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From an article that originally appeared in Asia and the Americas magazine in July, 1946, written and illustrated by William A. Smith:
"People had to wait in line for the simplest necessities. Soap, tobacco and especially sugar were at a very great premium, and the young children had never tasted candy. All drinking water was boiled, and it was touching to see the morning water queue."
"After the arrival of the OSS team, hundreds of tons of food and clothing were parachuted into the camp from planes. There were candy bars, canned soups, canned turkeys, Virginia hams, plenty of sugar, soap, GI rations and medical supplies. The men, women and children were delighted with their GI combat jackets, fatigue caps and Army issue shoes. These were the first new clothes they had had in ears. The women were especially fascinated with the new types of food that they had never seen before. Canned butter, lemonade powder and canned stews were strange and wonderful delights. Parachute cloth was made into beautiful new blue, red or yellow dresses and blouses."
"After the first few days of internment, only one Chinese was permitted inside the high brick wall. He was a dirty and stupid-acting coolie whose job was to remove the pails of refuse from the latrines. The Japanese would have no part of this job. Actually, he was an OSS agent and his access to the camp made it possible for the prisoners to communicate with the outside. His "contact" inside the internment center was Father Diego, a Catholic priest whose duty it was to clean the latrines. The other internees were most surprised when, after the camp had been taken by the Americans, this same Chinese walked through the gates in a western-type business suit."
"In the middle of 1944 an American, Arthur M. Hummel, and a British companion made a dramatic escape over the wall on a dark night. They had sent word through Father Diego and the OSS Chinese agent to a group of central government guerrillas and a rendezvous had been arranged. For the next fourteen months they stayed with the guerrillas and their radio contact with the American army supplied much of the information that aided Major Steiger's capture of the camp. A new Japanese commandant had been established in the camp only shortly before the escape was accomplished. When the two men were discovered to be missing the Japanese commander assembled the prisoners and with tears streaming down his cheeks begged that no one else try to escape. The incident had put him in a bad light with his superiors and he had lost great "face." He said that if any one else got away it would be necessary for him to commit hara-kiri. He had a family and did not want to die."
"There was much interest in the sketches I had been making around the compound, and I was asked to permit an exhibition. Before the doors were opened there was an incredibly long line of people waiting to get in. Many people, after filing through and examining each picture as long as the crowd behind would permit, returned to the end of the line to await their turn to see the things again. Their enthusiasm made me very humble."
* My thanks to Kim Smith for providing both the art and article for this week's topic. Our story continues tomorrow.
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That's what I'd call a well illustrated story!ReplyDelete
The Japanese have a well developed aesthetic sense, so they must have been impressed by those outstanding sketches.
Wonderful stuff,ReplyDelete
If you find this interesting, you should check out Ronald Searle's amazing sketches from his wartime internment by the Japanese, "To the Kwai and back".
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We all have issues. Some of us are just more honest about it than others. Some of us are aware that we have issues and some of us are deeply in denial. I'm going to share something with you that very few people know about me. I have a fear. A fear that causes me to use a particular defense mechanism because it's easier than doing anything else. I have a fear of being alone. This fear in most people causes them to always want to be in a relationship even if it is unhealthy, just so that can avoid being by themselves. Since I'm not like other people, in my case, this fear causes me to want to remain single so that I don't have to be worried about a man leaving me alone.
My entire adult life has been full of men who have abandoned the relationship. They've all had reasons that they felt were justified. My son's father left me because I wouldn't continue to have a sexual relationship with him while he was in a relationship with another woman. My ex-husband left me because he could no longer abuse me and he was cheating on me with another woman. My ex-fiance had his family plan a wedding for us, then I discovered that he was seeing another woman that he was keeping a secret from his family. One ex-boyfriend told me he didn't want to marry me because I didn't make enough money. One man I dated for nearly a year told me that he didn't want a relationship with me because he wasn't "ready". Another ex-boyfriend of mine cheated on me because he said I get too much attention from other men. These are all forms of rejection, abandonment and betrayal that I have experienced over the years and resulted in me to developing this fear. Some people would refer to it as insecurity. It's not insecurity. Some people would call it baggage. It's really an instinctual response to protect myself from perceived or potential harm. What I have discovered is that a lot of people have this same fear. We all handle it differently. Some of us lash out at others to drive them away. Some of us hold on to others for dear life. Some of us may decide to remain in solitude because it's less traumatic than going through break ups.
My fear is resulting in me losing people who I love. I lost a friendship that I value because I am fearful of the friendship developing into a more intimate relationship. My effort to communicate was an epic fail. So, I'm going to see a therapist that specializes in sex, intimacy and relationships. That may seem counterproductive because I'm not in a relationship, but in spite of my fears, I would like to be…one day…before I die…if God willing.
I truly think that there are a lot of good men in the world, I just don't believe any of them could want a relationship with me. That is a part of my fear. Why did this fear manifest itself and what can be done about it? I don't know if anything can be done about it, but my goal is to become better at expressing myself and then conquering the fear itself. The fear causes me to hide from the idea of a relationship with a man I love because I'm afraid he will eventually leave me; either for another woman or because he just doesn't believe me to be worthy of him. I recognize that this fear hinders me in other areas of my life, and in my career. The fear causes me to be withdrawn in social atmospheres because I'm afraid of feeling rejected. The fear causes me to seclude myself because I'm afraid that others will not appreciate or accept me. As I take this journey to conquer my fears, I want to share with you some of the "triggers" that cause people to have a fear of being alone and what you can take into consideration if you're in a relationship with a person who has these same fears or has trust or abandonment issues – or if you're in a relationship period.
1. Don't use the word love if you don't mean it. Love is an action word, not a stick of gum. When you love someone it's best to show it to them, more than you say it. Personally, I'd rather have a man who never says he loves me, but shows me everyday with his actions, affections, protection and by claiming me as his woman or wife.
2. Be compassionate. You're dealing with another human being. They have feelings too. Even if you don't agree with how they feel, be compassionate towards their feelings and try to gain a better understanding of where it comes from. Everything isn't always about YOU in the relationship. There's someone else involved in that relationship as well.
3. Pay attention. If you want a relationship with someone, paying attention to them is necessary. Pay attention to what bothers them, what makes them happy, what makes them sad and how your actions contribute to that. Learn what their likes and dislikes are. No one believes you truly love them if you don't know anything about them. It's not logical to us as people. When a person says they love you, but they don't know your likes and dislikes, favorite color, what makes you sad, your favorite movie or anything else that makes you YOU, you feel like they are playing games with your emotions and you will react as such.
4. Don't use the relationship as a weapon or method of control. Too many people are always threatening to leave someone if they don't do what you want them to do. Telling a person you are going to divorce them, leave them or cheat on them is the wrong approach. If you are not happy with that person and you don't accept and appreciate them for who they are, you should not be in a relationship with them. If you feel it is necessary to use your relationship as a weapon or method of control, you need to seek therapy for yourself. That's not love. That's being a bully.
5. Be reliable. Do what you say you will do and be there for the person you love. If a person doesn't feel that you have their back, they won't be open with you. If they call you in a time of need and you never answer or show up, they won't find you reliable. If you value a person in your life, showing you are reliable, and that you have their back and are in their corner will help them feel more comfortable with you and they won't be guarded and withdrawn.
6. Respect people's timeframes. Some people believe that they have an eternity to have a relationship with someone. If you aren't looking to get married until 2035, you should not say the words love, relationship or marriage to someone in the year 2012. It's misleading. Consider that someone you love may have had a near death experience that makes them want to live every moment like it's their last. They aren't going to wait for you to be ready before they live their life to the fullest. You could lose someone because you don't respect their timeframes and how they want to live their moments in life.
7. Respect the human factor. People make mistakes. Do you prefer someone who can take responsibility for their mistakes or someone who blames everything on everyone else, including you? In a relationship, both people are responsible for that relationship. What you do, say and don't, will impact the strength and longevity of the relationship. You're dealing with another human being who has feelings, problems and past experiences. Show concern more than you find fault in them and they will do the same with you. Treat a person the way you want to be treated.
8. Be trustworthy. Don't expect a person to trust you because of what you say, because you're not like "other men/women" or because you think they should just trust you "just because". Trust is earned. Trust is not given. Particularly for people who have experienced betrayal and infidelity. You have to show yourself to be someone a person can trust. See numbers 1 – 9 for ways to accomplish this.
9. Know what a person expects from the a relationship. Understand a person's views on relationships. This comes from having effective communication with a person, by being honest about your own expectations and by listening to theirs. This also comes from paying attention and showing compassion. You don't have to agree with the person, but you should be aware of what they want and need out of the relationship. Then you can determine if you are capable of building a relationship with them instead of hurting them later.
10. Don't make promises you can't keep. It's never a good idea to get a person's hopes up and not follow through. This goes back to being reliable and trustworthy as well. If you over promise and under deliver, you look like a liar. Even if that is not your intention. People will call your character into question if you are "all talk". If you are going to do something, do it. If something unforeseen prevents you from doing what you said you will, make a phone call, apologize and reschedule for another day or time. You can't expect a person to keep giving you chances to disappoint them.
11. Don't communicate in 140 characters or less. As much as I love technology and gadgets, I also hate the effect they have on interpersonal relationships. We've gotten so comfortable with not having human interaction that we literally attempt to establish, have and maintain relationships using texting, emailing and social networking. This is not a good foundation for a relationship. Mostly because people have misused these tools in order to do harm to others. When someone constantly experiences meeting men/women on Facebook who are only interested in having sex, and that's not what that person is looking for, if you met them on Facebook, you can't expect them to just react differently. They are operating from what they know. They are protecting themselves from harm. You have to show that you are not the same, not just say it. There's nothing better for solidifying a personal connection than face to face contact with a person. There's nothing better than being present in their space, inhaling their pheromones, looking into their eyes and hearing the inflection in their voice when they speak. Take the time to get off the internet and get into each other's personal space.
12. Learn to agree to disagree without anger and animosity. Everyone you meet with not agree with you. If they do, you are doing something wrong. People are entitled to have a difference of opinion. Even if you are extremely compatible with someone else, you will never agree with each other 100% of the time. Learn to express how you feel in a way that doesn't cause anger or animosity, yet allows you both to speak your minds and have a better understanding of each other. Some people just need to vent. When this occurs they turn towards the person they love and who said they love them. They want that person to be a sounding board. Their outpouring may or may not have anything to do with you directly. They just need you to be there for them and let them be vulnerable.
13. Don't placate a person. No one in their right mind thinks they are right 100% of the time. A person dealing with abandonment or trust issues, or who has a fear such as mine, wants that one person that will prove them WRONG about how they feel. They don't want a person agreeing with them to get them to stop talking or to end the disagreement. They want the person they love to be honest with them, tell them and show them that the fear they feel at that moment is not warranted. This doesn't work if you placate them. It might only make them angrier and cause the already existing issues to escalate out of control.
14. Spend quality time together. Whether you call it quality time, intimate time, quiet time or date night, it's important for two people who love each other to have time in the same space together to enjoy each other's company. It doesn't matter if it's indoors or out; whether it includes activities or just laying in the bed holding hands and looking into each other's eyes. Time together between two people builds bonds and strengthens relationships. It allows for a connection to exist and remain. People who have the best and longest lasting relationships are people who spend one on one quality time together and make it a habit to do so on a regular basis.
15. Listen to the person. It is said that we have two ears and one mouth because we are supposed to listen twice as much as we talk. If a person says that they have a need from the relationship, listen to them closely and measure if you can meet that need or not. Silly and superficial expectations don't count. I'm referring to reasonable needs and wants that a person expresses, such as "Honey, I would like for you to help me with the housework more, so we can spend more time together on weekends instead of me cleaning all day." That's a reasonable need.
16. Be honest. The biggest issue that causes people to fear being alone, being abandoned or to have trust issues is that the other person they are dealing with is dishonest in some way. Not many people can be honest with themselves, let alone with other people. Sometimes even withholding small bits of information can appear to be dishonest. A person who doesn't have bad intentions, something to hide or isn't playing emotional games is more able to be honest, even when it hurts your feelings. At least you will be able to respect them for telling the truth so that you can make an informed decision for yourself.
17. Compromise – The 80/20 Rule. You will only get approximately eighty percent (80%) of your emotional, financial and intimate needs met by the other person in the relationship. You have to be willing to compromise the other twenty percent (20%) and go without those needs or do those things for yourself. Expecting someone outside your relationship to fulfill that 20% is a recipe for disaster. Leaving one woman for another woman because she has a bigger booty or a smaller waistline is fuckery, when the woman you already had at home is a good wife, good mother, good friend and partner to you. Get your priorities in order in your relationship.
18. Give the same level of love that you expect. You reap what you sow. Enough said.
19. Measure the pros and cons. I'll never forget the scene in "Why Did I Get Married, Too?" when Patricia (Janet Jackson), told Angela (Tasha Smith) and Dianne (Sharon Leal) that they should"write down all the good he's ever done and all the bad he's ever done. And if the good outweighs the bad, you need to be big little women and fix it". Resilience through the hard times is what people want to see that you are capable of. Marriage vows say for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, for a reason. Are you the type of person that runs from a problem before you try to fix it? Are you a person who will quickly dismiss someone you say that you love because they did something you dislike or that offended you? This behavior tells a person you don't think they are "worthy" of you, your time, your attention, your energy or your love and that you are not able to be there for the long haul. It translates into "You're not good enough for me to stay and work this out."
20. Be happy. Being happy is a decision. One of my favorite songs is "Be Happy" by Mary J. Blige. When I was going through my divorce it was on heavy rotation. The answer to true happiness lies within yourself. Another individual can not make you happy. It's not their responsibility to make you happy. They can only enhance your existing happiness. If you're not already happy with your life, even without being in a relationship, you should reassess if you should be in a relationship at all.
21. Learn to forgive. If you truly love someone and you want them to be your friend or spouse, you must learn to forgive them when they make mistakes in your relationship or fall short of your expectations. No one is perfect. If you think you are perfect, seek therapy for yourself. If your relationship is not abusive, full of addiction, infidelity or anything demeaning or harmful to you, your health or happiness and it's worth fighting for or saving, the first step is to forgive.
22. Sex ain't better than love. There's a difference between physical and emotional intimacy. People desire to be loved, appreciated, respected and acknowledged…outside the bedroom. If you are not capable of this, you should not use the words love or relationship until you are. Emotional intimacy is the most valuable type of intimacy between two people. It means that they trust each other, are reliable, communicate effectively, know each other well, and have the other building blocks necessary for having a healthy relationship.
Look at a relationship like a tree. Trees have to be planted. The tree has roots that develop into a trunk, which sprouts branches, and grow leaves or fruit. If your roots are weak, your tree won't be strong, your branches will be limp and your tree won't bear fruit. And if it does manage to bear fruit, the fruit will be rotten to the core. Take responsibility for your actions or inactions in your relationships and make an attempt to grow. If you love someone, truly love them, and they have fears of being alone, have trust or abandonment issues, make an attempt to work through their issues with them before you walk away. You could be that one person that teaches them how to love and makes a difference in their life.
~ Love is the strongest element on Earth. It can heal a broken heart, rescue a lost soul or it can be used to destroy.

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ATHENS — The Toyota Texas Bass Classic has long been considered a world championship of bass fishing, bringing the top anglers to Lake Conroe year after year, and with the first set of qualifiers to the 2012 field, the tournament will continue to be a showcase for the world's best.
The top 15 Professional Anglers Association members from the 2012 Walmart FLW Tour Angler of the Year List have qualified for the tournament. Highlights from the field include Angler of the Year David Dudley and 2009 Toyota Texas Bass Champion Dave Lefebre.
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In seven FLW tournaments this season, Dudley has won twice and finished in the top 10 four times. 2012 marks the third Walmart FLW Tour Angler of the Year title for him in his 17-year FLW career, winning in 2011 and 2008. One of the most successful anglers on the Tour, Dudley becomes the first back-to-back FLW season point winner. Dudley is looking for his first win at TTBC, finishing 12th in 2011, 25th in 2009 and tied for 16th in 2010.
"I'm excited to be fishing in what is considered the Pro Bowl of bass fishing, where all the top anglers from every circuit come together to compete," Dudley said. "I can't wait to get out there."
2009 TTBC Champion Lefebre finished 11th in the Walmart FLW Tour Angler of the Year rankings, earning one win at Kentucky Lake in June and finishing in the top 10 twice. In his ten years as a FLW Tour professional, Lefebre has five career tournament wins and 45 top-10 finishes. Lefebre followed up his 2009 TTBC victory with a fifth place finish in 2010 and 41st in 2011.
The other qualified anglers are Jacob Powroznik, Ron Shuffield, Jim Moynagh, Cody Meyer, Luke Clausen, Bryan Thrift, JT Kenney, Matt Arey, Andy Morgan, Clifford Pirch, Wesley Strader, Clent Davis and Jim Tutt.
The remaining 45 spots will be filled by the 2011 Champion Keith Combs, the top 15 from the 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series Toyota Tundra Angler of the Year standings, the top 15 from the 2012 Bass Pro Shops PAA Tournament Series Angler of the Year standings and four tournament sponsor exemptions.
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Now for a crowdfunding campaign that is definitely not about the next big thing. The story starts back in 1978. That's when a spacecraft called ISEE-3 - International Sun Earth Explorer No. 3 - went into space, orbiting around a point between the Earth and the sun. That's called a halo orbit. Its job was to measure what we now call space weather.
Well, then years later, through some NASA wizardry, it was moved. It was renamed ICE, International Cometary Explorer. And in 1985, it became the first spacecraft to fly past a comet, confirming that comets are basically big, dirty snowballs. Well, now - long story short - ICE has been little used since the 1990s. There's been only intermittent communication with it for decades. And NASA does not intend to spend any more money on it.
Well, enter a couple of former NASA guys and the crowdfunding site RocketHub, where they are trying to raise cash to bring ICE back to life for its original purposes.
Former NASA employee Keith Cowing is here to explain. Hiya.
KEITH COWING: Hi.
SIEGEL: NASA has basically given its blessing to you to revive one of its satellites. How's that?
COWING: Well, but they haven't said no and they said yeah, we'll help. But they're sort of in a predicament here, where they do have budget issues - which are real. And we just saw this opportunity to grab something that might still work and with a little hackery and MacGyvery, bring it back to life.
SIEGEL: And what's the point of doing that?
COWING: Well, A, because we can; B, because it still works; and C, can actually do something useful. Our slogan is: Make me do science again.
SIEGEL: But this is a long shot, I gather. One blogger back in February wrote that it just was impossible to re-establish communication. You disagree with that?
COWING: I absolutely disagree. They also said that the radio telescope dish that we use to listen to it at Morehead State couldn't hear it. Well, we keep hearing it every day. We'll know if we can't do it if we try to do it.
SIEGEL: And you have all of the manuals and all of the instructions for working with this late '70s vintage craft?
COWING: We are reassembling that collection. We've got a good start. We're talking to a lot of guys in their 70s and 80s who say that, you know, my wife said I have to get rid of this stuff - after 30 or 40 years - and we're happy to take it.
SIEGEL: I gather that you are trying to raise $125,000, which to my ear, for anything connected with NASA or a satellite, sounds ridiculously little.
COWING: Yeah, and we actually thought maybe we're asking a little bit too much. But we did the math, and that's what we need.
SIEGEL: To do what? What do you do with $125,000?
COWING: Well, we - first of all, we need to buy some transmitters that we have to hang off some radio telescopes; that's real money. We have to get a couple of guys to stop what they're doing, to do some re-creation of the hardware that no longer exists. And of course, there's a fee for the crowdfunding. But at the end of the day, it's pretty bare-bones.
SIEGEL: How far are you towards that goal?
COWING: Well, we have guys working on the software radio right now. We've assembled documents. We've got people rebuilding a lot of the command systems that were used.
SIEGEL: But you need $125,000. How much has been pledged so far?
COWING: As we speak, it's about $52,000.
SIEGEL: Almost halfway there.
COWING: Yes, sir.
SIEGEL: Now, when I asked you what's the point of this - is, your first answer was you want to do it because you can do it. But to somebody who's not part of the team, what's the benefit of getting this spacecraft communicating again?
COWING: Well, after you go from because we can, the spacecraft probably does have a number of its original instruments still in operation. And NASA said well, you know, we can't afford this but if you guys get that back into the orbit that it was in, and it can start sending data again, that data has usefulness.
SIEGEL: Given that you say this 1978 satellite doesn't deserve to be declared junk just yet.
COWING: Oh, heavens no. Like finding something in your garage, and you dust it off and you plug it in, and it works; and then your wife says, well, where are you going to put it? And say, well, how about in the spare bedroom?
SIEGEL: Although sometimes you say, well, where are the records to play on that thing that's been in the garage all...
SIEGEL: Well, but I mean. when would it naturally die? I mean, does it have another 30 years in it?
COWING: Well, you know, the thing has had its transmitter on nonstop since 1978. It's like the Voyagers, which left Earth about the same time. And they're a little hard of hearing, but they've left our solar system and they're still working. So odds are if it's on, if it's been working this long, it'll continue working for quite some time.
SIEGEL: Well, Keith Cowing, good luck with it.
COWING: Thank you, sir.
SIEGEL: Astrobiologist and former NASA employee Keith Cowing, now editor of the blog NASA Watch; speaking about his effort to re-establish contact with a dormant satellite.
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This is genius. Mario Wienerroither replaces the music from popular music videos with imagined sound effects and noises of what's actually happening in the music video. If you see someone jumping around, you'll hear jumping around and not the song. The result? An awkwardly funny mashup of artists dancing by themselves to no tunes, making squeaky noises across the floor, grunting, room noises, lights flickering and so forth. It's brilliant comedy.
Above is Jamiroquai's Virtual Insanity set to no music. The silence makes it embarrassingly excruciating to see a fool slide across the room for no apparent reason. Here's the full video below (with music) for your comparison:
Mario Wienerroither has also done this other music videos, like Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit, which ends up looking like a terrible amateur concert with random cheerleader noises and janitorial work sprinkled throughout.
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RFMD unveils multiple GaN-based amplifiers for cable applications.
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Treatment Options for Metastatic Seminoma
Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
My husband was diagnosed with Metastatic Seminoma today. I have been reading up on testicular cancer, and I don't really find his condition described. The doctor said it was advanced, I'm assuming it is Stage III. There is no mass in either testicle, so there will be no surgery (at this time?). It has spread to the lymph system and the bone marrow. He will begin chemotherapy next week.
This is all so new. I don't know what questions to ask. It seems to me that if this started in the testis, there should be something to take out, but the ultrasound showed no mass.
I would appreciate suggestions and treatment options.
Li Liu, MD OncoLink Editorial Assistant, responds:
Dear S,
Thank you for your interest and question.
We are sorry to hear about your husband's disease. Fortunately, seminoma, even with metastases, is a highly treatable and curable disease. The majority of seminomas arise from the testicles. Fewer than 10% of all germ cell tumors (including seminoma and non-seminoma) originate from other sites. The mediastinum and retroperitoneum are the most common primary sites other than the testicles. The management of testicular seminoma and extragonadal seminoma is essentially the same.
Multiple staging systems are currently used to classify and manage patients with seminoma. When bone marrow is involved, it is Stage III based on the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system. Patients are generally treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy with a cure rate of 70% to 80% (Williams SD, et al. New England Journal of Medicine 1987; 316:1435). Adjunctive surgery and/or radiation therapy is reserved for the patients with residual bulky disease after chemotherapy to achieve a disease-free state.


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FOR ALL the unknowns about Monday's mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, there was a nauseating familiarity to the unfolding events: the witness accounts of chaos and fear; the plea from officials for the public's help; the number of dead revised upward and then revised upward again.
"We still don't know all the facts, but we do know that several people have been shot and some have been killed. So we are confronting another mass shooting, and today it happened on a military installation in our nation's capital," said President Obama. Another mass shooting. Again, again, again.
This time, at least 12 people were killed when, for unknown reasons — as if there ever could be reason — a gunman opened fire on workers hurrying to start a new week at the venerable military complex in Southeast Washington. About eight other people, including at least one police officer, were injured in the 8:15 a.m. incident in Building 197, which houses the Naval Sea Systems Command. Once again, Americans silently extended sympathy to the families of those so senselessly killed. Once again, we wordlessly dispatched prayers and hopes of recovery to the wounded.
A 34-year-old former Navy reservist identified as the shooter, Aaron Alexis, was also killed. Two other men were initially identified as potential suspects, but D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said Monday night that investigators were confident that Mr. Alexis was the only gunman.
The investigation, involving multiple agencies, was being led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. More was uncertain than certain as this page went to press Monday night. Was this an act of terrorism fueled by a political agenda? Retaliation by a disgruntled employee? Were others aware — or should they have been — of the gunman's intent? How did he acquire his weapons (an AR-15 assault rifle, a shotgun and a semiautomatic pistol were reportedly found on him), and how did he bring them onto a gated facility? What was to be learned about security procedures and the police response?
The shootings — the deadliest such incident ever in the District — interfered with many lives: Schools were locked down; jets were temporarily grounded at Reagan National Airport; the Senate adjourned early; nearby roads were closed; the Washington Nationals postponed their night game; loved ones waited anxiously for word. But for most Washingtonians, for most Americans, life went on — the life of a horrified bystander.
Life does go on, through Columbine in 1999, through Virginia Tech in 2007, through Sandy Hook in 2012. Each atrocity provides a jolt to the nation and then recedes with little effect, until the next unimaginable event occurs, except each time a little more imaginable. Everything was supposed to change after a man with a semiautomatic weapon mowed down 20 elementary school children in their classrooms last December. But for the politicians, nothing changed. Now, another massacre, another roster of funerals. Again, again, again.


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The blood-drenched man had survived a brutal attack: Beaten with brass knuckles, shocked with a stun gun, slashed with a razor blade, then dumped 40 miles away in Montana, he staggered to a farmhouse for help. His path eventually led authorities back to a quiet backyard in this oil boom town.
What they uncovered was a large-scale methamphetamine ring that had found a home in a state long known for its small-town solitude, its slow pace and peaceful pastures.
The members of this violent gang were all relative newcomers to Williston. They called themselves "The Family," the feds say, and were holed up in a few campers tucked behind an innocent-looking, white-frame house. They had plenty of firepower, too: One of the men had an arsenal of 22 weapons.
Authorities say several "Family" members had abducted and planned to kill one of their own, seeking to enforce their code of silence out of fear he'd spill the group's secrets. They assaulted him in a camper in Williston, stuffed him into a plastic-lined car trunk, then beat him again after he escaped. He was left for dead in a Montana field. He wound up, instead, in a North Dakota hospital, telling the FBI his story.
The result: Seven guilty pleas. Prison sentences of up to 20 years. And the dismantling of a drug trafficking ring that sold meth for more than a year in one of the fastest-growing corners of America.
The oil boom in the Bakken shale fields has touched off an explosion of growth and wealth on this remote wind-swept prairie. Big money is raining down in small towns. Oil rigs light up the night sky. But the bonanza suddenly flourishing here has also brought with it a dark side: a growing trade in meth, heroin, cocaine and marijuana, the shadow of sinister cartels and newfound violence.
Small-town police forces have been struggling to keep pace. In nearby Watford City, for instance, police calls for service have multiplied at a staggering rate — almost 100 times — in a five-year period. County jails overflow on weekend nights. Local sheriffs no longer know every name and face when they stroll down Main Street.
Drugs and dealers are popping up in all kinds of places: Heroin is being trafficked on isolated Indian reservations. Mexican cartels are slowly making inroads in small-town America. And hard-core criminals are bringing drugs in from other states, sometimes concealing them in ingenious ways: liquid meth in windshield wiper reservoirs.
"Organized drug dealers are smart," says U.S. Attorney Tim Purdon. "They're good businessmen. They go where the demand is and that's what we're seeing here. ... There's simply a lot of money involved, a lot of money flowing around in those communities."
With the problems becoming more pronounced, the feds are pouring in resources to bolster local police and drug task forces.
"We're battling our butts off to stay ahead of this," Purdon says. "Our concern is that this is an open market and as people start to compete, the violence will increase. ... There's nothing less at stake here than our way of life."
The oil boom with its gusher of dollars was already under way more than three years ago when Tim Purdon was sworn in as chief federal prosecutor for western North Dakota.
The Bakken Formation — tens of thousands of square miles of oil-bearing shale under the long, flat prairies of western North Dakota, eastern Montana and part of Canada — was touted as a modern-day Gold Rush. Thousands flocked here, most law-abiding Americans in search of good-paying jobs. But the lure of big money was a guaranteed draw, too, for drug dealers and other troublemakers.
As the population skyrocketed, Purdon noticed a seemingly inevitable consequence: more people, more crime.
Federal prosecutions in the western half of North Dakota nearly tripled — from 126 in 2009 to 336 last year — mostly, he says, because of drug cases involving several people.
In Montana, 70 people — about half from outside the region — have been charged since October with federal drug offenses. Last spring, about 10 others, included two reputed members of the notorious Sinaloa cartel, were accused in a drug conspiracy. The two pleaded guilty to distributing at least 80 pounds of meth to local drug dealers within a five-month period; the intended market, the feds say, was the oil patch.
The cartel members also traded meth for about 150 guns, some of which made their way to Mexico, according to authorities.
"We have a formidable opponent," says Mike Cotter, U.S. attorney in Montana. "They market it well. They move it well and it's a battle that we have to continue to fight."
It's not one that's readily visible.
Drug deals here are arranged in phone calls, behind closed doors or along back streets of once-sleepy towns now pulsating with the work of a multibillion-dollar oil industry. Tanker trucks rumble down the roads day and night. Recent arrivals come and go from "man camps" — rows of identical, barrack-like dorms sitting on empty fields. And cars with license plates from almost every state in the union zip in and out of crowded fast-food parking lots.
"The idea of having junkies hanging around the rigs and the fracking sites — that's not happening," says Williams County Sheriff Scott Busching.
Drugs are not new here. Years ago, homegrown meth was a scourge in North Dakota but its supply was sharply reduced by a crackdown on "mom-and-pop" meth labs and legislation that made it harder to buy ingredients.
These days, the drug trade looks a lot different.
Meth is still most common, but most of it originates in Mexico. It's more potent and is generally being found in larger quantities. (In Ward County, about two hours away, meth seizures jumped from $63,200 in 2012 to $404,600 last year, according to the sheriff's office.)
Heroin is more visible, something that "scares me," says Busching, who adds that he'd probably rate the drug problem in his county a 7 on a scale of 10.
Prices are up, too, fueled by demand in an area where lots of young men are flush with cash, far from their families and have little to do in their spare time. Authorities say a gram of meth that might sell for $120 in big cities can cost $200 in Williston. In Montana, an ounce that might have sold for $800 in 2008 now goes for about $2,400-$2800.
Guns also are increasingly becoming part of the business.
"We're seeing a lot more armed drug traffickers than I've previously noticed," says Derek Hill, an ATF agent in Bismarck. "It's kind of a two-way street," he adds, with guns used as protection and for barter.
The ATF opened a bureau last year in the tiny town of Bottineau and within the first five months, the agent had opened 14 weapons cases throughout western North Dakota, many also involving drugs, says Scott Sweetow, special agent in charge in the region.
Another difference: Authorities are seeing more criminals from out of state, some with long rap sheets. One of the suspects arrested by the Bottineau agent had 15 felonies, according to the ATF.
The seven men in the 2012 abduction-drug conspiracy had all come to Williston within two years before their arrests. Brian Dahl, also known as Kodiak, had transported meth from Washington, according to documents. Though his felony record should have barred him from owning firearms, he was arrested with nine rifles, six pistols, four shotguns and three revolvers. He's awaiting sentencing.
Jeffrey Jim Butler, also known as Pops, identified by the feds as The Family's recruiter, had an assault and drug record. He's serving a 20-year sentence after pleading guilty to kidnapping and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
In another big drug bust, a 24-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., man who was jailed back home on murder, assault and gang charges was among 22 people indicted in January in "Operation Pipe Cleaner." The group is accused of trafficking heroin, crack, cocaine, marijuana and painkillers in the Dickinson area, about 100 miles from Williston.
And "Operation Winter's End" — an ongoing local, state and federal probe — also has tentacles that extend well beyond the Bakken's borders. More than 40 people have been charged with dealing heroin and meth in on and around the Fort Berthold reservation, home to the Three Affiliated Tribes. Among the accused: residents of California and Colorado alleged to have been a drug connection for local dealers.
"It used to be if someone was selling methamphetamine in the area, there probably were six degrees of separation from a Mexican cartel or a motorcycle gang," Purdon says. "Those drugs were passing through a lot of different hands before they ended up on the street. Generally, what we're seeing now is only one or two degrees."
Local police chiefs deal with the tragic results.
In New Town, a hamlet that sits on the Fort Berthold reservation, Art Walgren, police chief until recently, said he knew when a new batch of heroin arrived, because there'd be a rash of overdoses.
Like many oil patch towns, drugs are part of a larger crime wave that includes more thefts, bar fights and domestic violence. "We kind of run around plugging holes in the dikes," Walgren said, "hoping they don't break."
Federal officials — including U.S. senators from North Dakota and Montana who met in the Bakken last summer to discuss drugs — have focused new attention on the area.
The FBI — which is planning a permanent office in the region — ATF, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Bureau of Indian Affairs have added or diverted resources. Last fall, the feds and state officials in both states launched "Project Safe Bakken," a collaborative effort to pursue criminal networks, including drug dealers,
And Williams County — home to Williston — was recently designated a high-intensity drug trafficking area, paving the way for more federal dollars. Some of that aid will be used by the North Dakota attorney general's office to add a prosecutor who will specialize in drug cases, working in both state and federal courts.
Local police desperately need the help.
A North Dakota State University study released last year, called "Policing the Patch," found the number of police calls for service in Williston had quadrupled from 2005 to 2011 to nearly 16,000. In Watford City — about 30 miles away — there were just 41 calls in 2006. In 2011: almost 4,000.
Nearly a third of police officers in the study said the drug problem is acute.
"I think one in every five people that I deal with has drugs on them," one unidentified officer said.
Another summed up the situation this way:
"More drugs than we have ever dealt with. ... Ninety percent of the people who come here to work in the oil fields are good people. The 10 percent of the people who work in the oil fields that are problems make it bad for the rest of them."
Judge David Nelson sees some of those lawbreakers in his court.
A 31-year veteran of the bench, Nelson, presiding judge of the Northwest judicial district of North Dakota, says the most dramatic change in crime that has occurred is the degree of violence. "It's not just two guys duking it out and shaking hands," he says. "The knives come out. People drive cars over other people. The guns come out."
Nelson estimates more than half his cases involve newcomers.
Before the boom, he says, "I pretty much knew most of the defendants. I knew their parents, their kids, their grandparents, their next-door neighbors. Now I can go weeks and see people I've never seen before. It's amazing how many people are arrested within days of getting here."
With workers living in temporary addresses and drug dealers adept at blending in, investigators find it hard to develop the kind of who's who of local crime that other police departments have at their fingertips.
"It's like trying to capture smoke," says Bryan Lockerby, administrator of the Montana Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation. "It runs the gamut from high-end cartels to street dealers. It's not like you catch one organization and it's over."
Federal agents say the same.
"I really think it's going to take us awhile to sort of determine which organizations are having the biggest influence," says J. Chris Warrener, special agent in charge of the FBI's Minneapolis division, which includes North Dakota. "It's safe to say the Mexican cartels are involved but that the drugs are not necessarily flowing straight up from Mexico."
One thing is certain: There is a brisk narcotics trade. It continues even though most oil companies conduct drug tests, both for hiring, and later, randomly.
Patrick Johnsen has seen it firsthand.
Johnsen, 29, came to the Bakken in 2010 to escape drugs. He'd been heavy into meth and crack back home in the Chicago suburbs and decided to start over, moving to North Dakota. He arrived with a mountain of debts and $11.72 in his pocket.
He found an oil job using engineering skills he'd acquired during college. But old habits die hard. "I was still under the mindset of 'work hard, party hard,'" Johnsen says. He was arrested for drunken driving and fired.
He turned things around, though, and has been sober since September 2012. Johnsen now works on an oil rig in Montana. He helped start a twice-weekly support group of recovering substance abusers and stays out of bars.
Johnsen says some workers use drugs, falsely believing it will "increase their endurance, their alertness. It's that hustle that goes with all drugs in terms of what you believe it'll make you do ... work harder, work stronger, work longer, when in fact, it actually makes you that much more sloppy and makes you such a safety hazard on the job."
Johnsen knows there's another kind of danger.
He's reminded of it by a photo on his cell phone of a friend who'd come to the Bakken, attended his support group and recently lost his struggle with alcohol and drugs.
"He was a young guy," he says. "There was no reason he should have died."
Every day, Sheriff Scott Busching — a self-described "die-hard, old-school cop" — faces the ever-changing landscape that is the Bakken:
More serious traffic accidents. (He stopped riding his motorcycle, selling his Harley.) More arrests. And a county jail filled to capacity. (The average nightly inmate population has jumped from 24 five years ago to 135.)
The veteran sheriff says he once employed a "North Dakota nice" philosophy where law enforcement tried to solve problems, whenever possible, by avoiding tickets and jailing people. Now there's no time for that.
Busching — who notes this area is in its third oil boom — compares the transformation of the Bakken to a home renovation: messy, chaotic at times. But ultimately, good.
He celebrates the positive — the wealth of good-paying jobs, the new businesses, the promise of oil riches for years to come — that would be the envy of any community.
He acknowledges the negative, too, the drugs and everything else, but says he's tired of those who dwell on that.
Busching concedes it took time for him to accept the dramatic changes but he came around.
"I wanted my old town back, my old country back," he says. "I liked it that way. I want it to be Mayberry. But when I came to realization that it's never, ever going to be that way (I thought) ... Well, let's stick around and see if we can make it the best place possible."
It's a long-term project. Oil is expected to flow in the Bakken for another generation or more.
Sharon Cohen, a Chicago-based national reporter, can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Padres, trying to end a bad run at second base, signed longtime shortstop David Eckstein to a one-year deal for $850,000 Thursday and announced him as their second baseman.
The Most Valuable Player of the 2006 World Series, Eckstein is easily the most recognizable player acquired by the Padres this offseason. He was the shortstop for World Series championship teams with the Angels (2002) and Cardinals (2006) and a member of National League All-Star teams in 2005-06.
"We signed a very good second baseman who we're very excited about," General Manager Kevin Towers said.
Manager Bud Black said Eckstein, who will turn 34 on Tuesday, will bat behind leadoff man Jody Gerut when not batting first himself.
Eckstein has a career on-base percentage of .351. The right-hander is adept at bunting, slapping hit-and-run singles and working deep into the pitch count.
The Padres aren't expecting home runs from the 5-foot-6 Eckstein, who has seven homers over the past three years.
"He is going to play his game," said Black, who was the Angels' pitching coach during Eckstein's four seasons in Anaheim. "His game is moving the ball around the field, and if the bunt is there, he'll do that on his own. I have great trust in him getting a bunt down."
Eckstein, spoke enthusiastically from Florida of playing second base, which was his position until the Angels moved him to shortstop early in his major league career to open a spot for Adam Kennedy. The chance to play second, he said, induced him to accept less money than another club offered.
"The biggest thing that the Padres offered was the opportunity," said Eckstein, who can earn up to $150,000 in performance bonuses. "I wanted to play second base. I wanted to prove to everybody the second baseman that I am, because it is my natural position. I know (the Padres) couldn't make the commitment financially, but they could make the commitment with the opportunity to play second."
Eckstein said he wanted to sign on as the Padres' second baseman last offseason, but by the time he and his agent got word to Towers that his price tag wasn't as high as reported, Towers already had committed $4 million to Tadahito Iguchi. The Blue Jays then signed Eckstein for $4.5 million as their shortstop. He batted .277 in 76 games with Toronto.
The Diamondbacks acquired Eckstein in August to help offset the loss of second baseman Orlando Hudson. Eckstein appeared in 18 games at second. He graded well there statistically, but observers questioned his range.
This is the third consecutive offseason the Padres signed a veteran second baseman. There is ample room for improvement. In 2007, Marcus Giles batted .229 with four home runs for the Padres, who paid him nearly $4 million; last year, Iguchi batted .231 with two home runs and dislocated his throwing shoulder. Another veteran second baseman, Todd Walker, received about $2 million from the Padres without even playing in 2007.
As for the shortstop job, Towers said it now belongs to Luis Rodriguez, with backup from Chris Burke and rookie Everth Cabrera. The club had considered free agent Omar Vizquel as a part-time shortstop.
– One year after leading the majors in waiver claims, the Padres made their second waiver pickup of 2009: pitcher Jae Kuk Ryu, who worked 1 1/3 innings with the Rays last year. The South Korean has appeared in 28 major league games, one as a starter, going 1-3 with a 7.49 ERA.
– Padres President and Chief Operating Officer Dick Freeman has told Padres staffers and other major league officials that his contract comes due by April 1 and that while he may be leaving the job, he remains interested in baseball-related work. Padres owner John Moores has praised Freeman for smoothing the club's move into Petco Park. Towers has said Freeman stabilized the front office after returning to the president's job in October 2002. Freeman also was a Padres executive from 1981-95 and was COO of the Pirates from 1996-2002.


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Another curious pronouncement was the U.S. Army's assertion that the rotorcraft industry is not acting as if the nation were at war. The director of Army aviation, Brig. Gen. Stephen Mundt, told a Pentagon press briefing March 23 — following his testimony before Congress and the ARH stop-work order: "While the military may be on a war footing, our nation's industry is not on a war footing."
The specific complaint? The Army is just now getting replacements for more than 130 helicopters lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, two years after it started ordering them. Given that manufacturers have been producing military helicopters under other contracts, developing new variants, and vying with everyone else in aerospace for critical raw materials, 24 months doesn't seem a long lead time. If the Army had funded quick-response war-replacement production lines and made it a national priority to supply them, industry undoubtedly could deliver aircraft faster. But the Army hasn't done that yet.


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The White Ribbon," Michael Haneke's drama about strange happenings in a remote village in 1913 Germany, topped the European Film Awards on Saturday, picking up kudos for film, director and screenwriter.
Accepting his honor, Haneke said his film's pedigree as a German-Austrian-French-Italian co-production made it the ideal candidate — pic's producers include Berlin-based X Filme, Vienna's Wega Film, Paris-based Les Films du Losange and Rome's Lucky Red.
Win follows Haneke's success at the EFAs in 2005, when his mystery drama "Cache" (Hidden) swept the event.
Best actress went to Kate Winslet for "The Reader." Winslet skipped the festivities so director Stephen Daldry was on hand to accept the award.
Tahar Rahim took the actor prize for "A Prophet," while Anthony Dod Mantle won the cinematographer award for his work on "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Antichrist."
Helmer Danny Boyle's multi-Oscar-winning "Slumdog" also won this year's People's Choice Award.
The first award for animated feature went to Jacques-Remy Girerd and Nora Twomey's French-Italian co-production "Mia and the Migoo."
Alberto Iglesias took the composer award for Pedro Almodovar's "Broken Embraces," and Polish helmer Andrzej Wajda picked up the critics' prize for "Tatarak" (Sweet Rush).
The European Film Academy paid special tributes to director Ken Loach, who was feted with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and French actress Isabelle Huppert, who received the European Achievement in World Cinema.
Visibly moved by a lengthy standing ovation, Loach praised European film but stressed the difficulty it still has in attracting local auds and suggested the continent look towards America for inspiration, "The U.S. government supports its steel and agricultural industries. Why can't our politicians protect European film?"
The EFA ceremony took place in the German city of Bochum as part of the celebrations surrounding Germany's Ruhr Metropolis, which has been selected as the 2010 European Capital of Culture.
Next year's show will be held in the Estonian capital, Tallinn.
The complete list of winners is as follows:
FILM: "The White Ribbon," Michael Haneke (Germany, Austria, France, Italy)
DIRECTOR: Michael Haneke, "The White Ribbon" (Germany, Austria, France, Italy)
ACTRESS: Kate Winslet, "The Reader" (Germany, U.K.)
ACTOR: Tahar Rahim, "A Prophet" (France)
SCREENWRITER: Michael Haneke, "The White Ribbon" (Germany, Austria, France, Italy)
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Anthony Dod Mantle, "Antichrist" (Denmark, Germany, France) & "Slumdog Millionaire" (U.K.)
PRIX D'EXCELLENCE: Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier & Marc Doisne for Sound Design, "A Prophet" (France)
COMPOSER: Alberto Iglesias, "Broken Embraces," (Spain)
DISCOVERY: "Katalin Varga," Peter Strickland, (Romania, U.K., Hungary)
DOCUMENTARY – PRIX ARTE: "The Sound of Insects — Record of a Mummy," Peter Liechti (Switzerland)
ANIMATED FEATURE: "Mia and the Migoo," Jacques-Remy Girerd, Nora Twomey (France, Italy)
SHORT FILM – PRIX UIP: "Poste restante," Marcel Lozinski (Poland)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Ken Loach
ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA: Isabelle Huppert
CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – Prix EURIMAGES: Diana Elbaum & Jani Thiltges
CRITICS AWARD – PRIX FIPRESCI: "Sweet Rush," Andrzej Wajda (Poland)
PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM: "Slumdog Millionaire," Danny Boyle (U.K.)


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Peter Breiner is one of the world's most recorded musicians with over 180 CDs released and record numbers sold (1.5 million reached by 2008 alone), including both albums and online streams. A conductor, pianist, arranger and composer, he has conducted, often doubling as a pianist, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Mozart Orchestra, the Hungarian State Radio Orchestra, the Nicolaus Esterházy Orchestra, Budapest, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lille, France, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others.
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The world première recording for Naxos of Breiner's own arrangements of Janáček's Six Operatic Suites [Naxos 8.570555 and 8.570556] with him conducting the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra earned tremendous acclaim, Gramophone declaring it a "splendid disc…conducted with passion and sympathetic understanding…" The Chicago Tribune added: "Breiner fills the void with beautifully crafted symphonic suites based on the music of Jenůfa". This was followed more recently by his own award-winning arrangements of Debussy's 24 Préludes [Naxos 8.572584] and Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades and Voyevoda Suite [Naxos 8.573015], also recorded with the New Zealand Symphony conducted by Breiner himself. "Not since I heard Stokowski conduct his own orchestration at the Proms in 1966 have I been so impressed with an alternative to the Ravel," said Brian Wilson of Musicweb International, of this current Mussorgsky album.
Films that include his musical scores have enjoyed very wide international exposure, including Anne of Green Gables, Timothy Findley's Piano Man's Daughter produced by Whoopi Goldberg, and The Magic Flute. His music has been featured many times on the most popular TV shows, including the CBC television show Wind at My Back and Seasons of Love.
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Peter Breiner began to study the piano in early childhood (1961) and his exceptional artistry led to his early acceptance at the conservatory in Košice in 1971. He studied piano with L. Kojanova and composition with J. Podprocky, as well as conducting and percussion. In 1975–1981 he studied composition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava with Prof. Alexander Moyzes, one of the most significant figures in modern Slovak music. Peter Breiner lived in Toronto, Canada, from 1992 to 2007, when he moved to New York.
Proficient in seven languages, Breiner has hosted various TV and radio programmes about music. In 1993 he was a co-host and music director of the most popular TV talk show in Slovakia, attracting over two million viewers in a country with a population of 5.5 million. He has his own column in one of Slovakia's most influential weekly newspapers, while his first book Maple Leaves came out in April 1998 and immediately became a No. 1 non-fiction national bestseller.
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The teen who apparently has a knack for making people believe he's older than he really is was sentenced Thursday morning to three years of probation and one month of home confinement.
"I'm going to give you a chance, and I emphasize the word, 'a.' I'm giving you one chance," Cook County Juvenile Court Judge Andrew Berman told the 15-year-old.
He was 14 when he went to a Grand Crossing District police station in January, dressed in regulation uniform, and fooled real officers into believing he was one of their own. Investigators said the boy went on patrol with officers for five hours and assisted in an arrest.
He spent more than a month in jail for that caper, but four months later -- while wearing an electronic monitoring device for the police impersonation -- was back in the news for stealing a 1990 black Lexus after persuading a dealer at the South Side lot to let him test drive.
Berman said the boy had a habit of manipulating situations.
"You can control your behavior if you want to," the judge said. "It's in your hands."
The boy was also ordered to attend the Evening Reporting program in conjunction with his home confinement, Cook County State's Attorney's office spokesman Andy Conklin said.
He must also participate in a mentoring program and was ordered to work with the Sheriff's Work Alternative Program program for 10 days, Conklin said.
Berman also warned the boy's mother that she faces criminal contempt charges if she doesn't cooperate with the home therapy.


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Found this while using my new microscope and wondered if it would be considered an Error or a Variety? Thought I would post and ask for your insights. I've done some searching for other 1885s for sale and found 4 without the E/E and 3 with E/E so I don't know what to think. Thanks for any feedback or further information.
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Choke Gets A Theatrical Release Date!
This is why I say a big 'Thank God' that Fox Searchlight was the company that purchased Choke. Because they've already slated it a release date.
Choke will hit theaters August 1st, 2008!
See it official over at Dark Horizons.
Props again to Caleb Peyman.


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Resuming work on the Gumstix Overo video processor, continuing with the original idea as described long time ago.
Successful smoke test of new Tobi and Overo Water board. I now have photos on Flickr.
Got the Caspa VL camera working but was very disappointed with the result. Unacceptable image quality when compared to a Logitech webcam.
After many days of trial & error, I have successfully built an image with DSP support and TI Gstreamer codecs!!!
Made this blog post.
It took a few more days, but I can now encode video using the DSP, see this blog.
Ordered a 3.2 megapixel and a 5 megapixe camera from e-con Systems in India.
Received cameras from e-con Systems.
First successful test image taken with the eCAM32 3.2 megapixel camera using the SD card that came with the camera. I can also stream video, VGA at 15 fps, 2.8 Mbps, CPU load on ARM 50%.
Successfully built my own image with e-con patches and binary driver for eCAM32. Video streaming is working!
The eCAM32 camera stopped working with Gstreamer and any pipeline involving v4l2src gives error:
root@overo:~# gst-launch -v -e v4l2src ! video/x-raw-yuv,format=,width=640,height=480,framerate=20/1 ! Fakesink Setting pipeline to PAUSED ... ERROR: Pipeline doesn't want to pause. ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0: Could not negotiate format Additional debug info: gstbasesrc.c(2778): gst_base_src_start (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0: Check your filtered caps, if any Setting pipeline to NULL ... Freeing pipeline ... root@overo:~#
The only thing I did since the last time it worked was to stack the Overo Water and camera board on the Tobi using metal screws.
Tried replacing the camera and the ribbon cable but no luck. Maybe the Overo or the Tobi got damaged?
The capture.elf application can still capture single frames.
Re-assembled the Gumstix VPU using the old parts (including used cable). Capture.elf worked right away, but gstreamer still gives the v4l2src error. Then I exported the GST_DEBUG=v4l2src:4 ran the pipeline again and noticed that it continuously printed DEBUG and INFO messages. Killed it, set the debug level to 2 and executed the pipeline again – It was streaming!!!
While it streaming I secured the Overo and camera using 2 screws so that was not the problem
Note that when capture.elf exits, gstreamer stops streaming. I could, however, restart it every time.
Retried the startup procedure I discovered yesterday, namely to start the GST pipeline with GST_DEBUG=v4l2src:2 – it still woks! It didn't work before enabling the debug. There must be some weird timing issue and the reason why it works must be that the pipeline is slower to start with debug enabled.
I have let the Gumstix stream for 6 hours using default encoder parameters:
- CPU load steady at 22-24 %
- Memory consumption steady at 66 MB
Posted two videos showing the Gumstix OVero Water + eCAM32 streaming video to host PC over network, see this blog.


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Thief raids police station
PHUKET: Phuket Town police were left scratching their heads over the weekend after a brazen thief apparently made off with cash from under their noses. A donation box belonging to a foundation for underprivileged families was found smashed and empty in the grass behind the Phuket Town Police Station on Saturday morning. Police believe it was one of several charity boxes left at the station by the foundation. Phuket Town Superintendent Pol Col Paween Pongsirin told the Gazette that so far there was no suspect, no plaintiff and no one could be certain how much money was in the box.
Palang Pracharath MP chastises Karon Police for not offering protection during condo visit
VIDEO & SCREENGRAB: M Today
The Palang Pracharath member of parliament from Bangkok, Sira Jenjaka, had an argument with Lt Col Pratuang Polmana, Deputy Superintendent of Karon Police during his inspection to the controversial Peak Condominium in the Karon area of Phuket.
MP Sira was surveying the construction site of the project and the sales office, which also serves as a coffee shop, where he saw Lt Col Pratuang inside.
He stopped there and asked why the Deputy Superintendent didn't send any officer from Karon Police Station to provide security for him, a standard protocol when parliament members visit a specific area.
The MP had publicly stated he had received death threats for revealing 'problems' with the 'paperwork' for the Phuket condo project that he claims has been built on land without the proper documentation.
Lt Col Pratuang said that he already prepared a team of officers to provide security for the MP but they were waiting for a confirmation. Then the MP asked his team to record a video of the conversation and said that, while he was not threatening anyone, he believed the police must respect and offer protection for a government MP who comes to work in the area, which was then followed by an argument.
There was a "middleman" who eventually separated the Deputy Superintendent and pulled him aside to calm him down. The 'police whisperer' then came back to apologise to the MP before they went inside the coffee shop for further private talks.
Read the original article about the allegations against Peak Condominiums in Karon HERE.
The Peak Condominiums in Karon, currently under investigation after allegations made by Government MP Sira Jenjaka, who claims death threats have been made against him over the matter.
How to be charged 2,600 baht for having a flat battery in the Jungceylon car park
A rant…
Started off with trying to exit the Jungceylon carpark in Patong, Phuket, late on a Sunday night. After watching a film in their tawdry cinemas, I was assured by ticket sales staff that I should present my ticket stub with the car park card for free exit.
Getting to the exit gate and I was told I had to go to an 'elevator' to get my ticket stamped. As there were already three other cars behind me (it was around 9.30pm at this stage), it caused quite a kerfuffle and tempers (mine included) were starting to fray.
The poor woman at the exit booth (whose key work skill must be 'patience'), kept yelling 'elevator, elevator', doing little to inform us what we were actually meant to do. (I wanted to leave a car park, not go on an elevator?!?).
Anyway, minor 'misunderstanding' sorted out soon enough, and returned to my car to exit the car park (about 10 minutes later).
A Russian man had had his own adventures with the Jungceylon car park the night before. Firstly he was stuck there on the Saturday night with a flat battery in his white sedan. As it was very late, and wanting to get home, he left the car in the space and took a taxi.
As I was sorting out my own car park 'misunderstanding', other car park staff assisted him with his flat battery by jump starting his car. The assisting staff were given a gratuity, I don't know how much.
But on reaching the exit gate he was told he had to pay 1,800 baht. (Presumably for around 24 hours of car parking).
With his fist full of receipts, around 3,300 baht worth, he was also told 'elevator, elevator'. He got out of his car, there were another three cars backed up behind him at this stage, and went to find the 'elevator'. Upon returning he was now told he had to pay 2,600 baht! How the amount had magically inflated to 2,600 baht remains a mystery but the cark park 'gatekeeper' was not to be messed with.
By this stage about eight young Thai gentlemen, with name tags, keys hanging from their belts and hand-held radios, had turned up to 'assist' in addressing my complaints and ensuring that the Russian man was not able to leave the car park before paying the 2,600 baht. The only common language among the Russians and the Thais in the situation was English and it was not going well.
Google Translate was getting a fine workout but wasn't really helping.
During the extended 'negotiations' the cars behind were detoured around and allowed free exit.
Given the man's travails in having a flat battery, having to come back to the steamy car park late on a Sunday night, the cars piling up behind him and the loss of face for just about everyone at this stage, the 'smart', good PR thing to do would have been to thank him for spending 3,300 baht at their expensive shopping centre, lifted the boom gate and waved him on his way.
But no, these young Thai car park staff wanted their pound of flesh and there was no way in the world that barrier was going to be lifted until the man had paid every baht he 'owed'. Three police turned up to try and sort things out but all departed in exasperation, knowing the car park staff were being pig-headed but unable to intervene because they would have caused their fellow Thais a loss of face.
At this stage the Thai car park staff were already starting to utter things under their breath and spitting out 'farang' in their deliberations.
During the entire two hour drama many other cars had the same issue of not understanding that they needed to report to the bottom of one of the 'elevators' to have their receipts stamped. There didn't appear to be any signage or understanding of the procedure (until, of course, you go through this rather drawn out lesson in Jungceylon car park procedure). There was a sign outside the elusive 'elevator' but given there are seven other exits from the car park you're unlikely to see them.
Apart from Jungceylon losing the patronage of at least two, or more, customers over their overly-officious and unprofessional behaviour, the system will surely remain unfixed waiting for the next stupid 'farang' to stroll innocently into the underground farrago.
The only bright light in the dingy car park fiasco was the pleasant young gentlemen sitting at the 'elevator' with his stamps and gracious smile, wearing full eye make up and blissfully unaware of the surly car park Nazis. He profusely apologised but I am fairly sure he was none-the-wiser about my lengthy explanation of the situation.
Give the man a pay rise!
For Jungceylon, I would urge better signage, in a few languages (it IS a tourist town), to inform us about their rather opaque car park procedures.
I did ask for a statement to include in this story from some of the 'people with hand radios' or a comment from the Manager. But there was none forthcoming. Our forum remains wide open for a response from management.
Phuket's lifeguards say goodbye to a champion of local beach safety
PHOTOS: Phuket Lifeguard Service
A commemoration ceremony has been held for Prathaiyuth Chuayuan, a local Phuketian who helped drive Phuket's first beach lifeguard services. He passed away on Friday morning after a heart attack.
He first experienced chest pains whilst delivering his daughter to school in Phuket Town on Friday morning, drove himself immediately to the Vachira Hospital nearby but succumbed to cardiac arrest around 9am.
He was 57 years old.
He worked with Australian lifesavers to help train local lifeguards and improve the skills of the Phuket's beach enthusiasts, and finally sought international accreditation for the growing body of competent Phuket lifeguards.
The Phuket Lifeguards Service, founded and run by Prathaiyuth and his wife Witanya, saved innumerable lives each year whilst battling Provincial Hall and local government for increased funding in annual contract negotiations.
Daren Jenner, a FOT (Friend of The Thaiger) and local safety officer for the International Surf Lifesaving Association, sent a message to us expressing his deepest condolences to Prathaiyuth's wife, family and friends.
"I had many good conversations with him over the years. He was a good-hearted man who did his best in difficult and changing circumstances. A very big loss for Phuket and the lifesaving community here. ISLA sends our deepest respect for his long commitment to ocean safety in SE Asia."
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