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Is attacking Ukraine's power grid a war crime?
1st December, 2022 04:30:29 PM
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Russia's fre`quent and widespread attacks on Ukraine's power infrastructure have plunged millions of people into darkness, depriving them of heat, power and water just as winter arrives and temperatures drop below zero.
Many Ukrainian and Western leaders quickly condemned the strikes as war crimes because of the harm done to the civilian population. But attacks on energy grids have long been part of warfare - so is Russia's strategy a violation of international law?
With certain limitations, parts of a country's electrical grid can be considered legitimate targets if they are used to power military facilities.
This is true even if the targets have a civilian as well as a military purpose, so long as destroying the object would "offer a definite military advantage".
Iraq's energy infrastructure was attacked by US forces in 1991 - a strategy that has been heavily criticised. Nato forces also targeted the power grid in Serbia in 1999. In both cases, the civilian population was affected by the resulting power outages.
In fact, there may be times when neutralising a military facility by taking out its power supply is preferable to hitting the facility directly with missiles or artillery.
"Would I rather deprive part of the civilian population of electricity for a limited period, rather than risk killing civilians because of the collateral effects of using kinetic weapons? Yeah, I would think so," Michael Schmitt - professor emeritus at the US Naval War College - told the BBC.
Russia denies intentionally targeting civilians, and has sought to justify its attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure as strikes against the "military command system of Ukraine and related energy facilities", according to a defence ministry statement on 18 November.
However, even when an object is a legitimate military target, there are still limits on when and how it can be attacked.
"The state has an obligation under international humanitarian law (IHL) to choose a target or a tactic that will cause less damage to civilians. Less death and less injury, but still fulfilling the military advantage," Dr Maria Varaki from King's College War Studies department told the BBC.
Civilian deaths and injury caused by attacks on military targets are not necessarily violations of international law. But the principle of proportionality must be applied, which says that the harm to civilians should not be excessive in relation to the military advantage gained. Parties must also take "constant care" to spare the civilian population and civilian property.
In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said after strikes on cities in November that 10 million people had been left without electricity and that half of the country's power capacity had been knocked out. Six million were still without power by Thursday night, he added.
At a certain point, says Prof Schmitt, "the civilian harm is so severe that you just can't pull the trigger".
The sort of advantage gained by an attack is also a factor when considering whether it is a violation of IHL.
"Demoralising people, terrorising people, is not considered to be an acceptable military advantage," Dr Varaki explains. In fact, she says, the opposite is true: "Terrorising the civilian population is considered to be a war crime."
As well as Russia's insistence that it is targeting only military objects, the Kremlin has hinted that there is another reason for the strikes - persuading Kyiv to talk.
"The unwillingness of the Ukrainian side to settle the problem, to start negotiations, its refusal to seek common ground - this is their consequence," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
An attacking force may hope that destroying the civilian power grid will lower the morale of the enemy, but that is not enough to justify the attack under international law. There must also be a concrete military advantage before the attack is deemed legal.
The sheer scope and scale of Russia's attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure make it unlikely that they can all be justified in that way, says Prof Schmitt.
"We're at a point now where they're hitting so many targets that I can't imagine they're picking power infrastructure that qualifies as a military objective in every case."
As a former US Air Force targeting officer, Prof Schmitt also doubts that Russia is fully validating every object it attacks - another requirement of IHL.
"You just can't conduct operations of that intensity and that frequency across an entire nation and have done your required verification of targets," he explains.
With that in mind, Prof Schmitt believes it is now "pretty clear" that Russia's main motivation, at least in some attacks, is to "terrorise the civilian population".
Whatever Russia's exact reason for targeting the power grid, Dr Varaki says it has not previously shown a commitment to minimising civilian harm.
"You can identify a general pattern that the Russian army has not been fully concerned by civilian deaths," she argues.
By 28 November, Russia had hit more than 200 separate targets relating to Ukraine's energy infrastructure, according to the defence minister. Millions were without power, and electricity usage was restricted in over a dozen regions.
But despite that, Prof Schmitt says that if Russia hopes to demoralise the population, the tactic is unlikely to work.
"Historically there is no reason to believe the Ukrainian morale will break... [Putin] is hardening the resolve against Russia to stay the fight. This is a strategic miscalculation."
So has Russia violated international law? Any future legal process would have to first consider if the huge number of targets could all be considered legitimate military objects.
Even if they are, the harm done to the civilian population in attacking them should not be excessive in relation to the concrete advantage gained. And that advantage must be military in nature - terrorising the population is not a legitimate reason to launch an attack.
Russia and Ukraine are both parties to Additional Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, where many of these rules are defined. It remains to be seen whether Russia will ever have to explain how its actions comply with those rules.
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The Revolution in the Orchard
Sarah Syverson
On a balmy Wednesday morning in August, Joe Buckel, Sutcliffe Vineyard's vintner, and Sam Perry, local orchard wizard, are bottling up their first combined batch of hard cider pressed from the fruit of apple orchards scattered around Montezuma County. Some apples come from Joe's own backyard trees. Pulling cider from an oak barrel into glass bottles through small clear tubing, the guys work quietly and precisely with co-workers Jesus and David, occasionally cracking jokes while carefully watching cider levels in each vessel. The sound of country music plays in the background. They are doing a secondary fermentation process. Four sets of hands touch each cider bottle from barrel to locking the cap in this step of the process, never mind the growing, picking, crushing and first round of fermentation.
Perry, who has researched cider tree collections across the country, has 700 newly-grafted apple trees sitting in pots waiting to go into the ground this fall. Cider orchards take 5 to 7 years before they produce any actual fruits. Then there is the harvest, crushing, fermenting, and bottling, which can take an additional year or more. Both Perry and Buckel are clearly in it for the long haul. If there were an Olympic race in patience, they would tie for the gold medal.
The art of cider making has been around since homesteaders first carted their wagons over the mountains headed west in search of new territories. Orchards were one of the first things planted and were generally from seed. Planting from seed meant most of the apples were "spitters," meaning they tasted terrible when eaten fresh, but rocked as hard cider. And hard cider was an easy way to put up the apple harvest. Wild fermentations could easily be created with the apples on hand and a little sugar or honey. The result was a drink safer than water and certainly more fun to consume. Mid-winter, when things were looking bitter and bleak, homesteaders could roll out a barrel of hard cider and life turned merry and bright in quick order.
Unfortunately, Prohibition put a stop to homesteaders' merry cider making. According to Natasha Geiling's article in Smithsonian Magazine (November 2014), "During Prohibition, apple trees that produced sour, bitter apples used for cider were often chopped down by FBI agents." This practice wiped out most American cider orchards and the industry never really recovered. Until now.
According to Jeff Schwartz, owner of Big B's Hard Ciders out of Paonia, Colorado, the first gathering of the US Association of Cider Makers in 2010 hosted a mere 40 people. By 2016, there were well over 1000 in attendance – a quantum leap in the cider industry and a clear indication of where things are headed.
Dusty Teal of Teal Cider in Dolores, Colorado, has a strong sense that Montezuma County "could be home to the next Napa Valley [of hard cider]." All the vintners that are rising to the surface will readily tell you that the world has not seen cider like what is and will be coming out of Montezuma County and Roaring Fork Valley barrels. There is a special convergence of old, rare apple varieties, a climate that is pre-destined to grow great apples, and award-winning cider makers. Pair that ensemble with a growing foodie culture that appreciates local cider artists and orchardists creating veritable Rembrandts in a bottle and one starts to look at those roadside apple trees in a whole new light. Is that the next Picasso of cider trees? Certainly Sam Perry with his 700 trees gathered from across the nation starts to look like a modern-day Johnny Appleseed.
In terms of taste, there's many a palate that would turn up its nose at the thought of hard cider. Most consumers have only tried sugary mass-produced versions. In truth, a realm of locally-crafted possibilities awaits interested palates from dry to sweet along with a plethora of flavor profiles. It is as varied and diverse as the vintners, orchardists, apple trees and terroir (environmental conditions) that create it.
So what are the ingredients to a successful cider? According to Mancos vintner Daniel MacNeill, it's about being "personally connected to the whole process." He says, "Only 30% of cider makers nationally grow their own fruit." Clearly the Southwest is an exception to that statistic. Most local vintners are co-creating with orchardists, and in some cases are orchardists themselves. That personal relationship results in a passion and intimacy that becomes one of the main ingredients in the cider. MacNeill works with Mancos Valley orchardist Sara Miller to create ciders from her rare and diverse heritage orchard. MacNeill's Cider House will open in Durango in the late winter/early spring of 2017.
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Beyond the vital connection to local apple orchards and orchardists, Big B's owner Jeff Schwartz attributes part of his hard cider success to a focus on creating "American Farmstead Hard Cider" flavor profiles. Instead of trying to mimic English or Spanish styles of hard cider, Schwartz creates hard ciders that are unique to America and the Southwest. That means combining regional apple varieties that are available seasonally with other ingredients such as sour pie cherries, hops, pears or apricots, among other options. The soil and climate of the region influence the flavors, and the fermentation and aging processes continue developing unique profiles.
Walk into Big B's Cider House tasting room and you'll see a lineup of more than a dozen medals the family has received since they began seriously producing hard ciders 6 years ago with Head Cider Maker Shawn Larson. Over that time, they've developed more than eight flavor profiles from a crisp, dry Grizzly Brand Hard Cider aged in used bourbon barrels to their Cherry Daze Cider that is beautifully tart with a soft reveal of cherry tones.
If there is a dark underbelly to the art of cider, it is in the multitude of details that can turn a potentially exquisite drink into a bottle of vinegar or a mess of discombobulated flavors. From orchard crop failures, ingredient choices and types of yeasts added at the start to bottling techniques, length of fermentation, oxygen seepage, exploding bottles and temperature variations, anything can go wrong at any time. Ask the vintners about these issues and they'll say that it's part of the game you play when you sign up to make hard cider. Failure is just another notch on your apple tree of experience; an opportunity to empty the bottles and try again.
Martha Teal, vintner for Teal Cider, readily admits that her first batch of cider was unpalatable. But that's just part of the learning curve. The Teals, along with friend and co-vintner Jared Scott, have been blending hard ciders since 2012 from their orchard stock of heritage tree antiquity varieties that date back as far as the 1700s. Their bottles of High, Rim Rider, and Rockslide Ciders won the prestigious Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition bronze medals. And they haven't even opened for business yet.
There's something spectacularly unique and extraordinary in the burgeoning regional hard cider movement. Beyond the exceptional orchards and terroir that cider makers can pull from and the techniques they use to get from orchard to bottle, a supportive camaraderie among vintners and orchardists about the craft from start to finish is present. Fellow cider makers help each other with storage needs, bottling days, loaning yeast mixtures, and perhaps most importantly, discussing the highs and lows of their cider making experiences. Something in that kind of unified action speaks to the quality of the cider.
These are people who care about the craft. They want to make a great cider. MacNeill says, "I just make everything with love. That's what's going on." You get the feeling that each individual cider speaks tones to its vintners, orchardists and the orchards themselves. Their moods, dreams and aspirations are bottled up for you to taste and ponder. And that kind of liquid alchemy is priceless.
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Earth may be close to the warmest it has been in the last million years, especially in the part of the Pacific Ocean where potentially violent El Nino weather patterns are born, climate scientists reported on Monday.
This doesn't necessarily mean there will be more frequent El Ninos--which can disrupt normal weather around the world--but it could well mean that these wild patterns will be stronger when they occur, said James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City.
The El Nino phenomenon is an important factor in monitoring global warming, according to a paper by Hansen and colleagues published in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
El Ninos can push temperatures higher than they might ordinarily be. This happened in 1998 when a so-called "super El Nino" helped heat the Earth to a record high.
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An aptasensor has been designed to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva - 20.12.21
An aptasensor has been designed to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva
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Scientists at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed the first photo-electrochemical aptasensor that detects the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a saliva sample. This sensor, which uses aptamers (a type of artificial antibody), is more sensitive that antigen-based sensors and detects the virus more quickly and cheaply than PCR tests. These new devices can be incorporated into portable diagnostic systems and are easy to use.
The new aptasensor has a wide range of sensitivity to different virus concentrations. It is thus capable of detecting concentrations below 0.5 nanomolars (nM), typical in patients who have not yet developed COVID symptoms, as well as working at higher concentrations (up to 32 nM), so it could provide clinical practices with an extra tool for monitoring the progress of infection in patients.
It would be used in a similar way to current antigen sensors: a sample of the patient's saliva is dissolved in a buffer solution and then placed on to the sensor's surface. The measurement would be available in a few minutes. "The advantage over current antigen-based sensors is the greater sensitivity and specificity of the photo-electrochemical sensor measurements, which are comparable to more complex measurements, such as those from fluorescence-based sensors, and they are simpler, cheaper, and faster than PCR-based sensors," says the research's lead author, Mahmoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi, CONEX-Plus researcher at the UC3M's Department of Electronic Technology.
The science behind the aptasensor A photo-electrochemical sensor can be likened to a solar cell or the process of photosynthesis: in both cases, given the presence of light (photons), a specific material (or molecule) is able to generate an electrical current (electrons). "In our case, we used a surface that contains graphitic carbon nitride-cadmium sulphide quantum dots (C3N4-CdS) with photoactive properties. It is on this surface that a specific receptor is immobilised in such a way that, in the presence of the target molecule, it binds to the bioreceptor, thereby reducing the current generation associated with the presence of light. On this particular sensor, the bioreceptor used is an aptamer that is capable of interacting with the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, hence the name photo-electrochemical aptasensor," explains Mahmoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi. The results of this and other research by the group concerning the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva were recently published in several scientific journals, such as Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical and Biosensors and Bioelectronics.
"The idea now is to supplement these results, using the research group's experience, with the development of comprehensive biomedical instruments and diagnostics in order to create a high-sensitivity and specificity, portable and potentially low-cost diagnostic system that can eventually be used in clinical practice," notes another of the authors, Pablo Acedo, head of the UC3M's Sensors and Instrumentation Techniques Group (SITec). "We are seeking a diagnosis similar to those currently available when reading blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes, for example. We are also aiming to contact companies that may be interested in these developments," he adds.
A critical factor when manufacturing this type of nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensor involves correctly characterising the surface of the material and the receiver that is immobilised on the surface. In order to do this, researchers have used various techniques and technologies, such as scanning electron microscopes (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). "The results obtained from using all of these techniques allow us to ensure that both the manufacture of the desired photosensitive nanomaterial and the immobilisation of the bioreceptor has been properly carried out," says Pablo Acedo.
This research is being undertaken within the framework of the BIOPIELTEC-CM (New Technologies for the Manufacture and Optimisation of Tissue: Skin as a Model System; P2018/BAA-4480) project. This consortium, which has received funding from the Regional Government of Madrid and the European Union, aims to bring together leading research groups from the Madrid region to face one of the most significant technological challenges within the biomedical and biotechnological field: developing technologies that manufacture tissue and organs, as well as organ-on-a-chip systems, and the optimisation of all of these technologies for their clinical and industrial application. In addition to this, Tabrizi, M.A. Nazari, L.Acedo, P. (2021). A photo-electrochemical aptasensor for the determination of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 receptor-binding domain by using graphitic carbon nitride-cadmium sulfide quantum dots nanocomposite. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Volume 345, 130377, ISSN 0925-4005, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2021.130377 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092540052100945X Tabrizi, M.A. Fernández-Blázquez, J. P. Medina, D.M, Acedo, P. (2022). An ultrasensitive molecularly imprinted polymer-based electrochemical sensor for the determination of SARS-CoV-2-RBD by using macroporous gold screen-printed electrode. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Volume 196, 113729, ISSN 0956-5663, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2021.113729. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956566321007661
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Nicki Albek (født 23. juli 1986) er en dansk professionel fodboldspiller, hvis primære position på banen er i midterforsvaret og sekundært på den centrale midtbane. Han spiller pt. for Jægersborg BK.

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Albek havde tidligere spillet på Brøndby IFs ungdomshold før den defensive spiller foretog et klubskifte til Hvidovre IF som ungsenior. Albek debuterede for Hvidovre IF i slutningen af 2004/05-sæsonen i en pokalkamp på udebane mod Boldklubben Vestia den 18. maj 2005 og spillede yderligere en enkel officiel udebanekamp for københavnernes førstehold i Danmarksserien den 15. juni mod AB 70, hvor han samtidig fik lavet sit første scoring på seniorplan.

Albek valgte at skifte til Herfølge Boldklub i juli 2005 på en aftale, hvor han det første halve år spillede som amatør på klubbens talenttrup i Danmarksserien. I foråret 2006 besluttede HB at skrive en et-årig spillerkontrakt med forsvarsspilleren, som blev samtidig blev flyttet op som en del af førsteholdstruppen i 1. division (dog først permanent fra sommerpausen 2006). Han blev samlet noteret for seks førsteholdskampe (ingen scoringer) for HB igennem hele 2006.

I vinterpausen 2006/2007 fik Albek ikke sin spillerkontrakt med HB forlænget og kunne derfor skifte transferfrit til 1. divisionsklubben Hellerup IK. Han spillede for HIK i foråret 2007 før han i sommerpausen 2007 skrev kontrakt med den nyligt nedrykkede 2. divisionsklub Fremad Amager. Albek fik sin førsteholdsdebut for amagerkanerne i forbindelse med en lokalopgør i 2. divisionskamp på udebane i Sundby Idrætspark den 5. august 2007 mod naboerne fra B 1908.

Eftersom (daværende FC Amager) Fremad Amager gik konkurs, prøvede spillerne at finde sig en ny klub. Nickis gamle klub var hurtigt på banen og meldte sig interesseret, og det endte med, at han skrev kontrakt med klubben igen. I sin tid i HIK spillede Nicki oftest på den centrale midtbane. Han var bl.a. også anfører for klubben.

Nicki skiftede i 2011 til Vanløse IF, og etablerede sig gennem årene til en vigtig spiller for klubben. Han blev i 2013 udnævnt som klubbens nye anfører, da han havde været en meget vigtig spiller for klubben. Især mht. klubbens oprykning til 2. division.

I 2013 skiftede Nicki overraskende til Jægersborg BK.

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By Daniel McFadinJul 25, 2017, 7:30 PM EDT
Kasey Kahne has dreamed of winning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway ever since he first visited the track in 1999 as a kid fresh from his home in Washington.
The dream came true on Sunday with his victory in the Brickyard 400.
Kahne recounts how he won Sunday's race in this week's "Scan All," which again presents the best scanner traffic from the 24th Brickyard 400.
The highlights include.
"That will make for a fun Tuesday." – Matt Kenseth's reaction to the Lap 111 crash involved his teammate Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. Tuesdays are when Joe Gibbs Racing holds a weekly meeting between drivers. It's also happens to be the day "Scan All" airs.
"The 41 is melting down right now." – Jame McMurray's assessment of Kurt Busch after a bit of close racing between the two of them on a restart. Busch sarcastically clapped as McMurray drove by him under caution.
"(Expletive) Danica! (Expletive) her!" – Clint Bowyer's reaction his hard crash that involved Kurt Busch and Erik Jones. Patrick, who was running in front of Bowyer, wasn't involved in the crash.
"Damn it, we had that thing won!" – Jimmie Johnson after his crash in Turn 3 on Lap 158 while racing three-wide with Kahne and Brad Keselowski.
Watch the above video for the full "Scan All" experience.


As the Faculty continues to develop its relationships with strategic partner universities, some of the collaborative activities that we try to promote are to encourage the exchange of faculty members with our partners, to link faculties from various institutions for possible joint conferences and seminars and to explore relevant research projects. We will be listing the various partners with whom we have research collaboration as well as staff exchange agreements over the next 12 to 14 months.
As a means to access the network of partners that FASS have built up over the last few years for possible collaborative opportunities, the Faculty encourages faculty members to look at the partner universities and its faculty whose research may be relevant and related to those in which you specialized and to discuss possible research projects or to organise joint conferences and seminars.
In addition, if you are a colleague from our partner universities, FASS Research Clusters also showcase some of the research profile of our faculty and our research strengths which will be of interest to you.
The Faculty has established several visiting appointment schemes that are available to our Faculty for attachment with our partners as well as Faculty from our partner universities who may want to spend some research time at NUS. From time to time, our partners also have fellowship schemes that will fund our faculty members to spend some time at their institutions. Information will be posted here for staff.


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Drying and refining pieces – sanding, trimming, mending.
Polishing – different methods and their uses.
Beginner's class includes all necessary tools, 10grams PMC, use of syringe and paste forms of PMC, and firing.
One morning OR afternoon class (includes morning or afternoon tea) Maximum four people per class.
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The best fan theories about Umbrella Academy series two
We can't wait
By Daniella Scott
The good news is that Netflix's Umbrella Academy is coming back, the bad news is that we've still got a few weeks to wait before it does. Luckily, the trailer has finally dropped (you can watch it above), so at least we've got something to start building theories from.
And if you need any help constructing your theories here are all the best ones about series two that fans have come up with.
Ben isn't dead
There is a lot of support for this one, or maybe it's just wishful thinking. The theory goes that Ben will come back in series two in full human form, not in the ghost form that only Klaus can see. At the end of series one when the siblings all hold hands, their powers don't reach full potential until the ghost of Ben joins the circle, becomes his teenage form rather than his ghost form before he then disappears along with them all. Which seems to suggest he's no longer a ghost and could potentially be alive again.
Plus, it has been noticed that Justin H. Min, who plays Ben, is listed as a main character in every episode of season 2, and numerous Reddit users have pointed out that he is on the promotional poster for the upcoming series, so we know he is around in some form at least.
Reginald Hargreeves is still alive
There are a few theories about this one. Firstly, fans think that since the siblings have travelled back in time, they could well go back to a time where Reginald is still alive. There is a general feeling that as an alien Reginald is too clever and knows too much to not reappear somehow.
Plus, there is a lot of speculation surrounding Hargreeves' monocle and the fact that we never really got to the bottom of what it means. Reddit user PandasOnGiraffes theorises that the show could follow the plot of the original comic, with the monocle possessing magical powers which allow Hargreeves to see everything about a person when wearing it. It may be that Hargreeves crops up again in the show to fulfil the monocle theory.
The commission has been watching
Eagle-eyed viewers have spotted the same woman appearing in numerous scenes with the siblings, with one Reddit user noting that she interacts with the siblings far too much for it to simply be Netflix reusing extras.
Some believe she could be symbolic of the fact that the commission is always watching, others suggest she may be a field agent, "She could be working for them "The Handler" does say they have field agents who monitor time and send the reports to 1955 for the caseworkers to review," says a user named Burdiac.
Either way, many think she appears too regularly and too obviously to be a coincidence.
The jar of lights means something big
At the end of series one we saw Reginald Hargreeves empty a jar of tiny balls of light out of the window. It didn't seem like much, but some fans think it could be the powers of the 43 children which will find their way to them, while others think it could be the children themselves before they were born.
They'll all travel back to the 1960s
Reddit user Zdaarlight, suggested series 2 could take place back in the 1960s, and this one involves more of the Ben theory too; "I think that the time period and the quantum physics of the series are going to present all sorts of weirdness with this one.
"A lot of the promotion around the new series has suggested that they'll be ending up back in the 1960s. The adult siblings will somehow end up in the 60s, through time travel. Which would in turn suggest that Ben should not exist as a ghost - because it would have been before his birth AND his death, and presumably ghosts cannot time travel."
The Umbrella Academy season 2 lands on Netflix July 31.
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Feds Deny EDCA Drone Protestors Jury Trial On Beale AFB Trespassing Charges
From today's Sacramento Bee:
Against a backdrop of furor – both at home and abroad – over the Obama administration's use of killer drones, five protesters who oppose the policy and who are charged with trespassing at Beale Air Force Base were told Thursday by a federal judge that they will not get a jury trial.
Defense lawyer Mark Reichel said when contacted after the hearing: "This is a political prosecution, and the defendants should not be judged by a branch of the federal government but by a jury of their peers."
The hearing was short, but not so sweet for the defense. In addition to denying the defendants a jury trial, U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney barred them from claiming that their actions were a benefit to society.
The U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento did not want the protesters to have a jury trial. After hauling the five into court on a charge of entering the base for an unlawful purpose – a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in prison, a year of supervised release and a $5,000 fine, or five years on probation – the office argued that the crime is not serious, and thus not legally worthy of a jury trial.
Once the defendants sought a jury trial, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Fogg further blunted the defense contention that the punishment could be serious by assuring Delaney that, if she decides one or more of the protesters are guilty, he will not seek incarceration, supervised release, or special conditions of probation.
An Aug. 12 trial before Delaney is scheduled for Sharon Delgado, 64, of Nevada City; David Hartsough, 72, and his wife, Janet Hartsough, 71, of San Francisco; Jane Kesselman, 58, of Camptonville, and Shirley Osgood, 65, of Grass Valley. They were arrested Oct. 30 at the Yuba County base.
The U.S. attorney's office was asked why, aside from its interpretation of the law, it is opposed to a jury trial for these five people.
U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner is out of the country and not reachable. Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Sylvia Quast wrote in an email: "The government's approach to this case has been reasonable and evenhanded from the beginning … and there is not a right to a jury trial here. Under the circumstances, the magistrate judge's decision to hold a bench trial … was the correct one."
When it was pointed out that her answer did not address the question, Quast messaged back: "We are satisfied that this answers the question."
Beale has been a target of anti-drone protests for years. It is home to the U-2, the venerable 1950s spy plane, and the unmanned Global Hawk, an unarmed reconnaissance drone that is an "accomplice" in strikes carried out by armed drones. It gives a theater commander a broad overview and pinpoint target surveillance.
From the outset, deadly drone attacks have been at the heart of President Barack Obama's national security strategy, and their use in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Libya increased dramatically after he took office.
The targeted killing program has come under heightened scrutiny amid charges by some human and civil rights groups and others that it violates international and U.S. law, has claimed hundreds of civilian lives, and has provoked intense popular anger that has helped al-Qaida and other terrorist groups recruit radicals.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/28/5530481/no-jury-trial-for-beale-afb-anti.html#storylink=cpy
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    #endregion Namespaces.

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    internal class XmlAtomErrorReader : XmlWrappingReader
    {
        internal XmlAtomErrorReader(XmlReader baseReader) : base(baseReader)
        {
            Debug.Assert(baseReader != null, "baseReader != null");
            this.Reader = baseReader;
        }

        #region Methods.

        public override bool Read()
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                Util.AreSame(this.Reader, XmlConstants.XmlErrorElementName, XmlConstants.DataWebMetadataNamespace))
            {
                string message = ReadErrorMessage(this.Reader);

                throw new DataServiceClientException(Strings.Deserialize_ServerException(message));
            }

            return result;
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        {
            Debug.Assert(reader != null, "reader != null");
            Debug.Assert(XmlNodeType.Element == reader.NodeType, "not positioned on Element");

            string result = null;
            bool empty = checkNullAttribute && !Util.DoesNullAttributeSayTrue(reader);

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            {
                return (empty ? String.Empty : null);
            }

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            {
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                        throw Error.InvalidOperation(Strings.Deserialize_ExpectingSimpleValue);
                }
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            throw Error.InvalidOperation(Strings.Deserialize_ExpectingSimpleValue);
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            Debug.Assert(reader != null, "reader != null");
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                {
                    if (!reader.IsEmptyElement)
                    {
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                        return ReadElementString(reader, false);
                    }
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Days Two to Seven: At leisure on the coast, with three included excursions. You have an included full day trip to Florence where your guide will show you some of the masterpieces including the Cathedral, Piazza della Signoria, and Santa Croce – where Galileo insisted to the end that the earth moved around the sun, rather than vice-versa.
The second trip takes you into the nearby Apuan Alps – the 'marble mountains' – and Lucca.
The other included excursion takes you 40 minutes north to the azure 'Gulf of Poets', a glorious bay of verdant hills and colourful coastal villages, of ancient towns huddled around and beneath their castle.
The Hotel Joseph, recently-refurbished, offers spacious lounge areas, lift, bar, restaurant, terraces, and outdoor pool area with terrace and fine views of the Versilia Coast. There is a wellness centre, with treatments available (charges apply). Bedrooms are in two adjacent buildings, and have shower, wc, safety deposit box, fridge, and wifi. Twin rooms also have balcony.


'The Flight' is imaginary travel over two rocks.
Crayon on Concrete. Three layers.
I like this! Great job Strandy.
Great flight ...rocks remind me 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' ....did you see any UFO?
Lovely job, very effective use of texture.
Thank you all very much for your kind comments .
Gary, I really envy you the gift of being able to read the thoughts incarnated in art. ...The sense of wonder and adventure... was indeed the part of inspiration behind it. I wish, ...I could so nice and accurate comment on your abstracts... They deserve it even more IMO.


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Howard W. Tipton
Born 3 April 1916
Enlisted on September 20, 1941, in Fort Oglethorpe, GA
Died non Battle 17 June 1942
58th Infantry Tng. Battalion, Company B
Pvt Tipton served at Camp Wolters. He was submitted at the station Hospital at Fort Sam Houston in Texas on 26 February 1942 and died on June 17 of lymphosarcoma at the age of 26.
Parents: J. H. and Bertha Tipton
Siblings: Ella Mae Tipton, Fred Tipton, Edward Tipton, Mildred Tipton, and James Tipton
The Knoxville Journal, June 21, 1942
Funeral for Pvt. Howard W. Tipton, 26, of 320 Orange Avenue, who died Wednesday night at Fr. Sam Houston, Texas, will be held at Westview Baptist Church. Burial will be in New Gray Cemetery, soldiers will be pallbearers. Weaver's in charge. The body will arrive in this city at 3 p.m. today over the Southern Railway. It wil be removed to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Tipton, 320 Orange Avenue. Private Tipton formerly was an employe of Dempster Brothers.
Other survivors are his widow, Mrs. Cynthia Tipton; a son, Kenneth Tipton; one daughter, Barbara Tipton; three brothers, Fred and James Tipton of Knoxville and Edward Tipton of New York; three sisters, Mrs. Helen Riding of Powell Station, Mrs. Chick of New York and Mrs. Mildred Allison of Knoxville. The Young man was at the USA training camp at Fort Sam Houston when death came.
Date of death: 17 June 1942
County: Knox
Division/Assignment: 58th Infantry Tng. Battalion
Burial/Memorial Location: New Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
Location In Memorial: Pillar XIV, Middle Panel
Contact us to sponsor Howard W. Tipton


Nimphul Hawa is a Bangla Story Book written by Dhrubo Esh. All Bangladeshi book readers know the name of Dhrubo Esh, because he is a popular cover designer. He designs most famous Bangladeshi writer's book cover. Now he is writing stories and novels also.
In this book have total 5 very wonderful stories. The name of this book is given from the first story Nimphul Hawa. It is a story about a couple; professor and storywriter Jafar Sadek and architect Rumana Afruj. They love each other too much. But suddenly what happened?
2ndstory is Ashaura Rail Station er Pathor (Stones of Ashaura Rail Station). The story is about two friends who comes a place where cultivated Nil when English company or English government are ruling in India. One of them was passing his night in the Rail Station. Suddenly he meets with a man in that place. It's a horror story.
Another 3 stories are Matir Konthossor, Banortupi and Koborer Noissobdo.
PDF File Size: 8.16 MB.
If you like this book, please buy a hard copy of this book from your nearest book shop for support the writer and publisher.


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MultiCare's Central Utility Plant Gets a Makeover
The power of teamwork and MTU Onsite Energy
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center's management decided its central utility plant (CUP), including its backup power generation system, needed an upgrade. So they went looking for a group of trusted contractors to collaborate as a team to build and integrate a new CUP utilizing the latest technologies that would fit both the facility's budget and unique specifications.
Restoring Data Center Connectivity with Grease
No failures recorded in 1 million test cycles
Restoring power to data centers can result in costly maintence and downtime for service providers. In 2016, the national average cost of downtime was almost $9000 per minute. Often, this power failure can be attributed to preventable hardware failures.
New data center braces for earthquakes with seismic risk reduction
The design was previously used by NTT in Japan.
Bob Woolley
Keisuke Yamaguchi
Kurt Lindorfer, S.E.
Those who live in the Bay Area may be familiar with The Great California Shakeout drill, which trains people to "drop, cover, and hold on" in order to protect themselves during earthquakes.
Data Center Case Study
Mobile backup infrastructure helps database marketing company power through
Acxiom is a leading database marketing company with locations across the globe.
Data center is upgraded to service two automotive manufacturers
Phil Rafferty
An international global technology services company supporting two major automotive manufactures and their affiliate businesses in the North and South American markets has an existing data center in southern California that was reaching the maximum limits of physical space, electrical, and cooling capacities.
Supercomputer center increases data center efficiencies with flywheels
Since its inception in 1985, the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego has been a beacon of light for scientific, engineering, and health care discovery.
Remote fault detector is a proven time and money saver for Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone communications company in the Cincinnati area, serving hundreds of thousands of customers in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
Hybrid IT keeps company and country moving forward
From truck stops, convenience stores and hotels, to restaurants and Arena League Football, Bosselman Enterprises relies on Green House Data's hybrid IT approach to manage 120 remote locations and 1500 employees.
HVAC system design helps data center facility efficiency rank in industry's top 5%
There are dozens of data center cooling methods, however, multi-tenant, colocation data center operator Involta LLC believes its HVAC design team has developed one of the industry's most efficient concepts.
Data center IoT-based thermal optimization
Ali Marashi
The Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining traction across many industries including data centers. vXchnge, a provider of carrier-neutral colocation services, actively leverages innovative solutions and engineering best practices to achieve efficient and sustainable operations.


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Subway and street crime becoming a defining issue of NYC mayoral race
By Arthur Chi'en
2021 NYC Mayor's race
NYC mayoral race
In the wake of several shocking acts of violence in New York, several candidates for mayor are talking about what they would do about crime.
NEW YORK - The war of perceptions continues this week with Mayor Bill de Blasio insisting the subways are safe, while Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who oversees the MTA, saying it isn't.
"There is a philosophical difference," Cuomo said. "I see crime in the subways as a major problem."
Looking at the numbers, the NYPD says overall crime has dropped in the subways. But ridership has dropped by about twice as much, leaving the MTA to point out that riders are now about twice as likely to be victims of crime. The transit union, TWU Local 100, agreed with the MTA pointing to a 44% increase in felony assaults over the past three years, based on NYPD data.
The city faces a similar crisis above ground with a 160% increase in shootings in April compared with the same month last year.
Some say crime has suddenly become the defining issue of the mayoral race, just six weeks before New Yorkers cast their ballots in the primaries.
Cuomo is already looking to the next mayor for solutions.
"It's not just crime in the subways — it's crime in the city. And that is what I think should be a top topic in this mayoral debate," Cuomo said. "What are you going to do about crime in the cities?"
NYPD hunting for Times Square gunman who was aiming for brother
NYC crime challenges
The mayor, the police commissioner, and some candidates for mayor all addressed the concerns about a spike in shootings and other violent crimes.
An hour before the governor spoke on Monday, the candidates were already on it. Mayoral candidate and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams stood outside the subway station where a woman was viciously attacked last week to detail his plan. Flocked by supporters, including transit workers, Adams called for an investment in bystander training, increasing the number of psychiatric beds in the city, and strengthening Kendra's law, which allows judges to order certain individuals with mental illness to receive outpatient treatment.
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"Judges, do your job," Adams said. "It's time to use Kendra's law to deal with the mental health crisis that we are seeing."
The New York Post just endorsed the former transit cop in the race. (Adams retired from the NYPD as a captain.)
Hero NYPD cop recounts rescue of girl shot in Times Square
On Sunday in Times Square, mayoral candidate Andrew Yang stood by the scene of the brazen daytime shooting this weekend that injured three, including a 4-year-old girl. Yang vowed to reduce the city's homeless population by 50% in his first term. And in a time for calls to "defund the police," Yang issued a clear message to the police.
"Nothing works in our city without public safety," Yang said. "And for public safety, we need the police."


My great grandfather was Herbert Carpenter, Rector of Basildon and Laindon for many years last century. I wonder if there is any information about him? It seems the old rectory has been demolished. Most grateful for any information.
I have a few photos of him. One portrait and a couple in various wedding photos.
let me have an email address and I'l send them.
Thanks so much - I would be delighted to see them!
Herbert was married to my grandfather's sister Florence so we are distantly related.
Herbert's first wife died so Flo (or Mrs C as my family called her) married Herbert when he was in his 50s.
Do e-mail me directly and we can carry on the conversation.
Can anyone help my daughter. Her summer uni project is to find a folk song/story from her home town. We don't remember hearing one. Any ideas?
I would dearly love to make contact with David Alexander or one of his family. In David's article on the West Ham Sanatorium, he mentions and has a photograph of my late fathers nephew Vic Bentley, sadly Vic died of TB in 1946 at the age of 18. To my knowledge there is only one other photograph of Vic in existance. Vic's father and elder brother Alf also died of TB within a couple of years of each other, such a tragedy. I live just a couple of miles away from the former sanatorium and visited the building very recently. One of the blocks is still standing as is the water tower, the bomb shelter is also intact. The staff house 'Wooton House' is currently undergoing some modernisation. I will be most grateful for any information on this subject.
Can anyone forward the email address of Jim Green please? This is for Ken Page in Oz. Thanks.
thankyou for the response I will be able to tell my brother now as its always bugged him that he couldnt remember anything only the car being upside down, I wonder if he remembers the other girl. do you remember a house up burnt mills with a big rocking horse on the veranda? Iv always wondered about that house?
Don't remember a Rocking Horse But if I took a guess at which house it would be the one opposite Reids Avenue. all gone now of course but that house to a young lad had a mystery about it.
There was not too many houses in the fifties and early sixties north of burnt Mills just fields until Archers fields now a huge industrial site on the south a few bungalows with large gardens now a huge Housing complex, the woods still there had a few scary times in there I could walk to Pitsea through the woods and down some unmade roads back of Briscoe road and come out by the Railway Hotel on way to Saturday morning Pictures at the Century Cinema some happy and scary times!
Good to hear, was it the bakers bit further up from Cecil drive I remember a couple of bungalows there delivered newspapers there about 1960 ish just past a house owned by a Mr Walton used bakers often and Kimptons further up on right also another shop opposite Kimptons but cannot remember the name good times born in Trenham Avenue fields all around lived in the area for bout 16 years changed so much now we left when Basildon Council compulsory purchased a lot of the property there shame. Badly handled, called progress I guess. good memories though.
is that dave from adelaide s/a ???
Hi young Mick good to hear from you, hope you are well and alls ok. Doreen and i are fine here in Adelaide sunny South Australia.
Hi MICK have sent you a couple of emails to your given email address,just wondering if you have received them,-- Dave O.
any info on what year the pub was built?
According to 'A Basildon Chronology' on this site, the Jolly Friar was built in 1955, the second new pub in Basildon - the Crane was built the previous year.
We moved into Danbury Down in 1955 and within a year (I was 15) I was drinking at the Friar and the Railway in Pitsea.
I particularly liked the Mann's Cream Label Stout in the Friar.
anyone out there who worked at waterloo ???
Once again i trust that everyone that is involved with this site will have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you as well Dave, and to everyone else who has contributed or just enjoys reading the posts or browsing through the main Basildon History pages.
All the very best for 2014.
Click here for January - June 2013 entries.


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John Naughton's online diary
Essays, reviews and longer pieces
Lectures, talks & interviews
Lies, damn lies and corporate 'explanations'
Posted on May 1, 2011 by jjn1
When Apple eventually deigned to respond to the furore about iPhones logging location data, it issued a PR-mediated statement so slippery that it practically slid off the monitor. But it did contain one apparently unequivocal statement:
"Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so."
Oh, yeah? Consider Exhibit A:
It comes from a patent application entitled "Location Histories for Location Aware Devices" which Apple filed in September 2009.
(Thanks to Leander Kahney for the patent link.)
A location aware mobile device can … collect network information (e.g., transmitter IDs) over time. Upon request by a user or application, the network information can be translated to estimated position coordinates … of the location aware device for display on a map view or for other purposes. A user or application can query the location history database with a timestamp or other query to retrieve all or part of the location history for display in a map view.
Here's how TechDirt tells it:
Apple's key points are:
Apple (not researchers, or tons of other people who have noted this "bug" for a year or so) "discovered" a bug with location data on the phone:
The reason the iPhone stores so much data is a bug we uncovered and plan to fix shortly
There's no tracking going on. There's nothing to see here.
Even though there's no tracking and nothing to see here, it's still a bug which will be fixed.
The reason people are concerned about this is because people are confused.
Got that? People are confused and there's nothing to see here, but Apple has discovered a minor bug which will be fixed.
There's a staggering level of hypocrisy here which is par for the course for Apple. It's a bit like the old newspaper mantra in the glory days of print: "Never apologise, and never explain."
Except that it won't wash any more. And the strange thing is that we get this crap all the time from companies that are supposed to be, well, 20th-century organisations. Matthew Ingram had a good post about this on GigaOM in which he looked at the way Sony and Amazon as well as Apple have displayed a steam-age sense of responsibility in an online age:
Given its past behavior, it's possible that Apple is beyond help in this area. The company's approach seems to be that people will unfailingly line up to buy its products regardless of how it handles such PR gaffes, so it may be a lost cause. But Amazon and Sony arguably have a lot more to lose.
Sony in particular — a former technology leader — has not been doing well on a number of fronts for years now, as Apple has taken over virtually every market segment that the technology company used to own. Not only that, but the company is already infamous in computer security circles for its last major fiasco in 2005, the "Sony rootkit" affair, in which users had a virus-like software program installed on their computers without their knowledge if they played a CD. So you might think that the company would try hard to get out in front of the most recent issue — which venture investor and technology analyst Paul Kedrosky described as "among the worst such debacles in modern financial/technical history" — as quickly as possible. Oh, but it's really complicated too.
Amazon is not nearly as desperate as Sony, but the company has still pinned a lot of its hopes for the future on the success of its cloud-hosting and cloud-based services business, and seeing hundreds of major companies and websites fail — and lose critical data — is a huge issue. And yet, while Amazon eventually did release something that was much closer to an actual apology than anything Sony or Apple came out with, the company still avoided discussing the issue for what seemed like an eternity in Internet time. One Internet analyst said that Amazon's "anemic public response" was a major flaw, and that arguably wasn't the only one.
This isn't an issue just for Apple, Sony and Amazon — it's something that companies of all kinds are still struggling to deal with. The reality is that social media such as Twitter and Facebook have increased the ability of customers and users to speak out about such issues, and decreased the amount of time that companies have to deal with them. And that means the old approach of taking days to hold "war room" meetings and come up with elaborate PR plans just doesn't work any more.
Those things still have to be done, but they have to be done a lot faster.
Yep. Matthew also provides a link to a fascinating diagram summarising the USAF's "Rules of Engagement for Blogging" from which companies could learn a thing or two.
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What is the best place to buy LEGO in bulk? In person, the best deals can often be found at yard sales and thrift stores, but they can be very hit-and-miss. You can also monitor Craigslist for people near you unloading their kids' LEGO collections. When you find them you can get great bargains, but most of the time it's not fruitful unless you have other reasons to shop there. Still, I know people who get up every weekend morning early and scour their nearby yard sales and garage sales, buy all the LEGO available, and resell that by the pound at the flea market and at LEGO events for a markup. But beware – you may find that there are a lot of MegaBloks or other unwanted clone brand products mixed in, so check carefully first!
When I built my Pokemon sculptures, I was able to do that using a bulk brick tub that lego was selling at the time (set #3033). I bought about 20 of those at $20 each and still ran out of certain parts – that's why Squirtle's tail was so small. Sadly, that tub was discontinued a few years ago and the bulk tubs that are available more recently haven't had nearly as good of an assortment or as good of a price per brick.
Probably the easiest way to get specific parts cheap is to shop on BrickLink. It's an online shopping mall just for LEGO. Sellers buy sets in bulk (generally when they have clearance sales at retail stores) and sort the parts, putting the individual pieces on their stores. Then you can go in and order any part in quantity. It's an awkward site to use, but I think the best way is to start at the Catalog tab, find the part you want in the color you want, and then find a store that has them in sufficient quantity. Or if you add the parts to your Wanted List, they have algorithms to help fulfill your needs by placing orders from several different sellers. Whenever I'm working on a large project and run out of something, BrickLink is where I look first. For example I bought a lot of brown plates on BrickLink when I was working on my Teddy Bear model.
Of course the world's #1 place to buy and sell used stuff in general is eBay. I've found some bargains there by searching for "lego pounds" to find people selling large collections all at once, and I have bought some of the 9V track in my collection there. Bargains can be found, but there's a lot of overpriced stuff too, and as with the yard sales and thrift stores, watch out for clone bricks being mixed in.
There's also bulk brick available from LEGO; usually they're a lot more expensive that way but once in a while you can find some real bargains. Look for the "Pick-A-Brick" in the LEGO Shop-At-Home Store and if you have a LEGO store in your nearby mall, they have an in-person pick-a-brick wall where you can fill up a plastic cup with LEGO parts for a set price. Also check the Bricks & Pieces area on LEGO's website which may have better deals than Pick-A-Brick.
And of course don't forget about buying sets on sale. Look at your local Target, Toys 'R' Us, or Wal-Mart for clearance sales, and check Web sites online such as Amazon.com and others. Check for sales at LEGO Shop-At-Home (and try their phone number too, as they have weekly phone-only sales as well). LEGO Education also has bargains from time to time. If you do this a lot though, you may find yourself setting up a BrickLink store to unload the parts you don't need from those sets!
If you know any other good ways to find bulk LEGO at economical prices, please post it here as a comment….
Although I liked the LEGO pick-a-brick site, it didnt include every brick/component from every kit LEGO sells – just "some bricks".
I'd love to see a "bulk" way to purchase, say, 20 or 30 Mindstorms NXT Motor "bricks", 5 "Intelligent bricks" (NXT Controllers), and a handful of sensors, and have that be enough of a "bulk purchase" to warrant a substantial cost savings.
Plus there is buying them on ebay by the pound. if lucky you can get large lots for $5 per pound.
Very true. I've had some success searching for "lego pound" or "lego pounds" but it can be very much hit-and-miss.
Bill – thanks for the lead! http://www.legoeducation.com/ does indeed give me some purchasing options I didn't know I had- that after searching around on LEGO's web-store for quite a while.
You can also make some inexpensive LEGO type motors like this one.
I have had luck over the past few years purchasing frmo the lego stores. Once a year or so I will make a purchase of $600-$1000 and can usually get them to give me 15% off. This is easier if you ask for an additional 15% free rather then reducing the cost.
hey guys, I was wondering if you can help me out with a project I'm developing which includes lego. Im basically developing a training program for businesses, and part of it includes teamwork and leadership etc. So, I am looking for the BIG GIANT LEGO bricks and a lot of them so i can provide these people with activities and such. Would you know where i can aquire these? or atleast an idea?
Not sure what you mean by "BIG GIANT LEGO" but if you mean Duplo, the bricks that are 2x in each dimension compared to regular LEGO bricks, you should be able to find them at all the same places listed in the article.
Thanks , but i was actually thinking along the lines of lunablocks dimensions if you know what i mean…. BIG!
It has the same old regular blah about bricklink but actually has some interesting links I had never seen before. Like some lego education stuff where you actually can get a bunch of nxt bricks for much cheaper than normal.
My next computer build will include Lego bricks for housing the motherboard, cpu, power supply and hard drive. Do you know anyone in BayLug who has done this before?
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Anyone have any ideas for buying 5,000 1 x 1 x 1 in about 5 colours? Its for an art project. Is Bricklink the best way? In some stores on there it would cost a fortune for all those.
Depends on the color, I think. Pick-A-Brick at the LEGO store might have some of the colors you need, and that might be cheaper – you would have to do the math to be sure.
Hi there! I am looking to buy original LEGO brand new sets in bulk quantity. If anybody can help me please get in touch with me.
I have about 50 to 60 lbs of legos that I found in a box way back in the closet. There are no sets per se but we bought them in sets years ago for the kids. There is to many to seperate and I wouldnt know where to begin. I am going to take the to the local PO and have them weighed so I have an accurate weight. If my calculations are correct in weight, appox. what are they worth, and where can I sell them?
Probably your best bet would be eBay. If you search for "lego pounds" you can see some other LEGO bulk lots for sale usually, and get an idea of how to price yours.
Chris, probably the best bet for you would be Bricklink.
What do you mean by broken upsidedown cross? It's a peace symbol.
Hi, Im on a mission for my son to get the parts to build the rv from the lego road trip site. He wants to give as a Christmas gift and build it as a "father son" thing with my boyfriend (i melted and am determined to figure this out!) I live very close to manhattan ny. Could I go pick out pieces from the store (i have downloaded the instructions on the site, but know zero about legos myself so im dont know what to ask for/pick out) I know its not a set, but more of a diy job, could you put it into newbie terms or tell me specifically what i need to do? I would really appreciate the help, and understand its a lot. Thanx so much.
I'm not sure what parts are in that model, but the odds are good that you'll only find a few of them at the Pick-A-Brick wall at your LEGO store, even if you're willing to make a few substitutions. I don't think you'll be able to do this in time for Christmas, unfortunately.
Your best bet is to find a BrickLink store that has all the parts and is located close to you that the shipping can be quick. You might possibly get lucky and find a vendor in NYC with all the parts whom you can meet in person to do the transaction, but the odds are against it. Good luck.
You can buy it at an annual yard sale near me for £5 per kilo.
i would like to find the bricks to build the lionsgate ferry, what is the best way to go about that, only the instructions are available on their site. thanks great site!
What I suggest is creating a BrickLink account and entering all the parts from the model into your wanted list, and use the wanted list feature to find vendors that have the parts you need. That way you can click the "Show items on my wanted list from this vendor" to see the other parts on your list that a given vendor has.
How do I find specific LEGO pieces using only the part/item #? The part I'm referring is 4211026…. usually used as a stabilizing bar or other. This part can be found on all 4 of the feet assembly on the AT-AT (non motorized). Please help me locate some of these (about 10 – 20 of 'em). Thank you so much, I'll be forever in your debt if you help me find them.
You'll have to get acquainted with the part naming systems used in the AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO) community. I would start by looking up the set on peeron.com and finding the part(s) you need in the set inventory there and then find the part name or number on BrickLink. Bear in mind that there are slight differences between the naming / numbering schemed across sites.
I have recently found a huge container of my boys old Lego's . I am interested in know what they are worth if I chose to sell them. Over the years we bought so many sets I have no clue what is in this container. I would estimate it is about 50 lbs..
Unsorted LEGO can be sold by the pound – we have a vendor who sells bulk bricks at our club meetings for (I think) $8/pound. He gets the supplies from yard sales mostly. If you can sort your son's LEGO collection into complete sets, with instructions and such, you could do a lot more – many old sets, if intact, can be sold on eBay for good money.
You got pretty much all the ways of buying LEGO that I know of. I wrote a similar article last year (http://www.squidoo.com/easy-ways-to-buy-individual-lego-pieces), and have had a great response to it.
I would add that a lot of people have LEGO that they'd like to get rid of, so occasionally I've gotten some LEGO for free by just asking around. A lot of people don't want it and would prefer to have more space in their garage or attic instead.
Probably too late for Sarah, but I wanted to build the Road Trip RV as well . . . you can't get all the pieces from the pick a brick website, but if you call Lego replacement parts, they have all the pieces and can sell them all to you . . . for $80. All you have to do is download the directions for the RV from the Build Together web site, phone replacement parts, and order from the parts list on the RV directions. They are very helpful.
Doesn't make sense to me that Lego would air a cool ad like that and not have all the pieces available on pick a brick . . .
I'm sure it would cost a LOT less on bricklink!
you can buy individual lego technic bits from http://www.technicbricks.co.uk , there not realy a bulk seller buy you can get exactly what you want.
I am looking for a replacemernt RC Battery Box /Receiver unit for a Lego 8675 Outdoor Challenger. Lego does not carry the part and I connot seem to locate one on the web anywhere. Does anyone have any thoughts? The actual part number is 47385c01.
That's a tricky one. My only suggestion would be to put it on your BrickLink wanted list – sooner or later someone might put one up for sale, and when they do you'll get an alert email.
Your best bet is probably to sell it on ebay.
Silly question, but would like a response.
I posted my son is selling his legos at an upcoming garage sale and I am having tons of people coming out of the woodwork wanting to purchase. Why? Lego's are everywhere. Are they just reselling on ebay? I can't figure out why I have received so many emails with people wanting to take all of the sets without really caring if a piece is missing. Thanks for your help.
Yup, probably putting them up on eBay, or reselling them at a flea market or similar. We have a vendor who sells used LEGO in bulk at our BayLUG meetings, and he gets his bricks from a network of people who visit yard sales like yours, buy all the LEGO they can, and then pass them on for a slight markup. I'd encourage your son to keep his LEGO in the attic until he reaches adulthood – if he's anything like me, he'll want to get them back from you sometime in his 20s and start building with them again.
If you really want to sell them, put them up on eBay yourself, and you'll get a lot more money for them.
Hi Bill, My kids are attempting to collect all of the modular building sets. We have all but cafe corner, and market street. Would we be able to individually purchase all of the bricks needed to build those two sets? And if so, would that cost less than the used sets currently being sold on ebay? Or, should we just find a good used set on ebay? thanks!!!
It would be a lot of work to try to get every part using bricklink, but it should be possible. I'm not sure which would cost more, but probably the easiest solution is to just find someone selling the set used on ebay … but bricklink also has sets for sale, so check there too.
But I would encourage you (and your kids) to make up your own buildings using the *style* of those sets, rather than just building the sets designed by the LEGO company. LEGO is about creativity after all, not just collecting.
Thank you, Bill, for this information, and for your creativity encouragement!


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Global hacking group Anonymous claims NASA will soon announce proof of alien life.
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