they are some of the most obvious. But Congress hasn't yet approved President Obama's budget cuts.
President Obama took unilateral action in 2013 to end international support for the coal industry, but as of July 2014 Congress is now threatening to roll back that progress.
Fossil fuel subsidies have come up in Congress – and rightly so! – in discussions of ways to cut government expenditures in order to balance the budget. In the spring of 2011, there was a push by some legislators to remove subsidies that target only the major oil companies – in particular, the "Big Five" (BP, Exxon, Chevron, Shell, ConocoPhillips). While this would end some of the oil subsidies, it would unfortunately exclude a number of huge companies such as Valero, Koch Industries, Occidental, Anadarko, Amerada Hess, Marathon, Murphy Oil and a number of more diversified energy companies that also produce large quantities of the nation's oil and gas.
In the fall of 2011, there was some hope that fossil fuel subsidy reduction could be included in the Super Committee's proposal to Congress for $1.5 trillion in deficit-reduction measures over the next ten years. There was support in Congress for this: In an October letter to the Super Committee, 36 House Democrats urged the committee to end subsidies to the fossil fuel industry that would save up to $122 billion over the next ten years.
But in the end, it proved to be an uphill battle to get the Super Committee to take a stand on fossil fuel subsidies – and perhaps that's not so surprising, given the influence of fossil fuel industry money on the Super Committee. Eight Super Committee members received over $300,000 in contributions from the fossil fuel industry since 1999: Senators Baucus (D-MT), Kyl (R-AZ), Portman (R-OH), and Toomey (R-PA), and Representatives Camp (R-MI), Clyburn (D-SC), Hensarling (R-TX), and Upton (R-MI).
Since 2011, there have been a number of additional congressional proposals, but none have found the traction necessary to meaningfully reform our taxpayer handouts to Big Oil, Gas, and Coal.
Attempts to reduce subsidies have failed at least in part because of the cozy relationship between Congress and the fossil fuel industry. In 2011-12, oil, gas, and coal companies spent $329 million in campaign finance contributions and lobbying expenditures and received $33 billion in federal subsidies over the same two years – a more than 10,000 percent return on investment.
What can I do to help end fossil fuel subsidies in the United States?
How do we transform oil companies into energy companies and jumpstart the new energy economy? The first step is a Separation of Oil & State – including an end to governmental subsidies to Big Oil and an investment in renewable energy alternatives and energy efficiency instead.
You can also take action immediately by signing onto the petition at the top of the page.
International Subsidies FAQ:
How do international fossil fuel subsidies break down?
No matter how conservatively the numbers are calculated, eliminating global fossil fuel subsidies represent a tremendous opportunity for increased efficiencies in spending, reductions in global reliance on fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions, and sources of finance for climate-related activities and other efforts.
Our most recent compilation of estimates indicates that global fossil fuel subsidies are at least $775 billion and up to $1 trillion annually, and quite possibly much higher. Download our fact sheet that breaks this down and calls for increased transparency here.
The estimates included in the global subsidy compilation include:
- $630 Billion in Consumption Subsidies in Developing Countries (International Energy Agency)
- $45 Billion in Consumption Subsidies in Developed Countries (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
- $100 Billion in Producer Subsidies in Developed Countries (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
- $80 to $285 Billion in Production Subsidies in Developing Countries
- $15 to $150 Billion in Financing from International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and National Development Banks
- $50 to $100 Billion in Financing through Export Credit Agencies (ECAs)
- $20 to $500 Billion for Securing Fossil Fuel Supplies (Military Subsidies for Fossil Fuels)
In total, this adds up to as much as $1 trillion annually in fossil fuel subsidies.
In addition, a recent report by the International Monetary Fund estimated that if negative externalities (eg costs to our health and climate) from energy consumption are included in subsidy estimates, that global subsidies could total as much as $1.9 trillion.
Our latest analysis of G20 government support for oil, gas, and coal companies found that governments across the G20 countries are estimated to be spending $88 billion every year subsidizing exploration for fossil fuels. This report documents, for the first time, the scale and structure of fossil fuel exploration subsidies in the G20 countries.
The evidence points to a publicly financed bailout for carbon-intensive companies, and support for uneconomic investments that could drive the planet far beyond the internationally agreed target of limiting global temperature increases to no more than 2ºC.
Who needs to act to eliminate international fossil fuel subsidies?
Ultimately, national governments need to act to reduce the subsidies to the oil, gas and coal industries. There are also a number of international forums that can facilitate action on fossil fuel subsidies:
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) — read more on what should be done at the UNFCCC
- The G20 – they agreed to phase out inefficient subsidies over the medium-term in 2009, but followup has been lackluster and limited action at the national level has been taken.
The G8 — read the statement from G8 leaders which included support for fossil fuel subsidies phase out.
Didn't President Obama and the G20 announce an end to fossil fuel subsidies?
No. The Obama Administration and the G20 nations proposed that they end "inefficient" fossil fuel subsidies. Although this process has generated some new studies and data, so far zero subsidies have actually been eliminated as a result.
What are the challenges of ending fossil fuel subsidies internationally?
The principle is simple and clear: You can't really say you're committed to the fight against climate change if you're still funding oil and coal. Many global leaders including the leaders of the G-20 nations, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Sir Nicholas Stern, Al Gore, and Sir John Browne (the former Chief Executive of BP) have all spoken out against the ongoing practice of subsidizing fossil fuels with public funds. But care needs to be taken in how – and what kinds – of subsidies are eliminated and in what time frame.
To equitably phase out fossil fuel subsidies, it is important to consider the difference between the dominant types of subsidies in industrialized vs. developing countries, namely production subsidies vs. consumption subsidies.
In the U.S. and the rest of the industrialized world, we generally have production subsidies, which also serve as corporate welfare to the oil, gas, and coal industries. They return the favor with lavish campaign contributions. These subsidies should be immediately eliminated.
But in the developing world, consumption subsidies, which try to make access to energy and fuel affordable to the poor, are far more common. As mentioned above, consumption subsidies may reach the hundreds of billions annually, which makes them the largest subsidies when excluding the military and wars for oil. However, the intent of these subsidies is generally not to increase consumption of fossil fuels per se—rather it's often simply to help make access to energy and transport affordable in developing countries.
Therefore, eliminating consumption subsidies is likely not the place to start leveling the playing field for clean energy. Like raising prices on U.S. consumers, it's likely to provoke a backlash in developing countries, ensuring gridlock for years to come.
So where do we start internationally to level the playing field on clean energy?
A great place to start eliminating fossil fuel subsidies in the developing world would be to end international subsidies via institutions like the World Bank, regional development banks, and export credit agencies like the U.S. Export-Import Bank, or the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. These institutions actually use our tax dollars to build infrastructure for fossil fuel extraction and use in the developing world. These funds should instead be used to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy infrastructure. Recently this has started to happen with coal finance in particular.
Over the past few years, the World Bank and the major regional development banks gave over $40 billion in loans, grants, and equity to the fossil fuel industry. Export credit agencies gave billions more. All of this money could instead be important sources of public funds for clean energy.
Resources and Reports:
Our publications:
- Report: The Fossil Fuel Bailout: G20 Subsidies for Oil, Gas and Coal Exploration (2014)
- Report: Cashing in on All of the Above: U.S. Fossil Fuel Production Subsidies Under Obama (2014)
- Report: Too Big to Ignore: Subsidies to Fossil Fuel Master Limited Partnerships (2013)
- Report: World Bank Accelerating Coal Development in Indonesia (2013)
- Fact Sheet: Fossil Fuel Subsidies vs. Fast Start Climate Finance in Annex 2 Countries (2012)
- Fact Sheet: No Time to Waste: The Urgent Need for Transparency in Fossil Fuel Subsidies (2012)
- Report: Phasing Out Fossil-Fuel Subsidies in the G20: A Progress Update (2012)
- Report: Low Hanging Fruit: Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Climate Finance, and Sustainable Development (2012)
- Report: Irrational Exemption: Tar sands pipeline subsidies and why they must end (2012)
- Report: Unclear on the Concept: How Can the World Bank Group Lead on Climate Finance Without an Energy Strategy? (2011)
- Report: Payback Time? The Super Committee and Fossil Fuel Subsidies (2011)
- Report: World Bank Group Energy Financing: Energy for the Poor? (2011)
- Report: Dirty is the New Clean: A Critique of the World Bank's Strategic Framework for Development and Climate Change (2008)
Looking for more information on fossil fuel subsidies and their elimination?
- Have a look at a statement from 75 NGOs around the world, calling on leaders to take concrete steps to eliminate these subsidies.
- Read statements supported by over 50 world leaders in G20, APEC and elsewhere, which call for fossil fuel subsidy phase out
- Read our fact sheet addressing concerns about the impact of subsidy reform on the poor
- See how much money international development banks are sending to the fossil fuel industry in developing countries: www.ShiftTheSubsidies.org
- Read reports from intergovernmental agencies outlining details on fossil fuel subsidies and their phase out.
- See who else in the NGO community is working on fossil fuel subsidies
- Check out all of the prominent figures who have been quoted speaking in support of phasing out fossil fuel subsidies
- Explore the work of the governments within the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform
- Read key press reports on international fossil fuel subsidies


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The TBI is criticizing a series of reports by a Nashville TV station in the Holly Bobo disappearance case.
News media statewide have reported extensively on the search for the 20-year-old, who went missing from her Decatur County home two years ago.
The NBC station in Nashville, WSMV, recently aired a series of reports that appeared to update the investigation and the circumstances surrounding Bobo's disappearance.
But in a press release Friday, the TBI called the reports "erronious" and "irresponsible." It said the station used false information from a private detective group in its reporting, and did not confirm the information with investigations.
WSMV responded in a statement of its own, saying the TBI has been unwilling to comment for its reports, even though they've been airing for weeks. The station also says it is committed to accurate reporting and is happy to review the concerns raised by the TBI.


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VeritageMiami (formerly United Way Miami Wine & Food Festival) brings together a who's who of more than 3,000 wine, beer, spirits and food lovers
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Blend your love of fine wine and food with a passion for helping to make Miami a better place at the 19th annual VERITAGEMIAMI on April 9-12, 2014. For almost two decades, VERITAGEMIAMI, formerly the United Way Miami Wine & Food Festival, has brought its world-class four-day celebration to our community, in support of United Way of Miami-Dade's work in education, health and financial stability. The 2014 VERITAGEMIAMI lineup includes a craft beer tasting on Wednesday, April 9, at Wynwood Walls – set amidst world-renowned outdoor murals, the vibrant Wynwood crowd will gather to sample favorites from local restaurant, paired with 100 craft beers and micro-brews at dozens of tasting stations. Wednesday, April 9, 2014. 6-7 pm VIP Tasting; 7-9 pm General admission. $75 per person VIP admission; $55 per person General admission; $45 per United Way Young Leader. http://www.veritagemiami.com/events/craft-beer-tasting


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I usually dont do this .... but I want my bikeforum friends to have the first bid on the very very last speed TR model 08/09 with Joule generator wheel, lights and and and
for the unbeliveable closeout price of 657 dlr.... ITS the LAST One and Dahon just sold the last ones as well. which means its the end of a super deal....
Also although a little more stock yet but getting fewer and fewer the venerable Curve SL..I have ONE 2010 with derrailleurs left in stock ... thats it for that model. The 09 ones with internal gears I have a few more. but they also trickle outta here and will be surely missed after they are gone... THERE WILL BE NO 2011 CURVE SL ... if the cirrent ones are gone .. there will be only a 3 speed model left !!!!
For all fence sitters this is the time to act....there are some bargains out there, which will fizzel away shortly
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Coyle, who scored three goals for five points in the Wild's first-round series was looking a little swollen on Friday afternoon.


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For Immediate Release:
June 18, 2012
Southcoast Hospitals Group Blood Bank says Thank You!
The Southcoast Blood Bank is proud to have so many donors who have committed to donating blood on a regular basis to help save the lives of their friends, neighbors, and members of their community.
The Southcoast Blood Bank would like to take this opportunity to thank those donors who have recently hit impressive donating milestones:
1 Gallon:
- Janet Almeida of New Bedford
- Denise Ayotte of North Dartmouth
- John Boucher of New Bedford
- Maureen Costa of New Bedford
- Jonathan Donner of New Bedford
- Caryn Gamache of Acushnet
- Rose Grant of Fall River
- Megan Kelly of Dartmouth
- Joaquim Lourenco of Acushnet
- Christopher Lynch of Acushnet
- Lisa Matias of Fairhaven
- Paul Melanson of Somerset
- Rodney Racquer of Fall River
- Sandra Smith of New Bedford
- Debra Sullivan of Warren, R.I.
2 Gallons:
- Frank Botelho of New Bedford
- Claudette Correiro of Fall River
- Pauline DeSousa of Fall River
- Daniel DiPaola of New Bedford
- Shawn Fern of South Dartmouth
- Russell Koster of Lakeville
- Robert Lavallee of New Bedford
- Edmund Otis of South Dartmouth
- Miguel Rosario of New Bedford
- Laurie St. Pierre of New Bedford
- MaryAnne St. Pierre of Acushnet
3 Gallons:
- Dori Baumberger of Fall River
- Barry Brasidio of Dartmouth
- Annette Boulay-Defrias of New Bedford
- Todd Cusson of New Bedford
- Nicholas Memoli of Wareham
4 Gallons:
- Patricia Ansay of North Dartmouth
- Lorraine Audet of Fall River
- Janine Campbell of Acushnet
- Gary Crowell of Acushnet
- Robert Furtado of Fairhaven
- John Letendre of Fairhaven
- Alvaro Lima of New Bedford
- Jeffrey Marden of North Dartmouth
- Donald Neves of North Dartmouth
- Debra Perry of South Dartmouth
- Judy Santos of New Bedford
- Karl Sovik of Fairhaven
- Robert Szala of Dartmouth
5 Gallons:
- Marcia Joseph of Fairhaven
- Daniel Lemieux of New Bedford
- Veronica Robdau of North Dartmouth
6 Gallons:
- Ann Marklin of Mattapoisett
8 Gallons:
- Kingsley Doe of South Dartmouth
- George Dossantos of New Bedford
- JoAnn Finn of Wareham
- Vincent Medeiros of Dartmouth
- Roger Nadeau of Acushnet
- Rosemarie Stupalski of New Bedford
9 Gallons:
- Joyce Normandin of New Bedford
- Elaine Olifierko of Acushnet
10 Gallons:
- David St. Aubin of Marion
16 Gallons:
- William King of Lakeville
- Michael Spoor of New Bedford
20 Gallons:
- Steven Macedo of New Bedford
The Southcoast Blood Bank: The Southcoast Blood Bank is located at St. Luke's Hospital, 101 Page Street, New Bedford, off the main lobby. Walk-ins are welcome Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 to 2:30 p.m. For more information or to make an appointment call 508-961-5320. More information is available online at www.southcoast.org/bloodbank/.
Community Blood Drives: Southcoast hosts blood drives throughout the region on the Southcoast Health Van and at local businesses. The schedule can be found online at www.southcoast.org/van/ or by calling 508-993-0430.


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Just Pondering Part 696
by Renard Moreau
I am fully aware of the fact that WordPress can be somewhat problematic at times — glitches come up from out of the woodwork like ghosts with the intentions of haunting your blog instead of you (But, that can be annoying at times).
This is what has been happening to me lately: I keep getting repeated notifications from the same person pertaining to liking my About page (Now, I highly doubt that person is really doing that).
Have you been receiving the same type of technical glitches? And, what are your views on all of this?
If you enjoyed this article and you would like to read more posts of this nature, please feel free to follow this blog of mine.
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The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) is holding five alumni reunions at the IIMA campus during December 2013 and January 2014. The scheduled events include the 10-year reunion of the class of 2003 batch; the 20-year reunion of the class of 1993; the silver jubilee reunion of the class of 1989; the 30-year reunion of the class of 1983 and the 40-year reunion of the class of 1973. About 300 alumni are expected to be present along with their families during the five reunions. Prof Arvind Sahay, dean, Alumni & External Relations, said, Alumni are the key pillar of the reputation of our institute. Alumni reunions are occasions for our alumni and IIMA to explore ways and means of increasing the scale and scope of the engagement between each other. The reunions would provide an opportunity to obtain feedback from the alumni about the ongoing curriculum review of its PGP and also enable sharing details of activities at the institute. Some interesting details like, in a first, a serving full-time professor at any IIM or IIT, Abraham Koshy, Professor of Marketing, was appointed as the non-executive chairman of Federal Bank. Another was that 101 PGP students went on exchange around the world. Prof Sahay now hopes that, going forward, more alumni would come back to the institute.
Six Capital launches training on FX trading
Singapore-based Six Capital has launched Indias first-ever training programme on foreign exchange (FX) trading. The 12-week programme is designed to train individuals into professional FX dealers. It aims to train participants on the basics of FX and how FX markets operate, learning how to achieve small, consistent profits under all market conditions. Speaking at the inauguration, Patrick Teng, founder & chief dealer, Six Capital, said, Our vision is to create future jobs globally by empowering individuals with lifelong skills to earn through FX trading.
XLRI to host industrial relations conference
XLRI-Xavier School of Management will host the 6th National Industrial Relations Conference on January 11-12, 2014, at XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur. The conference is likely to witness some of the most thought provoking topics and issues related to the changing workforce and transforming IR scenario of today. The two-day conference aims to shed light on some of the most pertinent aspects of management in an era of globalisation and the changing expectations and aspirations of the workforce of today.
Prabhudas Lilladher Finance lab at IFIM school
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I saved up all my credits all summer long for college football....and I just wagered all 600,000 across a number of games. I love the first four weeks of football.
'Until things are brighter, I'm the man in black.'
The question is... did you bet the over on ISU wins for the season?
I'm in the same boat there Jon...
I tried calling this
They laughed at me and told me to call back when I start losing some real money.
Edit: This is a joke. Just incase someone thinks I'm being rude to people that have a serious problem.
Also, their should be a dissclaimer for everything since someone will always take something the wrong way.
Last edited by bellzisu; 08-25-2008 at 11:42 PM.
Bellzisu is aka Chris Bellcock. Just so I'm not anonymous anymore.
how rude
"A degenerate am I? Well you sir are a festezio. See I can make up big words too."
I wagered 300,000 on ISU to win outright on Thursday. I think that was a 1 to 4.5 bet, but it seemed like the surest money on the board.
I figured if I lost it, the sheer shock of that loss, and the calls that would ensue on my radio show on Friday would sort of offset the pain of lost credits. I just dont see that happening.
I put every credit I had on the Over for ISU's wins this year. That seemed almost a sure bet to me. I have to wait for a few weeks to collect though.
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Originally Posted by jumbopackage
I put every credit I had on the Over for ISU's wins this year. That seemed almost a sure bet to me. I have to wait for a few weeks to collect though.
Just 4 weeks.
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Can you settle just a portion of a bet? Otherwise I will be low on credits till the end of the season.
Originally Posted by keepngoal
Just 4 weeks.
Not when it is tied to 10 other teams.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.
I have taken a 100,000 credit beating the past week or so
Originally Posted by chadm
Not when it is tied to 10 other teams.
Originally Posted by JonDMiller
I saved up all my credits all summer long for college football....and I just wagered all 600,000 across a number of games. I love the first four weeks of football.
I had nothing to do with it :)
Glad everyone loves it, I think I speak for all of us bookies when I say we really enjoy putting them out there.
The first few weekends we will prob not have all the big12 or big10 games, there are just too many crappy games. Once we get into conf play we will have all of them every week.
But if anyone out there has some special action they want to see, please let us know and we will get it posted.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775
Originally Posted by keepngoal
Just 4 weeks.
Except we wont settle the bet till after turkey day :)
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Chesterfield, MO (KSDK) - Cardinals broadcaster for FOX Sports Midwest, Dan McLaughlin, was arrested Sunday, September 25, after he was involved in a car accident in Chesterfield, Missouri.
Police say 37-year-old McLaughlin struck a street sign at Baxter and Isle View Drive, and then left the scene.
He was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident, and failure to exercise the highest degree of care.
Charges are currently pending in Chesterfield Municipal Court.
He was released on $750 bond.
This is the second time McLaughlin has been charged with driving while intoxicated.
McLaughlin was arrested August 16, 2010 after an officer responding to a report of an erratic driver stopped him on Interstate 64 in Chesterfield.
He refused a breathalyzer test, and pleaded guilty to driving under the influence in November.
In his plea deal, the state did not revoke his license. Instead, he was ordered to serve two years of probation.


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Alexander showed off his best model poses and even got a few kisses from the girls. Such a lucky man.
Guests who attended the party received free gifts and were able to purchase exclusive Victoria Secret items at the event.


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Wednesday, 19 March 2014
by kenneth chaw
For hire: (from left) Roselyn Sanchez, Edy Ganem, Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramirez and Judy Reyes are the stars of Devious Maids.
Marc Cherry employs desperate measures to look for another hit show.
I WAS a huge fan of Desperate Housewives up until it finished its run in 2012. So you can imagine my excitement when I heard creator Marc Cherry was coming up with a new show, sporting an oh-so-juicy title, Devious Maids.
Based on a Mexican TV series, and no doubt with influences from Desperate Housewives, the series centres on the lives of five maids scrubbing and cleaning the posh, opulent homes of Beverly Hills, California. But of course, things are not as they seem.
The first season revolves around the mysterious murder of the young and beautiful help, Flora Hernandez (Paula Garces). In the pilot, she dramatically bursts through a second-storey window and falls into a swimming pool in the middle of a posh dinner party.
The mystery begins to unravel with the arrival of the show's lead character, Marisol Duarte (Ana Ortiz). She befriends a close-knit group of maids comprising Carmen Luna (Roselyn Sanchez) who harbours hope of being a singer, Rosie Falta (Dania Ramirez) who longs to bring her son over from Mexico and the quarrelsome mother-daughter team Zoila (Judy Reyes) and Valentina Diaz (Edy Ganem).
By the end of Episode One, we discover what brings Marisol to the neighbourhood. A waiter at the dinner party, with a bloody knife in hand, was arrested for allegedly killing Flora, who as it turns out ... is Marisol's son.
Determined to prove his innocence, Marisol puts on an apron and places herself strategically as a maid in an insightful household to scour for evidence.
As the series progresses, we learn more about the secrets that these homeowners keep behind the heavy, mahogany doors of their lavish homes, with the help of these maids of course.
At first glance, it seems there's plenty of similarities between both of Cherry's creations. They both start with a mysterious death. They both feature an (attractive) all-female cast. And they both have plenty of dirty laundry to air. But that's where the similarities end.
Devious Maids, unfortunately, is a poor man's version of Desperate Housewives ... at best. First up, the series has little depth. Yes, I'm fully aware that I'm comparing it to a show that owes some of its success to the barrage of scantily clad housewives and half-naked handymen prancing around in it.
But beyond that, Desperate Housewives explores hard-hitting, everyday issues such as divorce, cancer, abortion, to name a few.
To be fair, Devious Maids does shed light on life as an immigrant and life as a single mother plus the disparity between the upper and lower class but there are only so many times you can play those cards.
Most of the time, we're looking at affairs, unrequited love and, err, some strange fetishes. There is also little emphasis on friendship between the girls, at this point.
Also, the show just isn't relatable. For starters, these helps look way too glamorous to be helps. Even in their (figure-hugging) uniforms, they look more like seductresses than anything.
The show has also courted controversy for employing an all-Latino cast, stereotyping the Hispanic community in the United States. Helps come in all shapes, sizes and races.
Devious Maids also feels cheesy mostly because the cast has a tendency to overact. There's a lot of gaping jaws and harden gazes, what with daytime soap opera queen Susan Lucci joining the cast as a divorcee looking for her seventh husband.
The only thing the show has going for it (though by no means should be regarded as a redeeming quality) is leading lady Ortiz who manages to pull off playing a dramatic role following her stint in Ugly Betty as Betty's nosy sister, Hilda.
Perhaps, it's unfair to pit Devious Maids with Desperate Housewives but it's hard not to. After all, they are both from the same creator. I expected another Desperate Housewives but even if it fell short, at the very least, I expect to see something with a little more heart.
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Summer 2009
Welcome to the fourth edition of ESA Today. This brief, quarterly email is designed to keep members informed of key Society activities.
94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
This year's annual meeting (www.esa.org/albuquerque) being held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico, kicks off Sunday evening, August 2, with an opening plenary by Sandra Postel, Director of the Global Water Policy Project. Following the scientific plenary Monday morning by Monica Turner, ESA MacArthur Lecturer, more than 200 sessions will be offered over the course of the week. Check out a Symposium on this year's theme, "Ecological Knowledge and a Global Sustainable Society"; visit new exhibitors while mingling with poster presenters; visit a local treasure on a field trip, and celebrate the end of the week with a performance from a local flamenco troupe. Registration is open and hotel rooms are filling quickly.
ESA Graduate Students participate in Congressional Visits
Four ESA graduate students took part in a congressional visits event, co-organized by ESA. Jennifer Moslemi (Cornell), Colin Quinn (Colorado State U.), Tanya Skurski (Montana State U.) and Ari Novy (Rutgers) were recipients of ESA's 2009 Graduate Student Policy Award to participate in the event and gain hands-on experience interacting with policy makers. Together with ESA Rapid Response Team member Scott Collins (U. of New Mexico) the group visited 17 congressional offices to promote sustained federal investment in the biological sciences and science education.
USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center
In December, ESA helped organize a Comprehensive Review Workshop for the U.S. Geological Survey's new National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (http://nccw.usgs.gov/). The two-day workshop, held in collaboration with The Wildlife Society (TWS) and the Meridian Institute, attracted approximately 190 representatives of federal agencies and nongovernmental agencies, who provided input on the objectives, priorities, and structure of the Center. ESA, TWS, and Meridian will be hosting a series of smaller meetings in the first half of 2009 to obtain additional input, leading to a final report of recommendations to be published this summer.
National Science Foundation awards Grant to ESA
ESA has been awarded a $207,000 grant from NSF to cultivate the participation of underrepresented institutions and students in National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) science and education. The project, in collaboration with NEON Inc. and the Science and Engineering Alliance (SEA) will implement pilot educational webinars, a workshop for college students to explore the use of social media applications for NEON, and a series of College Speaking Tours to 17 Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions. This proposal continues the efforts of ESA and SEA to introduce NEON to the educational community.
ESA, AIBS Coauthor Analysis of President's 2010 Budget
The Ecological Society of America and the American Institute of Biological Sciences analysis focuses on federally supported research in the biological sciences. It appears as a chapter in the American Association for the Advancement of Science Report XXXIV: Research and Development FY 2010. To keep up to date on federal budget developments, sign up to receive ESA's free policy updates http://www.esa.org/pao/policyNews/
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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) form the foundation of consumer credit rights in the United States. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act promotes the fair treatment of consumers by prohibiting professional third party debt collectors from using unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices such as harassment and false statements to collect consumer debts. The FDCPA is a strict liability law, which means that a consumer does not need to prove they suffered any actual damages in order to claim statutory damages under the Act. Instead, a debt collector can be legally liable to a consumer if the debt collector simply engaged in conduct prohibited by the FDCPA.
The Fair Credit Reporting Act is a federal statute that promotes the accuracy, fairness and privacy of consumer information presented in credit reports, criminal background checks, educational background checks, and license checks. For instance, a credit reporting agency collects information about you, puts it into a credit report and sells the report to lenders, insurance companies and employers. These credit reporting agencies, including specialty agencies (such as those that sell information about check writing histories, medical records, and rental history records) must comply with the regulations contained in the FCRA or else be vulnerable to legal action for violating consumer rights.
Both the FDCPA and FCRA provide significant legal rights to consumers in the United States. Below is a general overview of these rights; however, please contact our office to discuss your legal options if you believe your rights under the FDCPA or FCRA have been violated in any way.
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- Harassment. Debt collectors may not harass, oppress, or abuse you or any third parties they contact. For example, they may not:
- use threats of violence or harm;
- publish a list of names of people who refuse to pay their debts (but they can give this information to the credit reporting companies);
- use obscene or profane language; or
- repeatedly use the phone to annoy someone.
- False statements. Debt collectors may not lie when they are trying to collect a debt. For example, they may not:
- falsely claim that they are attorneys or government representatives;
- falsely claim that you have committed a crime;
- falsely represent that they operate or work for a credit reporting company;
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- indicate that papers they send you are legal forms if they aren't; or
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- Debt collectors also are prohibited from saying that:
- you will be arrested if you don't pay your debt;
- they'll seize, garnish, attach, or sell your property or wages unless they are permitted by law to take the action and intend to do so; or
- legal action will be taken against you, if doing so would be illegal or if they don't intend to take the action.
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- give false credit information about you to anyone, including a credit reporting company;
- send you anything that looks like an official document from a court or government agency if it isn't; or
- use a false company name.
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- try to collect any interest, fee, or other charge on top of the amount you owe unless the contract that created your debt – or your state law – allows the charge;
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- contact you by postcard.
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- Access to your credit file is limited only to people with a valid need (usually to consider an application with a creditor, insurer, employer, landlord, or other business ) not to third parties for the purpose of marketing;
- You must be told if the information in your credit file has been used against you;
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New Jersey Obituaries - 1899 - Owen Singleton
Owen Singleton died suddenly at Port Monmouth last Wednesday of heart disease. He was 66 years old and was sick only a few hours before his death. He was a farmer and had lived at Port Monmouth nearly all his life. Besides his wife five children survive him. The children are Mrs. William Naughton of Keansburg, Mrs. Michael Kilroy, Michael and Jerry Singleton of Sandy Hook. The funeral was held on Saturday morning at ten o'clock at St. Mary's church at New Monmouth and the service was conducted by Rev. J. A. O'Connor. The burial was at Mt. Olivet.
Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, January 11, 1899
Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, January 11, 1899


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Wayne County Court Notes 7/23/2013
Wayne County Court notes are published Tuesdays in The Times-Tribune.
Estates filed
-âCecelia Lastarza, also known as Cecelia E. Lastarza, Dyberry Twp., letters testamentary to Robert Lastarza Jr., 537 Bone Ridge Road, Hawley, David Lastarza, 24 Old Swartswood Station Road, Newton, N.J., and Michael Lastarza, 10 Park Lane, West Milford, N.J.
-âGertrude Dailey, also known as Gertrude W. Dailey, Clinton Twp., letters testamentary to Linda Jean Falsone, 633 FlatÂrock Road, P.O. Box 378, Waymart.
-âCharles F. Sulzer III, Salem Twp., letters of administration to Elizabeth Ann Sulzer, P.O. Box 415, Hamlin.
-âRandolph S. Shelton, HonesÂdale, letters of administration to Paula Brown, 146 Union St., Honesdale.
-âRonald R. Butler, also known as Ronald Russell Butler, Sterling Twp., letters testamentary to Gail Donn Butler, P.O. Box 12, Sterling.
-âJoseph E. Hawley Jr., PauÂpack Twp., letters testamentary to Joseph A. Greene, 1402 Green St., Harrisburg.
-âJody E. Wilmot to N. Dennis Leavens; a property in Cherry Ridge Twp. for $93,000.
-âManya Weg, administratrix of the estate of Ted Weg, also known as Theodore Web, to Piper Creek Inc.; a property in Cherry Ridge Twp. for $40,000.
-âJeffrey Gardas to Stacy L. Jr. and Ann E. Gardner; a property in Clinton Twp. for $40,000.
-âFrancis J. and Helen McGurk to Peter J. Grimm and Diane V. Mitchell; a property in Clinton Twp. for $110,000.
-âRobert F. Bond, agent for Barbara Ann Bond, to Eric RichÂter; a property in Damascus Twp. for $88,000.
-âSheila Martin to Corey L. Tyler and Melissa S. Orner; a property in Damascus Twp. for $225,000.
-âScott Haag to Annette Choynacki; a property in Damascus Twp. for $170,000.
-âKevin P. and Cynthia S. McGinnis to Stephen E. and Lucinda A. Reed; a property in Dyberry Twp. for $275,000.
-âMatthew G. and Carolyn J. Lorent to James J. and CatherÂine J. Dougherty; a property in Hawley for $120,000.
-âHonesdale National Bank to Noel Brunka; a property in Honesdale for $40,000.
-âKayhan Sengun to RayÂmond V. III and Laurie S. HarringÂton; a property in Honesdale for $350,000.
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Their science is sound, albeit computationally expensive in FLOPS and Watts. It has research and industrial applications (e.g., raytrix.de). However, i have two main objections:
1) Unclear value in the consumer space: What's the *problem* --or need-- addressed by Lytro? Is this better or less expensive than
1a) a fixed UWA lens w/ a small sensor (practically infinite DOF), or
1b) shooting ultrahigh frame rate video (Casio and others) w/ refocus and/or focal plane shift?
2) Closed system: Why the Steve Jobs approach of locked h/w and s/w from a research outfit? Or is this the Stanford business acumen?
No USB, HDMI, TB etc. ports, no external cards, no local s/w (Cloud up/download of big data doesn't scale well for 1M Lytro shooters), no user (consumer?) interaction... No freedom, no ecosystem.
Net: Solid R&D with promising research and industrial apps. Solution in search of a problem in the consumer space (Lytro), mostly an acquisition lure. Deplorably Apple-like closed Lytro.


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Katie Melua is one of my favorite western singers. Her soothing voice and musical tone gives one relaxation. The title of this article is inspired by one of her songs, 'thank you stars', in her album 'piece by piece'. I would like to regard myself as one of those 'others' who attended the meeting of Eritrean intellectuals, professionals and others in Addis Ababa last month. I think it is important for the Eritrean opposition to have good and healthy relations with all political actors in Ethiopia and in the region generally, be they in power or in opposition. It is also important for all of us that we and our neighbors live in peace based on mutual respect and understanding. It is only then we can have sustainable development. It is also important that we have free, democratic and justice upholding countries around us that respect human rights. We all gain from that. Regarding relations with the Ethiopian opposition, the bottom line should be that they recognize Eritrean independence and sovereignty.
Ethiopia with about 80 million people is one of our big neighbors. We are bound to live as neighbors for ever. We have historical relations with it and we have ethnic extensions like we have it with all our neighbors. It was our colonial power; we were forcibly annexed to it for 30 years. The legacy of the liberation war and the border war after liberation has left deep injuries that arehealing with time. Our current brutal dictatorial regime that is oppressing us can not be entrusted to forge good relations with Ethiopia or with our other neighbors. It is in the interest of both countries that we lay ground for a new fraternal relationship based on mutual interest and trust and it is high time the Eritrean opposition did that. I have previously reflected on our relationship in two articles related to the last year meeting of the National Conference for Democratic Change in Addis. At this particular junction of our history I would like to thank the TPLF in particular and the EPRDF in general for the following specific reasons. I am not looking for nor I am in need of any favors from the Ethiopian Government in doing so, but I want to state facts that have been blurred by the huge propaganda machine of the Eritrea regime. I have also to state that like many other Eritreans, I supported the Eritrean Government during the border war.
Thank you for:
– Hosting the Eritrean opposition during the last decade and for keeping it alive;
– Accepting all components of the Eritrea opposition as they define themselves be it based on ethnic, religious or other wise and giving room even to those who accuse you of interfering negatively in the Eritrean affairs and for respecting Eritrean diversity;
– Being friend in times of great need when all our neighbors not only abandoned us but collaborate with the Eritrean regime in oppressing us;
– Protecting us from our own Government on a daily basis by providing refuge to more than 60, 000 Eritreans (most of whom are young);
– Saving the lives of 4000 young Eritreans from being deported back to Eritrea from neighboring countries that were supposed to give us at least safe haven based on religious and humanitarian grounds;
– Easing the situation at the refugee camps and for opening the opportunity for higher studies where more than 500 persons take advantage of it at present. This is at the time young students are forced to live in trenches for years without education in their own country.
– Giving Eritreans in Ethiopia, preferential treatment based on the historical ties;
– Recognizing and defending the right to Eritrean independence during the liberation war when even some Eritrean scholars felt that the Mengistu regime was so progressive so that there was no need for independence
– Recognizing Eritrean independence from the start and paying a high price for that after the downfall of the Dergue regime;
– Emphatically stating that you respect the territorial integrity of Eritrea and for showing to the Ethiopian chauvinists that Ethiopia can not only survive but it can thrive as well, without any ports of its own, while at the same time our own Government is working closely with the Ethiopian opposition that do not recognize our independence and have declared openly that they will retake Assab. By doing so, has the Eritrean regime lost all its legitimacy to represent Eritreans.
– Stating that you have recognized the border ruling between the two countries in writing to the Secretary General of the UN and for asking for negotiations during implementation so that the marking on the ground will be carried out to the best benefit of people living in the border area;
– Clarifying that there is Eritrean territory that was given to Ethiopia by the border Commission still under the administration of the Eritrean Government. Our Government just emphasizes that the Weyane are still holding Eritrean territory.
– Being honest in not only recognizing and apologizing that mistakes were done during the border war from your side, but for taking concrete steps to redress the mistakes. On the other side our Government has never apologized neither to the Eritrean people nor to the Ethiopians
– Clarifying that the coalition between the EPLF and the TPLF against the ELF was not a Tigrinya alliance, but was necessitated by self defense against the coalition between ELF and EPRP to attack TPLF and at the same time regretting the use of force, then.
– Giving us a breathing space, bringing us together, helping us to build trust amongst ourselves; a trust that we lost due to our Government working day and night to sow divisions among us.
– Showing us the way to forge a strong people to people relationship.
I would like to err on believing what I have heard, what I have seen, what I have experienced over the years than to err on not believing it. Now that we are coming close to National Conference for Democratic Change in Addis I call upon all skeptics to engage positively by participating and say their opinions there and see what is going on in Ethiopia. Then they would have more credibility when they express themselves, rather than sit in their ivory towers in Europe and the USA and profess judgments not based on facts. History is being made, be part of it.
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Sighter: Shelley Selim
Sighted: Eliel Saarinen, Helsinki Central Railway Station
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Date: July 4, 2012
There was a two week block of last summer when at any given moment I could be found clapping, beaming, and prancing with merriment; arms open to our joyous earth's embrace. No, I hadn't finally completed my master's degree (that would come later—with commensurate celebrating in its own right), but rather had landed on Nordic soil, where I completed the remainder of my graduate coursework studying Scandinavian design amidst the incredible apples and countrysides of Sweden and Finland.
How befitting that on our American day of independence, I disembarked in Finland, a country that was also shaped by the struggle for its own autonomy (a struggle which persisted for centuries longer than that of the Tories and the Patriots, I might add). That morning I launched my tour-laden itinerary with a walk to the hub of public transit: the Helsinki Central Railway Station. Conceived by Cranbrook mahatma Eliel Saarinen in 1904, it underwent myriad design revisions before reaching its completed form in 1919. While technological modernization has necessitated considerable renovations to the building's interior over the years, the external structure remains largely in its original, magnificent state.
Please excuse my blatant Hockney expropriation here. Armed with only an iPhone and a cheap point-and-shoot camera, in my travels I'm often forced to "assemblage" my fractured photographs in a sad attempt to capture the visage of any large building situated on a narrow street (read: most of metropolitan Europe).
Like much of Saarinen's oeuvre, the Helsinki Central Railway Station is widely celebrated as an architectural masterpiece. Personally, it most appeals to me both as a signifier of the growth of the twentieth-century urban landscape as well as Eliel's own transition toward a more rationalist approach to design. His original elevation aligned closely with the turn-of-the-century National Romantic style he championed in Finland, most notably the National Museum of Finland (1902-1912) and the Finnish Pavilion at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, both efforts of the Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen architectural firm.
But in the early 1910s, at this point fully abreast of the appeals for modern architecture radiating from Germany, Saarinen eschewed the spired tower and carved granite bears of his initial design, replacing them with Olbrich-esque vaults, sweeping vertical lines, and an arresting quad of proto-deco Emil Wikström "Stone Men" sculptures. With arms extended, presenting lantern globes to railway visitors, the brawny figures can be seen as symbols of a newly empowered and independent Finland, or perhaps a nod to the increasing accessibility of once distant lands at the dawn of the 1920s vogue for travel.
The stepped masonry and geometric patterning in the leaded windows would also become Saarinen trademarks, visible on many of the buildings throughout the Cranbrook campus, including the architect's own home.
Posted by Shelley Selim
2013-14 Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow
A Once-Modern Marvel
Sighter: Leslie S. Edwards
Sighted: MacDonald Building, J. Robert F. Swanson, Architect, and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson Interiors
Location: Harbor Springs, Michigan
Date: April 2, 2013
Taking a cue from Chad's road trip, I decided to seek out Cranbrook-related architecture during my recent spring break trip "up north" to our family's summer home in Goodhart. Since my family has summered up north for over 40 years, I already knew that many Cranbrook artists and architects vacationed there as well. In fact, many built their own homes and cottages just down the road from ours. This time I was in search of the MacDonald building in Harbor Springs – a design that I recently discovered was a Swanson and Associates project. The Swansons had a long association with Cranbrook – J. Robert F. ("Bob") was a classmate of Harry Booth's at University of Michigan's School of Architecture, and he acted as interpreter for Swedish-speaking Eliel Saarinen, a visiting professor in 1923. When Harry and Bob returned to Bloomfield Hills, they established an architecture firm called Swanson and Booth, and designed the first Academy of Art building on our campus in 1925. Bob's wife and business partner, Pipsan, was none other than the daughter of Eliel and Loja Saarinen and sister to Eero Saarinen!
While Bob worked on many projects with the Saarinens, including the Smithsonian Gallery of Art Competition (1939), Center Line Defense Housing (1941-1942) and the first scheme for General Motors Technical Center (1945), he also had private commissions for numerous residential properties, churches, schools, and businesses across the state. In 1941, Harbor Springs summer resident E. F. MacDonald commissioned the Swansons to design and furnish a modern new building at the corner of State and Main streets downtown. Termed the "finest improvement to be made in the city in recent years," the first floor sported all-glass store fronts while the second floor housed four efficiency apartments.
The entire interior of the building was fitted with modern furnishings carefully chosen by Pipsan, in two color schemes – green and blue. The interior trim was white pine stained to match the birch doors, and birch furniture was chosen – chairs and tables from Artek-Pascoe including Alvar Aalto's 402 chair, as well as side chairs, desks and dressers from Johnson Furniture Company of Grand Rapids.
So, on a crisp, winter day, my mother, daughter and I set off for Harbor Springs to see this once-modern marvel. Imagine my surprise when we arrived in town and the building hardly resembled the architectural rendering, except for the main entrance doors and the second floor windows. My guess is that the building was TOO modern for historic Main Street; I can imagine the uproar from residents demanding a more historic look to such a prominent building. Being the ever-curious archivist, I could not post this story without finding out when the building was altered to its present state.
A Road Trip by Design, Part 2
Sighter: Chad Alligood
Sighted: Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church, 1940-42; Eero Saarinen's North Christian Church, 1964; Harry Weese's Cummins Engine Company Tech Center, 1968
Location: Columbus, IN
Date: February 22, 2013
Part one of my road trip from Michigan to Kentucky brought me to the doorstep of Eero Saarinen's Miller House in Columbus, IN. Here, then, I submit for your consideration part two: the rapid-fire highlights of my whirlwind, self-cobbled tour of Cranbrook in Columbus.
3:02 PM, Friday afternoon: I need to be in Louisville, KY—about 75 miles away—by 5 PM. Short on time but long on curiosity, I decide to hit as many of the Cranbrook-related local gems of modern architecture as possible before I hit I-65 South.
3:04 PM: I wander out of the Columbus Area Visitor's Center, map in hand, attempting to plot an architecturally significant route while walking. As I ponder which cool building is closest, I look up from my map to be confronted with the answer:
Crisp lines, modern geometry and repetition, minimal ornament: the soaring tower of Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church breaks my nerd-alert map concentration. It's difficult even now to imagine how such a monumental reduction of form emerges so early in the century: Eliel begins work on this project in 1940 (at the same time as he develops the design for Cranbrook Art Museum, with which the church shares numerous stylistic attributes). Composed of three rectangular wings surrounding a sunken garden, First Christian Church comprises an essay in clarity of thought and unity of overall form. Taking cues from the earlier models of his Finnish countrymen Alvar Aalto and Erik Bryggmann, Eliel—in concert with his son Eero—imbued the rational, linear form with the tactile material warmth of buff stone panels and tan brick. Bonus vintage shot of the church under construction on March 19, 1941, courtesy of Cranbrook Archives:
3:19 PM: I try to enter several locked doors of the church. I fail. I curse.
3:21 PM: With no time to linger, I hop into Celeste, my beloved '91 Camry, bound for yet another Saarinen church—but this one is Eero's. As I drive up the winding path, North Christian Church looks as if it could lift off at any moment. In his architectural vocabulary of simplified forms, Eero sought a language that would "clearly and logically express the form and character of the church." Hexagonal in plan with a 192-foot spire, the building cuts a knifelike silhouette through the high cloudbank of a February storm:
Given the chilly drizzle and the fact that it's early Friday afternoon, I have the place to myself. I steal a moment of quiet under the curved awning, reveling in Eero's visionary forms and sensitive materials.
3:30 PM: I try to enter several locked doors of the church. I fail. I curse.
3:36 PM: With only time for one final drive-by, I plot my next move on the way to the I-65. I settle on the quirky, proto-Brutalist Cummins Engine Company Tech Center designed by Cranbrook alum Harry Weese in 1968. I'm always drawn to the concrete construction and repetitive form of American architecture of the late 1960s and 1970s—it's often so withholding, so dutiful in its drilled-down muscularity. Weese enlivens the façade with idiosyncratic pre-cast concrete sun shades over each of the glass exterior windows. I find a certain awkward charm in this strange detail, so I snap a photo through the fence:
3:45 PM: Kentucky beckons. With Weese's blocky concrete in my rearview mirror, I hit the highway headed south—with Cranbrook Sighting #7 no doubt just around the corner.
Posted by Chad Alligood
2012-13 Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow
A Road Trip by Design, Part 1
Sighter: Chad Alligood
Sighted: Eero Saarinen's Miller House, 1953-57
Location: Columbus, IN
Date: February 22, 2013
I love a good road trip. Chintzy roadside attractions, late-night caffeine stops, full-blast radio singing—I'm quite at home behind the wheel at 65 MPH. Road trips satisfy my compulsion to wander while feeding my admiration of classic American kitsch. My recent talk at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft provided the perfect excuse for a meandering journey from Michigan to Kentucky in my trusty '91 Toyota Camry. At the behest of our preparator extraordinaire and resident design nerd Mark Baker, I scheduled a stop in Columbus, Indiana on the way down. Why Columbus, you might ask? The answers are so awesome and numerous that they require two blog posts.
The first, and perhaps awesomest, is Eero Saarinen's Miller House. Eero completed a relatively small number of residential commissions in his lifetime; Miller House certainly counts among the most remarkable of these. Check out these views:
Industrialist J. Irwin Miller, perhaps one of the greatest American architectural patrons of the 20th century, commissioned the home from Saarinen in 1953. Miller's belief in the power of good architecture to set the public mood inspired him to offer to pay all the architect's fees for public buildings in Columbus. As a result, the 45,000 residents of this town enjoy world-class facilities built by veritable giants in post-war architecture including I.M. Pei, Robert Venturi, Richard Meier, Harry Weese, and Gunnar Birkerts among many others. But it was Eero whom Miller chose to design his personal residence.
Often considered classically Modernist in its open plan, reduction of ornament, and use of steel and glass, Miller House in fact reminded me of another famous residence back on Cranbrook's campus in Bloomfield Hills: Eliel Saarinen's 1930 art deco masterpiece Saarinen House. Compare the dining rooms, for instance:
In its circular format, emphasis on spatial relationship in horizontal and vertical planes, and attention to unification between decorative and structural elements, Eero's dining room directly recalls that of his father. Of course, Miller House's overall palette and interior décor—conceived by modern master Alexander Girard—radically differs from the warm tones favored by Eliel and his wife Loja, who designed the textiles for the home.
Stay tuned for part two of my road trip…where did it take me next?
I thought I was on vacation.
Sighter: Chad Alligood
Sighted: Daniel Libeskind's World Trade Center site, 2003-
Location: New York City
Date: January 3, 2013
Over the recent holiday, I spent a glorious week in New York City, where I had lived for three years before accepting my position at Cranbrook. During my stay, I caught up with good friends and former colleagues, revisited old stomping grounds, and reconnected with important burritos of my past (El Centro in Hell's Kitchen). Of course, as a museum professional and art historian, I also reveled in the sheer breadth of art experiences available to denizens of Gotham. At Ann Hamilton's installation at the Park Armory, I swung on a giant swing in the company of pigeons and robed monklike actors. At the divine Ferdinand Hodler show at Neue Galerie, I faced the artist's unflinching, obsessive portraits of his dying lover and muse. And at the Rosemarie Trockel retrospective at the New Museum, I stood slack-jawed in a white-tiled room with a faux palm tree sprouting from the ceiling while motorized birds chirped and whirred, mocking me from a nearby cage.
Heady stuff. So heady, in fact, that I needed a moment of fresh air, and luckily, the New Museum's Sky Room on the seventh floor offers stunning views of lower Manhattan from a narrow terrace on the south and east sides of the building:
I snapped this picture, undoubtedly like many of the other art tourists around me, with the intent of manipulating it later in Instagram, hopefully inspiring of deluge of "likes." But as I reviewed the photograph from the comfort of my friend's couch, I became curious about the Freedom Tower, the building under construction at the center of the photo. I fired up Wikipedia, and lo and behold: hundreds of miles and a holiday away from Cranbrook's campus, the institution managed to elbow its way into the very center of my touristy snapshot.
Daniel Libeskind, the famed architect who won the competition to design the master plan to rebuild the World Trade Center site, served as the Artist-in-Residence in the Architecture department at Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1978-1985. (Other architects designed the individual buildings within the plan; David Childs of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the Tower itself, though Libeskind chose its height of 1,776 feet.) Libeskind's tenure at Cranbrook, which preceded the completion of his first building, might be understood as foundational to the development of his design ideas. While he was here, the architect worked closely with Katherine and Michael McCoy, the Artists-in-Residence in the Design department who pioneered the so-called "semantic" approach to design. Elements of this approach, which relies on metaphorical links as a method to solve design problems, extend throughout the architect's most famous commissions—including the one at the heart of my photo.
Posted by Chad Alligood
2012-13 Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow


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A New Identity and Website for the Grand Strand Technology Council
John Sanders originated The Grand Strand Technology Council for the purpose of creating a common information source for the growing technology community in Horry and Georgetown Counties. There were only a dozen or so members in the beginning, but the Council has grown steadily over the years and Sanders remains the Chairman. He is quoted on the GSTC website outlining the organization's goals. "Activities are focused on topics of specific interest to computer information and technology trained professionals, and to technology dependent businesses. Initial emphases are on personal networking among the individuals," Sanders states. A general list of program topics includes the following:
- Information technology initiatives at Coastal Carolina University
- Federal government contracting
- Microsoft security initiatives
- Technical training at Horry-Georgetown Technical College
- Visiting business leaders from significant companies where subcontracting might be available
- Biotechnology and information technology
- The next levels of Internet
Recently, the council adopted a brand new logo to go along with its new identity:
Presently, the council is preparing to accept nominations for the 2012 GS Technology Leadership and Innovation Awards.
The five categories of nominations that are being accepted are listed as follows on the GS website:
- Innovation in technology advancement, adaptation or services
- Business growth and new marketing initiatives used in promotion, regional recognition and revenue increases
- Technology integrated in education throughout the Grand Strand
- Application of technology in charity and community service
- Entrepreneur of the Year in technology
The nomination form is online only, and will require the basic background information on the nominated person, including a one page biography and up to 500 words in support of the nomination. Winners will be determined by a distinguished panel of judges. The Awards Ceremony will be held at the Horry-Georgetown Technical College Conference Center in November.
Grand Strand residents who may not be familiar with the GS will find that most of the top technology corporations in the area have become members of the organization rasuch as Coastal Carolina University, MetGlass Corporation, Combraco Industries and the Mercom Corporation. The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce is also a member. The GS, a non-profit organization, meets regularly and welcomes new members.
Explore Conway, SC Newsletter
Well, this is our first ever monthly newsletter. Exciting things are beginning to take place at ExploreConwaySC.com. We have recently, back in June, launched our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Explore-Conway-SC/120100974795530, which you need to go like to keep up with our latest updates. For the month of June we signed on two new clients to the site. Those clients include Ocean Fish Market and Little Angles in Conway, SC.
City Council, Downtown Alive and Chamber Mixer
The Conway Chamber of Commerce played host to the Conway City Council and Conway Downtown Alive Tuesday evening. The event was well attended and a good time was had by all. The CJ was in attendance and documented the festivities
Cannon's Small Engines Holds Factory Scratch and Dent Sale
Cannon's Small Engines is holding their 6th annual "Scratch and Dent" sale in conjunction with Husqvarna. This is how the factory can get rid of
Interview with Veronica Gerald of Ultimate Gullah
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It's that time of year again...Yellow Page time. Have you ever noticed that they put the books on anything that resembles a building? Empty, no windows, it doesn't matter, just so they can claim that they distribute so many books.
Ya-Ya's Consignment Comes to Conway
Consignment at 910 3rd. avenue in downtown Conway (across from the Visitor's Center) is opening this Monday at 10 am.
Burger Brothers Success Leads to Expansion
From the Myrtle Beach Restaurant News -
"Dan and Tina Malfroid have leased their current Burger Brothers restaurant to Alan and Kellie Shulver, who are turning the spot at 1518 4th Ave. in Conway into Burger Brothers Express. When the transition is complete, the plan is for the express location to serve burgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, fries and ice cream in five minutes or less, and will specialize in carry-out and drive-through service.
Heroes and Villians Festival a Success!
The Heroes and Villains Festival at the Frank's Rivertown 12 Theater was a great success Friday night. Costumed actors and costumed movie goers paraded around the lobby waiting for the chance to see the movie Thor.
Music was provided by the Avengers and the Selectones. Banana Jack Murphy webcast the proceedings and HaHa the Clown painted up the kids in comic book style. Between the music, games and all around festive atmosphere, this movie opening was a Grand Opening in deed.
Conway Parks & Rec On A Roll, Now it's Elvis.
Starting with a hugely successful Fall festival and most recently a Halloween Carnival that packed 3rd Ave, it would appear that the city is establishing a trend. With the cooperation of CCU students, Conway Parks and Recreation drew about 1,200 people downtown for games and trick-or-treating. Downtown business owners and event planners were pleasantly surprised by the turnout. The Conway Crawl, which in the previous few weeks had really fizzled out, experienced a major rebound as local families showed up in droves. Tonight's Crawl will feature music by Elvis and a Snow Ball Drop by Conway Main Street USA. Many shops will be open late, Snow Ball Drop is at 7:00pm.


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Miranda Lambert has extended her reign as the new queen of country after leading the nominations for the 2014 CMT Music Awards.
The "Mama's Broken Heart" singer is up for six trophies at this year's event – two as a solo act, two for her "We Were Us" duet with Keith Urban and two with her band the Pistol Annies.
Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan have landed five nods each, while Urban and Taylor Swift have four each to take to the CMT Music Awards on June 4 at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena in Tennessee.
The night's big prize for Video of the Year will be a battle between Blake Shelton and Pistol Annies ("Boys 'Round Here"), Carrie Underwood ("See You Again"), Eric Church ("Give Me Back My Hometown"), Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan ("This Is How We Roll"), Hunter Hayes ("I Want Crazy"), Kacey Musgraves ("Follow Your Arrow"), Keith Urban with Miranda Lambert ("We Were Us"), Luke Bryan ("That's My Kind of Night"), Miranda Lambert ("Automatic"), Taylor Swift ("Red"), Thomas Rhett ("It Goes Like This") and Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban ("Highway Don't Care").
Meanwhile, Dierks Bentley and OneRepublic ("Counting Stars"), Jake Owen ("Days Of Gold"), Lady Antebellum and Stevie Nicks ("Rhiannon"), Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie ("Oh No/All Night Long"), The Band Perry and Fall Out Boy ("My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark") and Willie Nelson and Neil Young ("Long May You Run") – all from CMT TV specials – are up for the CMT Performance of the Year prize.