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|by 8 wickets. Old Mo 123-6. Oppo 124-2.
Junior Doctors strike Fitmen where it hurts.
Well it had to happen. For the first time since July 29th 2014, the Fit Mid-weekers lost a match.
Shock horror? Well not really. Our friendly foes, WMD, are a good team who over the past 7 years we have only beaten twice in T20 format or as it was in late April a F15 format. Toss won, with ever darkening/freezing (3-5oC) conditions, Fitskip for the night decided to have a crack at batting. With the doctors having to evade flying pickets' en-route to Ashfield, an emergency call was made to fill holes in a 7 man field.
A 15 watt fan heater blaring away in the home changing room offered minimal resistance against the evenings chill but reluctantly R. Harris and the pinch hitting Greg Moore were asked to open. Against accurate bowling the pair moved the score steadily along however the 15 over (90 ball per team) format meant that both had to get on with it from the off. Greg swung and missed out for 9 forcing Tuckerrr to brave the Antarctic conditions.
Bacon and Eggs is a top combination but Tucker and Harris in a mood together is irresistible. Tucker cracked 5 fours and 2 sixes in a sizzling 39 off just 28 balls. Good running and a bat worthy of our Cumbrian 'keeper lead to a potentially match winning 90 partnership. Harris finally allowed on strike smazzed a phenomenal 22 off one over on his way to 44 before selflessly running himself out for the team cause at the end.
Habib, sporting a full bobble hat, ski mask and gloves supported by Dave Berman were then thrown out to the elements. A leg spinning surgeon then proceeded to examine both players technique to the extreme. The normally ebullient Habib subdued to just 4 off 8, skipper Martin bowled 1st ball for a nightmarish Golden duck and Dr Berman finally hitting his ninth ball for a splendid nought (the traditional 9th wedding anniversary is willow and the modern alternative is leather – I kid you not )
Only 3 runs were scored in the last 12 balls and that in the end did for the un-beatables. 123 for 6.
Defending the target, pick of the bowlers was Greg, at all times unplayable. Sharif grabbed the first (of many) mid week wickets with a smart catch from the flying Golden Orville. There was still a sniff of a chance with a great throw from Raj and gather from tucks to run out the 3rd bat.
Sam Lockyer bowled bravely but WMD had 2 batsmen who took advantage of any wayward balls to the short boundary. Uncharacteristic poor fielding and dropped catches meant that with an over to spare WMD closed the game out. The Devonian left hander played really well in his match winning innings and fair play to WMD staying behind for a drink.
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Was an actor whose dark good looks and 6 ft frame helped to launch his screen career in roles with Margaret Lockwood in J Arthur Rank's post-war film extravaganzas Hungry Hill, Jassy and Bedelia.
He went on to appear in some 40 films made for cinema and 100 for television. In the 1960s, he enthralled British and American television viewers in the title role of the series Richard the Lionheart, which ran to 39 episodes.
An Irishman by birth, he felt a special rapport with the works of Shaw and Sean O'Casey. It seemed therefore the obvious choice that he should both play the part of Bernard Shaw and produce the 'one-man-show' devised by Michael Voysey.
'MY ASTONISHING SELF' in the City of London Festival in 1988
In the opening of the play Shaw proclaims that he went as a young man to work in the office an Irish estate agent. He gleefully proclaims "My prospects in Dublin were stupendous. The employer's daughter would have been mine for the asking and a partnership in the firm assured. The only obstacle to the fortune – I cared neither for the post nor the daughter……And so I broke loose in defiance of all prudence and became a professional man of genius."
Dermot Walsh, the son of a journalist and civil servant, was born at Dublin on September 10 1924. It was as a schoolboy at St Mary's College, Rathmines, that he decided he would like to be an actor; but on leaving at 16 he bowed to his parents' wishes and entered a solicitor's office in Dublin.
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Hurst was casting for Hungry Hill (1946), a film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel of 1943 about an Irish family feud spanning three generations. He recruited Walsh, whose performance – acting alongside Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, Cecil Parker, Jean Simmons and Michael Denison – led to a part in Sydney Box's Jassy (1947), the tale of a gypsy servant girl who falls in love with her master and is accused of murder.
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Having married Hazel Court (the first girl to be put under contract by Rank) in 1949, and become a father the next year, Walsh was naturally anxious to remain in work. This he did successfully, appearing in a series of thrillers, in which he was usually cast as the decent hero, or the detective who solved the mystery. After The Frightened Man (1952), he appeared in The Ghost Ship and Counterspy – all with Hazel Court.
His face became well-known, and on one occasion, standing on a railway station platform in Manchester with Rank's publicity manager, he espied a crowd of small boys heading his way. Noticing that the boys were clutching notebooks and pads, Walsh asked the publicity man to lend him a pen – because, he explained, autograph hunters always handed him pens that leaked. But the small boys rushed straight past him and on down the platform – on their way to collect engine numbers.
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He loved comedy, and at the Whitehall theatre in Colin Morris's farce Reluctant Heroes, a caricature of Army life as lived by National Servicemen, Walsh joined a cast that included Brian Rix. In 1952, with Hazel Court, Walsh appeared in William Ransted Berry's World Without End (Fortune theatre), and, at Malvern, in Allan Langdon Martin's romantic play Smilin' Through. In James Parrish's new piece The Distant Hill, a play about a theatrical company's summer stay in a seaside boarding house, he played alongside Dulcie Gray and Maurice Teynac.
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His screen work in the later 1950s encompassed roles in, among other films, Sea Fury (1958), with Stanley Baker; Sea of Sand (1958), with Richard Attenborough and John Gregson; Make Mine a Million (1959), with Sid James and Arthur Askey; and The Challenge (1960), with Jayne Mansfield.
Remaining active in the theatre throughout the 1960s, Walsh was also frequently cast for television, often as a character who would not reveal himself as good or bad until the last minute. His credits include Danger Man, Court Martial, The Invisible Man, and John Mortimer's play Too Late for the Mashed Potato. He embarked on the 1970s with a provincial tour, heading for the West End, of a new production of Somerset Maugham's first play, Lady Frederick, a piece that includes the memorable scene in which the leading lady shows her young lover just how old she is by coming on without make-up, and then making-up in front of him.
Over the next three decades, right up until the time of his final illness, Walsh continued to work in the theatre, in London and in the provinces. Rather than stay in a hotel or boarding house when on tour, he would almost always take his caravan with him and park at a local spot with a fine view.
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Dermot Walsh died in hospital on June 26. By his marriage to Hazel Court, which was dissolved in 1963, he had a daughter. He married secondly, in 1968 (dissolved 1974), the actress Diana Scougall; they had a son. He married thirdly, in 1974, Elizabeth Knox (nee Scott), who predeceased him; they had two daughters.


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br>This great album is where I got my profile name from.
Want to recommend or talk about any other Creel Pone releases? I'll start with this one.
A classic of the atonal 'war in outer space' school with plenty of (unintentional?) distortion and tape hiss. One stand out is the first track, Metallika Glypta III by Michael Adamis, which starts out like a walk through a eerie forest before suddenly going all Faust/Neubauten in a pagan cave. Another is Nikos Mamangakis' Olofyrmos where fractured, heavily reverbed, bells alternate with shuddering orchestral/string textures before dying out in a satisfying drift of pink(?) noise and discrete metallic clangs. Highly recommended. br> br>
br>I've got serveral Creel Pone releases. My favorites are:
Herbert Eimert: Epitaph für Aikichi Kuboyma.
Ruth White: Flowers of Evil & 7 Trumps from the Tarot Cards.
OTOH some if their releases don't work for me like Tod Dockstader's recorded music for film radio and television. I've both of them but had to realize composed tracks are much more of interest to me. I dig very much his Eight Electronic pieces (not on Creel Pone IIRC) though.
Thanks for drawing my attention to Creel Prone again. Since their releases are not boxed but just as slim as a CDr I usually lose sight of them. Now just have digged out and running: André Almuro Musiques experimentales. Cool! br> br>
br>Have both the Ruth White albums but only listened them once, a bit too 'sixties' for me.
The Eimert is available from a website that only uploads long out of print releases and respects the rights of the artists so will try before I buy if it's still available that is.
Dockstader's Eight Electronic Pieces is good but I much prefer the 3CD Aerial box of his shortwave recordings although it took me a few years to really appreciate it.
Reviews of the Almuro make it sound amazing. Thanks for the tip. br> br>
LaJolla wrote:
The Eimert is available from a website [...] so will try before I buy if it's still available that is.
I regard it highly mainly as a document for early electronic work. Especially interesting is the subject of this recording: Aikichi Kuboyama died after he was incidentally exposed to nuclear fallout after a bomb testing on the Marshall Island by the USA.
Sadly, I'm quite sure that the name Aikichi is pronounced falsly throughout the recording.
LaJolla wrote:
I much prefer the 3CD Aerial box
Never gave them a listing.
Creel Pone is no longer available via Mimaroglu Music Sales any other source? br> br>
br>wasn't creel pone related to mimaroglu??
it are bootlegs on cd'rs , they kindly stop with making them when there was a complaint from an artist(or related source) (this happended to a couple of titles)...b i guess if it gone it probably has to do with stuff like that.
since it are cd'rs i wasn't really into buying them and just go a digital file on a blog.... br> br>
de_raaf wrote:
since it are cd'rs i wasn't really into buying them and just go a digital file on a blog....
They faithfully reproduced the original artwork though in CD format of course. Even the CDrs are black to resemble vinyl thus I prefer them over a download.
But then I'm hearing through my eye.
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br>cdr's get fucked too easly, than i rather buy a lp of something else old, small budget you know br> br>
br>got a bunch of these and wish i had more. i like the ruth white - tarots, gil melle - andromeda strain, andof course the pierre henry - cortical art III. br> br>
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br>Steve Birchall "Reality Gates"
I 2nd the Andromeda Strain OST, great stuff
Clozier/Lejeune is very good, too, if you like GRM synth/concrete hybrid stuff
FWIW I really enjoy some of the Dockstader library music
Anyone know what happened with CP? It seems to have vanished recently... br> br>
Mood Organ wrote:
Steve Birchall "Reality Gates"
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br>Creel Pone still seems to be out there...
However titles do get deleted along the way. I bought a bunch when the £/$ exchange rate was in my favour a few years ago. br> br>
br>Possibly Tochnit Aleph/Rumpsti Pumpsti is still stocking releases which are deleted by Creel Pone sometime ago. br> br>
de_raaf wrote:
wasn't creel pone related to mimaroglu??
it are bootlegs on cd'rs , they kindly stop with making them when there was a complaint from an artist(or related source) (this happended to a couple of titles)...b i guess if it gone it probably has to do with stuff like that.
They're both operated by Keith Fullerton Whitman. The whole idea was to do 100 releases of around 100 copies and then stop, which is probably why no new releases.
I have the 'NZ Electronic Music' one, which is very good musique concrete stuff from the Victoria University music department in the 70s. I believe they had a small number of Synthis and some reel-to-reel machines.
Interestingly, KFW had this to say recently in Wire magazine:
"From the early 80s onwards you had digital synthesisers and samplers like the Synclavier, you had computers," says Whitman. Citing the deterioration of outfits like the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, he argues that "the early music made using digital audio technology has dated very badly".
He believes that the approach encouraged by sequencers and computers is "I'll fuck around and see what happens", whereas tape based music required so much planning and time investment, it led to superior results.
"For someone like Herbert Eimart, a two-minute piece took a month of 18-hour days to achieve. It involved sitting down with a piece of paper and scoring out your sounds, making a chart of all the different combinations. You get music that's really thought through."
The Herculean effort, the heroic spirit of risk-taking, imbues the music with an intangible but undeniable aura. "Also analogue just sounds better."
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LaJolla wrote:
Creel Pone still seems to be out there...
What I meant is that the titles have been deleted from the Mimaroglu Music Sales site and also the label site has been removed.
Hopefully not a permanent thing but I haven't heard any info br> br>
br>ZOMBIE THREAD ENGAGE MOTHERFUCKERS
alright man let's talk about this fuckin' Creel Pone entity okay
And get ready there's about to be a little bit of philosophy jamming happening
I'm a well read cat. I think, at least, I used to be? My dad passed on to me a bunch of the early Keyboard Magazine books, multiple copies of Vintage Synthesizers, other books of that style and era. When I got to college I tried to steal every issue of the Computer Music Journal from JSTOR. There's a record store in Ann Arbor Michigan that I frequented for years in search of esoteric electronic music (college town library liquidation seems to have left the store with an endless supply of "The Hits" of early electronic and experimental music and Nonesuch modern composoers series). I worked fuckin' HARD to read as much as possible, and yet it seems like Creel Pone is a reissue library beyond anything I'd ever imagined. And to me, they just exploded out of nowhere one day by way of an unassuming little tab on Control's website. I couldn't figure out what it was when I looked at it online, but the first time I visited Control, I managed to snag a Creel Pone reissue of a couple of Chris Swansen albums, which absolutely blew my mind. I'd paid something stupid like 60 bucks for that same LP at a record show or something, y'know?
So time goes on, and my appreciation for musique concrete and the greater spectrum of early electronics grows to the point that I just want to go to Control to buy CDs. I couldn't give two shits about buying a module in a store if I can just grab 10 CDs essentially at random and hear the most amazing music I'd never conceived of existing! Visiting Hanson Records in Oberlin Ohio is similarly invigorating.
Anyway I'm just hanging out right now staring into the face of adulthood and listening to this real fucked up Luis de Pablo record and thinking about how stumbling ass backwards into Creel Pone through Control is identical to how it must have felt in ye olden days when whoever collected all this music actually found it. I've never gotten to be a part of a tape trading scene or collective, but I'm fascinated by it. Everyone always jibber jabbers about how this cult band only sold 11 records but somehow that music got transmitted through spacetime to become ultra influential, and the tapes were the medium. You passed them on to your tape trading friends and the music multiplied on it's own wavelength. It absolutely befuddles me now how much music we have to reflect on as electronic musicians, and how much there HAS ALWAYS BEEN. I always had this vision of electronic music being something that happened in somewhat isolated places-San Francisco, New York, Paris, etc. But now, as these Creel Pone CDs are showing me, it was happening all around, and nearly everyone did something FUCKIN SICK with it.
I just started a self funded and self regulated synthesis/composition research project, and these CDs are becoming my textbooks. I haven't been this engaged with the act of listening to music in years. I've been chasing volume and intensity and rock for ages and always wanted electronic music to hit me like a Jeff Rosenstock record but all the intensity in the electronic music I knew wasn't right. Throw me some well composed musique concrete or some bat shit amazing songwriting executed on synthesizers without all the pop production garbage and I am IN IT. This is on par with the feelings I had when I first discovered fucking krautrock. I didn't know this could happen again, and it's not like finding a good band where you get their records and then it's over-this is like finding out you only read books from one shelf on the biggest library in the universe.
alright now back here in sanity zone,
what's the scoop on Creel Pone? Why does Control have a supply of Creel Pone CDs that has lasted for several years and probably will last several more? WHY DID NO ONE TALK ABOUT THIS SHIT IN ALL OF THE THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF BOOKS I READ ABOUT ELECTRONIC MUSIC? although I gotta admit I still haven't jumped into Allen Strange so maybe that's part of my problem. br> br>
br>I think CP is just Keith printing off short runs to cultivate interest. Thanks for the reminder to check it out. The discography is so huge that it's a bit overwhelming to know where to dive in. br> br>
br>So many. "Couple" of faves..
Ruth White- Flowers of Evil
Zangoria- Insight Modulation
Nic Pascal- Complete Recordings
Chris Swansen-Pulaski Skyway
Conrad & Sohn
Tod Dockstader-Recorded Music For Film, Radio & Television
Douglas Leedy-Entropical Paradise
Cecil Leuter- Electronic Tricks
Amindav Aloni- Once br> br>
br>we have a bunch of these over at modular8.com shop. some aren't listed on the site. we have more in store than on the site.
there's tons of weird interesting stuff in these releases. we play through some of them some days. br> br>
moogboy wrote:
A decent chunk of the CP releases came out of national and private institutions but many are private press one-offs, so unaffiliated, self-released albums that probably had no distribution.
Viewed that way it's not surprising they were forgotten, or barely known to begin with. Consider that there were probably a thousand punk bands that released one single between '77 and '82, ditto for rappers that released a 12" single around the same time, and the accepted history for each maxes out at, what, 50 artists?
For the far-reaches of the 20th century avant-garde I think the bigger question is "how did this stuff even come to exist in the first place?" br> br>
NU wrote:
For the far-reaches of the 20th century avant-garde I think the bigger question is "how did this stuff even come to exist in the first place?"
that's exactly what draws me to it. This stuff is so cool, and so vibrant, but also occasionally very far removed from the university system or even pop music world. I spend a lot of time wondering what the rest of the artists' lives were like and how they reconciled the art and their life. br> br>
br>I have collected all but a few. I creely creely like them.
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br>You can buy most here.
I have copies of the Melbourne University Electronic Music original vinyl (mint copies) if anyone want to buy one PM me. br> br>
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Being sure that your shoes won't explode is generally something sportsmen take for granted – not anymore!
Richie Berrington's trainer decided it had had enough and disintegrated when he was bowling for Scotland against Sri Lanka in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
Berrington had to have treatment on his right leg as a result of the incident, but showed no signs of injury as he went on to smash a quickfire 29 off 22 balls.
Scotland ended up losing by 148 runs to Sri Lanka, and ollow England on the next plane home.
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You and I may not agree on all the issues but I have been honest about them. However, I do think we will find common ground on most of the issues. I have tried to be as detailed as possible so you get clear idea about the issues as the way I see it.
There are rounded off about 91,776 who are unemployed and we have a rating between 6.4-6.8 as of January 15 2016. Many of those in Nevada are part time. I understand that companies want to make a profit but as a consequence it does more harm to the morale and the turn over of the employees plus high amount of absenteeism. Our current representative said that it is not congresses job to create jobs. I totally disagree. The first thing we need to do is to train for the new opportunities such as alternative energy, medical care, robotics, manufacturing of computers of various kinds, manufacturing of specialized equipment, cars and trailers and other types of jobs. A really good book to get ideas for jobs is the
Occupational Handbook
which is at any reference desk at any library. It is filled with every type of job that it is out there and description of the qualifications. With various governmental state agencies and forming partnerships with a number of existing and new companies, we can create new jobs. Also, I will introduce legislation for more protection for employees and the rights regarding their working hours being accurate based on discussions with countless employees.
2.) Education
As of right now in public schools, we pay between $2-$6,000 while the national average is $11,900.00 per student. We are rated 49th overall in the U.S. for quality of education due to shortage of teachers, school budgets that are at a minimum, and adding to this is almost a 50% drop out rate. We will need to decrease class room size as an average of 30 students per class down to 23-25 students per class. Besides teacher shortages, teachers are just unable to teach that many students and spend most of their time as a disciplinarian. I know first hand because I was a teacher. I will do all I can to closely work with our educational districts to work on solving the quality of our education. Also, as a real option for parents and their children, we need to create schools for vocational training because each student should be assessed by what they seemed to be good at and their interest so that they can make a living for their future.
3.) Women Rights
For me there is two parts to this answer. The first is a quote by a womens advocate organization(The Women & Rights Project)... "Despite the tremendous progress made in the struggle for gender equality, women still face violence, discrimination, and institutional barriers to equal participation in society. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, The Women & Rights Project pushes for change and systemic reform in institutions that perpetuate discrimination against women, focusing its work in the areas of employment, violence against women, and education." This is something I firmly believe in with women rights making sure to insure their rights. In other words, treating women with dignity, respect and not degradation of women.
The second part is dealing with a moral issue and I am a pro-life advocate with the exception of rape, incest, violent assault, when a mother's life is at stake. I have known women personally and know what they have gone through with these types of attacks or their lives are in absolute danger. The emotions are real and the effects can last a life time. Each circumstance has to be considered and at the same time the life of a unborn child is an extremely important factor. That too has to be considered in each an every individual case. One of the presidential candidates said it best (Christy)... When you are a pro-lifer that means everyone's life.
4.) Immigration
This is a really tough and difficult issue. Nevada has the nation's largest share (8%) of unauthorized immigrants in its state population. However, I am for Comprehensive Immigration reform not only for Mexican(49%,5.6 million and declining)but also the other 51%(5.8 million) who are from other countries world wide. Over 2 million illegal immigrants have been deported since 2008. Currently there is a bill in the Senate that has already passed by a bi-partisan vote. It is not perfect but it is a start. It has been over year that house has not even allowed to get on the floor so it remains to be in limbo without any reason why except politically. This is an article by a national news media program CNN-Money and it is comprehensive
Here are 5 myths about undocumented immigrants and should be thoroughly re-examined by the most up to date data.
Myth #1:
They don't pay taxes
Undocumented immigrants are already U.S. taxpayers. Collectively, they paid an estimated $10.6 billion to state and local taxes in 2010, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a research organization that works on tax policy issues. Contributions varied by state. In Montana they contributed $2 million. In California, more than $2.2 billion. On average they pay about 6.4% of their income in state and local taxes, ITEP said. A 2007 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the impact of undocumented immigrants on the budgets of local and state governments cited IRS figures showing that 50% to 75% of the about 11 million unauthorized U.S. immigrants file and pay income taxes each year. A 2013 CBO analysis of the failed bipartisan bill introduced by the so-called "gang of 8" that would have created a path to legal status for many undocumented immigrants found that increasing legal immigration would increase government spending on refundable tax credits, Medicaid and health insurance subsidies, among other federal benefits. But it would also create even more tax revenue by way of income and payroll taxes. That could reduce deficits by $175 billion over the first 10 years and by at least $700 billion in the second decade. ITEP estimates that allowing certain immigrants to stay in the country and work legally would boost state and local tax contributions by $2 billion a year.
Myth #2:
They don't pay into Social Security
The truth is that undocumented immigrants contribute more in payroll taxes than they will ever consume in public benefits. Take Social Security. According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), unauthorized immigrants -- who are not eligible to receive Social Security benefits -- have paid an eye-popping $100 billion into the fund over the past decade. "They are paying an estimated $15 billion a year into Social Security with no intention of ever collecting benefits," Stephen Goss, chief actuary of the SSA told CNN Money. "Without the estimated 3.1 million undocumented immigrants paying into the system, Social Security would have entered persistent shortfall of tax revenue to cover payouts starting in 2009," he said. As the baby boom generation ages and retires, immigrant workers are key to shoring up Social Security and counteracting the effects of the decline in U.S.-born workers paying into the system, Goss said. Without immigrants, the Social Security Board of Trustees projects that the system will no longer be able to pay the full promised benefits by 2037.
Myth #3:
They drain the system
Undocumented immigrants do not qualify for welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, and most other public benefits. Most of these programs require proof of legal immigration status and under the 1996 welfare law, even legal immigrants cannot receive these benefits until they have been in the United States for more than five years. Related: Part-time jobs put millions in poverty or close to it. Non-citizen immigrant adults and children are about 25% less likely to be signed up for Medicaid than their poor native-born equivalents and are also 37% less likely to receive food stamps, according to a 2015 study by the Cato Institute. Citizen children of illegal immigrants -- often derogatorily referred to as "anchor babies" -- do qualify for social benefits. Also, undocumented immigrants are eligible for schooling and emergency medical care. Currently, the average unlawful immigrant household costs taxpayers $14,387 per household, according to a recent report by The Heritage Foundation. But in its 2013 "Immigration Myths and Facts" report, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says most economists see providing these benefits as an investment for the future, when these children become workers and taxpayers. A CBO report on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 concluded that a path to legalization for immigrants would increase federal revenues by $48 billion. Such a plan would see $23 billion in increased costs from the use of public services, but ultimately, it would produce a surplus of $25 billion for government coffers, CBO said.
Myth #4:
They take American jobs
The American economy needs immigrant workers. The belief that immigrants take jobs that can otherwise be filled by hard-working Americans has been disputed by an overwhelming number of economic research studies and data. Removing the approximately 8 million unauthorized workers in the United States would not automatically create 8 million job openings for unemployed Americans, said Daniel Griswold, director of the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies, in his 2011 testimony before the House Judiciary Sub-committee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. The reason, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is two-fold. For one, removing millions of undocumented workers from the economy would also remove millions of entrepreneurs, consumers and taxpayers. The economy would actually lose jobs. Second, native-born workers and immigrant workers tend to possess different skills that often complement one another. According to Griswold, immigrants, regardless of status, fill the growing gap between expanding low-skilled jobs and the shrinking pool of native-born Americans who are willing to take such jobs. By facilitating the growth of such sectors as retail, agriculture, landscaping, restaurants, and hotels, low-skilled immigrants have enabled those sectors to expand, attract investment, and create middle-class jobs in management, design and engineering, bookkeeping, marketing and other areas that employ U.S. citizens. America's unions support the president's executive action. "For far too long, our broken immigration system has allowed employers to drive down wages and working conditions in our country," the AFL-CIO says on its website. "The brunt of the impact has been born by immigrant workers, who face the highest rates of wage theft, sexual harassment, and death and injury on the job."
Myth #5:
It's just a matter of following the law
Many Americans want an immigration policy that is comprehensive including protecting our borders. Under current immigration laws, there are very few options for legal immigration, the costs are increasingly prohibitive and the wait for any kind of status can be long. According to the State Department, that imaginary "immigration line" is already 6.4 million people long and depending on the type of visa sought and the country of origin, the wait can be years to decades long. In some countries, such as the Philippines and Mexico people have been waiting over 20 years for approval of a family-sponsored visa. Immigrants can legally get to the U.S by being sponsored by an employer or a family member, they can enter the country as refugees, or they could receive one of the selectively distributed professional or diversity visas. The Diversity Visa Program makes 55,000 green cards available to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the U.S. According to the State Department, the fees to obtain permanent U.S. visas can range from $200 to over $700, excluding legal fees. Plus, there are visa quotas which limits immigration from any given country. In many poor, violence-ridden countries, or in cases where parents are separated from their children, immigrants say the wait is unbearable, leaving many to resort to illegal border crossing.
That journey can be expensive and deadly.
Smugglers charge anywhere from $3000 to upwards of $70,000 depending on country of origin, mode of transport and distance traveled according to the Mexican Migration Project, a multidisciplinary research effort between investigators in Mexico and the U.S. Many don't make it. According to federal records, more than 11,000 immigrants have died crossing the southern border since 1998.
5. Citizen United And Its Affects On Voting
(Part of an article by George Town University)...
"Most of the money that party committees raise is spent on televised campaign advertising. No one can predict how much money special interests will spend on advertising in the upcoming elections, but the party committees anticipate a spike in competition. As a result, safe incumbents are likely to face increased pressure to raise money for the party and for at risk candidates. But these incumbents also may fear for their own safety. What if they are opposed by a corporation willing and now able to spend unlimited amounts to secure their defeat? If safe incumbents begin to doubt their own safety, the party committees will likely suffer financially. And the less they are able to help their own candidates, the less power they wield. Greater corporate participation in the elections process may also advance the trend toward more competitive primaries. The Citizens United decision may provide special interests with new incentive to seek out candidates who support their issues. Incumbents who face well financed challengers in primaries are forced to raise and spend more money than those who only face competition in the general election. The party committees have traditionally stayed out of primary races so as to avoid charges of favoritism and to reserve money for general elections. But will the party committees be forced to respond if a growing number of their incumbents come under primary attack? For all of these reasons, the Citizens United decision has the potential to create instability within congressional party organizations. Over the years, however, the parties have demonstrated a tremendous ability to adapt and persist. Chances are, they will continue to do just that."
6.) Energy
I have been reading about alternative energy and it is surprising how many sources that we do have and ones that are just beginning to be discovered. The real positive effects...it will require training and new kind of job opportunities that are of the 21st Century. We have 292 days of sunshine and we need to apply political pressure to reinstate Solar Energy by using this source energy on every roof type in Nevada. I will work on legislation and will be a strong advocate for this. The following are all of the new forms but most are not applicable here Nevada. FYI, An article by mnn.com...
1. Saltwater
...Saltwater power It has been called saltwater power, osmotic power or blue energy, and it is one of the most promising new sources of renewable power not yet fully tapped.
2. Helioculture
...This revolutionary process called helioculture was pioneered by Joule Biotechnologies and generates hydrocarbon-based fuel by combining brackish water, nutrients, photosynthetic organisms, carbon dioxide and sunlight. 3.
...As the world's human population approaches a whopping 7 billion, tapping into the kinetic energy of human movement could become a source of real power.
4. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
...Ocean thermal energy conversion, or OTEC for short, is a hydro energy conversion system that uses the temperature difference between deep and shallow waters to power a heat engine.
5. Human sewage
...Even human sewage can be used to create electricity or fuel. Plans are already underway to power public buses in Oslo, Norway, with human sewage. Electricity can also be generated from sewage using microbial fuel cells, which utilize a bio-electrochemical system that drives a current.
6. Hot rock power
...Hot rock power is a new type of geothermal power that works by pumping cold saltwater down to rock which has been heated by conduction from the Earth mantle and by the decay of radioactive elements in the crust.
7. Evaporative energy
...Inspired by plants, scientists have invented a synthetic, micro-fabricated "leaf" that can scavenge electrical power from evaporating water. Air bubbles can be pumped into the "leaves", generating electricity generated by the difference in electrical properties between water and air.
8. Vortex-induced vibrations
...This form of renewable energy, which draws power from slow water currents, was inspired by the movement of fish. The energy can be captured as water flows past a network of rods. Eddies, or swirls, form in an alternating pattern, pushing and pulling an object up or down or side to side to create mechanical energy.
9. Mining the moon
...Helium-3 is a light, nonradioactive isotope that has immense potential to generate relatively clean energy through nuclear fusion. The only catch: it is rare on Earth but abundant on the moon.
10. Space-based solar power
...Since the sun's energy is unaffected in space by the 24-hour cycle of night and day, weather, seasons, or the filtering effect of Earth's atmospheric gases, proposals are underway to put solar panels in orbit and beam the energy down for use on Earth. These are just few of the new alternative sources of energy which some of these are possible for Nevada. All that is needed is the will and become part of the new frontier."
7.) Homeless Veterans
We have about rounded off is 41,000 homeless per year in southern Nevada. 35-40% of those are homeless veterans who fought with honor and many have lifetime wounds. They currently live in cardboard boxes, tents, and many on the streets. for me, there are no excuses whatsoever. Many of them are called the in-betweeners because they have gone through divorce or going through it now. They do have income or jobs but for whatever reasons the judges in their divorces have made it very difficult for them to make it their own. With alimony, child support, and past debts, they don't have enough to pay for rent and the utilities. There are programs available for them but it is not enough and it is only temporary. I will be working closely with the VA and other agencies to put an end to this in this District 3.
8.) Foreign Policy
I believe that war or force is only used as a last resort. It is true that there are forces out there that have the potential of doing the U.S. real harm. There are those in the U.S. who would send in forces without thinking it through and they seem to react just on impulse. We always have to be on guard and alert and to assess our interests before going to war. I believe that if there is a possibility to negotiate then we should take that opportunity. However, such as ISIS there is no negotiating with them, I believe they are absolutely evil and have demonstrated by their brutal actions against those who are innocent. When time permits, the best policy is to find out their weaknesses first because in the end knowledge is power before action is used. Terrorism is real and there are those who are out to cause harm in anyway that they can. The world is constantly changing so it is vital to have the right information as accurately and soon as we can before we commit to any kind of war. From my experience as a Chaplain, I have seen the consequences of those who have been in recent wars. I have dealt with those veterans who have had serious and devastating injuries that will affect the rest of their lives and their families. It is always easy send our military to war but do we have the capacity to care of them when they return. From what I have experienced, we have a long way to go and we must prepare and provide the care that they need. Especially, the homeless veterans who have gotten lost in the system. There are no excuses for this.
9.) Costs Of Going To College
A major factor driving increasing costs is the constant expansion of university administration. According to the Department of Education data, administrative positions at colleges and universities grew by 60 percent between 1993 and 2009, which Bloomberg reported was 10 times the rate of growth over tenured faculty positions. Other reasons are the fact that colleges have found it to be very profitable because the demand for it. There has been an explosion of students attending Universities and Colleges and has very little to do with cuts to assist college education. In fact, many states are starting provide more funding after the great recession. So what is the solution to higher costs? Many Colleges receive Pell Grants, Federal grants and other types of grants which adds to the colleges profit margins. The congress must put new restrictions to those colleges and if they don't lower their costs otherwise their grants will be cut for their students. Even though this is not the best way but it does make colleges less affordable which will decrease the demand to attend. Vocational education, Jr. colleges are starting to be the alternative because they are generally less expensive. We need to reward those colleges who have much lower tuition and overtime more students will attend their colleges either physically or by the Internet. In other words we need to change the mindset both for the students, Colleges and Universities.
Social Security and Medicare
We need to make changes to expand social security by increasing the cap of $114,000 for those who make more than one million dollars to $250,000 a year so everyone pays their fair share. If anyone tells you we need to cut Social Security is absolutely incorrect. Currently, we have enough funds for social security until 2033 and if congress does nothing social security would pay seniors 75% thereafter. It is also important to know this
it is not an entitlement
it is earned
because it is your money and you have paid into it since you started to work.
Medicare...Many hospitals both in the rural areas and in the poor sections of cities are closing at a disturbing rate. These hospitals are located in those states who do not allow the Affordable Care Act or Medicaid. What many people are not aware of that those hospitals that are still in business charge twice as much for hospital care so that they are able to take those profits put them into another fund for those who do not have insurance including more profits for the hospital. Bottom line is you are the one who pays for it. Take a look at your bill and and after a closer examination you'll be absolutely surprised at the amounts even for one Tylenol pill.
The following is an article from Center For Medicare Advocacy that has solutions to Medicare...
As lawmakers once again debate the future of Medicare as part of broader efforts to address the federal deficit, proposals have emerged that would have severe repercussions for beneficiaries and their families.[1] Sound solutions that would protect Medicare coverage while reducing costs to taxpayers have not been seriously been addressed. The six solutions we propose would accomplish both of these goals(Written By The Center for Medicare Advocacy)...
"These solutions, unlike many current proposals, do not shift costs to beneficiaries or completely restructure the Medicare program. They are good policy and make good economic sense. They promote choice and competition while shoring up the solvency of Medicare. Adopting these solutions would be a responsible step in reducing our deficit the right way... 1. Negotiate Drug Prices with Pharmaceutical Companies...
The Medicare prescription drug law passed in 2003 prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from negotiating prices with pharmaceutical companies. These companies gained 47 million customers when Medicare began covering prescription drugs, but they did not have to adjust their prices in return. Requiring the Secretary to negotiate drug prices for Medicare would save taxpayers billions of dollars potentially over $200 billion over ten years.[2] Taxpayers currently pay nearly 70% more for drugs in the Medicare program than through the Veteran's Administration, which has direct negotiating power.[3] Savings realized from reducing Medicare drug cuts could be used to improve benefits for beneficiaries and reduce the deficit. 2. Stop Paying Private Medicare Plans Anything More Than Traditional Medicare...
According to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Medicare pays, on average, 10% more for beneficiaries enrolled in private insurance (Medicare Advantage or MA plans) than for comparable beneficiaries enrolled in traditional Medicare.[4] Despite these extra payments, beneficiaries in private plans who are in poor health, or who have chronic conditions, often have more limitations on coverage than they would under traditional Medicare.[5]
A large portion of the over payments made to private plans actually goes to insurers rather than to benefit Medicare beneficiaries.[6] Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changed the payment formula for Medicare Advantage plans, some plans will continue to be paid as much as 115% of the average traditional Medicare payment rate for their county when the new rates are fully implemented. MedPAC estimates that by 2017 Medicare Advantage payment benchmarks will average 101% of traditional Medicare. ACA also provides additional payments for plans that receive high quality ratings, increasing the likelihood that some MA plans will continue to be paid more than under traditional Medicare. Reducing private MA payments to 100% of traditional Medicare, as MedPAC proposed before the enactment of ACA, will increase the solvency of the Medicare program and curb costs for taxpayers. Private plans simply should not receive higher pay than traditional Medicare. 3. Include a Drug Benefit in Traditional Medicare...
Offering a drug benefit in traditional Medicare would give beneficiaries a choice they do not now have, encourage people to stay in traditional Medicare, and save money for taxpayers. It would also provide an alternative to unchecked private plans that leave many with unexpected high out-of-pocket costs. A drug benefit in traditional Medicare would protect beneficiaries against expensive and sometimes abusive marketing practices. Further, traditional Medicare's lower administrative costs could free up money for quality care, would result in lower drug prices for beneficiaries, and save taxpayers over $20 billion a year.[7] 4. Extend Medicaid Drug Rebates to Medicare Beneficiaries Who Qualify for Medicaid or the Part D Low-Income Subsidy...
As President Obama proposed in 2011, low-income dual eligible people (people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid) comprise one-fourth of all Medicare drug users, and are among the most costly beneficiaries. Because Medicare, rather than Medicaid, covers most of their drugs and because Medicare cannot negotiate drug prices, their drugs are not eligible for the same rebates as they were, and would be, under the Medicaid program. Extending Medicaid rebates for dually eligible people would save at least $30 billion over ten years.[8] 5. Lower the Age of Medicare Eligibility...
People between 55 and 65 who are not disabled are currently unable to enroll in Medicare. Lowering the age of eligibility to enroll this healthier population in the Medicare program would add revenue from people who will likely need less care and fewer services than older and disabled enrollees. 6. Let the Affordable Care Act Do Its Job...
The Affordable Care Act includes many measures to control costs as well as models for reform that will increase the solvency of the Medicare program and lower the deficit while protecting Medicare's guaranteed benefits. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that repealing or refunding ACA would add $230 billion to the deficit while ignoring the real issue of rising overall health care costs, which contribute heavily to the growing national debt. ACA includes strong measures to allow CMS to combat fraud, waste, and abuse that will bring down costs, as well as a variety of pilot and demonstration projects that aim to bring better care and quality to beneficiaries.[9] The bipartisan Bowles Simpson Deficit Commission recommended that these projects be implemented as quickly as possible.[10] Allowing ACA to do its job will create a foundation on which to build by improving care and holding down costs for taxpayers.
"Protecting Medicare" by shifting costs from the federal government to beneficiaries and their families whether through a voucher program or spending caps or other draconian measures is a perversion of Medicare's original intent: to protect older people and their families from illness and financial ruin due to health care costs. The Center for Medicare Advocacy's Six Solutions promote the financial welfare of Medicare and the country, without doing so at the expense of older and disabled people."
7. The second amendment...
I do not have a problem with the second amendment nor do I have a problem with gun owners who are responsible. It is unfortunate that many of us have to have ways of protecting ourselves one of which is the use of a weapon. We also need to get the guns out of those who should not have access to guns. We need better communications with those institutions who treat the mentally ill or those who use the social media to expound on their intentions to commit violent crimes. And they should be taken seriously and put on a watch list which may include an investigation follow up. The other main issue is cultural and somehow how our media outlets have glorified violence as a answer to all of our problems. They produce these type of movies because of the financial gains. What we need to do is for all us as voters and as constituents to band together and apply pressure by not attending those types of violent movies so that it begins to diminish the financial gains and produce films that do not glorify violence but instead focusing on our sense of humanity, life and respect for others.
8. African American Community...
As I mentioned, that we need to work closely with the African American community for more support both in the communities, a closer review of how blacks are treated in the legal system combined with more up-dated job training programs so they have a better chance to get better paying jobs and to improve their lives.
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A short day today: there are excursions in the afternoon, as well as several barbequeues (including the one I attended).
But before then we had to "work". The plenary was given by Michael Majerus. He talked about the classic peppered moth example of evolution. The original story is well known, but some of the original work by Kettlewell has been criticised, and a book appeared a few years go which accused Kettlewell of fraud. The book has been panned (and when I read it, I wasn't convinced either), but is used by creationists as the basis of one of their assaults on evolution. Actually, there are some good criticisms of Kettlewell's work, so Majerus decided to re-run the experiments (actually not quite - he would have needed a wood which is still polluted) but redesigning them to take the criticisms into account.
Majerus ran his studies for 6 years in his field site (actually his back garden), and also trapped moths near by to look at the change in the melanic form. The long and the short of it is that he replicated Kettlewell's results (qualitatively - after half a century we would expect some differences). So, it looks like Kettlewell was right after all (to the surprise of nobody in the room). We then had a sermon about how we need to keep faith and belief out of science, and that the peppered moth is such a good example for education that it should be used. Not really controversial for this audience, but good to rally the troops.
The parallel sessions weren't too interesting for me, but I went to Jim Mallet's talk on mimicry in Heliconius and other butterflies. This is a story that's been going on for years, and I look in on it when I'm at meetings. The latest thing is that they are thinking about how mimicry can affect speciation - mimicking a distasteful species means you don't get eaten, and different populations mimic different species in different areas. But wing colouration also affects mating behaviour (quite simply, the male can't recognise the female that's the 'wrong' mimic), so that could lead to reproductive separation and speciation. SO, they're now looking for hybrids between species, and also into the genetics and development of wing colour. More next time.....
In the afternoon I didn't go on an excursion, instead we had a barbaqueue in the house I'm staying (err, actually outside the house). Lots of beer drunk, a new wealth index invented, and just after a pregnant lady sat down next to her, Vilppu asking "So, how do you get the sperm?"
Friday, 24 August 2007
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A short day today: there are excursions in the afternoon, as well as several barbequeues (including the one I attended).
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Graffiti is a crime. It is not art. Graffiti is vandalism to public and private property and should be removed promptly. This page will provide information on deciphering graffiti, suggest methods for removing it, and will provide information on identifying "gang" activity through graffiti and other signs.
Graffiti is often a spray painted message or slogan that may also contain information on: crime; gang activity; group memberships; and clues on authorship. The City of Bethlehem Police keeps a photographic record of graffiti and shares information with other police agencies. Graffiti should be reported to the police before it is removed.
Well-known nationwide gangs include the "Bloods," the "Crips," and the "Latin Kings." Such large gangs have smaller gangs existing in many cities across the country. Some are large organized gangs that are affiliated with the national gang, and some are just local copycat gangs consisting of a few local teens. Gang activity should be taken seriously. Gang members may be involved in major crimes and drug trafficking, or just be a group of "want-a-be" teens that need social intervention. Graffiti is utilized by Police to track gang activity, gang membership, rivalries and affiliations with larger gangs, as well has to help predict future criminal activity. This graffiti is an a example of a local "Gang Tag." It serves to identify the name of the gang, "G.K.B."-- which stands for "Gangsta Killer Blood"—and that they claim to be "110%" Blood. "Eastside" refers to the territory they originated from.
This graffiti is a gang tag for a neighborhood gang of youths in one of Bethlehem's low-income housing developments called Pembroke. They are a small gang consisting of teens that grew up in, or live in, the development and hang out together. "P.B.C." stands for the "Pembroke Crew" and the names listed under it are nicknames showing their affiliation with the P.B.C.. Gang members are not afraid to have their names tagged along with the gang name in graffiti and will often admit their gang affiliation if asked.
Just because you may have a lot of graffiti doesn't mean that you have gang activity. This graffiti is a large example of graffiti that is just tagged with the persons initials "M.E.S." and not associated with a group or gang. And this is just a Punk Rock graffiti promoting a group called "Toxic Shock."
Graffiti is more than just the nuisance of kid and a spray can. It is a costly, destructive force that when left unchecked promotes the decay of the community and lowers property values. Graffiti should be reported to the police and removed as soon as possible.
Techniques for removing graffiti vary depending on the size and type of graffiti. Smaller incidents and graffiti with permanent markers can often be removed with aerosol spray cans of products such as "Goof-Off" with a little elbow grease. Larger areas may require pressure washing and the use of strong chemicals. Painted surfaces may need to be first covered with a primer-based stain blocker such as "Kilz" before re-painting with the finish coat. Your local hardware store will have many of the needed products and will be able to provide you with protective gear, eyewear, and gloves. Solvents can flammable and may cause harm or irritation if not used properly. Keep a bucket of fresh water available for clean-up. Consider contacting a professional cleaning company.
A gang is a group of people, usually youths, who join together as tight-knit friends in common unlawful goals. They may be a small group of local youths or a large group with affiliation to nationally known gang organizations. Members often take part in violent crime, theft, and drug-trafficking.
Although they may have similar characteristics, each gang is different. A gang usually has its own name, colors or symbols, and a territory which they often claim by force. For example, a gang may choose to roll up their right pants leg; all wear certain color clothing such as red or blue bandanas; all get the same tattoo such as a black tear drop on the face or use hand signs to identify themselves to fellow gang members. They often mark "their" territory with graffiti.
Youth join gangs for different reasons. They may seek money, excitement, want protection, feel peer-pressure to join, or may falsely believe the gang offers a sense of family and belonging. Gangs grow from common bonds such as ethnicity or growing up on the same block and seem to offer security, but members lose their sense of self-identity and may become involved in drugs, robbery, assaults, and drive-by shootings. Gangs destroy the community they originate from by spreading crime, vandalism, and fear throughout the neighborhood.
Youth gang problems can be prevented with good parenting, positive role modeling, and involvement in community activities. A child who has good self-esteem and feels loved is less likely to become involved in gangs. Children should be praised for their efforts and achievements. They should be taught non-violent ways of resolving problems and have positive role models available to speak with in times of need. Encourage children to become involved with community events and organizations that provide positive ways to spend time.
If you think a child, relative, or friend is involved with gang activity, talk to them about it but do not accuse them. Discuss the dangers of gangs and the consequences that may come from being associated with gangs. Show the child they are important and meaningful. Get advice from other professionals such as: counselors, community police officers, and community youth workers.
The City of Bethlehem Police also teaches the G.R.E.A.T. Program, Gang Resistance Education and Training, to all middle school students of the Bethlehem Area School District. The anti-gang, anti-violence program was founded in 1992 in Phoenix, Arizona and is funded by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. "G.R.E.A.T. is designed to help children set goals for themselves, resist pressures, learn how to resolve conflicts without violence, and understand how gangs and youth violence impact the quality of their lives. G.R.E.A.T. students discover for themselves the ramifications of gang and youth violence through structured exercises and interactive approaches to learning. Through the combined efforts of law enforcement, the schools, and the community, we can make a difference in the lives of children across America by providing them with the necessary skills and information to say "NO" to gangs and acts of random violence"


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This photo was kindly taken for me by Kathy Taylor, who lives close to the East of London Cemetery where my grandmother's parents are buried.
My Dear Wife
Mary Ann Poyser
Who Died September 16 1936
aged 50 years
She bade no-one her last farewell
and Samuel Poyser
Reunited in Gods keeping
There is a stone flower pot that is inscribed:-
Polly and Sam
The is also a stone open book that reads:-
Rest on dear father
and on the right hand page:-
A loveable life
The name of the stone mason is A. Elfes of Upton Park.
My grandparents grave in the little churchyard in Banham, Norfolk, that is within sight of the home they had planned for their retirement, Sunny View, at Overcross. My grandmother was the daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann Poyser.


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I stand amazed at the number of people in our country who actually fear a Trump presidency.
I'm not sure how his presidency would all come about, but I know one thing for certain, anything would be better than what we have now.
My main question is, where were these people in 2008?
People were so enamored with the idea of having a black president nothing else entered their mind. They never even questioned his affiliations with the likes of Rev. Wright, Bill Ayres, Frank Marshall and others.
They never questioned the fact that his parents were avowed communists, or that both his father and step-father were Muslim.
Why would we elect someone with a communist background to the highest office in the land?
There are plenty of good hard working Muslims in the world, but electing someone of that faith in today's world would be akin to electing a known Nazi president in 1948. With the threat of Islamic terrorism what it is, The risks are just too high. Maybe in a few years.
Because most weren't paying attention, we now have an administration filled with radicals and known enemies of the United States.
Now people are worried about Donald Trump.
There may be cause for that concern, but I don't think so.
Where were these people in 2008 and why weren't they worried then?
If we survived the last eight years, we will survive the next.
At least Donald Trump and his family portray an image of positive thinking. I haven't seen a presidential candidate project so much positive energy since Ronald Reagan.
The Trumps make one believe the individual can accomplish anything they put their mind to , which is true. In their reality, there are no victims, which is also true. We each create our own reality and by doing so create the issues we deal with on a daily basis. The trials and tribulations we each deal with are created so we can better understand ourselves and the challenges we can overcome.
The author has been a writer/photographer for over thirty years. Specializing in nature and landscape photography, as well as studying native cultures.
His travels have taken him to most of the United States, as well as Australia, Belize, Egypt and the Canary Islands.
He has studied the Mayan culture of Central America as well as the aborigines of Australia. Photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in various parts of the world.
He has published several books about his adventures.
For more information, please consult his website,www.journeysthrulife.com.
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We had a fantastic time at our AGM last week. The evening had plenty of highlights as we looked back on all the things God has been doing in our church over the last year. After many years of wonderful faithful service, Frank has decided to step down as treasurer of the church. Thankfully he will continue to serve as a deacon, but the AGM gave us an opportunity to thank him for all of his hard work. Pat led the tributes with a moving and hilarious poem detailing his many years at Earls Colne Church. We were able to give Frank and Grace a small token of our appreciation. We also welcomed Beth onto the diaconate and heard her story of how she has come to this church in Earls Colne. Beth will be taking over Frank's role as treasurer of the church, and we are so excited to her financial guidance as we move forward.
Huge thanks to Frank and a big welcome to Beth
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These are some super creepy looking Bat Skeleton Graphics from an early Natural History Book! I'm sure these won't appeal to everyone, but great for Halloween for those that like these types of images. The top one is a Bat Skeleton Diagram, with it's wings outstretched, and the lower one is a Vampire Bat Skeleton. Frightening no?


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United Rentals Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results
Greenwich, CT - Feb 2, 2010
United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009. For the fourth quarter, total revenue was $557 million and rental revenue was $450 million, compared with $791 million and $606 million, respectively, for the fourth quarter 2008. For the full year, total revenue was $2.4 billion and rental revenue was $1.8 billion, compared with $3.3 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively, for the full year 2008.
2009 Highlights
- Free cash flow increased to $367 million for the full year 2009, compared with $335 million for 2008.
- Total debt at year-end 2009 decreased by $270 million compared with year-end 2008, and net debt, which includes the impact of cash and cash equivalents, decreased by $362 million. The company has no significant debt maturities until 2013.
- SG&A expense decreased by $20 million for the fourth quarter year-over-year, and decreased by $101 million for the full year 2009 compared with 2008.
- The company sold $653 million of fleet on an original equipment cost basis in 2009, with an average age of 78 months.
- Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation, decreased by $51 million for the fourth quarter and by $227 million for the full year 2009, compared with 2008.
- Time utilization was 61.8% for the fourth quarter and 60.7% for the full year 2009, representing decreases of 2.4 percentage points and 2.9 percentage points, respectively, from 2008. Rental rates declined 9.6% for the quarter and 11.8% for the year. Dollar utilization, which reflects the impact of both rental rates and time utilization, was 46.0% for the fourth quarter and 45.5% for full year 2009, representing decreases of 9.3 percentage points and 11.4 percentage points, respectively, from 2008.
2010 Outlook
The company provided the following financial targets for 2010:
- SG&A expense reduction of $25 million to $35 million for full year 2010, compared with 2009;
- Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation, reduction of $70 million to $90 million for the full year 2010, compared with 2009; and
- Free cash flow of between $175 million and $200 million, including net rental capital expenditures (defined as purchases of rental equipment less the proceeds from sales of rental equipment) of between $100 million to $120 million. The company expects its fleet size at the end of 2010 to be about $3.6 billion on an original equipment cost basis.
CEO Comments
Michael Kneeland, chief executive officer of United Rentals, said, "We can point to a number of significant contrasts between the strategic progress we made as a company in 2009 and our operating environment . Externally, the economic turmoil took a toll on our end markets, with the expected constraint on our revenues and margins. We responded with disciplined cost cutting and capital management, improving our free cash flow and SG&A reduction beyond projections."
Kneeland continued, "At this time we are still seeing an environment that is very similar to the last half of 2009. Despite the challenges of a lingering downturn, we believe that the transformation of our customer service and sales operations, and our strong capital structure, put us in a unique position to gain share that will be accretive to earnings over time. We are becoming increasingly adept at balancing local market development with the pursuit of national accounts, industrial accounts and government business – the segments most closely aligned with our strategy for long-term profitable growth."
2009 Financial Results
For the fourth quarter 2009, on a GAAP continuing operations basis, the company reported a loss of $24 million, or a loss of $0.39 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $853 million, or a loss of $14.25 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter 2008. Adjusted EPS, which excludes the impact of restructuring and impairment charges and other special items, was a loss of $0.21 per diluted share for the quarter, compared with earnings of $0.74 per diluted share for the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA margin, which also excludes the impact of restructuring and impairment charges and other special items, was 26.8% for the quarter, compared with 31.6% for the prior year.
For the full year 2009, on a GAAP continuing operations basis, the company reported a loss of $60 million, or a loss of $0.98 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $704 million, or a loss of $12.62 per diluted share, for 2008. Adjusted EPS, which excludes the impact of restructuring and impairment charges and other special items, was a loss of $0.76 per diluted share for 2009, compared with earnings of $2.96 per diluted share for the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA margin, which also excludes the impact of restructuring and impairment charges and other special items, was 26.6% for 2009, compared with 32.8% for the prior year.
The change in profitability for the fourth quarter and full year 2009, compared with 2008, primarily reflects the continued decline in non-residential construction activity and its negative impact on pricing, partially offset by the savings realized from the company's ongoing cost-cutting initiatives.
Free Cash Flow and Fleet Size
For full year 2009, free cash flow, a non-GAAP measure, was $367 million after total rental and non-rental capital expenditures of $311 million, compared with free cash flow of $335 million after total rental and non-rental capital expenditures of $704 million for full year 2008. The year-over-year increase in free cash flow was largely the result of a reduction in capital expenditures, partially offset by lower cash generated from operating activities.
The size of the rental fleet, as measured by the original equipment cost ("OEC"), was $3.8 billion at December 31, 2009, compared with $4.1 billion at December 31, 2008. The age of the rental fleet was 42.4 months on a unit-weighted basis at December 31, 2009, compared with 39.2 months at December 31, 2008.
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
Return on invested capital was 1.8% for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of 5.8 percentage points compared with 2008. The company's ROIC metric uses after-tax operating income for the trailing 12 months divided by the averages of stockholders' equity (deficit), debt and deferred taxes, net of average cash.
Conference Call
United Rentals will hold a conference call tomorrow, Thursday, February 4, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call will be available live by audio webcast at unitedrentals.com, where it will be archived, and by calling 866-261-2650.
Non-GAAP Measures
Free cash flow, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted earnings per share (adjusted EPS) are non-GAAP financial measures as defined under the rules of the SEC. Free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities, less purchases of rental and non-rental equipment plus proceeds from sales of rental and non-rental equipment and excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements. EBITDA represents the sum of net income (loss), loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes, benefit for income taxes, interest expense, net, interest expense-subordinated convertible debentures, net, depreciation-rental equipment and non-rental depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA represents EBITDA plus the sum of the restructuring charge, the charge related to the settlement of the SEC inquiry, the goodwill impairment charge and stock compensation expense, net. Adjusted EPS represents EPS plus (i) the sum of the restructuring and asset impairment charges, the losses on the repurchase/retirement of debt securities and subordinated convertible debentures, the charge related to the settlement of the SEC inquiry, the preferred stock redemption charge and the foreign tax credit valuation allowance and other less (ii) the gains on the repurchase/retirement of debt securities. The company believes that: (i) free cash flow provides useful additional information concerning cash flow available to meet future debt service obligations and working capital requirements; (ii) EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA provide useful information about operating performance and period-over-period growth; and (iii) adjusted EPS provides useful information concerning future profitability. However, none of these measures should be considered as alternatives to net income, cash flows from operating activities or earnings per share under GAAP as indicators of operating performance or liquidity. Information reconciling forward-looking free cash flow to a GAAP financial measure is unavailable to the company without unreasonable effort.
About United Rentals
United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with an integrated network of 569 rental locations in 48 states, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company's approximately 8,000 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers for rent approximately 3,000 classes of equipment with a total original cost of $3.8 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index® and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at unitedrentals.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believe," "expect," "may," "will," "should," "seek," "on-track," "plan," "project," "forecast," "intend" or "anticipate," or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy or outlook. You are cautioned that our business and operations are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, and, consequently, our actual results may differ materially from those projected. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) on-going decreases in North American construction and industrial activities, which have significantly affected revenues and, because many of our costs are fixed, our profitability, and which may further reduce demand and prices for our products and services; (2) our highly leveraged capital structure, which requires us to use a substantial portion of our cash flow for debt service and can constrain our flexibility in responding to unanticipated or adverse business conditions; (3) noncompliance with financial or other covenants in our debt agreements, which could result in our lenders terminating our credit facilities and requiring us to repay outstanding borrowings; (4) inability to access the capital that our businesses or growth plans may require; (5) increases in our maintenance and replacement costs as we age our fleet, and decreases in the residual value of our equipment; (6) inability to sell our new or used fleet in the amounts, or at the prices, we expect; (7) rates we can charge and time utilization we can achieve being less than anticipated; and (8) costs we incur being more than anticipated, and the inability to realize expected savings in the amounts or time frames planned. For a fuller description of these and other possible uncertainties, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as well as to our subsequent filings with the SEC. Our forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date hereof, and we make no commitment to update or publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements in order to reflect new information or subsequent events, circumstances or changes in expectations.
Fred Bratman
(203) 618-7318
Cell: (917) 847-4507


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