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Getting ready for the worlds biggest ever telescope
2 April 2011
Artist's impression of some of the dishes in the proposed Square Kilometre Array.
Image Credit: SPDO/Swinburne Astronomy Productions
The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Image Credit: Anthony Holloway, University of Manchester.
Plans for the worlds biggest telescope the Square Kilometre Array- advanced significantly today with a decision to locate the project office at The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory. There has also been support from the partners, including the United Kingdom, for the next phase of the project, and the first steps towards creating the legal entity needed to deliver this ambitious global project.
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a 1.5 billion Euro multinational science project to build the worlds largest and most sensitive radio telescope. The SKA will be capable of answering some of the most fundamental questions about the Universe including helping to understand dark energy, general relativity in extreme conditions and how the Universe came to the look the way it does now.
The SKA will be an array of radio antennas with a collection area of a square kilometre with its core in South Africa or Australia. Signals from individual antennas will be combined to form one giant telescope. In the same way, the famous Lovell Telescope at the University of Manchesters Jodrell Bank Observatory is used with other UK telescopes (the e-MERLIN network) and as part of an international network. With an antenna at Chilbolton, the UK is also part of LOFAR a low-frequency network centred in the Netherlands. SKA builds on this technique and tradition of collaboration, bringing together all the major groups in radio astronomy.
Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, prominent radio astronomer and President of the Institute of Physics, said,
"Since the 1950s, radio astronomy has provided scientific pioneers with tools to revolutionise our understanding of the Universe. The power of this new telescope project however is going to surpass anything we've seen before, enabling us to see many more radio-emitting stars and galaxies and pulling the curtains wide open on parts of the great beyond that radio astronomers like me have only ever dreamt of exploring. The Square Kilometre Array heralds in a post-Einstein era of physics that will help us take huge strides in our attempt to understand the most bizarre objects and the darkest ages of the Universe."
UK home to the SKA Project Office
Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, said:
"The Square Kilometre Array is a project of global significance. This is evidence of the high reputation of Britain's management of international science projects. It is great news for Britain and for Jodrell Bank and Manchester University in particular."
The UK has hosted the SKA Programme Development Office at The University of Manchester in recent years. We now look forward to the move of the SKA Programme Office from the Manchester campus to the Universitys Jodrell Bank Observatory. Jodrell Bank is a most fitting home for the scientists and engineers who will shape the SKA. Locating the project office here will not just be a good outcome for the UK; it will strengthen the SKA project itself by bringing together a rich combination of innovation and experience in radio astronomy. The SKA Programme Office activity will complement the UK SKA effort built up in the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester and Oxford and extending into wider industrial and academic communities.
Professor John Womersley, STFCs Director of Science Programmes, who was today elected as chair of the SKA Founding Board, said:
It is great to see such significant progress being made towards building the SKA, one of our highest priorities in astronomy. The universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Manchester have a great heritage in astronomy and they are working together in SKA to ensure the UK takes a leading role in this exciting global project to better understand the universe we live in."
Professor Stephen Watts, Head, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester said
"Jodrell Bank is an ideal place for scientists and engineers to work together to plan the world's largest radio telescope, alongside world-leading radio astronomy facilities, and the new Discovery Centre. Together these offer a real opportunity to inspire people of all ages with this ambitious project to answer truly fundamental questions about the nature of the universe."
Professor Richard Schilizzi, Director of the SKA, says:
The move to Jodrell Bank comes at a crucial time as the project grows from a concept to an international megascience project. The new location and facilities will support the significant expansion that is planned.
Agreeing international partnership
The SKA has been agreed as a top priority project for astronomy both in the UK and across Europe. It is a very significant step that partners have started the process to fund and create a legal structure for the SKA. The UK, through the Science and Technology Facilities Council, is expecting to invest of the order of 15 Million pounds in the next phase of the SKA.
In addition to the immense scientific progress that will be made by the SKA, the project is expected to have wider benefits in continuing its already impressive involvement with industrial partners and continuing the inspiration of the public through astronomy, as Jodrell Bank has for many years.
The SKA project will drive technology development in antennas, signal transport, signal processing, and software and computing. Spin off innovations in these areas will benefit other systems that process large volumes of data. The design, construction and operation of the SKA has the potential to impact skills development in science, engineering and in associated industries not only in the host countries but in all project partners.
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Images of the SKA can be found at the SKA Flickr page or the SKA Telescope website.
Images of Jodrell Bank can be found at the Jodrell Bank website.
For more information please contact
Karen Lee
STFC Duty Press Officer
Mobile: 07825 125326
Jo Bowler
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SKA Program Development Office
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4130
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Professor Simon Garrington
Director MERLIN/VLBI National Facility
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Mobile: 07976 400667
Professor Steve Rawlings
Chair of the European SKA Consortium
Mobile: 07595635623
Dr Tim O'Brien
Reader in Astrophysics
Jodrell Bank Observatory
The UK SKA consortium is: University of Manchester, Oxford and Cambridge and the Science and Technology Facilities Council.
The SKA project announcement is also available. This provides more details on the funding agreement and project office.
For an overview of the SKA, also see the STFC SKA summary.
The UK has earmarked 15 million pounds of capital investment for radio astronomy through the sale of Channel 38 of the radio spectrum.
The UK has led a European consortium in developing the project from its inception, with support from the European Union Framework programme.
About the SKA
The Square Kilometre Array will be the worlds largest and most sensitive radio telescope. The total collecting area will be approximately one square kilometre giving 50 times the sensitivity, and 10,000 times the survey speed, of the best current-day telescopes. With thousands of receptors extending out to distances of 3,000 km from the centre of the telescope, the SKA will address fundamental unanswered questions about our Universe including how the first stars and galaxies formed after the Big Bang, how galaxies have evolved since then, the role of magnetism in the cosmos, the nature of gravity, and the search for life beyond Earth. More than 70 institutes in 20 countries, together with industry partners, are participating in the scientific and technical design of the SKA telescope which will be located in either Australia New Zealand or Southern Africa extending to the Indian Ocean Islands. The target construction cost is 1,500 million Euro and construction could start as early as 2016.
Science and Technology Facilities Council
The Science and Technology Facilities Council ensures the UK retains its leading place on the world stage by delivering world-class science; accessing and hosting international facilities; developing innovative technologies; and increasing the socio-economic impact of its research through effective knowledge exchange partnerships.
The Council has a broad science portfolio including Astronomy, Particle Physics, Particle Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, Space Science, Synchrotron Radiation, Neutron Sources and High Power Lasers. In addition the Council manages and operates three internationally renowned laboratories: The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire; The Daresbury Laboratory, Cheshire; The UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Edinburgh.
The Council gives researchers access to world-class facilities and funds the UK membership of international bodies such as the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), the Institute Laue Langevin (ILL), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the European Space Agency (ESA). It also contributes money for the UK telescopes overseas on La Palma, Hawaii, Chile, and the MERLIN/VLBI National Facility, which includes the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Jodrell Bank Observatory (JBO) is part of the University of Manchester's School of Physics and Astronomy. Scientists and engineers at Jodrell Bank are world leaders in radio astronomy-related research and technology development.
JBO hosts e-MERLIN, the UKs national radio astronomy facility, on behalf of the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC). The e-MERLIN array of seven radio telescopes (including the iconic 76-metre Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory) stretches 217 km across England from Jodrell to Cambridge. Recently installed optical fibre links have made e-MERLIN one of the first of the worlds next generation of ultra-sensitive telescopes and a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array.
The research programme at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics which includes JBO, ranges from the discovery of planets orbiting other stars to the study of the origin of the Universe in the Big Bang. The Jodrell group are also working on SKA science, pulsars in particular, and technological developments in antennas, data transport, synchronisation and digital signal processing.
Recognising its pioneering work in radio astronomy and its contribution to revolutionising our view of the Universe, Jodrell Bank Observatory was recently included on the UK Tentative List for World Heritage Site status.
The observatory is also developing a new Discovery Centre designed to showcase its research work. Funded by the Northwest Development Agency, the European Regional Development Fund and the University of Manchester, the Centre is set to open in early summer 2011.


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If anything can be said about La Cañada High School's graduating class of 2013, it's that they are utterly unafraid to let their light shine and, in doing so, make the world a brighter place.
Graduates were a sight to behold Thursday evening as they streamed enthusiastically onto the field of Spartan Stadium. The tops of their maroon and gold mortar boards were decorated with signs, symbols and pictures hinting at next steps — logos of colleges near and abroad (Vassar, Emory, Brigham Young, UCLA and UC Davis to name a few), pictures indicating travel or, in one case, an intriguing felt question mark.
PHOTOS: La Cañada High School graduation
Speakers, too, gave clues into the lives and minds of seniors, quoting pop icons Miley Cyrus and Jay-Z and the tried and true wisdom of Robert Frost and Jack Kerouac.
ASB President Amy Young reveled in admiration for rapper/producer Jay-Z, honoring him for his steadfast commitment to greatness and influence on the world, while encouraging students to stand independently.
"I'm sure everyone here today has their own Jay-Z," Young told the crowd. "Today, we politely thank those role models and tell them we'll take it from here. Class of 2013, we got 99 problems, but high school ain't no longer one of them."
Matt Jones comically took fellow grads back to seventh-grade, when backpacks were bigger than students, advising they take momentary pause from striving for future gains to bask in the ever-fleeting present.
"We're all going to look back and say these were the best times of our lives," he said. "Life's going to be fantastic. Let's just appreciate the now."
LCHS Principal Ian McFeat offered a literal appreciation of the class' accomplishments, replacing his own mortar board with an LCHS baseball cap before saying, "Now it's my turn to do a little bragging about you guys."
This year's 372 graduates maintained an average GPA of 3.8, he said, the highest being a 4.74. Among their ranks were 120 California Scholarship Federation Gold Sealbearers and three U.S. Presidential scholars.
Graduates will attend prestigious colleges all over the country, including five of eight Ivy League schools. Collectively, they'd earned $5,301,744 in scholarships.
"As a first-year principal, I couldn't think of a better class to be a principal for," McFeat concluded, introducing the ceremonial awarding of diplomas.
After the tassel change and cap toss, spectators swarmed the field, clutching flowers and balloons as they scanned the crowd. New grads broke off into groups, girls in goldenrod hugging each other and re-affixing bobby pins as boys in maroon mugged for photos, arms folded triumphantly or fists pumped into the air.
Micaela Anderson chatted with friends as she waited for family to arrive. The tall, blond girl stood even taller in high-heeled wedges, her face flushed with excitement.
"I still can't believe it's real," said Anderson, who will attend Rutgers University in the fall. "I remember thinking freshman year this is going to be forever, and now it's here and it's over. It's bittersweet, I guess."
Nearby, parents discovered sons and daughters, congratulating and embracing them heartily. Janet Fujikuni held a large, laminated image of her son, Jason, styled after a Van Gogh self-portrait, complete with head bandage. The back read, "You GOGH, Jason!"
The lifelong artist, who soon leaves for the Rhode Island School of Design, smiled and cringed a little to see the piece he'd created two years earlier writ large — he's since improved. After the ceremony, Jason Fujikuni planned to go see "Man of Steel" with some friends. How would he feel tomorrow, upon waking to find high school just a memory?
"It will be kind of nostalgic," he said, "but I'm hopeful for the future."
As the crowd dispersed toward cars, dinners and party plans, a Mylar balloon broke free from its string and rose swiftly above the melee. For a moment it glinted, catching the rays of the setting sun before disappearing into unseen heights.
SARA CARDINE may be reached by email at email@example.com.

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At Cathay Pacific, we are committed to putting the safety and well-being of our people and customers first, contributing to the communities we fly to and continually improving our environmental performance.
Below are our positions on some of the pertinent issues that are relevant to our business and stakeholders.
While Cathay Pacific supports emissions trading as one of the interim solutions to reduce aviation's emissions, we do not support the imposition of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to carriers based outside of Europe for several reasons. These include distortion of the market, additional bureaucracy and costs, but most significantly, no guarantee that revenues generated from the scheme will be directed into funding much needed climate change initiatives.
Since 2008, we have been calling for aviation emissions to be regulated under a global sectoral scheme under the United Nation's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) - as opposed to regional schemes such as the EU ETS - which we believe is more appropriate for the global nature of the industry.
In 2013, ICAO has agreed to develop the necessary building blocks towards a global market based measure in order to regulate emissions from international aviation for implementation from 2020. It is worth highlighting that this is the first comprehensive agreement on climate change for any global industry.
Nonetheless, we remain in full compliance with the EU ETS regulation but our commitment is towards seeking a global MBM solution that is fair, equitable and avoids market distortion.
Cathay Pacific supports the plan and believes the third runway is of critical importance to the long-term prosperity and well-being of the people of Hong Kong. Connectivity with the rest of the world has made Hong Kong what it is today so we must be clear on how we can maintain and grow these links to ensure the long-term competitiveness of the home hub.
While we acknowledge that aviation has an impact on the environment and climate change, the industry is working to ensure that we are also part of the solution in its commitment to achieve sustainable long-term growth, reduce its environmental impact whilst continuing to generate significant benefits for societies, tourism, world trade and economies.
Substantial reductions in global carbon emissions are urgently required to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Cathay Pacific acknowledges that:
We are already making a very positive contribution towards addressing climate change by:
We support the following:
Cathay Pacific will continue to work through the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and other industry partnerships to facilitate such action.
Our Climate Change Position has enabled us to clarify our approach towards addressing climate change through three key principles:
In 2009, Cathay Pacific joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG) - an airline-led industry working group united by the need to accelerate the commercialisation of aviation biofuels by developing robust, global sustainability criteria and best practices for the aviation biofuel markets.
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group was formed in September 2008 with support and advice from the world's leading environmental organizations such as the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels (RSB). The group is focused on accelerating the development and commercialization of sustainable aviation biofuels.
Like all SAFUG members, Cathay Pacific has signed a Sustainability Pledge, and believes that a key driver to a carbon neutral industry is advancing and adopting sustainable aviation biofuels. Sustainable aviation biofuels will perform equal to, or better than, petroleum based fuels and will have a carbon neutral lifecycle - production through use. According to the pledge, these fuels should:
To mark an important step in our increasing interest in the development and use of biofuels, in 2014, Cathay Pacific announced a strategic equity investment in a US-based biojet fuel developer pioneering in the development and commercialisation of converting municipal solid waste into low-carbon fuels.
According to Fulcrum, jet fuel produced by their waste-to-fuels process will reduce lifecycle carbon emissions when used in aircraft or road transport by more than 80% when compared to traditional fuels derived from crude oil and other fossil sources. This process also reduces the amount of municipal solid waste destined for landfill and resulting methane gas emissions.
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\Fixed teleop to work with behaviors. Teleop currently has priority over behaviors
Fixed sonar out of range bug. Max range now at 9.144 m.
Updated sonar so it broadcasts readings in mm as specified.
"Fixed" the sonar bug.
Turns out the sonar just wasn't set to on by default, so nothing was being visualized.Changed it so the sonar is on by default.We should probably make it more clear when the sonar is off.
Added services to set individual control for visualization tools.
However, there is a bug in the sonar viz for multiple scouts, looking into it now.
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
Conflicts: scout/scoutsim/src/sim_frame.cpp
Working on turning sonar on and off for robots individually.
Sepearated refresh rate for scouts and for the simulator.
Fixed teleop with new units, and changes the refresh rate to be closer to true m/s.
Fixing bugs with ghost scout (these were problems in odometry relatedto constants in the simulator and coordinate frame and theta representationin the simulator). Also made ghost scout translucent in order to differentiateit.
Conflicts: scout/scoutsim/src/scout_constants.h
Continuing work on standardization of units.
Conflicts: scout/scoutsim/src/scout.cpp scout/scoutsim/src/scout.h
Fixed sonar bug (corrected y direction)Added sonar_toggle and set_scan command and callbacksCleaned up sonar_visual toggle code
Scoutsim now has consistent units of m and m/s.
This will cause some problems.
Added toggle for Sonar. Added backsonar indicate-Sonar can be toggled under Sim -> Sonar-Front and Back onars now display most recent scan point as a green dot
Scoutsim: Added Sonar Toggle
Sonar display can now be toggled via Menu->Sim->Sonar
Edited Sonar to display points on simulator.
Changed rate of sonar scan to 0.5sMade a new wxDC graphics object for sonar
Sonar works!
Also added new testing files for sonar - maps/racetest*.bmp
Added sonar, though it looks buggy.
Use sonar_viz to continue debugging and make sonar work!
Just commented out a line of unused code.
Linesensor tested and done!
Basic line sensor readings!
Added template linesensors to scoutsim
New scout images.
Fixed up scoutsim package. Sorry.
Sonar prototypes in scoutsim package.
Added scoutsim support for encoders.
To see the query_encoders.srv (used for accessing this data) in action, use: rosrun libscout test_encoders. You will see a stream of encoder data.
Updated the licensing information in many files.
This is a broken commit because I decided to do this at a bad time. Sorry! The build will be working after next commit, I promise (and I won't push till then). This commit reflects the licensing in the files after I used my auto-add/remove script.
Got motor control working with scoutsim
Behaviors can now use the MotorControl class to change the speed of the motors in the simulator. The simulator correctly handles the command.At the moment, the set_motors command is limited to 'scout1'. We should look into prefixes to specify which scout (scout1, scout2, etc) each behavior should command....
Made a lot of changes to the general structure.
Applied object-orienting techniques to the code, cleaning it up considerably. Major design changes are as follows:
Added a template scout simulator class.
Scoutsim is modeled directly from turtlesim. At this point, the only changes are in names and indentation. A separate licensing file was also added to get rid of the junk at the top of the old turtlesim files.


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" j udu i i mu il i i ii..u thu .'. i ... non i hfcmna i ' hj 1 i t.-h . ♦ . take care of th present i uf the pi imenl b tv mid ,! " e » w nl uf itself ihi . i'hj mi anil th y often dream of th.'hj future of the m li'hj hi 111 1 li.tr m.t is i103 hj llllhvi i it . 111111 j over iii k nil i ' when 1 1 i ghoul i in come 11 111 c money lhj i hull i i tin hi'.llltll'il i i i . il i build i travels 1 w ould make a i i many kind and brave hj i 1 would do tu win fame an i powoi in hj 1 world but iila ! my dreams were it-hj i v dreams and now as a man 1 > ■• - h limit it is imt the dreams hut the .!•-. h i . 1 tli.it make up our manli i ll'akccarc ftln present 1 1.1 i.'nt|v aii'lhj i well what you have t 1 learn eaehh i day's thoroughly take care i i i honest and kind > | ■> • . 1 l tin ti nth m.lh i be iielii-'t ti l'ou nei d n tl fear tlmth i no one will know your nl deeds is h i try body i watched by the men in i i mnl they often speak i i the boys ale i of their goo i or bad ju h i many a boy has lost a line ehiine.'h im life just because the men that kin . i i him saw iiml in 11 11 ie 1 industrious i itriithfnl so they did not apeak well fl i help n i er mind the fu i itiiie take care of the present i . i i jusi what you like t ht'h im in i it it in thh truthful gen i i bo a i i i b *.•«. bs i that ( woman tl ' ffu-'.o-m bio tinier that a mrs ranking pur-h i ting to hi from k mtuckj , has i liijni hi in that town and is ovidei i i she repn ted hei self l l . i 1 anthore 1 the widow i i.i m.t . and as such soliciting aid i'i • m 1 1 1 iu f rat er 11 i ty . ' ' ' i im.i rs of i nlgi - in her iii of trawl h ipi'.is'in that -','■had . . i it i ty rally ann h • l i ie claimed to be the author of " i.i^hth l.itt.l darkness published by d apple-i it ti & ( ' ■.. phi i a the editor of the ti inos i isvi'oie t tlie publishers inqniring who theh hja ntli.it of that book was they an-wei ll i it was written by mit lizzie 1'ctitbj i this mr ranking spent a few days inl it arlotte a short time ago and avived-l li.l pretty well in duping some four eit-l bji/.'iis she behuved rather badly i hniauy then believed that she was eitherl hderattg'jil.or had some evil object in view i h c'/iai /' 1 ■) at i i 7 way they setu itin ddaware i h the georgetown del . messenger say si hia.-t week tin wife of a man in i r-l ■- 1 i tn_'!i hundred del left her hu.-hait'l.l html with a young man took up her resi-l h.iutii't in millsboro the husband madel hhis appearance tie day an > sal ilownl huptiii a log and calmly talked tie matter h . ur regarding it in all its beai ings 1 ie j he-lilt was thai the yonug man who was h possession of the wife agreed to iriv,j hjthr lawful hut injured and forsaken hu-j hjhan.l the sum of seven dollars aud a tl"g hj : iti si fe thus si 1 - the difficult ainll hj inji-i ii business compromised t ti,.j hj ion of ail parties concernedl hj 1 : 1 . 1 tiie former husband all 1 t title i hjaiitl claim in favor of the lover took hisl hjlenai tare iuuuediately i bbj . -♦■• i hj small poi i ie w inn boro s ( '. i hjl state thul case oil h nail i ' it town a stranger stop-l hj . w'innsboro 1 intel on 1 1 hj j it ihf 8th too unwed to proceed fur hit.-r a physician prouounced his list 1 hj-itiall pox whereupon a panic i hj iii/.i'n uii.l the exercises of mount zion h-.'i i were discontinued the lie h-ts that the disease is cou fined to one hjp.irtieiil.ir house and verj pi perly n hjiiiaik that tin if -- 1 ■1 .:, for an hj hj /' tit thy h h - hj llicll lie h hj t with thy inighi hj hj hj ' h . hands fin hjii i-s.-is lay l'i ii-'ra i iml kind ih h i hi le who hj-s it'll the arrival h tpportuiiity will i . a h ling 1 entire meaning to do hi 1 not doing 1 j ! i-i the tame h not i and - lying h i ipi - ' ii it ork h - • - the will h lekud by thu h al iiiij .- ain despisoi h . h . h hj h h r - hi tank tin ll : i|t hal h hal t an'tdo ll itiiol i a i/7./.h h bj i bjflj i ■bbj h h bj has bj bh bj i bjb i h hi bj i i bji h hi fl i.i | tiro h i mm i v t [ can h i a ii st ,- al i h i h i • •♦. . i jin 1 .,. a i!n-fljj i wishing to puzzle an old milesian one i i the wise men of greece proposed to i i im rapid successiou the following diiliciiiflb questions iln phiftisophcr replied i ithi'iu iill without the least hesitation i ill i road era can judge lor themselves bj i what is the oldest of all things h i god — because he always existed h i what is tin iii > — r beautiful '. i the world because it io the work bj i what is the greatest of all things 1 i i space it contains all tli.it iflj i what is the quickest of rail things • hj i tlioilifilt beeail.-e iii i moment t call ills l'i llll h i what is the strongest 1 h i necessity heenii-e il milked men tuetflj lull tin dangers of lite h i what is the most difficult 1 h i to know thyself h i what is the must constant of all tilings h i ii ipi because it still remains walih 1 1 iki'i alter he has lost everything else h i a sad death — an intrusting dnughs iter of mr and mrs w v iv'eiier i wlm-ih ifnneral takes place this afternoon caunh it her death under very distressing un<flj b-iincwhat remarkable circumstances al blew day ago he pierced her foot with i b-|'linler causing ut the time hut tdighflj flpain ; in a day er two inflammation eul b-ued and iiii yesterday she died t tetanu-bj bl.a-t friday she was at bci i and full nil blil'e and hope as the gayest of her i bpaiii'iii a ad and startling illustration i the uncertainty of life — augusta l i louii vapoleonandhix old ci i i — there has just come off before the civil itri'.iiinal i paris a trial whi fl bullppres-e.l here as napoleon 111 is infl it'act the defendant in l^il he s uighifl it raise money in london by the issue i 1-,'i'ip based en tlie recovery of q i nb lll"iten-e his mother's pi iperty c"iiti-b i in l-l.'i very few ol these cortiti-b bj es were negotiable hut two i'.el^ne.jj h ■'!-. ue cooij and i i el i i possessi i of a certain amount they i brought their action to recover the moi b i tribunal decreed that louis nap hin london could not give away what he i , i not and that by a decree of the 2 1st bj-lainiary l-.v the bonaparte family had i i meed all claims of any family iuhori bjtam'e whatever plaintiffs non-suited bj paris trresfi ina bj j'fft i'kon and hin fiddl the wi tei bj i i have excelled in playing upon that in i i in 1770 li bjua burnt mr jefferson used to tell iti i <" : i ears with ane dote c m bj in the ii re ile w i front hu line when ii nccurre in 1 u slave ar li ived out ol ireal ll inform him ol bjdi t-ter after lenrti the general des hi i e i : uul i ii v ived i n i ii is i \'. i i saved h lilt m'.n;|i livkii inviuuiiatoii bj h i r will hj ml , i i \ k ll i hj hj h hj hj hjj under t»ur hjj i u hj - hj i i i i hjj hj i i i ' urnal cincinnati tt^m rum i is m ui mini nr it i reported that one of our farm ers in tin neighborhood of nashville has this fall after making a large a mount of cider and vinegar from his orchard sold ihe balance of his applet it ii t'u yorker litr 000 nri'l the v yorker claims that ho will realize i thousand dollars by the operation wo suppose there is little doubt of his being iilili to do it the orch ard consists of some 6,000 trees that have just come into bearing the enterprising proprietor has twelve thousand trees already set out and will boon have an orchard that will yield him an immense revenue < mo hundred acres of orchard will contain some six thousand trees and they will j ield enough the sixth year alter planting to pay all expenses of trees planting ami cultivation whon in lull bearing they will furnish some three barrels uf apples to the tree ev ery other year if the orchard is on an of our railroads the apples will net two dollars a barrel or six dol lars to the tree wlliell will he equal to three dollars to the tree every year thus we see the handsome animal in miiiie from loo acres or an orchard of 6,000 trees ol eighteen thousand dollars it those statements are exag gerated by one-half it will be seen at a glance thai nothing promises half so well lint there are a thousand facts thai pro i tins estimate below instead of above the reality tennessee has a position among her bister slate that enables her to supply iln in with many valuable things hut the day will come when her i'ruil ami vintage will he one of her niosi pleasant and profitable re sourees and the market cannot be overstocked — homestead tobacco — earliest and best mode of 11 isim plants to raise tobacco plants early and successfully is a great secret people often fail to get early plants because they do not take sufficent pains tn pot in the tobacco seed j nor do they make their beds in the rii:ht location and put them in a suitable condition for the rapid growth of the plant a tobacco seed seems to he slow to sta rt unless you resort to the most in genious means to lone it to swell and sprout the earliest and perhaps the best mode of raising tobacco plants is as follows : prepare a bed 10 feet long and 10 feet wide in a warm place where the sun will help to enliven the soil pulverize the ground thoroughly ami deeply ami in the meantime work in line manure free from foul seeds so that weeds will not collie up a mong ihe plants rake down the sur face of the bed smoothly and nicely ami after you have thus perfected a kind of hot bed — not at all experts i - to make — ami when you are sat i in 1 that the ground is warm or in ha satisfactory state to receive the h-ti'd sow it on the bed at the rate hof three ounces tor a plat of ground l'>l the above size but before sowing iiii ctd prepare it in the following hinuumr i'ut three or four ounces iii ii i i i i-l 1 1 u made woolen bag moist hen it with warm water ami then hli;iiiu r it up behind the stove in a warm hi "< ii i in it will soon begin to show hjsiirn of sprouting it should be i iii bed : and having found out that hit is about to germinate by its swollen hcomlitioii ami other indications bow hit on your bed in connection with ii w 1 1 or three quarts of dry anil or iln , ir meal the surface of the bed h-i i i iiiltl be pressed down with a heavy hjplank before sowing seed and never hjrake in tobacco seed but after von i i vi distributed it evi nly over your hjplat uf ground either mil it in with hi hundred pound roller made for the hjpurpo-e or tread n in with your fei t hjsoiue pre it in w lib a plank about libe 15th or jllib of april is the time i'.n'i should sow your seed it the hltouiui is pie ably warm some sow hjearli r and some sow later first of hj.m.uch in the south hj si bdivide the cattle wins — hln regard lo the necessity for such hj division of cuttle yards as will hjetpial opportunities to the animals it oiifuicd their in tor progress and im i i om-iiii in the prairie farmer says hj •• large and small animals are liuiii tl in promiscuously logctber,aud hjcmt farmer knows that the larger hones are very ferocious and domin h coring towards those much inferior llmi careful not to provoki tin wrath hoi'-mlia are nearly equal turn hj ibo-e logi ther that are of a similur h-i/.e and they will be more quiet h calves generally are too inui h neg i lilted ami collie out iii ill llllll | 1 1 1 1 \ i u the spring
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As you will find out, many people aren't worth your time arguing with. I haven't had anybody act offended because I said I didn't share their opinion on god. I have had one person quote Ken Ham once. I didn't pay much attention to him after that. Once you understand that you and a theist accept a different premise, you will understand that there is no logical discourse that can occur between the two of you. Ridicule and logical fallacies are only good for influencing the uneducated or weak minded. That is OK when playing a number's game. But those individuals still don't count for much.
"But it is not acceptable to tell me as an Atheist I have no morals, I lack the ability to love unless I follow the teachings of god!"
The best response to this accusation is "That may be the case for you." And then, you end the conversation there. I would also end any contact with such an individual since they clearly lack moral integrity .
As you might also find, you can still be shunned, harassed, and yes murdered even in supposedly modern USA.
There are ways to be open about being an atheist without drawing such fire. I would note in the Eighties, when I lived in Virginia Beach and ran a pagan and free-thinking bulletin board, my home was picketed and my wife and baby son's lives threatened.
Times haven't changed much.
I think that is exactly right. There are armies on earth, right now, killing in the name of Christianity. Not 500 years ago. Not 50 years ago. Today. To quote Jesus, they need to remove the plank from their own eye before they can see clearly to help us get the speck of sawdust out of ours.
I do not. I have better things to do with my time than picket people's homes, and issuing death threats is so passé.
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Wall Street Grunt needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 47 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Looking for a design for an e-book that is consistent with the "look" of our first e-book. The first e-book can be found at http://www.RestrainingOrder911.com. This will the second e-book in a series of 6. Get this job and you will probably get the rest.
Kids Come First Coalition
I would like the graphics for an e-book cover that is suitable for the topic of child support. The look and feel should be consistent with the look and feel of our first book found at http://www.RestrainingOrder911.com The book should convey the emotional bond between a father and his children. I am looking to maximize the emotional impact the book topic covers.
I am looking for the book to recognizable as one of theseries we are producing on family law matters. Other than that, you have broad range to come up with what you can.
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Death and the Civil War: American Experience Producer/director Ric Burns draws from the book This Republic of Suffering by historian and Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust to explore the implications of the war's staggering and unprecedented death toll. The mortalities transformed hundreds of thousands of individual lives - North and South - and the nation itself, leaving scars still visible. The film examines the war's increasingly lethal years and concludes with a section on postwar efforts toward reburial and remembrance.G
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Teaching Channel Teaching Channel presents a few imaginative and engaging K-12 classrooms that will leave you inspired. Join the "Mouse Squad" as they fix technological problems around the school. See a teacher with a passion for reading show students how to dive right into their books, and learn more about adjusting to the changes in the new Common Core State Standards. D
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Mechanical Universe And Beyond, The "Integration" Newton and Leibniz arrive at the conclusion that differentiation and integration are inverse processes. D
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Democracy In America "Constitution: Fixed Or Flexible?" This program examines the search for balance between the original Constitution and the need to interpret and adjust it to meet the needs of changing times. It explains the original Jeffersonian-Madisonian debate, the concept of checks and balances, and the stringent procedures for amending the Constitution. D
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Cuadros (Paintings)" This episode covers physical descriptions and features the paintings of El Greco, Velazquez and Goya.G
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Power Yoga: Mind and Body "Hips - Version Two" With Baddha Konasana, Supta Baddha Konasana, Pigeon, Vrkshasana, and others. D
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Clifford The Big Red Dog "To Catch A Bird/The Best Party Ever" To Catch a Bird - When Jetta's trophy and locket are missing, all fingers and paws point to Emily - all of them except for Clifford's! The dogs, led by Clifford, finally prove Emily didn't steal anything, and Clifford learns the value of having faith in a friend. The Best Party Ever - Jetta ridicules Emily for not planning enough exciting activities for her birthday party, so Charley convinces Emily not to invite her. But Emily realizes that Jetta's feelings were hurt and invites her after all. D
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Arthur "Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain/Thanks A lot, Binky" Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain - Fern can't wait to climb Moose Mountain so that she can have exciting adventures like Zutzut, the famous comic-book hero! But Francine is assigned to be her hiking buddy and the two girls fight all the way up the trail. Will Fern and Francine be able to work together and weather some unexpected challenges? Thanks a Lot, Binky - Binky decides to become "No More Mr. Nice Guy" after not getting thanked for saving Rattles from a dangerous stunt. After all, if he's not going to be appreciated, why bother doing any good deeds? But then one day he's shown what life would be like without any acts of kindness . D
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Martha Speaks "Martha Bakes/Martha Makes Scents" Martha Bakes - Helen is sad when her drawing doesn't win the art competition, so Mom decides to bake her a cake to cheer her up. Martha Makes Scents - Always on the lookout for a way to avoid bathing, Martha decides TD's dad OG should invent a perfume that will cover up her doggy scent.G
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Curious George "Downhill Racer/Book Monkey" Downhill Racer - When George hears about the annual soapbox derby, he enlists Allie to help him make the coolest car a monkey could drive. But even with the help of Bill's instruction manual, building a car takes a lot of work and car parts sure are hard to find. Will their car made out of wagon wheels, a kayak, and brakes from a buggy race past the finish line or are they on a crash course? Book Monkey - George loves books and helping others, so volunteering to help the librarian is a no-brainer! But when she is called away, George may have volunteered for a bigger job than he expected. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "A Sweet Deal/King of Swing" A Sweet Deal - Sally and Nick are having a hard time getting customers to come to their "cafe". What can they do? The Cat takes them to meet Eddy the honeyguide bird. Eddy shows them how he guides humans to bees' nests by making noise and putting on a show. D
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Super Why! "The City Mouse and the Country Mouse" Whyatt's big brother Jack is going off to college, and Whyatt is going to miss him so much! The super readers jump into the tale of two mice brothers who live far away from each other. They journey with the mice from the bustling city to the quiet country, only to find that the best solution to their problem doesn't mean losing the comforts of home. Educational Objectives: To learn about visiting someone. D
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Dinosaur Train "Dinosaur Camouflage/Family Scavenger Hunt" Dinosaur Camouflage - Buddy and Tiny meet a shy dinosaur, Leslie Lesothosaurus, who is very good at hiding. The kids end up persuading Leslie to stop hiding, and come out to play with them. Scavenger Hunt - The Pteranodon family travels to the Big Pond for a Scavenger Hunt. D
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Sesame Street "Camping Show" Chris and Elmo are excited to be camping in the woods! They unpack their camping supplies and take out two sleeping bags and two canteens. One sleeping bag and canteen for each of them. Next, they take out four hotdogs and marshmallows. D
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Daniel's Babysitter/Daniel Goes to School" Daniel's Babysitter - Prince Tuesday comes to babysit Daniel Tiger while Mom Tiger and Dad Tiger go out dancing. As Daniel gets ready for bed, he misses his Mom and Dad, but Prince Tuesday reminds him that they will be back soon. And when Tigey goes missing right before bedtime, Daniel learns what a grr-ific babysitter Prince Tuesday is. D
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Sid The Science Kid "The Whale Episode" Sid is troubled.he wants to know how to measure a giant blue whale with his ruler. At school he learns a great new way to measure just about anything -- using the method of non-standard measurement! Sid learns how to accurately measure things with shoes, blocks, and even people!. D
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WordWorld "There's An Ant In Every Giant/Chef Sheep" There's an Ant in Every Giant - When Ant grows tired of being the smallest WordFriend in Word World, he adds a G-I to his tiny frame and changes from ANT to GIANT. However, he soon realizes that he can be Word World's biggest hero when he's just tiny Ant. Chef Sheep - When Pig gets a bowl stuck on his face, Sheep must take over his cooking show. D
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Caillou "Caillou Helps Out" Everyone's lending a helping hand today. Caillou plans a surprise birthday party for Grandpa with Grandma's help. He and Grandma get everything ready, and Grandpa is very surprised and very happy. D
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Barney & Friends "The New Kid and Grandpa's Visit" The New Kid: When Riff meets a new friend in the park, BJ feels a little left out. BJ goes to great lengths to try to find a new friend for himself. Barney helps BJ see that we don't have to forget old friends when we make new ones. D
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Thomas & Friends "Let It Snow" The Christmas Tree Express - Rheneas is very excited when he finds out that there are Christmas trees on Misty Island and wants to bring one back to the Blue Mountain Quarry before the other engines wake up. He asks Toby to take him to Misty Island. On Misty Island, Toby wants to travel slowly, but Rheneas is excited and in a hurry. D
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Curious George "Downhill Racer/Book Monkey" Downhill Racer - When George hears about the annual soapbox derby, he enlists Allie to help him make the coolest car a monkey could drive. But even with the help of Bill's instruction manual, building a car takes a lot of work and car parts sure are hard to find. Will their car made out of wagon wheels, a kayak, and brakes from a buggy race past the finish line or are they on a crash course? Book Monkey - George loves books and helping others, so volunteering to help the librarian is a no-brainer! But when she is called away, George may have volunteered for a bigger job than he expected. D
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Martha Speaks "Martha Bakes/Martha Makes Scents" Martha Bakes - Helen is sad when her drawing doesn't win the art competition, so Mom decides to bake her a cake to cheer her up. Martha Makes Scents - Always on the lookout for a way to avoid bathing, Martha decides TD's dad OG should invent a perfume that will cover up her doggy scent.G
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The Electric Company "A Whole New Francine" Francine decides to be a nicer person, but is it just a ploy to get invited into The Electric Company?. D
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WordGirl "Wham Up/Seeds of Doubt" Wham Up - The Whammer is on a mission to become WordGirl's new sidekick. When he whams Captain Huggy Face into outer space WordGirl must find a way to rescue Huggy and put the Whammer back in the slammer. Vocabulary Words: Assist, Blunder. D
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Wild Kratts "Octopus Wildkratticus" When Martin accidentally knocks Aviva's creature power suits into a deep Arctic trench, the Martin and Chris dive down in search of them in Aviva's newly invented Octopod submarine. Science Concepts: An Octopus can use ink, jet propulsion, tentacle regeneration, and camouflage in order to escape or hide when in danger. Each feature has an important function for survival. D
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Cyberchase "Cool It" The kids discover the importance of a standard unit of measure, while trying to save Motherboard.G
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Mission Improbable" Ruff sends the FETCHers to Washington D.C. for training to become secret agents. D
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Nightly Business Report From China to Japan to Europe there are fresh signs of slowing economies and they are raising new worries about global growth. NBR's Susie Gharib speaks with ConvergEx's Nicholas Colas. The American government borrows billions of dollars from China. D
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Doc Martin "Always On My Mind" Phil Pratt accuses Martin of killing his wife Helen, then in the wake of a farm accident, Pratt himself must rely on the doctor. A new teacher has trouble with her hands, and things are looking up for PC Mylow on the romance front.G
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Outdoor Idaho "Pathways of Pioneers" For emigrants bound for a land of opportunity, the Oregon Trail was the corridor to their dreams. This great migration west left Idaho a grand legacy, which we explore in this hour-long program. Massacre Rocks, Soda Springs, Big Hill, Three Island Crossing - these historic landmarks take on new meaning through the eyes of modern-day pioneers.G
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Midsomer Murders "Dead Man's Eleven (Part 2)" Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Troy gradually find themselves caught up in a succession of sinister murders. Part 2 of 2G
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POV "I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful" Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme has created a vibrant character study of the courage and resiliency of a fearless matriarch and civil rights activist. He tells an intimate account of Parker's five-year crusade to rebuild her neon-green house, her church, her community and her life in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward following Hurricane Katrina.G
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Red ink vanishes: School board told projected deficit now a surplus
After struggling to close an anticipated shortfall of nearly $2 million in its current budget, the Board of Education got some good news Monday night.
There is now a projected surplus of $293,000 in this year's budget and an anticipated $382,000 surplus in the spending package proposed for the 2014-15 fiscal year, based on updated financial data concerning medical claims for January and February released late Friday on the health insurance fund account.
"We no longer have a cash deficit, but instead have a projected cash surplus," said school board Chairwoman Elaine Whitney.
But with a Board of Finance budget hearing on the proposed education budget scheduled Thursday, the board members Monday had a hard time trying to figure out whether to pursue the special allocation it had requested for what they thought, after adjustments, would be a $355,009 shortfall in the current budget.
After several hours of discussion and debate, the board voted unanimously to ask the finance board to defer its initial $1,088,709 appropriation request.
Whitney had asked Elio Longo, the school system's business manager, if he had "a high level of confidence" in the updated data. "Yes, very high," Longo said.
But board member Karen Kleine said she wanted "to make sure we don't act too quickly on this new data."
"What if 30 days from now, the amount changes?" she added. "I think we can wait for more data."
"We don't need to ask for an appropriation if the numbers are accurate," said member Paul Block.
At one point he asked, "Can you tell me how we miscalculated what we thought was a $2 million (dollar) issue?"
Block also said the school district should "tap into" the town's $22 million reserve, if needed, to cover any shortfalls. He added the board has been spending too much time on this one issue -- the health insurance fund -- and not enough time on students. "Can't we focus on education?" he said. "Let's make this simple."
Whitney had made a motion early in the three-hour-long meeting to cut the special allocation by $681,384 and request $407,325 instead of the $1.088 million, in order to reflect the updated projected surplus, rather than a deficit.
Debate ended with members in agreement to ask the finance board to defer action on the allocation for now. The board also decided not to make any changes to its $110.32 million operating budget proposed for fiscal year 2014-15, keeping it as is. That proposed budget is $6.1 million, or 5.9 percent, more than the current spending package.
Superintendent of Schools Elliot Landon said Monday that in his 15 years with the school system there had never been a problem with the health insurance account. He said what happened in this fiscal year is a one-time aberration caused by "extraordinary claims," and because those claims kept "drawing down on the reserve that the BOE had built up over years."
The Board of Finance is scheduled to discuss the proposed education budget for 2014-15 when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Town Hall.


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Prison in future for Stamford hedge fund manager
Judge allows Stamford man convicted of fraud to change lawyers
In a life full of uncertainties, Francisco Illarramendi can be assured of one thing -- federal prison is looming in his future.
And it will come Jan. 25, either in the form of a sentence or a bond revocation.
Illaramendi, a multi-millionaire Stamford hedge fund manager, pleaded guilty March 7, 2011, to wire, securities and investment adviser fraud, as well as a conspiracy charge in connection with a massive Ponzi scheme that cost investors, particularly Venezuelan pension fund investors, more than $500 million.
U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill made it clear Wednesday that Illarramendi is going to prison, even though the judge granted his request to change lawyers.
"I'm happy to give anybody as much time as they want to prepare for a sentencing," Underhill told Illarramendi, "provided its not a vehicle to delay."
The judge then offered Illarramendi, 44, and the owner of the Michael Kenwood Capital Management Group in Stamford, the opportunity to "go into custody and spend as much time as you need."
That comment caught Illarramendi off guard. With his attention now captured, Illarramendi, a New Canaan resident, swung his head around to protest to his soon-to-be replaced lawyer, Alex Hernandez, a former federal prosecutor who supervised the U.S. Attorney's office in Bridgeport.
Moments earlier, Hernandez had asked Underhill to replace him, citing a conflict of interest and a breakdown in communications with his client.
That brought Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Murphy to his feet charging that this was another attempt by Illarramendi "to put off his sentencing as long as possible."
Documents filed in the case identify the Kenwood Group's Short Term Liquidity, Venezuela and Special Opportunities funds as having been used in the criminal activity. Three associates already pleaded guilty and were sentenced.
The investigation is ongoing, and focusing on Venezuelan officials and a former pension manager at government-owned Petroleos de Venzuela SA.
Previously, U.S. Attorney David Fein said "while the precise dollar losses will not be known for some time ... we believe this case represents the largest white-collar prosecution ever brought by this office."
Illarramendi is fighting his battles in two different federal courts. While the criminal case is pending before Underhill, U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton is presiding over a civil action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC accused Illarramendi of illegally transferring $53 million in assets without prior shareholder approval.
The federal probe, with which Illaramendi cooperated, determined that he created fraudulent documents, including a bogus debt instrument, a letter from an investment bank acknowledging a $30 million line of credit and a false asset verification letter. That letter claimed one of his funds had $275 million in assets stemming from loans owed by Venezuelan companies.
Last August, $793,117 of Illarramendi's assets, which included a $637,576 Connecticut tax refund, were frozen as part of the civil case. As a result, he said he could no longer afford a private lawyer.
On Wednesday, Underhill granted Illarramendi's latest request to change attorneys. The judge temporarily appointed Paul Thomas, an assistant U.S. public defender.
Thomas accepted the assignment short-term, but begged off representing him long term citing two lengthy criminal trials he is preparing to defend. Underhill said he would appoint another lawyer next week.
"On Jan. 25 at 10 a.m., we will either sentence you or take up the government's motion to revoke your bail," Underhill told Illarramendi.