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Shoujo Grand Summoning Chapter 134: Astonishment! They are tier 8 supers?
The sky is no longer blue and the earth lost its cover. At this moment, between heaven and earth there exist only red and silver. The two colors shone brightly.
The wind filled with grit hit everybody, making them tumble around. They yelped in pain whenever debris hit them but they had no way of defending themselves since their hands are still required to cover their ears.
The sound of the collision between[Chaotic Return to Horizon Waltz] and [Night Moon Flash] was so loud in intensity that if they didn't cover their ear, their eardrums would most likely rupture.
The same could not be said of those magicians and warriors who had cultivated either magic power or dou qi. They channeled their respective power to block the aftermath hitting them, namely the wind filled with various types of debris. They could channel all their power and it still can't reduce the effect on their startled heart!
Nobody kept track of how long before the winds finally died down. The loud boom also stopped tormenting the ears of the spectators as evidenced by the haggard looking spectators who got up slowly…
Some were apparently traumatized as they looked up and around before turning their attention towards the battlefield. At the same time, shock and terror made their way onto their faces.
The individuals that should still be there had disappeared as did the ground that some moments ago was still a battle ground. Countless debris and loose rock laid there in their position. Inside a 5 meter in diameter hole!
The spectators looked at each other. They looked at the person standing closest to them in an odd sense of familiarity. They all looked stupefied….
Lulu, through some unknown method managed to survive through the shock wave in one piece relative to the other spectators. Her attire isn't blemished in the least. However, she stared blankly at the scene in front of her and she slowly felt a sense of fear climbing up.
"Where are they? Where's Yan? And sister Fei Fei? Where did they go?"
Lulu looked like a mannequin with her soul lost as she panicked and shouted out loud. She's afraid that the two who were very significant existences to her would have obliterated each other leaving nothing behind.
Nearby, nobody look like they are going to come and console her. Perhaps they too, felt that Fei Fei and Wu Yan got killed by that terrible collision of attacks.
Lulu clenched her teeth and scanned the battleground hoping she can catch a glimpse, if any, of the figures. As time passed followed by constant silence, she felt despair within her rising up.
"Don't worry, they are fine!"
Like a breeze, a soft soung rang beside Lulu's ear. Her words made Lulu's eyes brighten up. With a face filled with hope she looked towards the direction of the voice and saw a very pretty pink haired girl who brought along a very cute little blonde girl walking towards her.
"Is that true? Then where are they?"
Lulu said anxiously. The expression she showed was meek but it elicited a sense of cordiality in Hinagiku towards her. She then spoke to her like she's trying to console a little kid while pointing at a certain direction.
"Look, they are over there!"
Everyone looked towards the direction she's pointing at but they could only see rocks and more rocks in that direction, no human in sight.
Then they looked at her with suspicion and confusion mixed in…
"Why don't you guys look closer gosh!"
Hinagiku said with a bit of exasperation and amusement. She felt helpless being looked at like she's some kind of scammer.
Everyone then got serious and vigorously looked around and soon someone yelled in surprise.
"Look over there!"
In a very inconspicuous corner of the area, behind a boulder, they could see a black wall and a crystalline wall that seems to be made of translucent blue colored material.
As the people wondered what it is, the black wall started breaking apart slowly and everyone instantly got a better look at those black particles…
The blue crystal wall broke apart the same time the black wall did. And soon, the main instigators that caused all this destruction, Wu Yan and Fei Fei appeared in front of the masses!
"Yan! Sister Fei Fei!"
Lulu shouted as she ran over towards the two. She looked so happy that Hinagiku can't help smiling. This girl is just too cute…
Lulu still running, abruptly stopped. Her eyes popped out slightly when she saw what was behind Wu Yan and Fei Fei, she then screamed.
Surprised, the spectators running over felt their heart jump. Of course, very soon they too popped their eyes out as if they saw their dead ancestors…
Hinagiku could only smile bitterly…
It's not because they are freaking out over little things. Although the events that unfolded today may very well have used up all the surprise they had this lifetime. They still can't help feeling astonishment.
Heavens, is that an angel?…
That's right, why everyone jaw dropped was because of Ikaros!
The blue wings behind her hovered up and down while she stayed in the air as if suspended by an invisible force. Her pure white halo made her look that much more holy and beautiful!
Some were stupefied thinking this is god's way of telling them their good deeds didn't go unnoticed and so angels were sent to 'visit' them. Some went a bit bonkers, they felt like they had no more regrets in this life…
Maybe she didn't like the attention she's getting, Ikaros flapped her wings once and they returned to a pink wing while her halo disappeared. Her red eyes became their usual emerald color. What she didn't know however is that this appearance resembled an angel even more than when she entered sky queen mode.
"Master, are you alright…"
Within Ikaros' arms is Wu Yan. At the moment, he's looking a bit pale as he weakly laid in her arms while bitterly laughing.
"A… I'm fine… just feeling weak is all, don't worry about it…"
He shook his head while wryly grinning. How can he not? He overdid it this time…
Just the shock wave from the aftermath and he already used up all his strength to defend. If it were not for Ikaros opening her absolute defense barrier to cover him, feeling a bit weak is the least of his worries…
"Serve you right!"
Mikoto put down a similarly pale Fei Fei who leaned onto her before this. She didn't hold back in her scolding. When she saw Wu Yan didn't really got hurt, she looked like she heaved a sigh of relief.
"sister Fei Fei!"
Lulu finally recovered from her initial shock and came running to Fei Fei's side while supporting her. She had tears in her eyes. When Fei Fei saw how she looked, Lulu's eyes seemed to suggest an image of a cockroach that won't die even after going through massive battlefields overlapping her. Her original feeling of fatigue worsened.
She then shook her head in a downcast manner as she thanked Mikoto.
"Thank you for rescuing me!"
"Don't… don't worry about it…"
Mikoto scratched her cheeks awkwardly. Seeing her shy and stuttering made Fei Fei laughed subconsciously, she felt somewhat closer to Mikoto now.
"And you, why did you fight so damn hard?"
Hinagiku walked up to Wu Yan and said in an upset manner as she casted a glare on Wu Yan. Wu Yan turned his head the other way in discomfort as he tried to dryly laugh it off.
Lulu confirmed that Fei Fei is okay and returned to her bubbly appearance. She then curiously looked at Ikaros and ran to her front before staring at her wings.
"Ne, Miss, are those wings on you? Are you an angel?"
The passionate attitude made Ikaros a loss at what to do. She went to Wu Yan's side and stayed silent. Seeing this, Wu Yan laughed and interrupted them.
"It seems we can't tell who is the winner this time!"
"That is true…"
Fei Fei felt regretful and satisfied at the same time as she said.
"But Yan, you are really impressive!"
"The feeling's mutual…"
Wu Yan smiled as he replied. Fei Fei also smiled before lookingat Ikaros and Mikoto. Her eyes steeled up.
"Well I will be damned, the two misses here are tier 8 supers, I couldn't tell at first…"
Her sentence instantly caused a stir.
The sense of surprise in the crowd that should have dulled after so many instances erupted once more!
Looking at the beautiful and holy Ikaros, they then looked at the gallant and bossy looking Mikoto. The crowd became rowdy.
They are tier 8 supers?


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Plans to build the new 6bn Lower Thames Crossing, which will connect Essex and Kent roads, may be reconsidered if Jeremy Corbyn wins the general election on the 8th of June.
From the outset, the Labour party have disagreed with plans to build the Lower Thames Crossing. As the general election looms closer, fears arise that the construction of the crossing will be delayed or cut completely.
Plans for the new crossing, which would improve journeys, road safety and ease congestion, were confirmed by the government in April this year. Gareth Johnson, who is up for re-election as Datford's Conservative MP, states Jeremy Corbyn's plans to change or remove the current plans will have a damaging effect in the future.
Mr Johnson said: "This is another reason why a Labour government would be a disaster for our town as it's now party policy to scrap our plans to have another crossing away from Dartford and to potentially have another crossing at Dartford. It flies in the face of common sense and everything we have been saying on this."
Any changes to future plans for the crossing will be revealed after the Prime Minister is announced in the general election next week.

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Foodies! This year the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival has some great food workshops by Mumbai's talented chefs and food consultants. Here is a list for your ready reference. And the best part? There is no entry free. You can go watch, taste yummy delights and learn foodie secrets from some of the top chefs from Mumbai. Enjoy!
Venue: Westside, Kala Ghoda
When: 1st- 9th Feb 2014
1. Take Me to Mexico:
Watch Chef Maya Dastoor of Catering Co Take Away Chef Make guacamole,salsa, refried bean salad and enchiladas from scratch
When: Sunday, Feb 2nd, 1-3pm
2. Icing on Top :
Learn to make delicious eggless desserts from the pastry chef Ayushi Shah of dessert catering service Icing on Top.
When : Monday, Feb 3rd, 4:30-6:30pm
3. Sing Kong :
Learn to make steamed open buns with textured soya wheat black pepper and lamb rendang at a session conducted by Vika Seth of Sing Kong.
When: Feb 4th, 4:30-6:30pm
4. Between Breads :
Learn to make this Bandra outfit's awesome beef cheeseburgers, bacon fried and their versions of the Philly sandwich.
When : Wednesday, Feb 5th, 4:30-6:30pm
5. Such a Tart :
Learn about making themed cakes and goodies at a mouthwatering workshop conducted by Aashiyana Shroff of Tart who recently opened two new Cafes at Bandra and Napean Sea Rd.
When : Thursday, Feb 6th, 1-3pm
6. Moshe's :
Learn some trade secrets and simple tips from Moshe Shek, who specializes Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food.
When : Thursday, Feb 6th, 4:30-6:30pm
7. Fun Flavourful French :
Sanjana Patel, head chef at La Folie patisserie, will demonstrate how to make a homemade macaroon ice cream and hand-painted chocolate bon-bons.
When : Friday, feb 7th, 4:30-6:30pm
8. Life Ki Recipe :
Learn the secrets to homemade jam and confectionaries with food blogger Amrita Rana, who is famous for her artisanal spreads.
When : Saturday, Feb 8th, 1-3pm
9. Cafe Zoe :
Attend a workshop on authentic European breakfast and brunch food, conducted by Viraf Patel of Cafe Zoe.
When : Saturday, Feb 8th, 4:30-6:30pm
10. Bawi Bride :
Learn to make no-fuss Parsi food at home with caterer and food blogger Perzen Patel aka Bawi Bride.
When : Sunday, Feb 9th, 1-3pm
Food Heritage Walk
Also check out a food heritage walk on Mumbai's Irani Cafes, led by Kalyan Karmarkar of popular food blog Finely Chopped. The walks begins at 3:45pm on Thursday, Feb 6th. Participants must register at Artisans' between 2pm and 2:30pm.
For highlights of the dance, music and other cultural events at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2014 check out our post here.
If you enjoy festivals, you might also enjoy reading our latest travel post on Ragasthan.
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SME Education Foundation scholarships provide financial support to students pursuing a degree in an engineering discipline closely related to manufacturing or a technology field of study related to manufacturing.
Eligibility Requirements for SME Education Foundation scholarships:
A) Must be a graduating high school senior, current undergraduate or graduate student who will be enrolling as part-time or full-time undergraduate or graduate student, attending accredited colleges or universities in the United States or Canada for the next fall term.
B) Scholarships are only available to citizens of the U.S. and territories, citizens of Canada, students with permanent residency status in the U.S. (i.e. green card) or Canada, or applicants with a U.S. or Canadian student visa.
C) Must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale or 70 on a 100 point (%) scale. Most scholarships have a minimum GPA of 3.0/80.
D) Must be pursuing a degree in a qualifying major


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Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is a little less than a month away, which means in just a few weeks we'll see what Apple has planned for the next versions of iOS and OS X.
iOS has had a busy couple of years—it got a comprehensive visual overhaul in iOS 7, and a nearly as comprehensive under-the-hood overhaul in iOS 8. The only thing we think we know about iOS 9 at this point is that it will focus on stability and performance. It's not going to be a "no new features" Snow Leopard-style release, but for the first time since 2012 or so the focus is going to be on spit-and-polish and not on radical changes.
We've assembled a small wishlist of features for iOS 9, with a focus on the smaller tweaks we hope Apple can focus on now that it's not pulling up all the carpets and replacing all the fixtures. Some of these are more likely to be incorporated than others. Some have been on our wishlist for literally years. But all of them would be welcome improvements.
Siri API
This one's on the list of "things we've been asking about for years." Siri was introduced all the way back in iOS 5 and It's on everything from the high-end iPad Air 2 to the lowly iPhone 4S. It's long past time to allow third parties to make use of it.
Apple's strong developer ecosystem remains one of iOS' biggest assets, and allowing that ecosystem to extend Siri's capabilities would make the digital assistant much more useful than it is today without much extra effort on Apple's part. Sounds like a win-win scenario to me.
Public transit for Maps
This is the kind of feature that you either won't care about at all (people who primarily drive everywhere) or will absolutely need all the time (city dwellers).
The built-in Maps app lost public transit directions back in iOS 6, and since then Apple has been relying on third parties to supply this information. That experience is still inconsistent, though—you're being booted from Apple's app into someone else's with no guarantees about the app's appearance, functionality, or accuracy. It's Google Maps' biggest trump card at this point.
It's an even bigger problem when you consider something like the Apple Watch. Its turn-by-turn navigation is actually pretty good, and once you get used to the pulses telling you to turn left or right It's actually kind of nice not to have to interrupt your music or pull your phone out to make sure you're going the right way. But the Apple Watch can only use Apple's maps, and Apple's maps don't have transit directions.
Apple has been hiring people to work on this problem for a long time now. Maybe iOS 9 will be the update that actually addresses it.
Settings page overhaul
This is the System Preferences window in OS X. It organizes all of the different settings into subheadings. But suppose you're looking for something and you don't know where to find it? That's OK! Because there's a search box you can use to help.
That's what the increasingly packed iOS Settings screen needs, at this point. Imagine a search box that's hidden when you open the app, but appears when you swipe down. It's an interaction that iOS users will already know from Spotlight and other similarly hidden search bars in apps like Messages, and it will help make sense of the maze that Settings has become.
Dark theme for menus
The Apple Watch app looks a whole lot like iOS' normal menu screens, but the colors are inverted—it's light text on a dark background rather than dark text on a white background.
We've kind of wanted a "dark theme" ever since iOS 7 turned everything that blinding shade of white, but the Apple Watch app really drives home how nice it would look (for people who are fans of such things, that is). Apple introduced a dark theme for OS X Yosemite, so clearly Apple knows there's a demand for this kind of thing.
Maintain speed
New iOS releases aren't always kind to the lowest-end hardware they support. Much of the world has moved on to newer, faster devices and they won't have any complaints, but if you were an iPhone 3G user who installed iOS 4 or an iPhone 4 user who installed iOS 7 or an iPhone 4S user who installed iOS 8, you may have been bitten by the slowdown demon.
If iOS 9 is truly focused on speed and stability, we're hoping it won't come with a performance penalty for older devices. We'd bet that the new operating system will still run on hardware with Apple's A5 SoC—the fifth-gen iPod Touch, third-generation Apple TV, and original iPad Mini are still being sold—and in our wildest dreams the update would restore those devices to at least an iOS 7-ish level of zippiness.


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We want to surprise Bafana Bafana – Mannetti to clash today
The Brave Warriors will face South Africa's Bafana Bafana today at the old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane for their COSAFA Cup Plate semifinal match, and Namibian mentor Ricardo Mannetti has promised to throw everything available in his arsenal in the way of the South Africans.
Namibia lost 4-3 on penalties to regional rivals Zambia on Friday in the quarterfinals, while South Africa also suffered the same fate on Sunday losing 4-3 on shootouts against Madagascar � demoting both Namibia and South Africa to the plate section of the competition.
Heading into today's plate semifinal clash, Mannetti has welcomed the challenge with open arms saying it will be a tough match, as any match between the two countries is always a derby.
It is a derby and we all know what comes with it. The expectations are clear, both teams will go for victory and we are not afraid to go for that victory, Mannetti said.
He said Itamunua Keimuine is likely to miss the match as he has complained about a sore hamstring.
This leaves him without his top two strikers as Keimuine joins Panduleni Nekundi, who suffered a foot injury against Zambia on Saturday.
The two strikers scored a combined 29 goals (Nekundi 15 and Keimuine 14) in the just ended 2017/18 season. This leaves him with rookie striker Willem Pinehas as the man to lead the attack.
On a positive note, Mannetti said Wangu Batista Gome has joined the camp from his club Platinum Stars.
Wangu will definitely feature on Tuesday (today). We will train on Monday (yesterday) to finalise the preparations. We want to surprise them, he said.
The match against South Africa is a repeat of last year's Plate Final in Moruleng, where South Africa beat the Brave Warriors 1-0. This is the third year running that Namibia is contesting the Plate Final following their success in 2016 in Windhoek, before being runners up last year.
Source: New Era Newspaper Namibia


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A new train service started between Barcelona - Madrid on the 20th Feb. The new AVE route has three classes, either tourist, first or club. Prices for tourist class (the one I travelled!) is approx 101€, 1st class 152€, club 182€ one way depending on the time chosen to travel. If a return journey is booked there is a 20% discount on the return journey.There are several trains through the day, roughly every hour. The journey time is 3 1/4 hrs travelling at 300 kms per hr.
For more details see the RENFE website.


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I've been brewing for about three years now. In that time I've spent a lot of time researching and practicing the craft. It's a great hobby that you can get into fairly cheaply. In the past, to start brewing you needed a very large pot, bulky/expensive fermenters, and a ton of random tools and supplies. At the bare minimum the kit would cost $100 and you would need to find your own bottles (personally I loved having 'bottle making' parties). It was no small undertaking.
Today you can get started with everything you need to brew great beer for less than $50! The system I'm recommending is a Mr. Beer Premium Edition Home Microbrewery System. The kit comes with all you need including a starter recipe, west coast pale ale, that will get you rolling. I really like the Mr. Beer kits because they include everything you need to brew and they make the process really simple. For this guide I recommend getting the premium kit because it includes all the bottles you need. I'll assume that you are using the premium kit in the guide.
Keep reading and I'll show you the process so you can see how easy it is to make your own beer!
Things You Will Need
Provided In The Kit:
- Brew Keg and Lid
- Tap, Washer and Nut
- Hopped Malt Extract (HME)
- Dry Brewing Yeast (under lid of HME)
- Booster
- Plastic Bottles and Bottle Caps
- One-Step Sanitizing Cleanser
Provided By You:
- 1-Gallon Container (for mixing sanitizer)
- 1 clean large pot (3-Quart or larger)
- Metal Spoon or Whisk (NO WOOD OR PLASTIC)
- Can Opener
- Measuring Cup/Spoons
- Bowl or Plate
- Sugar (white granulated)
Step 1
Fill your keg fermenter with water and add half of the one step sanitizer. Gently shake and swirl the fermenter so that the sanitizer is mixed into the water and the entire interior of the fermenter gets wet. Also drain some of the water from the fermenter using the tap to sanitize the inside of the tap. Sanitization is important because a beer can become infected with bad yeast or bacteria which will make the final product taste off (infected beer will never make you sick so you don't need to worry about that).
Next add all your utensils to the keg so they can be sanitized as well. Soak them for 10 minutes. Before removing your utensils be sure to wash your hands (don't dry them, just shake off excess water to prevent infection). Put all the utensils on the bowl or plate. Always keep your utensils on the sanitized bowl/plate until you are completely done using them (infection again, fun fact: the scientific field of microbiology started in breweries). Drain the fermenter.
Step 2
Fill the fermenter to the 4 quart mark with cold water (hot water can contain impurities from your how water heater). Take the yeast packet from under the lid of the malt extract and place the malt extract in a hot water bath to make the extract easier to pour.
Use your sanitized measuring cup measure out 4 cups of water from the fermenter into your large pot. Start stirring the water and slowly add the booster making sure to avoid clumping. Stir until the booster is dissolved. Next bring the pot to a boil and then take the pot off the heat.
While stirring the water pour the malt extract into the pot. When full mixed this is called wort (pronounced wurt). Pour the wort into the keg and bring the volume to 8.5 quarts by adding more cold water (remember to use sanitized utensils or add directly to the keg). Mix the wurt well. This is unfermented beer!
If you have a sanitized measuring spoon you can taste the wurt to get an idea of what your final beer will taste like. The flavor will change a LOT during fermentation so it will take a few brews before you can accurately predict what the final beer will taste like. Now sprinkle the yeast onto the surface of the wort and let sit for 5 minutes to activate. Then screw on the lid of the fermenter.
Step 3
At this point all you can do is give the yeast a good environment and let them do all the work. Here are some tips to have a good fermentation:
- Place the fermenter in the dark.
- Keep the temperature even, 68° F (20° C) is best. (high temperatures will produce off-flavors).
- Ferment for 14 days (this allows the yeast to do all their main work and clean up some off-flavors that may have been produced).
- Do not disturb the fermenter during fermentation.
Step 4
Move your fermenter to the edge of a counter where you can fill your bottles. It's a good idea to let the fermenter sit for about 20 minutes after moving it so the sediment can settle. Using your 1 gal. container make 1 gal of sanitizer solution by mixing the rest of your One Step packet with warm water. Pour this solution into your Mr. Beer bottles filling halfway. Screw on the caps and shake vigorously, then let sit for 10 minutes.
Drain your bottles and add 2.5 teaspoons of sugar to each bottle. Fill the bottles from the tap to about 2.5 inches from the top. When filling the bottles hold them at an angle to reduce oxidation. After each bottle is filled screw on the cap and invert a few times to mix in the sugar. Place the bottles upright in a spot to sit and carbonate for 10 - 14 days. All the tips for fermentation apply to the bottles.
After your beer is carbonated chill and enjoy!


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text: A while back we noted that the Winter Olympics miraculously pulled NBC out of fourth place for the first time in six years. Hope it was worth it. Because now the numbers are in and the network lost $223 million on the Games. While the Olympics brought in $800 million of extra revenue, they also added a boatload of expenses, including the $820 million NBC paid just to get the rights to show them. GE executives aren't so worried about the loss, because the high ratings gave them a chance to advertise Jay Leno's move back to 11:35. You know, just in case anyone wasn't actually aware of it. [HuffPo]


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Press Release
SFIC rolls out over $1.2 million financial assistance scheme to help members navigate tough economic times
Press Release | March 4, 2020
Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) has unveiled its fifth Member Assistance Scheme ("SFICAssist") to give members a shot in the arm to deal with current tough economic challenges.Read More
SFIC Launches Youth Furniture Chapter (YFC) At 4th ASEAN Youth Furniture Exchange
Press Release | November 1, 2018
Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) has launched its inaugural Youth Furniture Chapter (YFC) to nurture a more resourceful and resilient generation of new and young leaders in the Singapore furniture industry.Read More
Singapore Furniture Industries Council and Enterprise Singapore lead Singapore delegation on 4-day Business Development Mission to the Philippines
Press Release | June 17, 2018
Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) and Enterprise Singapore are leading an 11-company strong delegation to Manila, Philippines for a 4-day business development mission from 18-21 June.Read More
SFIC unveils new Roadmap
Press Release | March 5, 2018
SFIC unveils new Roadmap to boost competitiveness and long-term sustainability for Singapore's furniture industryRead More
IFFS 2018 Attracts Largest Indian and Indonesian Contingents Yet
Press Release | January 23, 2018
The International Furniture Fair Singapore 2018 (IFFS), along with co - located shows, the 35 th ASEAN Furniture Show and NOOK Asia 2018 , will make its return from 8 – 11 March 2018 at the Singapore EXPO.Read More
SFIC launches FLAUNT e-marketplace on Lazada.sg and 99% SME
Press Release | October 12, 2017
The Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) today launches FLAUNT, a curated collection of furniture and furnishings products by Singapore-based designers and design-centric companies.Read More
New Specialist Diploma to power up Furniture Industry
Press Release | June 5, 2017
The Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC), SFIC Institute (the training arm of the SFIC) and Nanyang Polytechnic's (NYP) School of Design have jointly launched a new Specialist Diploma course under the SkillsFuture Earn & Learn Programme (ELP). Participants of this course will receive the NYP Specialist Diploma in Design & Make.Read More
SingaPlural 2017 underscores design as an enabler for innovation and growth
Press Release | May 18, 2017
Singapore, May 18, 2017 - Design will enable innovation and growth for companies in today's competitive global landscape.Read More
IFFS Wows Furniture Fraternity Once Again
Press Release | April 11, 2017
Singapore, 4 Apr 2017 - The International Furniture Fair Singapore 2017 concluded with resounding success after an eventful four-day run from 9 to 12 March at the Singapore EXPO. Along with co-located shows - the 34th ASEAN Furniture Show and the inaugural NOOK Asia - the highly-anticipated international trade event attracted 21,966 trade professionals from the furniture, interior design, and furnishing industries - including 87 buying delegations - from 92 countries.Read More
Experience Tomorrow's Singapore today @ SingaPlural 2017
Press Release | March 10, 2017
SINGAPORE, March 6, 2017 - SingaPlural 2017 will be unveiled - for the first time - at the F1 Pit Building by Mr Chan Chun Sing, Minister, Prime Minister's Office.Read More
Yokan Chair beats 10 other finalists to win the 23th edition of Furniture Design Award
Press Release | March 10, 2017
SINGAPORE, MARCH 10, 2017 - It was a S$20,000 win for Hiroki Sakamoto's Yokan Chair which was named the first-place winner of the 23rd edition of the Furntiure Design Award (FDA).Read More
Press Release | March 9, 2017
The Furniture Design Award 2012 saw one grand prize winner, Ori Ben Zvi bag the Grand Prize Award in the Designers category, impressing the panel of judges with his innovative interpretation of environment sustainability, a hot topic in this year's International Furniture Fair Singapore/ASEAN Furniture Show (IFFS/AFS 2012).Read More
SingaPlural 2017: Stories – A New Perspective
Press Release | January 11, 2017
SINGAPORE, January 10, 2017 - SingaPlural - held from March 7-12 - celebrates its 6th anniversary with new stories to tell.Read More
SFIC appoints new President; unveils new corporate rebranding
Press Release | November 14, 2016
Singapore, 11 November 2016 - The Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) is making new strides as it celebrates its 35th anniversary - with the appointment of a new President and new strategic directions under a brand new corporate logo.Read More
SFIC signs first MOU with Seoul Design Foundation (SDF)
Press Release | July 5, 2016
Singapore, 29 June 2016 - The Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) is giving Singapore design another shot in the arm.Read More
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Comment by Mistress Macabre | October 24, 2011 |
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Comment by John Dresel | October 28, 2011 |
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That is, unless you like for the world to see how stupid you are. I mean, if so, by all means please continue to post so we can all laugh at you.
I enjoy a good laugh at the willfully, stupid.
Comment by Mistress Macabre | October 28, 2011 |
Yvonne: Love the way you call it like it is! In reference to Mr. Dresel's comment: When he gets to the point where he is free from doing anything incorrect and has the ability to walk on water, then his negative comment might be worth reading. I guess he failed to read lesson three in your article. I'ts nice to know there's a bit of jealousy in his lack of mannerism.
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Date: April 2, 2014
Guest: Michael Leiter, Nicholas Confessore
RACHEL MADDOW, MSNBC HOST: Good evening, it`s now 9:00 here on the East
Coast. We`re continuing our breaking news coverage tonight of what has
turned out to be another deadly shooting at the Fort Hood military base
just outside of Waco, Texas. Fort Hood is about equal distance between
Austin, the capital city of Texas and Waco, it is in central Texas. It`s a
very large military facility. One of the largest U.S. military facilities
anywhere in the world.
Fort Hood, of course, was the scene of a mass shooting five years ago back
in November 2009. That shooting left 13 people dead and more than 30
people wounded. The shooter in that previous incident at Fort Hood was
convicted on capital murder charges last August. He has since been
sentenced to death.
But to tonight, that same army base, again, one of the largest U.S.
military installations anywhere in the world, that same base, again, went
into lockdown and again, is the site of what is reported to be gunshot
wounds and fatal injuries.
The latest information we have right now is that four people have been
confirmed dead at Fort Hood and 11 more have been wounded. Now, those
numbers have fluctuated and sometimes widely, those numbers have fluctuated
over the course of the day and in tonight as recently as the last half
hour. But again, the latest numbers that we have are four confirmed dead
and 11 additional persons who have been wounded. Do not consider those
numbers to be set on stone. But the is the latest that we have.
And the important detail that we`re learning tonight from NBC News,
officials are telling NBC news tonight that among the four people who are
reported to have been killed is the suspected shooter himself. He appears
to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wounds at the base.
Now, this all started around 4:30 p.m. local time this afternoon. That is
when the first report started to come in of an active shooting underway of
Fort Hood. The shooter at that point was said to be inside a building
called the medical brigade building on base. Witnesses there describe
hearing about 20 shots being fired. Shortly afterwards those shots were
fired, warning sirens went off at the base.
MADDOW: All Fort Hood personnel were ordered to shelter in place
immediately. Again, this was in the 4:00 p.m. hour locally which is the
5:00 p.m. hour in the east coast. Fort Hood personnel were instructed to
close all doors and to stay away from windows, the whole base, a huge base.
Tens of thousands of army personnel and their families were all ordered
into a lockdown position. About an hour after those first reports came
out, Fort Hood posted a statement on the base`s official Web site
confirming that a shooting had taken place. There had been reports of
injuries and that emergency crews were on scene.
In addition to the lockdown that was ordered at Fort Hood, interestingly, a
college called Central Texas College which is located right near the base,
they also cancelled all their evening classes and asked all students and
faculty there to evacuate the area immediately.
The emergency response to this incident tonight was not just from Fort Hood
personnel on base. The bell`s county sheriff`s department also dispatched
deputies and troopers to the scene.
As of the FBI, President Obama was informed of the shooting late tonight
after giving a speech at the University of Michigan earlier today. The
president delivered this brief statement to reporters just a short time ago
in Chicago.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I just got off the phone
with the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to get the latest
report on the situation in Fort Hood. Obviously, we`re following it
closely. The situation it fluid right now, but my national security team
is, of course, in contact with not just the defense department, but the
FBI. They are working with folks on the ground to determine exactly what
happened to make sure that everybody is secure. And I want just to assure
all of us that we are going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened.
You know, any shooting is troubling. Obviously, this reopens the pain of
what happened in Fort Hood five years ago. We know these families. We
know their incredible service to our country and the sacrifices that they
make. Obviously, our thoughts and prayers were -- are with the entire
community. And we are going to do everything you can to make sure that the
community at Fort Hood has what it needs to deal with the current
situation. But also, any potential aftermath.
We`re heartbroken that something like this might have happened again. And
I don`t want to comment on the facts until I know exactly what has
happened. But for now, I would just hope that everybody across the country
is keeping the families and the community of Fort Hood in our thoughts and
prayers. The folks there have sacrifices so much on behalf of our freedom.
Many of the people there have been through multiple tours in Iraq and
Afghanistan. They serve with valor, and they serve with distinction. And
when they`re at their home base, they need to feel safe. We don`t yet know
what happened tonight, but obviously, that sense of safety has been broken
once again, and we`re going do have to find out exactly what happened.
MADDOW: That`s President Obama speaking just moments ago in Chicago. He
was there on a campaign style event at the University of Michigan today.
Again, the details out of Fort Hood tonight are still fluid, but the latest
that we have at this hour is that four people have been killed on base, 11
more have been wounded in a shooting at the Fort Hood military base. The
four dead are believed to include the suspected shooter who is reported to
have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
There are initial reports that it was suspected there were two shooters
involved in this incident which would make it (INAUDIBLE) of a different
magnitude of potentially of the different quality. Those reports are now
believed to be false and it is thought there was one shooter in this
Fort Hood officials say that the injured personnel are being transported to
local hospitals at this hour. Scott & White Memorial Hospital reported
within the last few minutes, within the last half an hour that they have
received a total of four patients so far, all of whom have gunshot wounds.
They describe their conditions as ranging from stable to quite critical.
They said they had two more patients on route by air, so patients being
med-evac (ph) to that level one trauma facility. Those two patients
expected to go immediately into surgery upon arrival at that facility.
Military and civilian officials are telling NBC News tonight that they have
identified the gunman. They say it was a 34-year-old man, an enlisted
soldier in the U.S. army, named Ivan Lopez. He lived in the Fort Hood
area. He may have been stations at Fort Hood.
At this hour, the lockdown at Fort Hood has been lifted. But this is still
a very fluid story with our level of information out of Fort Hood changing,
and frankly increasing by the minute. I will tell you something that we`re
keeping an eye on right now. I just got a second monitor over here that I
am watching, because they have just set up microphones and cameras and
lights at the main gates, just outside the main entrance to Fort Hood,
which means we are awaiting a news conference from U.S. army officials and
base officials on those shootings.
Joining us now as we wait for this next press conference is Jim
Miklaszewski, NBC News chief Pentagon correspondent.
Mik, thank you for being with us. What`s the latest you`re hearing from
your Pentagon sources tonight, and anything that I just said, is it
obsolete at this point?
JIM MIKLASZEWSKI, NBC NEWS CHIEF PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: You know, they
have pretty much buttoned down the fact that this appears to have been one
lone shooter, this 34-year-old enlisted soldier, Ivan Lopez. And according
to military and federal officials, this shooting rampage started as a
result of an argument that erupted in the motor pool there at Fort Hood.
Now, normally soldiers, when they`re on the base do not carry weapons. The
rules and regulations are different at each individual base. But after
that 2009 incident in which army major Nidal Hasan shot and killed 13,
wounded 32 for which he was eventually convicted and sentenced to death,
he`s still on death row as of tonight. There were some strict rules about
the carrying of weapons on base.
Now, if in fact you`re in uniform on a military base, you could carry
easily carry a weapon in a backpack, in a pocket of your BDU`s and not be
stopped, frisked, go through any metal detectors. The fact is on any
military base around the world, there are a lot of guns. And as we`ve seen
now at Fort Hood twice, they are used in tragic mass shootings.
MADDOW: Mik, let me ask you for some clarification on that, from the
officials that are telling you about this idea that it may have stemmed
from some sort of argument that erupted at the motor pool, are they
describing this as a heat of the moment event? A heat of the moment
reaction? Or is this something where this aggrieved shooter for whatever
reason that he was aggrieved actually plotted this out in response to an
earlier event.
MIKLASZEWSKI: Nobody knows, that`s way too early yet. You know, the FBI,
the U.S. military are working together on this? As far as we know, they
have yet to gather any meaningful forensic evidence. Go to his -- we don`t
know if he lived in a private home on base, in a barracks. They would
obviously seek out his computers, his cell phone. Figure out as they did
with Nidal Hasan, figure out who he had been in contact with. To try to
determine what the motive is.
Right now, we`re only hearing that it was with apparently the result of
some kind of altercation, or at least it was an altercation and the
shooting then erupted. But the motive is entirely unclear at this point.
MADDOW: Do we know if anybody who knew the alleged shooter has made
themselves available to authorities or to reporters or any of your sources
on this story? Has any now that a name has been out there for more than an
hour, has anybody who knew him or could speak to him, even his potential
innocence, has anybody come forward on his behalf?
MIKLASZEWSKI: If they have, you can bet that federal and military
investigators will keep that person under tight raps. And so far we
haven`t heard about any potential witnesses coming forward who may have
known this suspect, who may have known what his motive may have been.
MADDOW: Jim, one last question for you about the immediate response here,
obviously, Fort Hood has been through a mass shooting not that long ago,
4.5 years ago, 2009, did that affect the ability of the base to respond
once it was apparent that there was another active shooter? Do we know
anything about essentially the immediate first responders type response
here? Both in terms of trying to go after the shooter, but also trying to
rescue the wounded and the hurt?
MIKLASZEWSKI: By all initial accounts, the security forces there at Fort
Hood responded quickly and took appropriate actions. You know, there was a
lot of chaos, some people reported a shooter from one angle, some from
another angle which apparently made it appear anyway that there could have
been two shooters. So once they determined that the shooter himself had
apparently shot and killed himself, they nevertheless continued their
methodical and really aggressive search of the surrounding areas.
There were reports, for example that security forces were marching people
including families out of buildings at gunpoint. Forcing them down on the
ground so that they could be searched in the event -- in the possibility
that there may have been another shooter.
So you know, it`s clear that they learned their lessons from that 2009
shooting incident in terms of an immediate response. And again, in terms
of the fact that a soldier on a military base would have a gun, it`s
impossible to believe that that would ever be totally eliminated. And so,
therefore, that threat in some respects will probably always exist.
MADDOW: And in terms of motivation to be clear, nothing has surfaced, at
least not yet, to suggest any sort of political or ideological or
radicalized motivation for a shooting like this. If they`re suggesting it
was a product of some sort of altercation or argument, that would seem to
preclude any deeper seeded reason for this? But we are not hearing
anything about any radical ties or this alleged shooter, are we?
MIKLASZEWSKI: Not yet. And this, we understand that people are digging as
deeply as they can, as quickly as they can into his private effects in an
attempt to -- and talking to everybody they can in an attempt to learn a
motive, but if they even have an inkling, they aren`t sharing it with us
MADDOW: Jim Miklaszewski, NBC News chief Pentagon correspondent, on this
story from the very beginning. Jim, thank you very much for helping us
tonight. Thanks.
MIKLASZEWSKI: OK, Rachel.
MADDOW: Let`s bring in Jim Cavanaugh. He`s a former hostage negotiator
and special agent in-charge with the ATF.
Mr. Cavanaugh, thank you for helping us with this tonight. Appreciate you
being here.
JIM CAVANAUGH, MSNBC LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: Thanks, Rachel.
MADDOW: Just that last question we were discussing with Mr. Miklaszewski
there. The question about motive, my guess is that you do not approach an
investigation like this with motive as your first -- as the first thing
that you are trying to discern. But where does an investigation like this
CAVANAUGH: What you`re going after when a suspect is deceased like this,
Rachel, is you want to find out, number one, is there any other
conspirators or people involved. And you maybe be able to sort that out
pretty quick if it looks like a lone actor who committed suicide.
But then the investigators, this is going to be pretty much for, you know,
the forward agency on this is going to be the United States army criminal
investigation division called the criminal investigation command. They`re
extremely good. I worked with them for years. Some of the best
investigators in the world. They have a big contingent in Fort Hood.
But they`re set up just like federal civilian law enforcement agencies, the
FBI, the ATF, their special agents in-charge, assistance special agents in-
charge, you know, supervisors, agents. They`re great investigators. And
what they`re going to try to do is go back on Mr. Lopez here and get a
motivational picture. They`re going to want to know everything about his
life for the past 60 days.
When you`re running a case like this, you want to know everything about
him, his influences, his behaviors, where he goes, who he visits, who were
his friends, what has he doing his off time, did he have for breakfast a
month ago. You`re trying to put the picture together of who Mr. Lopez is,
and you`re looking for what is the motivational picture that would drive
this kind of activity.
MADDOW: With army CID taking that kind of the sort of controlling role in
this type of investigation, what role is there for these FBI agents who we
saw as part of the response today. Texas state troopers who we saw as part
of the response, even county sheriffs, personnel moving in. With all of
these different jurisdictions having some claim to what happened there in
central Texas, how is it organized and who reports to who?
CAVANAUGH: Well, yes, it is very collegial actually. What we do when we
get to these things is we set up what we call a JOC. We call if a JOC.
It`s the joint operational center, and that`s where the command is. And
the commanders from all the agencies, these special agents in charge, and
the chiefs of the agencies collectively are there, and usually we have a
giant room set up, you know, like a giant boiler room, phones and
computers, and we computerized the leads. And then the assignments are
And you know, there may be between the agencies, as if there`s no
difference. You know, the U.S. Marshall and a DEA agents may go out on
this lead. CID U.S. army CID and FBI may go out in that lead. It all
comes back to the command it`s sorted through, it`s very collegial. You
know, how they would likes to have lots of infighting. Once in a while
there`s disputes between agencies, but actually, they`re all like brothers,
they fight amongst themselves a little bit, but basically to get the job
And clearly, this will happen at Fort Hood, everybody will pull together,
they`ll get the facts, but unfortunately, it`s not going to bring the
people back.
MADDOW: Jim, let me just ask you, considering the prior incident at Fort
Hood five years ago, how does that affect the response to an ongoing
incident like this, how would that have affected the planning for another
active shooter. Obviously, this is a huge military base, one of the
biggest ones in the world, tens of thousands of army personnel and their
families, it takes a big chunk of that area in central Texas. It was
chosen as that site because it was sprawling, because they could do large
scale weapons training there. It`s a big place, with a ton of people. But
also this very recent history, how would that have affected their planning
for a response to something like this?
CAVANAUGH: Well, that`s a great question, Rachel.
I think they have probably a very fast response. You heard Jim
Miklaszewski talk about how, you know, the teams were moving quickly. The
MP`s, the base police, I`m sure they swiftly move. They started evacuating
everybody. But look, if you have a shooter that has a handgun with 15
rounds, for example. He can unload those 15 rounds in a matter of seconds,
a matter of seconds. So five seconds, eight seconds. He could shoot all
those rounds. So there`s no possible way that the base police or the MP`s
could even get there necessarily. It depends how the shooting unraveled
and how it unfolded, you know. Was it all in one room or two adjacent
rooms? Or did he walk distances and we`ve seen all these different cases.
But you can shoot the rounds very quickly. And so, you have 14 people shot
and then you have the shooter dead. So you have somewhere around that
number of rounds shot and it can happen very, very quickly.
MADDOW: Jim Cavanaugh, thank you very, very much for helping us understand
this, really appreciate having you here, Jim. Jim is a former ATF agent
and hostage negotiator.
In terms of what Mr. Cavanaugh was just saying there about how this
unfolded and the response to it. Also, who may be among the victims here.
We don`t yet know if this was a targeted shooting, whether this was
bystanders, whether this was some sort of ambush or whether this was
something more like what happened in Fort Hood in 2009, where the shooter
essentially shot in a fan pattern near him, and people who were unlucky
enough to be near him were most likely to be shot.
We are going to be trying to figure out some of the locations described by
people who were the initial witnesses phoning in to news stations and
posting things on to social media about where the shooters were.
Again, the initial reports that we first heard were from the medical
brigade building on site at Fort Hood. But then later in the evening,
officials are telling NBC News, as we just heard from Jim Miklaszewski
there, that this may have stemmed from an argument that erupted at the
motor pool on base.
Again, Fort Hood is a large, sprawling facility. In terms of understanding
exactly what happened here, the way this unfolded, who may have been in the
path of the shooter and how many people he tried to get access to before he
eventually reportedly took his own life. We`re going to be looking at that
geography among all the other details we can get our hands on.
Again though, right now, we are awaiting news -- a press conference, excuse
me, from a Fort Hood spokesperson who is army master sergeant Jacob
Coldwell (ph). They`re set up right now at the front gates at Fort Hood.
So we`re expecting this first press statement from Fort Hood itself
The latest numbers right now according to NBC News, four dead, including
reportedly the shooter and 11 wounded. Some of those wounded are said to
be in very critical condition.
Stay with us. We`ll be right back.
MADDOW: We are continuing to follow the breaking news tonight out of Fort
Hood Texas where there has been another deadly shooting on the U.S.
military base at Fort Hood. At this hour, we are awaiting a news
conference from Fort Hood. That will be the first news conference we`ve
had from authorities at Fort Hood. We`re expecting to get from them the
latest information about the shooting that could start at any moment.
We`re keeping an eye on the cameras and lights and microphones they have
set up there. but we`re expecting at least the official U.S. army
spokesman for the base to be speaking if not other army officials.
NBC News has confirmed there are four people dead in this incident and 11
more people wounded. Again, the shooting took place at Fort Hood Texas,
which is one of the biggest U.S. military installations in the world. The
suspected shooter in this incident is among those reported to be dead. In
his case, he`s reportedly dead by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Now, obviously this is an outrageous and horrifying ,ass shooting. It
would be -- if it happened anywhere in this country. But in this case, the
horror and the worry is exacerbated by the recent history at Fort Hood. It
was four and a half years ago, it was November 5th, 2009, when the same
military base was the scene of the deadliest shooting rampage on the U.S.
military base ever.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTER: Good evening. As the nation`s largest
military post deals with a concussion of what happened there yesterday, the
colossal loss of life. Tonight, a single gunman is hospitalized under
heavy guard. And the numbers have gone up to 13 killed, 43 injured in that
single attack on Fort Hood in Texas. And a new picture is emerging of this
accused gunman literally and figuratively, the army major, a trained
UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTER: The army`s top brass at Fort Hood today
leading soldiers in a moment of silence. Exactly 24 hours after one of
their own turned this state side post into a battleground.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`ll tell you candidly, this was a kick in the gut.
Not only the Fort Hood community but also our entire army.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTER: Officials today confirmed that cartridge (ph)
was the work of one man, army major and psychiatrist Nidal Hasan who they
say turned on the very soldiers he was charged with carrying for.
When at 1:34 p.m., Hasan dressed in his army uniform, opened fire inside
the Fort Soldier readiness center, where men and women preparing for
deployment were undergoing medical screenings.
Also in the line of fire, a group filing into a graduation ceremony. The
rampage ended when civilian police office Sergeant Kimberly Munley shot
Hasan four times wounding him, despite being shot herself.
MADDOW: Twelve of those killed in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting were
soldiers, one was a civilian, it was initially thought that the shooter
himself, Nidal Hasan, had been killed at the scene of the rampage. He was
shot, but he survived his injuries. He was paralyzed from the chest down,
but he lived.
Nidal Hasan was an army psychiatrist. He was a U.S. citizen who was a
Muslim who became radicalized once he was in the army. He never denied
being the shooter in fort Hood. He cited his radicalized religious beliefs
as the reason that the shot and killed 13 people and injured more than 30
Nidal Hasan tried to mount his own defense said his court marshal. That is
a legal decision that almost never ends well. And August of last year, he
was found guilty and he was sentenced to death. And although that sounds
like maybe the suspected sentence for a suspected mass murder, especially
in Texas, it should be known that a sentence of capital punishment is
extremely rare in a military court-martial, but he is on federal death row
right now.
After that 2009 shooting, the worst mass shooting to take place on an
American military base in history. After that shooting, the U.S. military
tried to re-con with the question of what went wrong. Could anything have
been done to stoop Nidal Hasan before he killed those people?
In 2010, the Pentagon launched an internal investigation into what went
wrong. That investigation revealed quote "a wide range of security lapses
at U.S. military bases including a failure to consider the possibility that
a threat might come from an insider.
And internal Pentagon report issued 47 different recommendations for how to
make U.S. military installations safer. Later two years later in 2012,
another report was made public. This one commissioned by the then director
of the FBI, Robert Mauller (ph). And it was supposed to find out what the
FBI knew about Nidal Hasan before the shooting and how they handled the
information that they had about him. That report found that the FBI knew
about e-mail traffic between Nidal Hasan and a suspected terrorist
overseas. But they did not share that information with anyone outside of
the FBI. Even though they should have played that information known to the
major`s bosses.
By all accounts and from what we know so far, what happened today at Fort
Hood is very different from that shooting rampage in 2009. What we are
told today, according to sources speaking to NBC News, is that the alleged
shooter in this again, who is believed to be dead in this incident is
believed perhaps who have started the shooting incident in response to some
sort of argument, some sort of dispute with people on base. He is thought
to be himself, an enlisted army soldier who at least lived in the Fort Hood
area, if not was based himself at Fort Hood. . We expect to learn more,
perhaps as soon as we hear from Fort Hood authorities. They`re due to
start a press conference shortly, within the next few minutes.
But looking back at 2009, looking back at the last mass shooting at this
same base. After those investigations into what went wrong in 2009 at the
same base. How is it possible that this happened again. At the same base.
Did the U.S. military succeed in what they said would make these -- what
was aimed at making their bases safe?
I want to bring in now the former director of the U.S. counterterrorism
Michael Leiter. He served in the Bush administration and Obama
Mr. Leiter, thanks for being here.
MICHAEL LEITER, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM: Good to be
here, Rachel.
MADDOW: It`s too soon to try to take a big picture look at what has
happened because we`re not sure what has happened yet?
LEITER: That`s right.
MADDOW: But looking back at 2009 -- that was the kind of a crime that a
lot of people thought would -- was impossible on a military base. Did that
change America`s understanding of these kinds of mass shootings and the
LEITER: I think so. And I have to say up front, I was deeply involved in
that 2009 investigations so this is very personal in that sense.
But I think what it did show, is first of all, military bases, the military
aren`t immune from the violence we`ve seen in society with guns. You can
move around on a military base with a weapon just as easily as you can in
almost anywhere else in the society. And I think the security steps that
were taken were largely focused on insider threats associated with known
terrorist organizations and ideologies. So I think the U.S. military and
the FBI did a much, much better job it has than in 2009 of connecting the
But if this isn`t in that category, there`s not a lot in my view that was
done in 2009 which keeps people who have other problems, other issues from
getting a gun and getting on a base. Viewers have to understand, this
isn`t like the movies. Bases are relatively open. You have an I.D., you
come in. This is much easier to get on to a base than to your flight at an
airport. So soldiers, civilians, come on bases. and if they want to bring
guns, there`s nothing that the military can realistically do to stop them.
MADDOW: Yes. You don`t think about the military as being a gun free zone,
any military facilities. But so, to be clear, though, what you`re saying,
is that essentially the lesson of the Hasan shooting in 2009 was to pay
more attention to potential terrorist connections and potential radicalized
motivation among individuals, to try to learn to spot those things. And
from what we know about this case, there`s no reason that would have
applied to stopping this particular shooter?
LEITER: I think that`s exactly right. And the failures we had in Fort
Hood in 2009 were both people in the military not seeing signs and symptoms
and warning signs of radicalization. People in the FBI not understanding
them, and both sides not communicating with each other. We have no idea,
it doesn`t look like that happened here.
I think the other piece that the military has been struggling with, over
the past 13 years of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are broader issues
of the pressure on the force and the families, and certainly people who had
been deployed, people who have not been deployed over the past 12 or 13
years, the military has seen significant increases in suicides, significant
increases in other forms of violence.
So in that sense, the military has focused tremendous resources and who
knows if that`s a part here. But there`s both the insider threat piece and
then there`s simply the pressure which is on the force as a result of these
wars which really can lead to some very unfortunate circumstances.
MADDOW: Well, let me ask you about sort of another axis on that graph
though. And that is rather than focusing on the potential perpetrators of
these crimes, either because of somebody cracking under some kind of
pressure, the kind of pressure that could affect a civilian or somebody who
has been through combat stress or anything else, rather than focusing on
that and the potential radicalization and terrorist ties as a motivation
for the shooter, isn`t there also a consideration that members of the
United States military made themselves be at heightened risk of being
targeted? Because of the what the U.S. military has been through over the
past 12 years. I mean, the Unites States military stands for a lot of
different things to a lot of different people. Isn`t it possible that the
U.S. military bases should be seen as targets themselves, have to be
hardened simply because they house military personnel?
LEITER: They absolutely are viewed that way, and really since going back
to the USS Cole attacked overseas, but also U.S. facility outside of war
zones have been attacked targeted by terrorists. They are absolutely
viewed as that, and they are a harder target.
So, if you`re a civilian and you don`t have access to a base, it`s harder
to attack a U.S. military base than it would be, frankly, to walk into a
shopping mall and shoot people.
MADDOW: But somewhere between shopping mall and airport is how we protect
our bases.
LEITER: That`s about it. And If you are not, if you don`t already have
access to those bases, it`s hard to get in. And again, we have seen pots
like that in New Jersey and Fort Dicks (ph) back in 2006, 2007.
MADDOW: And the naval facility. The Navy yards in Washington?
LEITER: But if you have access to those bases, frankly, it`s really no
harder than walking into almost any other office building anywhere in the
United States. And in that sense, the military remains vulnerable to its
own personnel that has already given a card of trust to. And again, it`s
not immune from the pressures that lead to violence or the presence of guns
in these sorts of facilities.
MADDOW: Former director of the national counterterrorism center, Michael
Leiter, again, I should mention was deeply involved in the Nidal Hasan
investigation in the 2009 Fort Hood attack.
Thanks for being with us and helping us understand. Appreciate it.
LEITER: Thanks, Rachel.
MADDOW: Again, we are awaiting that press conference which will be the
first press conference. The first opportunity to explain things and also
answer questions from personnel at Fort Hood itself. The Fort Hood press
conference we are expecting.
Stay with us, we`ll have it here live.
MADDOW: Two things underway right now. We are continuing to cover this
breaking news story out of Fort Hood Texas where a multiple shooting today
has claimed four lives, including reportedly the shooter himself, 11 people
are known to be wounded in this incident. We`ve heard from hospital
officials in and around Fort Hood in the Killeen, Texas area tonight that
the people who are being treated for gunshot wounds after having been
wounded in this incidents, their conditions range from stable to very
critical, including some people who had to be Medevaced (ph) into a level
one trauma facility, where they were expected to be rushed immediately into
surgery. So those are people who were thought to be quite seriously
wounded tonight.
But again, the death toll right now is four, including the alleged shooter,
and 11 wounded. We are awaiting right now within the next few minutes, we
expect a press conference at the gates of Fort Hood, that will be the first
time today or tonight that we have heard from Fort Hood itself. We`re
expecting lieutenant general Mark Milley to be explaining the situation on
base. Again, that is shortly and hopefully the lieutenant general will be
taking questions as well. The press is assembling there right now.
Beyond the story today, there was some important political news today. The
United States Supreme Court issued what looks to be a landmark ruling
that`s being decried on the left making the Democrats very unhappy and
making Republicans very happy.
It`s campaign finance ruling. The Supreme Court did that today, and we
have that story for you as well. Stay with us.
MADDOW: Today, the United States Supreme Court had a landmark ruling
striking down another set of limits on money in politics. The courts five
conservative justices today threw out the limits on the aggregate amount of
money that any one donor can spend on candidates and political parties in
any one election. There used to be a limit of about $123,000 for what you
could spend on federal candidates, and the fund-raising committees for the
political parties. That aggregate limit is now struck down.
So for the very fortunate people in our country who are bumping up against
that six figure ceiling in terms of what they wanted to donate in an
election cycle, those folks are now free to be way, way, way more powerful
than you and me.
There`s still a limit on what you can spend directly on any one candidate
or the various committees if you have the means to write quite large checks
to unlimited candidates and political groups than a Supreme Court`s
conservative majority today cleared the way for you to break out the ink
pen and just do what you wanted to do. That was the decision today by the
John Roberts led majority.
But interestingly today, justice Stephen Breyer who was not part of the
majority, who was part of the descenting four liberal justices in this
decision, he took the very unusual step of reading his descent out loud
from the bench in open court. Along with the parts he read out loud,
justice Breyer, and three other descanters Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor,
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The descenting justices also included in their
descent, a set of tables, showing how getting rid of the aggregate limit on
campaign donations, creates a loophole, in which not only can you blow
through what used to be the aggregate ceiling on what you can donate in any
one election cycle, but you can blow through what is supposed to be the
still intact limit on what anyone donor can give to any one candidate.
Justice Breyer said in his descent that the court today eviscerated our
nation`s campaign finance laws. He said today`s ruling creates a loophole
that will allow a single individual to contribute millions of dollars to a
political party or to a candidate`s campaign. And then he provides tables
in his descent showing you just how to do that.
Along with those tabulated calculations, Justice Breyer also quotes from
the historic record of elected officials testifying about the effect on
Congress of outsized giant donations. But I think the effect of Justice
Breyer reading his descent out loud, today is probably going to be
remembered as the important thing in this ruling. I mean, obviously, the
effect of the ruling itself is important, but the (INAUDIBLE) descent from
Justice Breyer was both rare, informed ends in its actual words.
He said the decision understates the importance of protecting the political
integrity of our government institutions, taken together with citizens
united. Today`s decision eviscerates our nation`s campaign finance laws,
leaving a remnant incapable of dealing with the grave problems of
democratic legitimacy that those laws were intended to resolve.
According to Justice Breyer today, where enough money calls the tune, the
general public will not be heard. In so far, corruption cuts the link
between political thought and political action, a free marketplace of
political ideas loses its point.
Analyzing the decision today in "The New York Times," Nicholas Confessore
bottom lines it like this. He says quote "the ruling most empowers two
groups of people, those with the wherewithal to spend millions of dollars
on campaign contributions and those with access to them.
Oh, good because those folks didn`t have enough influence in our politics
Joining us now is Nicholas Confessore who covered the story today for the
Times and who has been intensively covering the overall issue of money and
politics for the Times.
Nick, thanks for being here.
NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, REPORTER, THE NEW YORK TIMES: Hi, Rachel.
MADDOW: When you said that the two people who are going to benefit the
most here include people with millions of dollars to spend on campaign
contributions, some of the limits that exist on those contributions are
CONFESSORE: That`s correct.
MADDOW: But Justice Breyer essentially said they`re not intact in any way
that means anything, the loopholes are big enough to drive a truck through?
CONFESSORE: That`s right. Under current law, you can give $5,200 to any
candidate you want. But there`s this overall cap on how much you can spend
in total, which means you can only give to about nine candidates around the
country. What`s happened today is they`ve removed that cap. You can you
make that contribution to every single candidate, every party and every
political action committee in the entire country.
MADDOW: And then if they form joint fund-raising committees or if they set
themselves up structurally to do it, once you donated to all of those
different candidates, the people to whom have you donated can move the
money around in such a way they may be able to funnel it all to one guy
CONFESSORE: That`s correct. In fact, we saw a version of this in 2012,
under the current cap. Both candidates for president would actually raise
these large checks for a couple of state parties, and eventually the state
parties would give the money to other states and battleground states and it
would be spent on the activities which would benefit the people who would
raise the money.
The important thing here, it puts presidents and politicians and others
back in the business of soliciting two and three million dollar checks, and
we haven`t had the soft money days, the Lincoln bedroom scandals.
MADDOW: I think part of the reason it was hard initially to appreciate the
magnitude of this ruling, we`re used to the idea of billionaires spending
not just a million or two million or three million, but tens of millions
of dollars in elections. Because they have done that through other means.
Correct me if I`m wrong, but it seems like what changed today, is that yes,
billionaires can still spend that money the way they have been in the past.
But now other billionaires can spend that money not just for independent
expenditure groups that are going to do what they want and can`t coordinate
with the candidates. This money can go to the candidates themselves and
the political parties themselves.
CONFESSORE: It can go right into the system of candidates and parties. So
you can get huge amounts of money. Remember an official asking for this
check or a lobbyist or donor who is giving it, in the old days it might
have been a few thousand dollars or $10,000 or $20,000.
But now, if you`re Nancy Pelosi, if you are John Boehner, you can go to
your best donors and say, if you have $2 million, I have a way to use all
of it.
MADDOW: And I can maybe use it to funnel it all to one individual
candidate who needs it the most.
CONFESSORE: That`s right. And imagine what the donors are going to want
in exchange for what Boehner or Pelosi if going to want in exchange for
that money.
MADDOW: And this is now the law. This is the Supreme Court. This is
Nicholas Confessore, political reporter for "The New York Times." It was a
little hurly burly getting you in here tonight in the middle of all these
breaking news. Thank you for being here.
CONFESSORE: Any time.
MADDOW: Appreciate it.
All right, again, we are awaiting for the press conference that we are
expecting tonight from authorities at Fort Hood. Fort Hood itself has not
yet spoken about the mass shooting that happened there today, but we`re
expecting that press conference within the next few minutes. Please stay
with us.
MADDOW: We`re continuing to follow the breaking news at this hour of the
deadly shooting that took place tonight at the Fort Hood military
installation just outside of Waco, Texas. That took place at 4:30 p.m.
local time, this afternoon, about 5:30 p.m. on the east coast.
At this hour, the latest information that we have is that four people have
been confirmed dead in the shooting, 11 people are said to be injured.
Among those confirmed dead is reported to be the suspected shooter.
Reportedly a 34-year-old named Ivan Lopez, who, again, reportedly is an
enlisted soldier in the U.S. army. That`s not officially confirmed by the
U.S. army publicly, nor do we have any information about Mr. Lopez`s rank
or his service history.
NBC`s Jim Miklaszewski has been told by officials tonight that the shooting
appeared to have stemmed from an argument that took place in the motor pool
at Fort Hood. Beyond that report, though, we do not have any detail about
what may have led to the shooting or whether the victims in this shooting
may have been targeted specifically.
Now, in terms of the 11 people known to be injured, a local hospital, Scott
and White hospital has been receiving the wounded. They announced within
the last hour that they had received four patients tonight already at their
level one trauma facility. They said the four patients they had already
received ranged from stable to very critical.
Those hospital officials also said at the last hour they were awaiting the
arrival of two more patients who they say were very seriously wounded and
who were expected to go straight into surgery upon their arrival at Scott
white. All the injured are said to be suffering from singular or multiple
gunshot wounds.
Fort Hood, of course, was the scene just five years ago of the deadliest
shooting rampage in a U.S. military installation ever. In November `09, an
army psychiatrist stationed at Fort Hood open fired and killed 13 people
and injured more than 30 others. The shooter in that incident was
convicted on capital murder charge last year. He has been sentenced to
death. He`s currently on death row.
But again tonight at Fort Hood, there has been another mass shooting. At
this point, four confirmed dead, including the suspected shooter and
another 11 injured. Fort Hood officials are expected to provide their
first live update on the situation there within the next few minutes.
We`ll be right back.
MADDOW: The news of the hour is the deadly shooting at Fort Hood Texas
with NBC News confirming four people have been killed, including the
suspected shooter. Now, we`ve been waiting the first press conference from
officials at Fort Hood. They tell us it should now be expected at 9:15
central time, which is 10:15 on the east coast. Within a few minutes of
that start time from Fort Hood, we`re also told to expect another update
from Scott and White memorial hospital, which is a local hospital that`s
treating six of the injured, including patients who may be the most
seriously injured of the 11 people who were shot in this incident but
So this next hour is going to be crucial and it is going to be very busy.
Please stay tuned to MSNBC for our continuing coverage.
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Festivals & Events
Leesburg knows what it takes to celebrate life! In every season, we offer special events, festivals and celebrations. Join us . . .
Our Signature Events
The Town of Leesburg's Parks & Recreation Department produces many events throughout the year, but these are our Signature Events:
- Flower & Garden Festival - held annually on the 3rd weekend in April, the Flower & Garden Festival transforms Leesburg's Historic Downtown into a wonderland of gardens.
- 4th of July - our Independence Day celebration begins with the annual parade at 10am and continues with a concert and fireworks at Ida Lee Park in the evening.
- TASTE Leesburg - held in early August, visitors are invited to experience the flavor of Leesburg and enjoy the area's best food, beer, wine, local music and local goods on the streets of downtown Leesburg.
- Leesburg Airshow - held at the Leesburg Executive Airport on the last Saturday in September, the airshow provides plenty of thrills with daring aerobatic performances.
These Town of Leesburg events are free to the public . . . and parking is free, too!
Annual Events
In addition to the Signature Events listed above, Leesburg plays host to a whole range of events throughout the year, including:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Annual March & Celebration - held on the 3rd Monday in January, the march begins at the Loudoun County Courthouse and proceeds along Market Street to the Douglass Community Center.
- Easter Egg Hunt* - held at Ida Lee Park on Saturday one week before Easter, the Easter Egg Hunt is for children up to 7 years old. There is a participation fee.
- Keep Leesburg Beautiful* - this community-wide clean-up and beautification campaign runs the entire month of April each year.
- Memorial Day Ceremony* - Leesburg officials and special guests honor our nation's military heroes with the laying of wreaths at the war memorials on the Loudoun County Courthouse Lawn.
- Classic Car Show - sponsored by the Academies of Loudoun and held in the Historic Downtown, this event benefits the students and staff. It will be held on Saturday, May 11, 2019.
- TASTE Leesburg - held on the streets of Historic Downtown Leesburg, TASTE will showcase restaurants, breweries, wineries, food trucks, artists, merchants, and businesses of Leesburg, providing those in attendance a "taste" of all that the Town has to offer.
- September 11 Observance* - held on the Town Green on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
- Fine Arts Festival - sponsored by the Friends of Leesburg Public Art, and held in the Historic Downtown, the Fine Arts Festival features local and regional artists of every media.
- Loudoun Museum's Annual Hauntings Tours - the weekend before Halloween, the Loudoun Museum offers 90-minute walking tours of haunted homes and businesses in downtown Leesburg, led by costumed guides.
- Kiwanis Halloween Parade - one of the oldest Halloween Parades in the country, you never know who you'll see marching down King Street! The parade is a fundraiser for Loudoun Interfaith Relief.
- Veterans Day Commemoration at the Marshall House - on Veterans Day, the George C. Marshall International Center, located at the Marshall House in downtown Leesburg, hosts an event honoring veterans of all conflicts and the legacy of General George C. Marshall.
- Freeze Your Gizzard* - on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Ida Lee Park hosts a 5K cross-country run through Ida Lee and the adjacent Morven Park.
- Christmas Tree & Menorah Lighting* - on the first Friday in December, join Town of Leesburg Mayor and Council as they mark the official beginning of the winter holiday season.
- Christmas & Holiday Parade* - Leesburg's annual Christmas & Holiday Parade is held on the 2nd Saturday in December each year. It begins at Ida Lee Park and proceeds down King Street, through the Historic Downtown.
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- Spring Bling - a one-day show held on a Saturday in March
- Holidays in Leesburg - a two-day show held the first full weekend in December
For more information about these fine arts & craft shows, including how to become a vendor, please visit the Fine Arts and Craft Shows page.
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Welcome to the Old Main Academic Center, a state-of-the-art multipurpose classroom building.
Located on the southeast corner of George Perry and Barr, the Old Main Academic Center is a dynamic classroom building that will enhance the MSU experience and strengthen excellence in academics with a multitude of teaching and learning areas. Its design is reminiscent of MSU's legendary Old Main Dormitory, believed to be the largest dormitory in the United States until its destruction by fire in 1959.
This $41.3 million, 150,000-square-foot building and adjacent parking garage was built with funds through the Bureau of Buildings and MSU's Educational Building Corps. Among the new building's treasure of architectural features, visitors will find a grand staircase and two rotundas. Other select features include a gallery, a lounge area, and a Library Commons area that will include a combination of fixed and comfortable seating, a 16 station computer lab and a collaboration station.
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The Parking Garage has 148 hourly parking spaces - $3 for the first hour, $1 for every additional hour, daily max of $15. The pay machines are in the exit lanes and only accept credit and debit cards - no cash or coins. For more parking information, see Parking and Transit Services.
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In an effort to accelerate understanding of beverage sector impacts on climate change and identify reduction priorities for greenhouse gas emissions, the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) has published its research on carbon footprints for five beverage categories – beer, bottled water, carbonated soft drink, spirits and wine.The research is presented in a series of reports each including boundary assumptions, emission calculation details, secondary data sources and impact analyses discussions for each beverage category in Europe and North America. This research should assist BIER member companies, their customers, and the broader beverage industry to identify new opportunities for sustainable business practices that conserve resources, reduce emissions and protect the environment. The carbon modelling and analysis contained within the reports is based, in large part, on data from BIER member companies through their independent business evaluations, such as life cycle assessments and greenhouse gas inventories. The research is intended to identify those aspects of the beverage value chain that contribute significantly to the overall carbon footprint of a product and to evaluate the sensitivity of the carbon footprint to modifications in material or production practices such as packaging material selection, distribution logistics and recycling rates. It shows, for example, that the overall carbon footprint for the European 1.5 litre bottle format was estimated at 163 grams of CO2 per 1.5 litre bottle of bottled water versus 251 grams of CO2 per 1.5 litre bottle of carbonated soft drink. Another example was that, for the column distillation process used to manufacture spirits, the total carbon footprint was calculated to be 2745 grams of CO2e per 750 millilitre bottle whereas the overall carbon footprint for the European bottle format was estimated at 1286.3 grams of CO2 per 750 millilitre bottle. "As leaders in the beverage industry, we acknowledge our responsibility to transparency and commitment to advancing environmental sustainability of the sector through data collection and best practice sharing," said Tod Christenson, Director, BIER, on the BIER website.
"This research provides stakeholders with valuable insight into the important drivers of carbon foot-printing for beverages and will monumentally benefit discussions on hotspot identification, product category rules and metrics for greater environmental stewardship.""Research such as that undertaken by BIER is vital for beverage industries worldwide, as it identifies where those industries can reduce their impact on the environment," said South African National Bottled Water Association CEO, Charlotte Metcalf. "For example, when it comes to the bottled water industry, using light-weight bottles could reduce emissions in the range of 30% to 50% of the total carbon footprint. "Also, product cooling for the North America scenario could account for up to 30% of the total emissions, but, for Europe, only up to 8 % of the total. The difference is due to longer storage times, greater fraction cooled in retail facilities and higher emission factors for electricity generation. "Variations in the electricity grid could account for up to 21% of emissions for North America, but only 12% for Europe due to the higher percentage of renewable generation in Europe. "Very importantly, I think, the mode of transport and choice of emission factor for distribution transport can have a significant effect on distribution emissions. Road transport emissions are greater than those resulting from rail transport. Emission factor choice for both modes of transport can significantly vary by the type of vehicle, for example, electric versus diesel rail transport. "Locally, we have yet to conduct similar research. However, there are lessons that we can learn from the European and North American data," she said.