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Monday, August 27, 2012
Safety for Three Year Olds: Several Suggestions
The inspiration for this piece was provided by fellow HRI commenter, Don Reed, whose commentary on racing spans multiple websites. Not only is he usually good for a chuckle or three, but also for cryptic remarks I enjoy trying to decipher.
In response to Bodemeister's announced retirement at the "Paulick Report", and the subsequent comments mourning the dearth of this year's Triple Crown survivors, he wrote, "The 'stars' of 2012 look like the New York Mets."
I 'm not sure what he meant, but any mention of the Mets always reminds me of their much-maligned catcher, Clarence "Choo-Choo" Coleman, whose career was extended by MLB expansion. Those Mets filled the void created by the carpet bagging Dodgers and Giants and provided the necessary alternative to the enormously successful Yankees.
It now seems that racing's 3-year-old stars are also disappearing into the sunset, but not to compete against other equine athletes in California. Rather they're headed for the sidelines and early retirement; ostensibly due to injuries that appeared after their Triple Crown event appearances. The list includes the winners of all three legs and the second place finisher in the first two.
Paynter, who finished 2nd in the Belmont Stakes before winning the Haskell, was sidelined for the Travers, as was Hansen, the Breeders' Cup juvenile champion who barely beat eventual Belmont winner, Union Rags, in the 2011 Juvenile.
Both horses subsequently were uncompetitive in the 20-horse cavalry charge on the first Saturday in May. Then so were 13 others. Derby survivors Alpha and Liaison started in this year's Travers, as did Belmont third, fourth, and fifth place finishers; Atigun, Street Life, and Five Sixteen, respectively.
But there were no participants from the Preakness participants Optimizer, who started all Triple Crown races, returned to the turf on the Travers undercard while the Derby pacesetter, Trinniberg, sprinted in the Grade 1 King's Bishop.
Gov. Cuomo appeared sufficiently concerned about injuries to $7,500 claimers to initiate an independent study on the issue. Shouldn't he or his racing staff be scrutinizing what seems to be a career-cancelling circumstance surrounding our classiest competitors, and mandate a first safety step, in what is quickly becoming the Cripple Crown?
A few months ago, HRI executive editor John Pricci once again opined that Triple Crown races needed better spacing. I and a few other HRI regulars took a position against "fixing what isn't broke." Indeed, had this year's Derby and Preakness winner been able to win the Belmont – or even compete in it – the situation might not seem as critical.
But now that so many Triple Crown horses are winding up on only three good legs of their own, people might be more ready to reconsider extending the time between TC events and preps. This is, after all, not a one-season phenomenon.
Despite creating a rivalry resembling that of Affirmed and Alydar, I'll Have Another and Bodemeister both failed to show up for the Belmont after three races in six weeks for the former and three in weeks for the latter.
Changes to eligibility for next year's Kentucky Derby may relate to this issue. Starters are expected to be more accomplished as a result of being forced to compete in fewer qualifying events -- in particular the major 9-furlong preps three to seven weeks prior to the Derby.
Will the "lucky" qualifiers be less likely to suffer loss of limb and/or life?
Churchill Downs could force a change just by moving the Derby back to give an extra week's from the preps offering the most points. Hopefully, Pimlico and Belmont would widen their respective intervals to accommodate a schedule change.
Imagine if racetracks were willing to protect the careers of their athletes? However, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for Churchill Downs to lead the way while they are the biggest beneficiary of the status quo.
If there's going to be any movement on spacing, it will have to start with the "New NYRA". Are you listening, Gov. Cuomo?
Innovation that preserves tradition as needs arise is in order. When the same horse wins the Derby and Preakness, the Belmont would remain at 12 furlongs; even if the candidate scratches.
Otherwise, it could be shortened to 9.5 furlongs; the second leg of a bonus-incentivized New York Championship Series for three-year-olds (NYCS) that starts with the 9-furlong Wood Memorial.
When a less likely classic Triple Crown attempt is scheduled for a Saturday, then the Discovery would be run at 9.5 furlongs as Leg 2 of the NYCS on Sunday. If the Classic candidate does not start, the purse for the 12-furlong Belmont would revert to the Grade 1 minimum.
The 3rd leg of the proposed NYCS would be the Travers at 10 furlongs with spacing similar to that between the first two. The first three finishers in legs two and three would receive bonuses based on in-the-money finishes in prior legs. Once the series proves successful, the Jockey Club Gold Cup at 12 furlongs for 3YOs & Up could be added as a 4th incentivized leg in October.
Eventually, the Metropolitan, Suburban, and Whitney could also comprise a bonus-incentivized NYCS for 3YOs & Up, with in-the-money finishers in the Gold Cup being rewarded for all their "money" placings in any of the six preceding events. Such a progression of races would make 12 furlongs at Belmont the true test of champions and stamina.
The immediate advantage to NYRA would be that a berth in the Wood Memorial starting gate would become at least the second most sought-after in racing; likely requiring special eligibility conditions of its own.
Another would be the occasional opportunity to host a 3-day festival anchored by a Brooklyn-Belmont-Discovery sequence that could be expanded to a mini-Breeders' Cup type series.
Still another is the potential for the Gold Cup to challenge both the Breeders' Cup Classic and Kentucky Derby as the most important race in North America.
Owners of championship caliber 3-year-olds would immediately benefit from a potentially safer, realistically more lucrative, alternative path to a divisional championship. It would also lessen the control imposed by CDI through its new Kentucky Derby qualifying process.
Finally, it would keep their horses, and the organization, in the public limelight from April through August.
The much-needed benefit to the industry would be the opportunity to promote the positive steps being taken to offset the recent wave of charges against it of insensitivity to--if not lack of concern for--the welfare of thoroughbred horses.
At the very least, there would be more well-known older talent available to race in subsequent years; possibly fueling an NYCS for older horses. Consider the following scenario:
The Wood winner prevails in both the Derby and Preakness, and his connections start contemplating the appropriate course of action. Not since the Zenyatta–Rachel Alexandra controversy are fans so passionately divided.
Traditionalists square off against the progressives, dominating the media as they await the decision.


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1. In reviewing a district court's ruling on a motion to suppress evidence, the appellate court reviews the factual basis of the decision by a substantial competent evidence standard, deferring to the district court's determination of witness credibility and weighing of the evidence.
2. Where the detaining law enforcement officer testifies at the suppression hearing, the existence in the record of a videotape of the vehicle stop does not justify the appellate court's invading the district court's province of determining witness credibility and weighing the evidence. Rather, the reviewing court may consider whether the videotape supports the district court's factual finding.
3. To lawfully stop a moving vehicle, a law enforcement officer must have a reasonable and articulable suspicion, based on fact, that the person stopped has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime. An unparticularized suspicion or hunch is insufficient to justify a vehicle stop.
4. Under the facts of this case, the law enforcement officer's observation that a vehicle was proceeding in a straight line close to the lane divider markings did not provide an objectively reasonable and particularized suspicion that the driver was operating the vehicle while impaired.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; TERRY L. PULLMAN, judge. Opinion filed November 17, 2006. Reversed.
Patrick H. Dunn, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, for appellant.
Lesley A. Isherwood, assistant district attorney, Nola Tedesco Foulston, district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for appellee.
Before PIERRON, P.J., JOHNSON, J., and BUKATY, S.J.
JOHNSON, J.: Cody D. Hess appeals the denial of his motion to suppress the evidence obtained through a search of his person and of his automobile, following a traffic stop. He claims that the initial traffic stop was unconstitutional, that the officer exceeded the legitimate scope of the traffic stop detention, and that the officer lacked the requisite probable cause to conduct a warrantless search of Hess' pockets and his automobile. Finding that the law enforcement officer's suspicion that Hess was driving while impaired was not objectively reasonable, we reverse.
At approximately 11 p.m., Hess was driving his Camaro in the right-hand lane of a four-lane street which had broken white lines separating the two same-direction lanes. A deputy following the Camaro observed the vehicle was traveling close to the lane divider lines and perceived that the vehicle would occasionally drive upon or touch the broken lines. The deputy effected a traffic stop which was accomplished in a normal fashion.
Following the stop, the deputy obtained Hess' driver's license and vehicle information and returned to the patrol car to conduct a computer check. After clearing the license and vehicle, the deputy returned to the Camaro to give Hess his documents; the deputy had not prepared a traffic citation. During this second contact, the deputy detected an odor of burnt marijuana.
The deputy had Hess exit the vehicle, and they had a discussion about the vehicle's tires. The deputy did a pat-down of Hess and directed him to sit on the curb. The ensuing vehicle search failed to produce any evidence, but the deputy perceived a pungent odor of marijuana inside the vehicle. The deputy then conducted a second pat-down and searched Hess' pockets, removing $470 which was counted and returned to Hess. The deputy removed the car keys, handed them to Hess, and directed him to open the trunk, where a plastic bag containing three bricks of marijuana was discovered in a duffle bag. Hess was arrested on drug charges and given a verbal warning about failing to maintain a single lane.
Hess filed a suppression motion, challenging the traffic stop and the subsequent searches. In denying the motion, the district court found that the traffic stop was justified by the deputy's reasonable suspicion that the Camaro driver was impaired, that a continuation of the detention was justified because the smell of marijuana provided reasonable suspicion of additional criminal activity, and that the vehicle search was based on a probable cause that some crime related to marijuana was being committed.
On appeal, Hess first contends that the deputy did not have the requisite reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to justify the initial stop of his vehicle. In the alternative, Hess argues that his detention exceeded the scope of a traffic stop because he should have been released after the records check and because the deputy's search of his pockets exceeded the pat-down authorized by a Terry stop. Finally, Hess argues that the smell of marijuana alone cannot provide the requisite probable cause to conduct warrantless searches.
All of Hess' appeal issues are based upon the denial of his suppression motion. Thus, our review is well settled.
"In reviewing a district court's decision regarding suppression, this court reviews the factual underpinnings of the decision by a substantial competent evidence standard and the ultimate legal conclusion by a de novo standard with independent judgment. This court does not reweigh evidence, pass on the credibility of witnesses, or resolve conflicts in the evidence. [Citation omitted.]" State v. Ackward, 281 Kan. 2, 8, 128 P.3d 382 (2006).
To the extent that the issues involve undisputed material facts, the question of whether to suppress is a question of law over which an appellate court has unlimited review. State v. Porting, 281 Kan. 320, 324, 130 P.3d 1173 (2006). Moreover, the State bears the burden of proof in a suppression motion; it must prove the lawfulness of the search and seizure. 281 Kan. at 324.
Hess raises a collateral question as to whether we must afford the district court deference on its findings because the deputy's videotape of the stop is part of the record. He contends that we can independently review the videotape to determine the deputy's credibility, as for instance whether the videotape confirms that Hess' vehicle touched upon the lane divider lines.
However, the case upon which Hess relies, State v. Binette, 33 S.W.3d 215, 216 (Tenn. 2000), is distinguishable. There, the officer did not testify. Here, the deputy testified and that testimony touched upon matters which were not revealed by the videotape. Thus, although we can consider whether the videotape supports the district court's findings, we feel constrained to invade the district court's province of determining witness credibility and weighing the evidence. See State v. Hardyway, 264 Kan. 451, 456, 958 P.2d 618 (1998). Moreover, we do not perceive a significant contradiction between the officer's testimony and the videotape on the material facts.
The underlying legal principles governing traffic stops is well settled, albeit the application of those principles can vary. We take the liberty of borrowing a recent recitation of traffic stop law.
"'The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, and § 15 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights prohibit unreasonable searches and seizures.' Ramirez, 278 Kan. at 404. The stopping of a moving vehicle by law enforcement is always considered a seizure. City of Norton v. Stewart, 31 Kan. App. 2d 645, 647, 70 P.3d 707 (2003).
"However, our courts consider a moving vehicle seizure to be an investigatory detention, as originally defined by Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889, 88 S. Ct. 1868 (1968). Kansas has codified the parameters of a permissible Terry stop in K.S.A. 22-2402(1), which provides:
'Without making an arrest, a law enforcement officer may stop any person in a public place whom such officer reasonably suspects is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and may demand . . . the name [and] address of such suspect and an explanation of such suspect's actions.'
"To lawfully stop a moving vehicle under Terry and K.S.A. 22-2402(1), a law enforcement officer must '"have a reasonable and articulable suspicion, based on fact, that the person stopped has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime."' State v. DeMarco, 263 Kan. 727, 734, 952 P.2d 1276 (1998) (quoting State v. Epperson, 237 Kan. 707, 712, 703 P.2d 761 [1985]). 'Something more than an unparticularized suspicion or hunch must be articulated. United States v. Sokolow, 490 U.S. 1, 7, 104 L. Ed. 2d 1, 109 S. Ct. 1581 (1989).' DeMarco, 263 Kan. at 735. However, reasonable suspicion is something less than the probable cause required for an arrest. State v. Slater, 267 Kan. 694, 697, 986 P.2d 1038 (1999) (quoting Alabama v. White, 496 U.S. 325, 330, 110 L. Ed. 2d 301, 110 S. Ct. 2412 [1990]) ('"[r]easonable suspicion is a less demanding standard than probable cause"').
"Both reasonable suspicion and probable cause are dependent upon the '"content of information possessed by police and its degree of reliability,"' and '"[b]oth factors--quantity and quality--are considered in the 'totality of circumstances,'"' i.e., one must evaluate the whole picture. Slater, 267 Kan. at 697 (quoting Alabama, 496 U.S. at 330)." State v. Hamic, 35 Kan. App. 2d 202, 205-06, 129 P.3d 114 (2006).
Hess devotes a part of his argument to contending that the district court erred in finding that the Camaro's touching of the lane divider lines constituted the traffic infraction of failing to maintain a single lane. However, we do not perceive that the district court made that finding. The district court's statements suggest that it upheld the stop based upon the officer's reasonable suspicion that the Camaro's driver was impaired, rather than upon the commission of a traffic infraction. Therefore, the question presented is whether the deputy had a reasonable suspicion from the totality of the circumstances that Hess was driving while impaired.
The deputy acknowledged that erratic driving, slow driving, fast driving, drifting, veering, sudden stops, and not signaling are typical signs that a driver might be impaired. Hess did not exhibit any of those signs. Rather, the deputy relied upon his observation that the vehicle was "hugging the line." The deputy opined that, in his experience, when a driver is either hugging the line or closely following the curb, it indicates that the driver is "concentrating harder" because of the driver's impairment.
The State reminds us that we are to look at the totality of the circumstances viewed from the perspective of a law enforcement officer. See State v. Toney, 253 Kan. 651, 656-57, 862 P.2d 350 (1993) (citing State v Vistuba, 251 Kan. 821, Syl. ¶ 1, 840 P.2d 511 [1992]). It points out that our Supreme Court has held that, for safety reasons and without the occurrence of a traffic violation, a vehicle may be stopped when there is a reasonable suspicion that the driver may be impaired. State v. Field, 252 Kan. 657, 660-61, 847 P.2d 1280 (1993). In Field, the court permitted the stop where the seizing officer observed the suspect vehicle weaving within its lane approximately four times at 2 a.m. We perceive of a rather significant distinction between weaving within one's lane and driving too straight in relation to the lane markers.
Pointedly, the Field court was persuaded by other jurisdictions which had found repeated weaving of a vehicle within its own lane to provide an officer with sufficient reasonable suspicion to stop and investigate the driver. 252 Kan. at 662-64. To the contrary, the published cases finding reasonable suspicion where hugging the line or curb is mentioned do not rely solely on that fact, but involve other factors contributing to the totality of the circumstances. See, e.g., State v. Flowers, 131 Idaho 205, 208-09, 953 P.2d 645 (1998) (driving slow, "hugging of the fog line," weaving within own lane of traffic, and crossing both the fog line and centerline). Here, the State's cursory statement that "[i]t was 11:00 p.m. and there were drinking establishments in the vicinity" adds little of substance to the totality of the circumstances. Those innocuous facts were certainly not particularized to the situation; we do not know whether the four-lane road was sparsely traveled at 11 p.m. or whether its principal purpose was to provide access to and from the bars in the vicinity.
On the other hand, at least one foreign jurisdiction has rejected the notion that driving on the white line provides reasonable suspicion to stop an automobile without the presence of other indicators of possible intoxication, such as erratic driving or weaving. State v. Smith, 21 S.W.3d 251, 258 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1999). Similarly, United States v. Gregory, 79 F.3d 973, 978-79 (10th Cir. 1996), found that an officer's suspicion that a driver was impaired because he entered into the right emergency lane of an interstate highway failed to meet the Fourth Amendment reasonableness test because the terrain was mountainous, the roadway was winding, and the weather was windy.
We do not know whether Hess, when unimpaired, normally drives in a straight line adjacent to the lane divider. In fact, Hess was convicted of crimes relating to the possession of marijuana and not for having driven while impaired while he was "hugging the line." Thus, although the deputy articulated a suspicion that Hess was committing the crime of operating a vehicle while impaired, that suspicion was not objectively reasonable and particularized under the facts presented. It was an unparticularized hunch. Therefore, the district court erred in finding the initial traffic stop to be lawful, and we reverse.
Because we find that Hess' detention was unauthorized from its inception, we need not address the remaining issues raised by Hess in the alternative. We do note, however, that our recent case of State v. Gonzales, 36 Kan. App. 2d 446, 141 P.3d 501 (2006), discussed the permissible scope of a detention which is based upon public safety concerns.
1REPORTER'S NOTE: Previously filed as an unpublished opinion, the Supreme Court granted a motion to publish pursuant to Rule 7.04 (2006 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 50). The published version was filed with the Clerk of the Appellate Courts on March 8, 2007.


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The discussion will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 16, in the MIND Institute auditorium at 2825 50th St., Sacramento. It is free and open to the public and no reservations are required. Presenters will include Leonard Abbeduto, MIND Institute director, and Heather Green, president, the Down Syndrome Information Alliance. The program will be moderated by Robin Hansen, director of MIND Institute Clinical Programs and the UC Davis Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.
Research information focused on Down syndrome will be available prior to the presentation from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Attendees also will have the opportunity to learn more about research studies specific to the evening's subject. There will be an extended "ask the experts" session with the panelists.


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Officials with a company that is buying all of General Mills' Idaho grain operations say they intend to increase storage and handling capacity of the elevators.
Agspring, LLC, of Kansas City, Kan., intends to complete the transaction by May, purchasing General Mills grain elevators in Pocatello, Rockford, American Falls, Newdale, Blackfoot, and Idaho Falls, as well as the Schiller Siding facility in Power County. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"We're prioritizing other opportunities within our supply chain," said General Mills spokeswoman Bridget Christenson.
Agspring officials said the facilities will continue to be managed locally, with corporate support, financial backing and supply chain planning assistance from their company. Agspring also plans to improve the efficiency of the operations.
"We plan to upgrade and expand as needed to utilize the facilities to their full potential. While this is an addition to our portfolio, the real benefit is to farmers in Idaho and customers of the grain operation," said Brad Clark, Agspring president. "Our intent is to enhance operations and provide efficiencies, such as improved grain delivery for farmers and expanded market access for their grain."
General Mills will continue to utilize local farmers' grain, but Agspring will also supply other customers, Clark said.
"Further detail is pending the close of the transaction," Clark said.
Clark said the purchase was intended to lend his company more geographic diversity.
"The purchase is a strategic addition and core to the business we're building," Clark said.
Clark said his company is committed to continuing General Mills' successes in building a "unique value-added system in partnership with seed suppliers, producers and customers, all with an increased focus on sustainability."
Gordon Gallup, an Idaho Wheat Commissioner who farms in Ririe and supplies wheat to General Mills, said growers have been pleased to see that Agspring has already been aggressive in the market.
Gallup doubts much will change in the short-term for Idaho growers who supply General Mills but believes the company's preliminary plans bode well for grain farmers.
"They're building up infrastructure in Idaho and updating all of the facilities," Gallup said. "More capacity is what they're looking at, and if they build capacity, they're going to have a reason for it."


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The twelve monthly planners are available in two different layouts, daily or weekly. The former has unlined, plain pages for every kind of notes, featuring moon cycles on top and icons for temperature and weather at the bottom. The latter, slim enough to fit into any pocket, is designed in a horizontal format to see the whole week at a glance.
This backstage video reveals Wieland's creativity, switching between graphic and motion graphic design, cut&paste, live action video and stop-motion techniques. Totally 533 animated pages.


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- Crime in Eaton County touches all of us. When one person is victimized, we all --- as a community --- suffer. If you are not personally a victim of crime, then you know a relative, friend or neighbor who is. Being a victim of, or a witness to, crime can be a frightening experience. You often feel violated by the intrusion into your life and are left with feelings of anger and pain.
Victims and witnesses naturally look to the criminal justice system for vindication and justice, but all too often find a court system which appears to be dedicated to protecting the very people who have caused their anger and pain. While the criminal justice system is designed to protect, support and serve our communities, most citizens do not learn about it until after they become victims of crime --- the worst possible time to try to understand the complex roles and responsibilities of each of the "players" in the system. However, no criminal can be successfully prosecuted without the valuable assistance of victims and witnesses.
As a result of strong advocacy, crime victims have rights. The web pages linked above will help you to learn about those rights, inform you about Michigan's Victim Compensation Fund, answer many questions concerning crime victims, and advise you of local, state-wide and national crime victim resources. The National Center for Victims of Crime has links to cover topics such as; Assault, Child Abuse (for youth), Domestic Violence, Homicide, Impaired Driving, Robbery, Sexual Violence, Stalking and What Adults Need to Know About Child Abuse. We are one of many service agencies created to help and support victims of crime.
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Today - Transition day as high pressure starts breaking down... Warmer temperatures and partly cloudy skies are expected. Low pressure from an earlier storm retrograded west and forms a new weak low to the west/ southwest, and this low is expected to pull some moisture in from the Pacific mainly... Monday through Wednesday - Low pressure to the west pushes moisture and some instability across the area from out of the southwest. Showers are expected mainly each afternoon, with isolated thunderstorms across the Roaring Fork Valley/ Aspen, and the rest of western Colorado, best across the San Juan Mountains. Snow levels will run around 9,000 (early/ night) to 10,000 feet (mid-day) Monday and Tuesday, with some mostly light snow above those elevations, 4" max in a 24 hour period for the higher mountain areas above 10,000 feet. Snow levels drop on Wednesday as the weakened and colder core of the low moves across the area. LONGER RANGE: Late next week we start warming up under unseasonably strong high pressure ridging across the western US, and this holds for most of the rest of October. No major systems are expected to pass through, though we may see showers now and again with weak perturbances in the flow aloft. Around Halloween/ early November there are signals that we may see a tropical system move into the picture, with significant rains and high mountain snows (mostly near/ above 10,000 feet) possible if this gets swept in across Colorado. Summit County could get hit nicely with heavy and great base building snow, as mid and upper mountain Aspen-Snowmass would also. We will be watching... CM
Fri, August 31st, 2018 (begun this article) Sunday September 23, 2018 (I finally finished it!) MODOKI EL NINO = bad, REGULAR EL NINO = usually good, WEAK EL NINO to ENSO Neutral = can be good (due also to other factors)! There are many possibilities with the last one (the one we think is coming) but we will nail it down for you! Central and Western Colorado, Aspen-Snowmass to Durango FALL and WINTER SEASON FORECAST FROM SNOWFORECAST.COM! ...WHAT IS THE FORECAST?... OCTOBER - (Slightly above average snowfall and below average temperatures) Early season cold and October snows are expected for the ski resorts, with most snow and coldest temperatures being east of Vail Pass and the divide, but more than the average of 10" of snow that Aspen averages in town (more on the mountain), as storms drop in out of Canada for the most part, carrying the bulk of moisture and cold air to northern Colorado and to the east of the Vail Pass and the divide. There will be enough cold and snow to test out snowmaking equipment. The early snows will open the usual 10,000ft+ resorts early, and help to chill the soil for good base building as we move into November... We also expect the usual transition season cut-off and closed low pressure systems to move in from the west and deliver some surprises (snow then best for Aspen and southwest Colorado)... "Cut-off" means the low is cut off from and not being pushed around by, the storm steering flow (usually at 500mb). NOVEMBER - (Near to above average snowfall, and below average temperatures) Near to above average early season snow overall across the region and no snow level issues, with cold systems out of Canada diving through and hitting all areas, as high pressure ridging offshore of the west coast allows storms to develop and move south from out of Canada, moving in with below average temperatures and some extreme record cold. We expect some early opening days on good bases. Snow is expected to be well preserved as colder than usual air helps to protect the snow... DECEMBER - (Near to above average snowfall and near to below average temperatures through mid December, then dropping off to near average snowfall and near average temperatures in late December on some good bases). Some significant snowfall events through mid and maybe into late December, and near to below average temperatures should combine to be great for Christmas-New Year skiing/ boarding, then incoming storms start shifting to the south on a different storm track, with lighter snows for Aspen and good for southwest Colorado as we move into the holidays. JANUARY ONWARD, MORE COMING SOON - ? Stay tuned, but a brief synopsis: Dry for most of January with above average temperatures as high pressure ridging builds in, and the east coast gets hammered with cold and snow. Storms return in February with near to above average snowfall and near average temperatures for Aspen-Snowmass, then March through the rest of the season looks near to warmer than average in temperature, with below average snows. April could produce some big storms and powder days to pass through the region, building the late season snowpack. More details are coming, and I will be naming resorts and forecasting long range snow totals. CM ...WHAT ARE THE FACTORS AND OPINIONS?... Here are my August 31 observations: An El Nino that "wants" to happen, but meager warming to even some cooling in the key Nino regions (recent), and a mostly neutral status (currently) is not showing much hope for any El Nino pattern that may be classified as moderate or strong. In fact, I will say that we will not see a moderate or strong El Nino SST pattern this 2018-2019 season, and the NOAA forecasted weak El Nino is looking like a "maybe". And, my September 15 observations: Latest guidance indicates that the El Nino SST anomaly will be weak, at best, in my opinion. Here is why: Cooler eastern Pacific waters (Nino 3.4 region)/ Subsurface waters heat content (180-100W Lat) has decreased/ and the current pattern is showing mostly a general cooling and not warming overall, though in the last 7 days, eastern Pacific surface waters off the coast of Ecuador (means "Equator") have warmed . Its mid September and this El Nino event should be a bit more evident. Its not. Even NOAA has backed off a bit with a 65% chance of El Nino formation, instead of the 70% they had called for early on in the summer when this anomaly looked more likely. For them to back off a bit like that indicates definite lost confidence, and this is not surprising, as I lost confidence in it occurring myself, back in July. Things work a bit slower in these large organizations, while us "loose cannons" (whatever in the hell that means) can blast off at will. Haha. *An El Nino is still favored according to the above Climate Prediction Center chart* *We have seen some areas of cooling in the Nino 1+2 and 3 regions, as this El Nino struggles to form. This is indicating cooling in the subsurface waters, which is a factor that is looked at for potential SST's* *As of Sep 12, there is some warming going on again in the referenced "Nino 3" region, so overall there is a positive SST anomaly, but mostly less than +.5 (in yellow on the above chart), which is the threshold that needs to be met for 3 consecutive months before an actual El Nino pattern is recognized. For now we are in an "ENSO neutral" status. SOLAR MINIMUM: In terms of sunspot activity, there is currently almost none, or even "none", zero, zilch, nada, many days. Decreased or zero sunspot activity also affects our weather patterns. The chart below shows how we are in a solar "grand minimum" right now: We have seen some recent serious weather extremes this Summer of 2018, and have no reason to believe that we will not see similar extremes this fall and winter in North America: From extreme heat in Europe, notably northern Europe: To extreme snow and cold in August: NOAA: So to reiterate, NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) was forecasting a 60% likelihood for formation of an El Nino SST pattern this fall, and a 70% chance for the winter, 2018-2019, while now those forecasts are down to 50-55% and 65-70%, respectively. Large organizations like NOAA are not going to go backward on the forecast (decreased % chance), like this without very good reason, like, "its not happening like we thought it would guys"... SNOWFORECAST.COM: At this point, a "weak" El Nino SST anomaly is the forecast from NOAA. I have believed since June that this would be a weak El Nino pattern that sets up, based on the afore-mentioned trend, but am now wondering if this El Nino will even show up at all. We think that the weak El Nino or no El Nino is going to turn out well for Aspen and southwest Colorado as it is combined with weak sunspot activity (solar minimum) for expected colder air (and stronger storms that reach the area) this winter overall. If an El Nino, weak, does form, it is looking more likely to be the Modoki version, which on average, sucks (dry) all across the western US. Thankfully, as a weak factor (there are other factors), a weak El Nino of any kind will have a "weaker" influence on the weather patterns we see this fall and winter, THANKFULLY. We are also looking (currently) at a weakly negative PDO (Pacific Decadal Oscillation, more of a long term state of ocean water temps), which will not help in the El Nino department. Neutral to "very weak El Nino" is what we are forecasting as we move into fall and maybe through the winter, at best +.5 which is barely classified as an El Nino. As well, with the Grand Solar Minimum, expect the unexpected, and so far, that has proven true in many parts of the world. How will all of these factors; Weak El Nino, or even "ENSO Neutral" SST anomaly, neutral PDO, GSM (solar), and my own intuition, affect the southwest and western Colorado forecast? Just scroll back to the top to find out! Feel free to share this, but please cite credit to snowforecast.com. Thank you! CM Snowforecast.com Copyright © 1998–2018. Unauthorized Use Prohibited. Some References: COLD AND SNOW: https://www.theweek.info/index.php?newsid=3760 (Salzburg, over 1 foot of snow in August!)
HEAT: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/07/17/scorching-scandinavia-record-breaking-heat-hits-norway-finland-and-sweden (90+ degrees in Norway, all time record high temps!)
Great resource for current SST's and anomalies: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/ocean/
International Research Institute: https://iri.columbia.edu/our-expertise/climate/forecasts/enso/current/?enso_tab=enso-cpc_plume
Latest ENSO Discussion: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.php
Space Weather ("Solar Minimum"): https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression
NCEP model forecast SST anomalies (1 model forecasting La Nina): http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/NMME/current/tmpsfc_Seas2.html
The ONE outlier model forecasting La Nina: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/NMME/current/images/NASA_GEOS5v2_ensemble_tmpsfc_season2.png
Loads of the latest SST charts from ESRL, knock yourself out: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/clim/sst.shtml
Best anomaly chart (in my opinion): https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/images/sst/sst.anom.hov.gif
Detailed ENSO Discussion from NOAA: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf
More info/ charts on Modoki El Nino: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/frcgc/research/d1/iod/enmodoki_home_s.html.en
El Nino/ La Nina years/ ONI: http://ggweather.com/enso/oni.htm
A GREAT resource for "no BS" historical ski season info: http://bestsnow.net/
Latest PDO and history: http://research.jisao.washington.edu/pdo/PDO.latest.txt
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Panther coach Ron Rivera,defensive coordinator Sean McDermott and tackle Jordan Gross talked Monday about all the Washington fans they saw at Bank of America Stadium Sunday and all the noise those fans made.
Callers talked about it Tuesday afternoon almost every time I turned on sports talk radio.
I'm in the minority here. I don't care what fans do with their tickets.
If they want to sell them, they get to. The tickets belong to them.
Secondly, many of the fans complaining about the Redskins' fans at BofA watched the game on TV.
Of course the Panthers aren't as entrenched as the Pittsburgh Steelers are in Pittsburgh, the New York Giants are in New York or the Green Bay Packers are in Green Bay.
The Northeast, Midwest and Pittsburgh embrace their teams with intensity the rest of the country struggles to match. Fans there love their teams and hate their teams, but they don't abandon their teams.
The Panthers came together in 1995. They're a teenager. Passion for them has yet to be passed from one generation to another like an heirloom.
If you are a Panther fan, and you sell your ticket Sunday to a Minnesota fan this week, are you disloyal? Should you be run out of town? Shipped to the Minnesota tundra?
If seeing purple jerseys at Bank of America Stadium is going to bother you, outbid the Northern invaders for tickets.
You can't shame people into showing up for a game. You have to give them a product that will compel them to show up. The Panthers are starting to.
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Replays show that the 26-year-old forward handled as he bundled the ball beyond goalkeeper Alan Marriott before scoring the winning goal in Sunday's FA Cup third round tie.
But Fowler believes Suarez should stop being vilified for doing his job and insists he has done nothing wrong.
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"Seriously, Suarez did nothing wrong, and I'm amazed at the reaction. I honestly don't even believe he handled deliberately. The ball is smashed right at his hand from very close range, and he'd need some reactions to have calculated that one.
"You can see by the way his arm bounces above his shoulder after the ball hits him that he isn't braced for it. That tells you something. I think the way he then knocked the ball in the net he assumed it would be ruled out, but if there's any criticism, it should be at the referee, not the player."
Fowler was involved in a penalty incident against Arsenal in 1997 when he fell in the proximity of David Seaman before informing the referee that a penalty he was given should not have been.
But the former striker has dismissed the idea that Suarez should have confessed and had his goal disallowed.
"It's amusing that they use me as an example to criticise Suarez, when I was always getting slaughtered in my career!" he joked.
"He's the one now, isn't he? Everything he does, he'll get criticised for it when somebody else wouldn't even raise a murmur. I think only Balotelli gets the same treatment, but sometimes that's what happens when you play on the edge.
"I think the Mansfield manager and his players summed it up when they said Suarez was just doing his job, and they'd have done exactly the same thing. So would I. It was handball, but instinctive and not deliberate cheating, and you can't criticise him for that."
Fowler, who has recently returned from a spell as player-manager of Muangthong United in Thailand, has also expressed his joy at being able to watch Suarez represent his team and play in the Premier League.
The former Red has also hinted that he would be open to a coaching position if the right opportunity presented itself, despite joking that he has not given up on his playing career just yet.
"He's some player isn't he, he's got real class, and I think sometimes you have to remember the quality he has and enjoy the fact that he's playing in the Premier League," Fowler added.
"I would like the chance to go into coaching and if the right job comes along then I'll take it, ...but I haven't officially retired from playing yet!
"People have compared Suarez's style to the way I played, but that's not for me to comment on. I know he's got class and I reckon he'd be great to work with, because you can see the desire he's got, and that that's one of the most important things for a striker."


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Maybe it was too good to be true. A rare bipartisan healthcare reform proposal backed by leaders of three major House and Senate committees is foundering because Republicans and Democrats can't agree on how to pay for it.
The irony is that the measure, which would change the way Medicare reimburses doctors, would slow the growth of healthcare spending and taxpayers' costs. Lawmakers should stop the partisan bickering and start working in good faith to find a way to enact the long-overdue and much-needed reform.
Congress adopted the "sustainable growth rate" formula in 1997 to require physicians' fees to be cut when spending on Medicare's insurance plan for doctor bills ("Part B") grew faster than the economy. But lawmakers have repeatedly postponed those reductions in response to opposition from physicians, who argued that the lower rates would lead them to stop treating Medicare patients. Instead, Congress has spent nearly $154 billion on higher fees. The formula clearly isn't the solution to the very real problem of rising healthcare costs, and policymakers have known it for years. They just haven't been able to find a better one.
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The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the bipartisan bill would cost $138 billion more over 10 years than sticking with current law. But that's based on the assumption that Congress could have been counted on either to enforce the existing formula, which it simply will not do, or find another way to pay for the growing cost of Part B. The reality is, the proposal would save taxpayers money, not cost them, by prompting doctors to fix some of the many inefficiencies in Medicare.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The cast album for "Once" has nabbed a Grammy Award, the latest honor for a show that has already earned a Tony and an Oscar.
The recording from the stage version of the movie won the best musical theater album Sunday, besting the cast albums from "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," the revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Follies," Disney's "Newsies" and another CD of Gershwin songs from the show "Nice Work If You Can Get It."
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Alpha particles are highly charged and the heaviest of the nuclear radiations. Because of their size and weight they are unable to travel very far and have a limited ability penetrate. They cannot travel more than four to seven inches in the air and can be stopped by a sheet of paper or skin. They can be a hazard if they are inhaled or swallowed.
Beta particles are smaller and travel faster than alpha particles. They can travel several feet in the air and are able to penetrate skin, though they do not usually penetrate deep enough to reach vital organs. They can be stopped by a thin sheet of metal or plastic or a block of wood.
Gamma rays are not particles, but waves of radioactive energy. They travel much further and have more penetrating power than either alpha or beta particles. They can travel as much as a mile in open air and it takes several feet of concrete or several inches of a dense material such as lead to block them.
Neutron radiation occurs when nuclear particles collide with other materials. Neutrons have an exceptional ability to penetrate other materials and are extremely hazardous. Fortunately, this type of radiation is generally only found in a nuclear power plant where it is shielded by steel, concrete and several feet of water.
Radiation can enter the body in the following ways:
Time, distance and shielding are the three primary methods of reducing or eliminating exposure to radioactive materials.
The first and most important rule is: Listen to and follow the instructions of your local emergency personnel. Emergency personnel have been trained in how to respond in the event of an incident, including those involving radiological materials. They will provide instructions on how to keep yourself and your family safe.
Not necessarily. In a radiological incident, quite often residents will be instructed to remain in their homes, a concept known as "shelter-in-place." The reason for this is that, if an incident involves alpha or beta particles, your home will provide a tremendous amount of safety as it will block the penetration of these particles. Move to an interior room with few windows or the basement. Turn off all air conditioners and ventilation systems. If you have the materials available, you should seal any cracks in your home where particles may be able to enter. Duct tape and plastic sheeting work well for this purpose. Although you will have to open up the room occasionally to allow fresh air in, you will likely receive much less exposure than if you left your home where you might inhale radioactive materials. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), "Ten square feet of floor space per person will provide sufficient air to prevent carbon dioxide build-up for up to five hours, assuming a normal breathing rate while resting."
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Buchtar Tabuni released from Abepura prison after completing sentence
Buchtar Tabuni, the Chairman of the pro-independence National Parliament of West Papua, was released unexpectedly from Abepura prison around 12pm West Papua time today, to a waiting group of about fifty of his supporters from the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), according to multiple sources.
KNPB News reported that Tabuni sent an SMS message early this morning from prison. "To all the Free Papua fighters in Numbay, Sentani and its vicinity, at 9 this morning please pickup (at) Abepura LP", Buchtar's message read.
Local sources today reported to West Papua Media that about fifty KNPB members then escorted a relieved Tabuni from Abepura prison on a long march to the assassination site of his friend and KNPB colleague, former KNPB Chairman Mako Tabuni. Mako Tabuni was gunned down in broad daylight in a political assassination carried out by Australian-funded and trained Detachment 88 counter-terror officers outside the Perumnas 3 Dormitories in Waena on June 14, 2012, one week after Buchtar's arrest. He was also due to be taken to the graveside of Mako Tabuni in order to pay his respects to his slain friend, colleague and clansman.
Tabuni was arrested on 6 June 2012 during an upsurge in mysterious "OTK" (orang Terlatih Khusus or "specially trained persons") shootings, and publicly linked by then Papua Police Chief Bigman Tobing to the shootings. However, according to statements by Tabuni's lawyer during his criminal trial in September, the entire case was "nothing more than a set up."
Lawyer Gustaf Kawer said at the time, "Buchtar had been linked to the shooting of Miron Wetipo but that case has already been solved, so it was clear that the authorities were trying to make a scapegoat of Buchtar."
Tabuni was in custody when more shootings occurred, so "Buchtar was not in any way connected with those shootings. So instead of being charged with the shootings," said Kawer during Tabuni's trial, "he now faces the charge of inflicting damage on the Abepura Prison in 2010, which means that he should have been arrested in 2010."
In a highly opaque trial closed to independent witnesses, and marked by significant intimidation of journalists by police and court officials, Tabuni was convicted on a charge "for having allegedly inflicted damage on the Abepura prison in December 2011," and "for exchanging harsh words with prison warders."
In recent months, Tabuni's health had suffered from his incarceration in Abepura prison, with complaints of respiratory illness, gastric diseases and dangerously low blood pressure, from his incarceration in atrocious and unhygienic conditions by Indonesian colonial prison authorities.
According to credible sources, Tabuni is spending the next days with family, friends and colleagues from KNPB to mourn the losses of his comrades, and to discuss and consider the next steps in the campaign for justice in West Papua.


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It was the comparison that always wounded Olivier Giroud. Robin van Persie left a void at Arsenal and was never going to be directly replaced, particularly by a forward whose own elite career had encompassed nothing more than two seasons at Montpellier prior to his arrival last summer. And yet, seven months into his career, the Frenchman is finding a niche and starting to forge his own reputation.
Giroud bullied Arsenal's passage into the FA Cup fifth round, stamping authority on an occasion when the visitors, out-passed at times, might otherwise have drifted towards elimination. His two goals swelled his season's total to 13, to go with the nine assists that have made him integral to the collective. Van Persie is more prolific but other comparisons are more helpful for the 26-year-old, and not merely that he is clearly no Marouane Chamakh.
Arsène Wenger has likened him to Alan Smith, such an integral member of George Graham's title-winning teams whose contribution should never go forgotten. Smith can appear an unsung hero but he registered at Anfield in 1989 and was the club's leading scorer for four successive seasons. Giroud can feel like a throwback. "He could have played 20 years ago in England, 10 years ago and today, because he has everything you need to play centre-forward," said Wenger. "He has physical presence. Usually we go more for mobile players who are just on the move but he gives us something different. When he gets in the fighting mode he is difficult to handle and he is quicker than people think. Without him up front today it would have been difficult."
There was finesse in his first goal, collecting Lukas Podolski's lay-off, clearing his feet and curling a sweet shot into the top corner. The second, his fourth in two games was set up by a delicious first touch before a half-volley finish, all the while holding off Adam El-Abd.
"I chose this championship because there is more intensity, more physicality, you have to be ready in an athletic way," said Giroud. "I like it but I like to play good football as well.
"I play better when I'm not angry but determined. When you don't have the hunger you can't play very well and succeed. You need it. We didn't start this game as we wanted to because we didn't put in good commitment and didn't really have enough determination. But we improved." That was largely down to his impact. The France international still has plenty to prove, primarily that he is no flat-track bully. He was certainly less effective against Branislav Ivanovic and Gary Cahill the previous weekend and he still needs to hurt a contender. But, for a first campaign in English football, his impact has been encouraging.
This was no time for Brighton to lose their captain, Gordon Greer, who limped away early with his manager, Gus Poyet, left to laugh at the irony of a player who "never gets injured" hobbling off against Arsenal. Al-Abd is a Rottweiler of a centre-back but Giroud brushed him aside. "I knew he was strong but he was massive," said Poyet. "He put himself between ball and player and didn't lose too many challenges. It surprised me, perhaps because I'm not used to the Premier League."
The Uruguayan may have to become re-accustomed to top-flight quality soon. Brighton are a slick and free-flowing side overseen by an impressive manager and, even after the injuries, they stretched Arsenal. Their style has been consistent since promotion from the third tier and, with ambition expressed in signings such as Leonardo Ulloa from Almeria, they remain in contention to go up again. Liam Bridcutt is a tidy midfield distributor and their attacking forays are delivered at pace. If Ulloa can provide the bite they have lacked at times, they can flourish.
The Argentinian's debut was delayed while Brighton ensured any third party ownership issues were addressed but the diving header to Ashley Barnes' centre that provided the second equaliser boded well. "Leo should give us that power, that holding and strength we didn't have," added Poyet. "I know where we are and I am quite calm. It's unbelievable, the feeling in the dressing room. It's like we lost promotion. It'd be good to have that but we have to be realistic. If we maintain this level against Championship teams we have a great chance. It's in our hands."
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Problem Loans and Cost Efficiency in Commercial Banks
by Allen N. Berger and Robert DeYoung
OCC Working Paper 95-5, December 1995.
This paper addresses the seldom-examined intersection between the problem loan and the bank efficiency literatures. We employ Granger-causality techniques to test four hypotheses regarding the relationships among loan quality, cost efficiency, and bank capital -- "bad luck," "bad management," "skimping," and "moral hazard."
In general, the data suggest that problem loans Granger-cause reductions in cost efficiency (supporting the bad luck hypothesis), and that cost efficiency Granger-causes reductions in problem loans (supporting the bad management hypothesis). On average, the data support neither the skimping or moral hazard hypotheses, although we find evidence of the former in a subsample of cost efficient banks, and evidence of the latter in a subsample of thinly capitalized banks.
Our results imply that policy makers and bank researchers should consider cost efficiency in addition to the more traditional indicators of bank failure (capital levels, credit risk, etc.). Our results are ambiguous concerning whether or not loan quality should be included as a control variable in cost efficiency models.
As with all OCC Working Papers, the opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or the Department of the Treasury.
Any whole or partial reproduction of material in this paper should include the following citation: Berger, Allen N., and Robert DeYoung, "Problem Loans and Cost Efficiency in Commercial Banks," Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, E&PA Working Paper 95-5, December 1995.
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World War I
World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. More than 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war, a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents' technological and industrial sophistication, and tactical stalemate. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved.
The war drew in all the world's economic great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire) and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. These alliances were reorganised and expanded as more nations entered the war: Italy, Japan and the United States joined the Allies, and the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria the Central Powers.
- Alphabetized by author
- If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a solemn international obligation … an obligation of honor which no self-respecting man could possibly have repudiated. I say, secondly, we are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power.
- Premier Asquith, Statement, to House of Commons, Declaration of War with Germany, August 4, 1914.
- Nothing will bring American sympathy along with us so much as American blood shed in the field.
- Winston Churchill, first lord of the Admiralty, memorandum to Prime Minister Sir Edward Grey and Lord Kitchener (September 5, 1914); Winston S. Churchill, The World Crisis, 1911–1914 (1923), 2d ed., vol. 1, p. 272.
- I think a curse should rest on me — because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment — and yet — I can't help it — I enjoy every second of it.
- Winston Churchill, A letter to a friend (1916).
- No compromise on the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong -- that is the Declaration of July 4th, 1918.
- Winston Churchill At a joint Anglo-American rally in Westminster, July 4, 1918, speaking against calls for a negotiated truce with Germany. As printed in War aims & peace ideals: selections in prose & verse (1919), edited by Tucker Brooke & Henry Seidel Canby, Yale University Press, p. 138.
- The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern wars in the utter ruthlessness with which it was fought. … Europe and large parts of Asia and Africa became one vast battlefield on which after years of struggle not armies but nations broke and ran. When all was over, Torture and Cannibalism were the only two expedients that the civilized, scientific, Christian States had been able to deny themselves: and they were of doubtful utility.
- Winston Churchill, From The World Crisis, 1911-1918 : Chapter I (The Vials of Wrath), Churchill, Butterworth (1923).
- After the end of the World War of 1914 there was a deep conviction and almost universal hope that peace would reign in the world. The heart's desire of all the peoples could have easily been gained by steadfastness in righteous convictions, and by reasonable common sense and prudence. The phrase "the war to end war" was on every lip, and measures had been taken to turn it into reality. President Wilson, wielding, as was thought, the authority of the United States, had made the conception of a League of Nations dominant in all minds. The British Delegation at Versailles moulded and shaped his idea into an Instrument which will for ever constitute a milestone in the hard march of man. The victorious Allies were at that time all-powerful, so far as their outside enemies were concerned. They had to face grave internal difficulties and many riddles to which they did not know the answer, but the Teutonic Powers in the great mass of Central Europe were prostrate before them, and Russia, already shattered by the German flail, was convulsed by civil war and falling into the grip of the Bolshevik or Communist Party.
- Winston Churchill, From The Second World War: Volume 1: The Gathering Storm, Churchill, Houghton Mifflin (1948)
- If you hadn't entered the World War we would have made peace with Germany early in 1917. Had we made peace then there would have been no collapse in Russia followed by communism, no break-down in Italy followed by fascism, and Germany would not have signed the Versailles Treaty, which has enthroned nazi-ism in Germany. In other words, if America had stayed out of the war all of these "isms" wouldn't today be sweeping the Continent of Europe and breaking down parliamentary government, and if England had made peace early in 1917, it would have saved over 1,000,000 British, French, American, and other lives.
- Attributed to Winston Churchill, but denied by him. William Griffin, sworn statement (September 8, 1939), reprinted in the Congressional Record (October 21, 1939), vol. 84, p. 686. Griffin, publisher of the New York Enquirer, said the conversation had taken place in London during August 1936. Griffin brought a $1,000,000 libel suit against Churchill in October 1939, but the charges were dismissed on October 21, 1942, when Griffin or his lawyers failed to appear when the case was called. At that time Griffin was under indictment in Washington, D.C., on charges of conspiring to lower the morale of the armed forces of this country. In his answer to the suit, Churchill admitted the 1936 interview, but denied the statement. The New York Times (October 22, 1942), p. 13. The proceedings against Griffin were later quashed after a hearing in federal court on January 26, 1944.
- The Nation has need of all that can be contributed to it through the best efforts of all its citizens. The colored people have repeatedly proved their devotion to the high ideals of our country. They gave their services in the war with the same patriotism and readiness that other citizens did. The records of the selective draft show that somewhat more than 2,250,000 colored men were registered. The records further prove that, far from seeking to avoid participation in the national defense, they showed that they wished to enlist before the selective service act was put into operation, and they did not attempt to evade that act afterwards.
- Calvin Coolidge, as quoted in commencement address at Howard University (6 June 1924), Washington, D.C.
- Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?
- Daniel Daly, Battle cry at the Battle of Belleau Wood, World War I, June 1918
- This is not a peace. It is an armistice for 20 years.
- Ferdinand Foch, Said after the Treaty of Versailles, as quoted in Memoires (1963) by Paul Reynaud, vol. 2, p. 457.
- This war, like the next war, is a war to end war.
- David Lloyd George, Statement, sometimes dated to have been made in 1916, as quoted in Reading, Writing and Remembering : A Literary Record (1932) by Edward Verrall Lucas, p. 296.
- At eleven o'clock this morning came to an end the cruellest and most terrible War that has ever scourged mankind. I hope we may say that thus, this fateful morning, came to an end all wars.
- David Lloyd George, Speech in the House of Commons, (11 November 1918).
- The lamps are going out all over Europe: we shall not see them lit again in our life-time."
- Edward Grey, Vol. 2, ch. 18, "lamps+are+going" p. 20 books.google
- On his famous remark, in August of 1914, about the impending outbreak of the First World War
- Cf. John Alfred Spender: Life, Journalism and Politics, Vol. 2, Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York 1927. Chp. 20, p. 14 archive.org and w:The lamps are going out.
- Are we virtuous merely because we are restrained by the fetters of the law? We hear men prophecy that this war means the death of Christianity and an era of Pandeism or perhaps even the destruction of all which we call modern civilization and culture. We hear men predict that the ultimate result of the war will be a blessing to humanity.
- Louis S. Hardin, '17, "The Chimerical Application of Machiavelli's Principles", w:Yale Sheffield Monthly, pp 461–465, w:Yale University, May 1915, p. 463.
- To me the war was an abomination, a madness, a crime, and from the first moment onwards–more out of impulse than reflection–I inwardly rejected it and could never reconcile myself with it up to this very moment.
- Alexandra Kollontai, The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman (1926), Translated by Salvator Attanasio, Herder and Herder, 1971.
- In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short day ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
- John McCrae, In Flanders Fields (1915).
- For all the astounding growth in man's power, there had been no parallel increase in responsibility. The caveman with the club was now a caveman with a machine gun.
- John O'Farrell An Utterly Impartial History of Britain (2007)
- What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
- The transformation came on even more abruptly than is usually realized. World War I and the postwar revolutions still formed part of the nineteenth century. The conflict of 1914-18 merely precipitated and immeasurably aggravated a crisis that it had not created. But the roots of the dilemma could not be discerned at the time; and the horrors and devastations of the Great War seemed to the survivors the obvious source of the obstacles to international organization that had so unexpectedly emerged.
- Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation (1944), Ch. 2 : Conservative Twenties, Revolutionary Thirties
- Some of us still recall World War I, which awakened our generation to the fact that history was not a matter of the past, as a thoughtless philosophy of the hundred years' peace would have us believe. And once started, it did not cease to happen. I will seek to evoke the scenes we have witnessed and take the measure of our frustrations. Great triumphs and grave disappointments have been met with. However, it is not a balance of our experiences, achievements and omissions that stands to question; nor am I scanning the horizon for a mere break. The time has come to take note of a much bigger change.
- Karl Polanyi, "For a New West" (1958)
- In war-time the word patriotism means suppression of truth.
- Siegfried Sassoon in Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.
- The First World War had begun – imposed on the statesmen of Europe by railway timetables. It was an unexpected climax to the railway age.
- A. J. P. Taylor, The First World War ([1963] 1970) p. 20
- The First World War killed fewer victims than the Second World War, destroyed fewer buildings, and uprooted millions instead of tens of millions — but in many ways it left even deeper scars both on the mind and on the map of Europe. The old world never recovered from the shock.
- Edmond Taylor, in The Fossil Monarchies.
- It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
- Woodrow Wilson, address to a joint session of Congress recommending that Germany's course be declared war against the United States (April 2, 1917), Albert Shaw, ed., The Messages and Papers of Woodrow Wilson (1924), vol. 1, p. 382–83.
- God would never be cruel enough to create a cyclone as terrible as that Argonne battle. Only man would ever think of doing an awful thing like that. It looked like "the abomination of desolation" must look like. And all through the long night those big guns flashed and growled just like the lightning and the thunder when it storms in the mountains at home.
And, oh my, we had to pass the wounded. And some of them were on stretchers going back to the dressing stations, and some of them were lying around, moaning and twitching. And the dead were all along the road. And it was wet and cold. And it all made me think of the Bible and the story of the Anti-Christ and Armageddon.
And I'm telling you the little log cabin in Wolf Valley in old Tennessee seemed a long long way off.
- Alvin C. York, in his account of 7 October 1918, in the Diary of Alvin York.
- Gott strafe England.
- May God punish England.
- A common slogan of the German Army, attributed to Ernst Lissauer.
- It have been one of the richest experiences of my life...feeling that I was being really useful to the boys on the other side.
- Unidentified actress about working in a war factory. From an excerpt in Adriane Ruggiero, American Voices from World War I (2003), p. 79–80, citing Norma B. Kastl, "Wartime, the Place and the Girl", Independent magazine (unidentified issue).