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Robert "DiB" DiBernardo (May 31, 1937 in Hewlett, New York – June 5, 1986) was a member of the Gambino crime family and one of John Gotti's subordinates, who was reputed to control much of the commercial pornography in the US. During the 1984 US presidential election, publicity about DiBernardo having rented business premises from the husband of Geraldine Ferraro embroiled her in damaging media innuendo about organized crime.

By some accounts, DiBernardo was the most dominant figure behind the US adult industry in his era. In any event, he was a relatively capable businessman who did not have any personal reputation for involvement in violence, but his Mafia links deterred potential competitors and warded off other criminals. He became immensely influential in the US pornography business, and an associate of Reuben Sturman. Whether DiBernardo's relationship with Sturman and others was based on outright extortion or mutual advantage was never established. DiBernardo was seen as a phenomenal money maker, secretive, and a lone operator (unlike most Mafia members of his status, he did not retain a crew to back him up). All of these traits made him vulnerable to others within Gotti's organization.

DiBernardo, who had been the target of a federal investigation into child pornography, was awaiting sentencing when he was murdered by Sammy Gravano. The body was never found. According to some accounts, Angelo Ruggiero engineered an order from Gotti to kill DiBernardo because he had once told Ruggiero that he was not smart enough to be underboss.

Biography

Rise
One of the relatively few thought to have become made in the Mafia without a murder to his name, DiBernardo, at that time allegiant to the DeCavalcante crime family, bought the softcore business Star Distributors in the late 1960s, and used it to sell hardcore of all types and media to adult industry businesses around Times Square, long perceived as an insalubrious (if not actually dangerous) district where police did not prevent flouting of obscenity and other laws. To many, the proliferation of such businesses in the early 1970s made the area a symbol of the city's decline. By the mid-1970s, hardcore child pornography was being openly sold in New York and other US cities, sparking outraged calls for the banning of all pornography and drawing police attention to DiBernardo. These films were imported, usually from Denmark or the Netherlands, and were viewed in peep show booths.

DiBernardo became associated with the Gambino crime family through his acquaintanceship with fellow pornographer and Gambino capo Ettore Zappi. Zappi allegedly sponsored DiBernardo for membership in the Gambino family.

DiBernardo directly commissioned the production of much of the so-called Golden Age of Porn-era hardcore films made in New York; rivals were intimidated out of business or co-opted into his network. Independents (such as the San Francisco-based Mitchell brothers) who were immune to pressure due to their location or other reasons had their films pirated. In his relationship with the largest US porn seller, Reuben Sturman, it is unclear whether DiBernardo was extorting or collaborating. However, FBI bugs caught DiBernardo telling another pornography magnate, Michael Thevis, that "the family" was in charge of his businesses.

DiBernardo and his associate Theodore "Teddy" Rothstein – the co-owner of KED Productions Inc. with DiBernardo – were among 44 people indicted as a result of an undercover FBI investigation of all major publishers and distributors of adult films and magazines throughout the United States which began in 1977. DiBernardo became the prime target of the operation following the death of Michael "Mickey Z" Zaffarano, a Bonanno crime family capo who suffered a fatal heart attack as FBI agents served a warrant for his arrest at his Times Square adult movie theater on February 14, 1980. Bernardo and Rothstein were convicted in Miami of conspiracy, transporting obscene materials for the purpose of sale and distribution, and three counts of using a common carrier to transport obscene materials across state lines on June 12, 1981 and each sentenced to five years in prison. A federal judge then overturned the convictions of DiBernardo and Rothstein and ordered the indictments against them dismissed on grounds that FBI agent Patrick Livingston – who posed as a dealer of adult materials in Miami and purchased allegedly obscene films and videotapes from KED Productions – may have lied to a grand jury. Livingston was arrested for shoplifting in November 1981, and there was evidence he was experiencing psychiatric problems involving an inability to distinguish between his real and undercover identities.

Although ostensibly only ranking as soldier in the Gambino crime family, he reported and paid financial tribute directly to Paul Castellano. DiBernardo complained that he got little respect from Castellano, who despised the porn business, but that Castellano took a hefty percentage of the returns nonetheless. One of the first to support John Gotti's plot to kill Castellano and supplant him as boss, DiBernardo was rewarded with the status of captain, despite not heading a crew of his own.

National attention
New York police routinely surveilled DiBernardo as an organized crime figure, but he only became widely known after his name emerged in publicity surrounding the 1984 Democratic candidate for United States vice president. The Walter Mondale campaign drew attention shortly after choosing Geraldine Ferraro for the ticket when the personal finances of Ferraro and her husband, real estate developer John Zaccaro, were made an issue and it emerged DiBernardo rented his premises from Zaccaro's company. The issue removed early momentum the Mondale–Ferraro ticket had gained, and diverted the campaign. DiBernardo was not mentioned during the 1984 vice-presidential debate, though questions over Ferraro's separate tax filing, which were widely seen as carrying implications about her husband's business, put her on the defensive. The Mondale-Ferraro ticket, always a heavy underdog, lost the general election. In 1992, the now-deceased DiBernardo was brought-up with more effect to discredit Ferraro, seriously damaging her fortunes in a Senate primary that she had been front-runner for.

Murder and aftermath
Sammy Gravano said he was told by the only Mafia member allowed to see John Gotti in jail, his friend Angelo Ruggiero, that Gotti wanted DiBernardo killed for being subversive. In his memoir, Gravano said he was reluctant to obey the command, failing to understand how DiBernardo—without the soldiers that would be necessary for any power play—could or would be posing a threat to Gotti's leadership. Believing Ruggiero would not have dared fabricate the instructions, Gravano decided he had to obey the boss's order. On June 5, 1986, DiBernardo was lured to the basement offices of Gravano's drywall company on Stillwell Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Acting as if it were a regular business meeting, Gravano told Joseph Paruta to get DiBernardo a cup of coffee. Paruta, who "Gravano regarded as his Luca Brasi" got up, but instead of getting the coffee, took a .380 with a silencer from a cabinet behind DiBernardo and shot him in the back of the head. Without his closely guarded knowledge, DiBernardo's pornography business interests became less profitable, although Gravano would help himself to the deceased man's control of Teamsters Local 282, which dovetailed with Gravano's construction racket.

In the 1996 HBO made-for-TV movie Gotti, actor Frank Vincent portrays DiBernardo as "DB". In Witness to the Mob, actor Tony Kruck portrays him simply as "Di Bernardo". Jimmy Palumbo plays Robert DiBernardo in a season three episode of the television series The Deuce.

References

Other references

 Goombatah: The Improbable Rise and Fall of John Gotti and His Gang by John Cummings and Ernest Volkman
 Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family by John H. Davis
 Boss of Bosses: The FBI and Paul Castellano by Joseph F. O'Brien and Andris Kurins
 Frontline interview of Bruce Taylor in June 2001
 Perlez, Jane (1984-04-10). "Woman in the News: Democrat, Peacemaker: Geraldine Anne Ferraro", The New York Times.
 Ferraro, Framing a Life, pp. 65–67.
 "Ferraro, Geraldine Anne, (1935 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-08-30

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Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Restorative Justice and Bushfire Arson
Submitted by Michael King on March 29, 2010 - 12:10am
Bushfires are a regular part of the Australian landscape. Similar fires are also a feature of other areas of the world – such as California and some countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea.
The hot, dry conditions of summer make the Australian bush landscape particularly fire prone. On Black Saturday – 7 February 2009 – in Melbourne, the temperature reached 46.4 degrees centigrade. Some bush fires have been particularly devastating – causing significant loss of life, damage to private property, communities and flora and fauna. For example, the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria resulted in deaths and massive destruction in a number of Victorian towns and surrounds. The interim report of the Royal Commission into these bush fires noted that "Reports referred to flames leaping 100 metres into the air, generating heat so intense that aluminium road signs melted. The plume of the fires created a convection effect that generated winds so strong that trees appeared to have been screwed from the ground. One hundred and seventy-three people died in the fires."
While some bush fires start due to natural causes – such as lightning strikes – others, unfortunately, are deliberately lit. This is the area of bush fire arson.
Last Thursday and Friday at the Monash University Conference Centre in Melbourne I took part in a symposium organised by Monash Sustainability Institute, the Australian Institute of Criminology and others about preventing bush fires. The symposium was opened by the Federal Attorney General of Australia, Robert McClelland. A key feature of the symposium was its multi-disciplinary approach – professionals from the fire services, police, psychology, corrections, criminology and the law explored the different aspects of the motivations behind, detection and investigations into and prosecution and sentencing in relation to bush fire arson. Identifying potential arsonists and greater community education were other matters considered at the symposium. The adequacy of the legislative framework to address the problem was also addressed.
I was both interested and pleased to hear a number of speakers in the introductory session mention the possible role of therapeutic jurisprudence in relation to the disposition of offenders of bush fire arson. How this would occur was not specified but it was an issue that we discussed in a symposium workshop that I co-led on bush fire arson and the courts. It was raised in several contexts – promoting greater victim voice in how courts sentence offenders in such cases, the use of restorative justice and the possible use of problem-solving court type processes.
It is simply not viable to set up a problem-solving court specialising in arson offenders. The numbers do not justify it. For example, over a five year period from 2003-2004 until 2007-2008 there were only 237 people dealt with for arson (structural and bushfire arson) in Victoria. But elements of a problem-solving court program could be used in a mainstream court in relation to suitable arson offenders whose offending does not deserve an immediate prison term. Thus sentencing could be deferred while they undergo treatment with regular court appearances, judicial case management, a multi-disciplinary approach etc, provided community treatment and support services are available and a coordinating mechanism is provided whereby reports as to compliance are provided to the court and any remedial steps implemented. Another option is to have offenders participate in a re-entry court program towards the end of their sentence – in a similar manner to the Compulsory Drug Treatment Centre in New South Wales.
Restorative justice conferences have been used in relation to arson offences. This is an option that could be more widely used in conjunction with traditional court processes or, in appropriate cases, in substitution for court processes. Thus, less serious cases of fire-related offences are dealt with in restorative justice style conferences in juvenile justice cases. RJ processes promote the voice, validation and respect of victims, perpetrators and communities. They provide a mechanism for the parties to receive more information about the offence and its effects on those involved. It can promote apology, forgiveness and healing. It provides a mechanism for victims to be heard and for fire starters to hear about the effects of their actions. It also allows for reparation to be offered and made.
Naturally such cases need to be properly screened. Some fire starters enjoy seeing the effects of their actions and their participation in a conference may produce further trauma for victims. Some victims take their own approach to healing and wish to move on with their lives without engaging with perpetrators. Perhaps conferences which would be the most effective would be those where the perpetrators of arson acted out of a desire for revenge or for other purposes – such as for financial gain - rather than where mental illness was involved.
While the ideal is for potential arsonists to be detected early and for counselling and educational strategies to be employed to prevent the problem, at the other end of the spectrum the courts and the legal system have a role to play in trying charges of bushfire arson and sentencing offenders. The sentencing and subsequent legal processes have a role to play in addressing underlying issues and promoting a more therapeutic outcome for those concerned – whether victim, offender or community. These are issues that deserve further consideration. In fact, as the symposium highlighted, the whole area of bush fire arson needs much more research across a number of disciplines.
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Stolen NASA laptop stored space station code
By Ry Crozier on Mar 2, 2012 7:45AM
Space agency reveals IT security breaches.
Space agency NASA has revealed the theft of an unencrypted laptop last year that contained algorithms used "to command and control" the International Space Station.
The agency's inspector general Paul Martin made the revelation in cybersecurity-related testimony before a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives [pdf].
Martin said that NASA reported 48 agency "mobile computing devices" either lost or stolen in the two years to April 2011, including the machine containing the sensitive code.
"Other lost or stolen notebooks contained Social Security numbers and sensitive data on NASA's Constellation and Orion programs," he noted.
Constellation is a now-defunct human space flight program, while Orion aimed to operate a multi-purpose crew vehicle under Constellation. Parts of Orion continue in a separate program.
Martin said NASA could not "consistently measure" data loss because it relied on employees to "self-report... rather than determining what was stored on the devices by reviewing backup files".
In addition, Martin laid out figures for the number of recorded attempts by external parties to access its systems or install malicious code.
In 2010 and 2011, he said NASA recorded 5408 "computer security incidents" that caused damage pegged at around $US7 million.
Martin did not break down the incident figure, apart from detailing the number of advanced persistent threats (APTs) aimed at NASA's IT infrastructure.
He said NASA fell victim to 47 APT attacks in the 2011 financial year - 13 of which "successfully compromised agency computers".
One attacker netted 150 user credentials. Another gained full system access to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's systems.
Martin urged some caution on the figures because not all US agencies subjected themselves to the same level of scrutiny and reporting of computer security incidents as NASA did.
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WILL OBAMA AND CLINTON HAVE DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED HOMELAND SECURITY CONTROL THE ELECTIONS
Talk about the One World Global Government wanting to take down America at any cost… Folks you can't make this sh_t up !!
And it's really happening in America even before they confiscate the guns… Un Believable…
This all happened after CLINTONS RATINGS TANK IN AUGUST
Even before the FBI identified new cyber attacks on two separate state election boards, the Department of Homeland Security began considering declaring the election a "critical infrastructure," giving it the same control over security it has over Wall Street and and the electric power grid.
The latest admissions of attacks could speed up that effort possibly including the upcoming presidential election, according to officials.
"We should carefully consider whether our election system, our election process, is critical infrastructure like the financial sector, like the power grid," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said.
"There's a vital national interest in our election process, so I do think we need to consider whether it should be considered by my department and others critical infrastructure," he said at media conference earlier this month hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.
DHS has a vital security role in 16 areas of critical infrastructure and they provide a model for what the department and Johnson could have in mind for the election.
DHS describes it this way on their website: "There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof."
A White House policy directive adds, "The federal government also has a responsibility to strengthen the security and resilience of its own critical infrastructure, for the continuity of national essential functions, and to organize itself to partner effectively with and add value to the security and resilience efforts of critical infrastructure owners and operators."
At the time, Johnson did not mention specific security issues, but the FBI has since cited one hack and another attempt.
Johnson also said that the big issue at hand is that there isn't a central election system since the states run elections. "There's no one federal election system. There are some 9,000 jurisdictions involved in the election process," Johnson said.
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Pew: Americans giving up on God, miracles
Half of Americans who have left their church no longer believe in God, leading a surge of nearly one quarter of the nation who have no affiliation with any religion, according to a new survey.
Pew Research Center said Wednesday that 49 percent of what they term "nones" left their church and religion because they "don't believe." Another 20 percent said they don't like organized religion. Other reasons included "common sense" and a lack of belief in miracles.
The survey is the latest from Pew that demonstrates a growing trend in America: more and more people are junking religion and many are giving up on God.
Pew interviewed several respondents to try and find a reason. Pew Said for example:
"About half of current religious 'nones' who were raised in a religion (49%) indicate that a lack of belief led them to move away from religion. This includes many respondents who mention 'science' as the reason they do not believe in religious teachings, including one who said 'I'm a scientist now, and I don't believe in miracles.' Others reference 'common sense,' 'logic' or a 'lack of evidence' – or simply say they do not believe in God."
Andrea Tantaros of Fox News Claims Retaliation for Sex Harassment Complaints
A suit filed by Andrea Tantaros, a former Fox News host, says the network "masquerades as a defender of traditional family values, but behind the scenes, it operates like a sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult." Credit Carlo Allegri/Invision, via Associated Press
Andrea Tantaros, a former Fox News host, charged in a lawsuit filed Monday that top executives at the network, including the man who replaced Roger Ailes, punished her for complaining about sexual harassment by Mr. Ailes.
The suit by Ms. Tantaros, filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, is the latest round in a contentious volley that began in late winter, when Fox claimed she had breached her employment contract by writing a book without receiving network approval.
"Fox News masquerades as a defender of traditional family values, but behind the scenes, it operates like a sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult, steeped in intimidation, indecency and misogyny," Ms. Tantaros's suit says.
Fox News said it would not comment on pending litigation.
Mr. Ailes, the network's founding chairman and guiding force for two decades, resigned last month after a former anchor, Gretchen Carlson, said in a suit that she was fired for refusing his sexual advances. Mr. Ailes has denied all allegations of harassment.
In April, the chief lawyer for Fox charged that Ms. Tantaros had concocted sexual harassment claims to gain leverage in the contract dispute; her lawyer, Judd Burstein, said the book dispute was a pretext that Fox was using to silence her.
During arbitration, Mr. Burstein said, Fox News offered to pay her a sum "in the seven figures" if she renounced claims against Mr. Ailes and others at the network, including the host Bill O'Reilly. According to the lawsuit, Ms. Tantaros said she had been subjected to unwelcome advances from Mr. O'Reilly, whom she had regarded as a friend and adviser.
"Ailes did not act alone," the lawsuit states. "He may have been the primary culprit, but his actions were condoned by his most senior lieutenants, who engaged in a concerted effort to silence Tantaros by threats, humiliation and retaliation."
Huma Abedin worked at a radical Muslim journal for 10 years | New York Post
Hillary Clinton's top campaign aide, and the woman who might be the future White House chief of staff to the first female US president, for a decade edited a radical Muslim publication that opposed women's rights and blamed the US for 9/11.One of Clinton's biggest accomplishments listed on her campaign Web site is her support for the UN women's conference in Bejing in 1995, when she famously declared, "Women's rights are human rights." Her speech has emerged as a focal point of her campaign, featured prominently in last month's Morgan Freeman-narrated convention video introducing her as the Democratic nominee.However, soon after that "historic and transformational" 1995 event, as Clinton recently described it, her top aide Huma Abedin published articles in a Saudi journal taking Clinton's feminist platform apart, piece by piece. At the time, Abedin was assistant editor of the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs working under her mother, who remains editor-in-chief. She was also working in the White House as an intern for then-First Lady Clinton.Headlined "Women's Rights are Islamic Rights," a 1996 article argues that single moms, working moms and gay couples with children should not be recognized as families. It also states that more revealing dress ushered in by women's liberation "directly translates into unwanted results of sexual promiscuity and irresponsibility and indirectly promote violence against women." In other words, sexually liberated women are just asking to be raped"A conjugal family established through a marriage contract between a man and a woman, and extended through procreation is the only definition of family a Muslim can accept," the author, a Saudi official with the Muslim World League, asserted, while warning of "the dangers of alternative lifestyles." (Abedin's journal was founded and funded by the former head of the Muslim World League.)"Pushing [mothers] out into the open labor market is a clear demonstration of a lack of respect of womanhood and motherhood," it added.
Source: Huma Abedin worked at a radical Muslim journal for 10 years | New York Post
Unflattering statues of naked Donald Trump pop up around US
Well, we know what's not yuuuge!Life-size statues of Donald Trump, in all his naked glory, have been erected across the country — and they're far from flattering.One of the nude effigies was first spotted in Union Square on Thursday morning, sparking a slew of tweets poking fun at the microscopic representation of the Republican presidential candidate's manhood and unsightly, cottage-cheese like physique."A nude statue of Donald Trump appeared in Union Square today. I'm not attaching a photo out of courtesy to everyone," tweeted Anica Padilla."Judging by hands he put it there. Judging by penis maybe not," added user @th3j35t3r.The city apparently wasn't laughing, though — sending a pair of workers from the Parks Department to remove the sculpture just after 1 p.m., as onlookers booed and cursed.At first, all that was left behind was the feet and base, which included an engraved plaque that read, "The Emperor Has No Balls." But the workers eventually came back and took that, too."Oh dear, what a shame! I wish I would have caught that! A statue of Trump with a very teene-tiny wiener!" exclaimed one woman, who arrived late to the party.Throughout the morning, the statue drew hordes of onlookers to the south side of Union Square, who stopped and cringed while snapping as many pictures as possible."I've heard rumors about some things being 'sub par,' so I'm not sure if this is life imitating art or art imitating life," joked Marcos Araujo, a 22-year-old Bronxite. "I think this is a pretty impressive likeness. If there was a look-like-Trump contest I think this would beat the real person."Chaira Palazzo, a 14-year-old from Brooklyn, agreed — saying she loved the portrayal of Trump."It was amazing – the fact that it had no balls. And the yellow pubic hair! It looked like a jellyfish mutant in one of the X-man movies," she said. "One lady said it was mean, but I feel like that's justice. I think they should have left it."
Source: Unflattering statues of naked Donald Trump pop up around US | New York Post
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MATT NULL THE "VOICE IN OUR HEADS" SENIOR CNN MORNING PRODUCER DIES AT 34
CNN senior producer dies under mysterious circumstances while vacationing in Barcelona.
For the last 3 years, Null was senior producer of CNN world programing "Early Start".
"He is someone who really made a difference in the world through his job," she added.
Before joining Fox News in 2012, Null worked his way through the local TV news ranks, at KRON in San Francisco, WSVN in Miami, WFTS in Tampa, among others. Null, 34, was in Barcelona when he died. A cause of death has not been revealed.
What happened to Matt Null?
What values did he put forth via CNN?
What did he stand for?
What spin did he put on the CNN world news so as to make a difference throughout the world?
What kind of difference was he making anyway?
Was he really protecting us from Trump?
Leaked Soros Memo: Refugee Crisis 'New Normal' | The Daily Caller
A leaked memo from left-wing financier George Soros's Open Society Foundations argues that Europe's refugee crisis should be accepted as a "new normal," and that the refugee crisis means "new opportunities" for Soros' organization to influence immigration policies on a global scale.OSF program officer Anna Crowley and program specialist Katin Rosin co-authored the May 12 memo, titled "Migration Governance and Enforcement Portfolio Review." The memo focuses on an OSF program called the International Migration Initiative, which aims to influence immigration policy.The nine-page review makes three key points: OSF — which doles out millions to left-wing causes — has been successful at influencing global immigration policy; Europe's refugee crisis presents "new opportunities" for the organization to influence global immigration policy; and the refugee crisis is the "new normal."
Source: Leaked Soros Memo: Refugee Crisis 'New Normal' | The Daily Caller
Connecting The Dots, Conspiracy Theory, Corruption, Education
Einstein said, "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them
In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship."
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the
beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200
years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
>From liberty to abundance;
>From abundance to complacency;
>From complacency to apathy;
>From apathy to dependence;
>From dependence back into bondage."
Born 1776, Died 2016
It doesn't hurt to read this several times.
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in
St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning
the last Presidential election:
Number of States won by:
Obama: 19 Romney: 29
Square miles of land won by:
Obama: 580,000 Romney: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by:
Obama: 127 million Romney: 143 million
Professor Olson adds:
"In aggregate, the map of the territory Romney won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.
Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income tenements and living off various forms of government
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal's and they vote – then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years .
Conspiracy Theory, Corruption
WOW! BREAKING=> Julian Assange Suggests Seth Rich – Who Was MURDERED in DC – Was Wikileaks DNC Source!
Jim Hoft Aug 9th, 2016 8:15 pm 3037 Comments
On July 8, 2016, 27 year-old Democratic staffer Seth Conrad Rich was murdered in Washington DC. The killer or killers took nothing from their victim, leaving behind his wallet, watch and phone.
Shortly after the killing, Redditors and social media users were pursuing a "lead" saying that Rich was en route to the FBI the morning of his murder, apparently intending to speak to special agents about an "ongoing court case" possibly involving the Clinton family.
Seth Rich's father Joel told reporters, "If it was a robbery — it failed because he still has his watch, he still has his money — he still has his credit cards, still had his phone so it was a wasted effort except we lost a life."
On Tuesday Wikileaks offered a $20,000 reward for information on the murder of DNC staffer Seth rich.
Now this…
Julian Assange suggested on Tuesday that Seth Rich was a Wikileaks informant.
Via Mike Cernovich:
Orlando shooter's father attends Hillary Clinton rally in Kissimmee – wptv.com
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Hillary Clinton spoke to a crowd in Kissimmee, just south of Orlando. She was supposed to be talking jobs, but started the speech off paying tribute to those affected by the Pulse Nightclub shooting."I know how many people, families, loved ones, and friends are still grieving, and we will be with you as you rebuild your lives."RELATED: Get the free WPTV app for breaking news, alerts WPTV happened to notice the man, who has a mustache and was wearing a red hat, behind Clinton. It was Seddique Mateen, the father of Orlando mass shooter Omar Mateen.
Watch the story below: NewsChannel 5 asked Mateen what he was thinking about when Clinton spoke about the Orlando incident. "We've been cooperating with the federal government, and that's about it," he said. "Thank you." Mateen didn't want to answer any other questions, but just hours later, we ran into him by chance at a rest stop on the way back to West Palm Beach. He wanted to do an interview and show us a sign he made for Clinton."Hillary Clinton is good for United States versus Donald Trump, who has no solutions," he said.We asked what went into his decision to go to the event right near Orlando, where the Pulse Nightclub shooting happened."I spoke a lot about that and wish that my son joined the Army and fought ISIS. That would be much better," he said.When questioned whether Clinton's campaign knew he was going to the event and sitting directly behind the presidential candidate, Mateen said, " It's a Democratic party, so everyone can join."Finally we asked if he thought some people would be surprised to see him there, especially given the proximity to Orlando. "Why should they be surprised? I love the United States, and I've been living here a long time," Mateen said.An official with the Clinton campaign said, "The rally was a 3,000-person, open-door event for the public. This individual wasn't invited as a guest and the campaign was unaware of his attendance until after the event."
Source: Orlando shooter's father attends Hillary Clinton rally in Kissimmee – wptv.com
'Break the Cross': Islamic State Magazine Mocks Christianity, Claims Jesus Is 'a Slave of Allah'
In the latest issue of its English-language magazine Dabiq, the Islamic State calls on Christians to abandon Christianity, arguing that Jesus himself was "a slave of Allah" who will "wage jihad" upon returning to earth.
The fifteenth issue of the magazine, titled "Break the Cross," is dedicated to convincing Christians that Jesus was a prophet of Allah, was never crucified, and that most of the New Testament is a perversion of Jesus's story orchestrated by St. Paul, a "criminal" "treacherous Jew" who gave up massacring Christians in order to subvert the religion from the inside. Its articles strive to depict Christianity as a pagan religion based on a false Jesus, arguing that the only true Jesus is the prophet of Islam.
The feigned compassion towards Christians in most of the volume stands in stark contrast to the actions of the Islamic State's terrorists towards Christian communities, which includes rape, torture, crucifixion, and slavery.
In the issue's Foreward, the editors make clear the intent of the magazine: the issue will help "Crusaders" "read into why Muslims hate and fight them, why pagan Christians should break their crosses, why liberalist secularists should return to the fitrah (natural human disposition), and why skeptical atheists should recognize their Creator and submit to Him."
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U.S. Sent Cash to Iran as Americans Were Freed
Obama administration insists there was no quid pro quo, but critics charge payment amounted to ransom.
By JAY SOLOMON and CAROL E. LEE
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran, according to U.S. and European officials and congressional staff briefed on the operation afterward.
Wooden pallets stacked with euros, Swiss francs and other currencies were flown into Iran on an unmarked cargo plane, according to these officials. The U.S. procured the money from the central banks of the Netherlands and Switzerland, they said.
The money represented the first installment of a $1.7 billion settlement the Obama administration reached with Iran to resolve a decades-old dispute over a failed arms deal signed just before the 1979 fall of Iran's last monarch, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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Actresses Kristen Bell and Keira Knightley give voice to several Disney characters, but now both have voiced concerns over the messages they think some Disney princess movies send to kids.
Actress Kristen Bell slammed President Donald Trump over his administration's immigration policies that have resulted in the separation of children from adults attempting to cross the border illegally.
Hollywood celebrities reacted with dismay to news Friday that FBI Director James Comey has decided to reopen a probe into Hillary Clinton emails related to its previous investigation of the Democratic presidential candidate.
Dozens of Broadway's biggest stars joined together onstage at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday to perform the classic tune "What the World Needs Now Is Love" in tribute to victims of gun violence.
Parenthood changes things, particularly a person's perspective on health and wellness. Such is the case with House of Lies star Kristen Bell, who recently revealed that before she had her two little girls she had been skeptical of vaccination.


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BANKRUPTCY ACT 1966
PART VIII - TRUSTEES
Division 3 - Accounts and audits
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Div 3 repealed by No 11 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 1 item 54, applicable in relation to the administration of regulated debtors ' estates on and after 1 September 2017.
SECTION 169 169 TRUSTEE TO PAY MONEYS INTO BANK ACCOUNT
(Repealed by No 11 of 2016)
S 169 repealed by No 11 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 1 item 54, applicable in relation to the administration of regulated debtors ' estates on and after 1 September 2017. S 169 formerly read:
SECTION 169 TRUSTEE TO PAY MONEYS INTO BANK ACCOUNT
A trustee of the estate of a bankrupt must pay all money received by him or her on account of the estate to the credit of a single interest bearing bank account that complies with the requirements (if any) specified in the regulations.
S 169(1) substituted by No 11 of 1997, s 3 and Sch 1(13). S 169(1) formerly read:
A trustee of the estate of a bankrupt shall pay all moneys received by him or her on account of the estate to the credit of an account opened and kept in the name of the estate at such bank as the trustee selects.
169(1A)
The trustee must only pay into the account money received by the trustee on account of the estate of a bankrupt, but he or she may pay in money received on account of more than one estate.
S 169(1A) inserted by No 11 of 1997, s 3 and Sch 1(13).
169(1B)
The trustee is entitled, in his or her personal capacity, to each payment of interest on the account, less an amount equal to the bank fees or charges (if any) paid or payable on the account during the period to which the interest relates.
S 169(1B) inserted by No 11 of 1997, s 3 and Sch 1(13).
169(1C)
If, under subsection (1B), the trustee is only entitled to part of a payment of interest, the rest of that payment:
(a) if the account contains money from only one estate - forms part of that estate; or
(b) if the account contains money from more than one estate - forms part of those estates in proportion to the respective amounts of money held in the account on account of each of those estates.
S 169(1C) inserted by No 11 of 1997, s 3 and Sch 1(13).
169(1D)
Interest on money in the bank account is not subject to taxation under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory except as provided in Part 2 of the Bankruptcy (Estate Charges) Act 1997 .
S 169(1D) inserted by No 11 of 1997, s 3 and Sch 1(13).
If a trustee of the estate of a bankrupt keeps in his or her hands any money exceeding $50 received on behalf of the estate for a period exceeding 5 days (excluding any day on which the branch of the bank at which the estate bank account is kept is not open for business), then, unless he or she satisfies the Court that his or her reason for retaining the money was sufficient:
(a) he or she is liable to pay interest at the rate of 20% per annum on the amount by which the amount so retained exceeds $50; and
(b) the Court may remove him or her from his or her office of trustee.
Where a trustee is so removed from office, the Court may make such order with respect to his or her remuneration for his or her services as a trustee as the Court thinks proper and may further order that he or she pay expenses incurred by the creditors in consequence of his or her removal.
This section does not apply in relation to the Official Trustee.
S 169(4) substituted by No 12 of 1980, s 86.
Transitional provision
No 11 of 1997, s 3 and Sch 3, provides:
1 Bank accounts and investments under sections 169, 172 and 210
(1) If:
(a) immediately before the commencement of this Schedule, a trustee was maintaining an account under:
(i) section 169 or 172 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 as then in force; or
(ii) section 210 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 as in force immediately before the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 1996 ; and
(b) the account does not comply with section 169 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 as amended by Schedule 1 to this Act;
the trustee must pay the money into an account that complies with that section as so amended as soon as reasonably practicable after the commencement of this Schedule.
(2) If, immediately before the commencement of this Schedule, a trustee held public securities as an investment under section 172 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 as then in force, the trustee must, as soon as reasonably practicable after that commencement:
(a) convert the securities into money; and
(b) pay the money into an account that complies with section 169 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 as amended by Schedule 1 to this Act.
(3) This item does not require a trustee to close a fixed term deposit, or to convert fixed term securities into money, before the term ends.
(4) In this item, a reference to section 169 or 172 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 as in force at a particular time includes a reference to that section as applied by other provisions of that Act as then in force.
means an ADI or any other bank.
S 169(5) inserted by No 48 of 1998, Sch 1 item 21.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg (* 18. Oktober 1837 in Köln; † 6. Februar 1919 in Utrecht) war ein deutsch-niederländischer Bildhauer.

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Mengelberg war Sohn des Kölner Drechslers Johann Edmund Egidius Mengelberg. Wie sein Großvater Egidius Mengelberg und sein Onkel Otto Mengelberg wandte er sich früh der Bildenden Kunst zu. Bereits achtzehnjährig konvertierte der wie sein Vater protestantisch Getaufte zum Katholizismus, dem Bekenntnis seines Großvaters. Er studierte an der "Mengelbergschen Zeichenschule" seines Großvaters und bei dem Kölner Bildhauer Christoph Stephann (1797–1864). War die Ausbildung an der Zeichenschule des Großvaters zunächst noch am Klassizismus orientiert, übernahm 1849 mit dem neuen Leiter Friedrich von Schmidt ein Wegbereiter des Historismus, namentlich der Neugotik die Schule und öffnete sie für das Studium der mittelalterlichen Kunst.

Nach Abschluss der Zeichenschule gründete Mengelberg eine Bildhauerwerkstatt in Köln. Dort lernte er auch den Kirchenkunst-Historiker und Aachener Kaplan Franz Bock (1823–1899) kennen, der sein Interesse für die Kunst der Gotik weiter beförderte. 1865 übergab er die Kölner Werkstatt seinem Bruder Otto (1841–1891) und begab sich nach Aachen. Wohl durch Bock vermittelt erhielt er 1868 den Auftrag zur Fertigung eines Bischofsstuhls für die Katharinen-Kathedrale in Utrecht, dessen Ausführung so gut aufgenommen wurde, dass Mengelberg durch die Auftraggeber aufgefordert wurde, sich in Utrecht niederzulassen, wohin er 1869 übersiedelte.

Mengelberg trat in Utrecht der St. Bernulphusgilde bei, die als Gruppe katholischer Geistlicher um den Kaplan G. W. van Heukelum (1834–1910) die Wahrung der nationalen Tradition und Fachkunde in religiöser Kunst und Architektur zum Ziel hatte. Insbesondere die mittelalterlichen einheimischen Stile und der Gebrauch von einheimischen Materialien wie Backstein waren hier von Bedeutung. Durch die Gilde kam er auch mit dem Architekten Alfred Tepe zusammen, mit dem er vornehmlich zusammenarbeitete und der auch das Wohnhaus erbaute, in dem Mengelberg von 1872 bis zu seinem Tod wohnte. Sein Atelier in Utrecht prosperierte und hatte 1890 bereits 32 Angestellte. Zu seinen Mitarbeitern zählte der schon in Aachen für Mengelberg arbeitende Bildhauer Hubert Ludwig Jungblut (1852–1929), der zahlreiche Entwürfe für die Werkstatt beisteuerte. Zusammen mit Tepe prägte Mengelberg den neogotischen katholischen Kirchenbau der Niederlande im 19. Jahrhundert nachhaltig. Zu den Kirchbauten, an denen er mitwirkte, gehören unter anderem St. Michael in Schalkwijk, St. Katharina und St. Willibrord in Utrecht und St. Nikolaus in IJsselstein. Hochaltäre von Mengelberg befinden sich zum Beispiel in der Krijtberg-Kirche in Amsterdam, in St. Vitus in Hilversum, in der Liebfrauenkirche in Zwolle und in St. Pankratius in 's-Heerenberg.

Seine Kontakte zum Rheinland hielt Mengelberg lebenslang aufrecht, so zum Beispiel zu dem Kunstwissenschaftler und Sammler Alexander Schnütgen. 1888 gewann Mengelberg den Wettbewerb für die Gestaltung der Bronzeverkleidung der Türen des Mittelportals der Nordseite am Kölner Dom, die nach seinem Entwurf ausgeführt wurden. Auch der Dreikönigenaltar, der Kreuzweg und einige andere Stücke im Dom stammen von Mengelberg. 1898 schuf er das Rankenwerk für Flügelbilder, die Heinrich Nüttgens für den St.-Annen-Altar des Kaiserdoms in Frankfurt am Main malte.

Aus der 1866 geschlossenen Ehe Mengelbergs mit Wilhelmina Anna Helena Schrattenholz gingen acht Söhne und acht Töchter hervor. Der älteste Sohn Otto Mengelberg (1867–1924) wurde ein bedeutender Glasmaler, die Söhne Joseph (1874–1940) und Hans (1885–1945) arbeiteten im Betrieb des Vaters und führten ihn nach dessen Tod weiter. Mengelbergs Sohn Willem (1871–1951) wurde ein international bedeutender Dirigent.

1896 schuf er den Hochaltar und Beichtstuhl im Stil der Neo-Gotik für die St. Mariä Empfängniskirche in Düsseldorf.

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Q: Find edge weights that fit given node weights Let $G = (V,E)$ be a connected simple graph (unweighted, undirected, no selfloops) on $n$ nodes.
Let $\mathbf{d} := (d_1, d_2, ..., d_n) \in \mathbb{R}_{>0}^n$ be a vector of arbitrary given node weights. Now, I want to find symmetric, positive edge weights $W := [w_{ij}]_{i,j=1,...,n}$ that fit the given node weights on $G$, i.e. :

*

*symmetry : $w_{ij} = w_{ji}$

*positivity and $G$-restriction : $w_{ij} > 0 \Leftrightarrow (i,j) \in E$ and $w_{ij} = 0$ otherwise

*fitting the given node weights : $\forall i=1,...,n : \sum_{j=1}^n w_{ij} = d_i$

Thus, I want to find some weighted, undirected graph $G_W$ that is constructed by assigning appropriate edge weights to the edges of $G$, which sum up to the pre-defined degrees.
Surely, there are choices of $\mathbf{d}$ for which no fitting edge weights $W$ exist, think for example of a triangle and $\mathbf{d} = (10, 1, 1)$. However, it is not hard to find non-trivial examples in which for many choices of $\mathbf{d}$ some fitting $W$ does exist.
This problem can also be interpreted as solving an underdetermined system of $n$ linear equations (one for each node) in $\frac{n^2-n}{2}$ free variables (the edge weights), plus the complicated 'positivity constraint'.
Further, one can formulate this as a linear program, which might be infeasible for some choices of $\mathbf{d}$. But I am interested in an algebraic solution (but perhaps this is already NP-complete?).
So my questions are:

*

*feasibility: For which choices of $\mathbf{d}$ does a solution $W$ exist?

*solving: How to find an explicit solution?

*background: Can you share deeper insights regarding this topic?

(Just as a weird idea, perhaps one can define the $w_{ij}$'s as entries of some vector $\mathbf{v}$ that turns out to be an eigenvector corresponding to the maximum eigenvalue of some irreducible non-negative matrix, thus, $\mathbf{v}$ having all its entries positive by the Perron-Frobenius theorem? Perhaps feasibility corresponds to irreducibility then?)

A: You can solve it by using maximum network flow: First you duplicate every vertex $i$, creating a twin $i'$, which inherits the same degree $d_{i'}:= d_i$. Each edge $ij$ becomes two edges $i,j'$ and $i',j$. If you solve your problem on this new bipartite graph $G'$, you can recover a solution for $G$ by averaging the two copies of each edge. (and vice versa).
Now, the problem for the bipartite graph $G'$ becomes a network flow problem when you direct the edges from the $i$s to the $i'$s. The $d$s become supplies and demands.
(I used this reduction in my thesis.)
Additional remarks.

*

*The max-flow-min-cut theorem will then lead to the following characterization:

A solution exists iff there is no fractional vertex cover with cost less than $\sum d_i$.

A fractional vertex cover assigns a number $x_i$ to each vertex such that $x_i+x_j\ge 1$ for every edge $ij$. It is sufficient to consider values $0,\frac12,1$ for the $x$'s. (This corresponds to the dual linear program to your system of inequalities.) ADDITION: A vertex $i$ costs $x_id_i$, the total cost of a vertex cover is the sum of these quantities.

*The set of feasible solutions of your system is related to the perfect $b$-matching polytope, see [A. Schrijver, Combinatorial Optimization, Vol. 1, p. 549]: The $b$s are your $d$s. In this problem, the $b$'s must be integral, and the perfect $b$-matching polytope is the convex hull of the integral solutions of your system of equations.
However, when all $b_i$'s are even, integrality plays no role, and you get directly the convex hull of all real solutions. This is a special section in Schrijver's book; Section 31.5. Theorem 31.5 then (if rephrased appropriately) would lead to the above characterization.

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BOSTON, Mass. – Emmanuel senior Meghan Kirwan (Melrose, Mass.) netted a game-high 17 points to lead Emmanuel College to an 89-42 victory over Pine Manor College on Wednesday evening at the Jean Yawkey Center in Boston, Mass. With the loss, Pine Manor drops to 7-11 and 1-8 in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC). While Emmanuel improves to 8-0 in conference play and 14-6 overall.
Emmanuel opened the game on a 9-0 run and never looked back. Kirwan capped the opening spurt with a three point bucket from the wing before the Gators got on the board with a layup by senior guard Phibe Pham (Boston, Mass.) to make it 9-2 with 15:30 remaining in the frame.
The Saints would continue to build their lead and a Kirwan steal and fast-break layup with 8:38 to play made it 21-10, forcing Pine Manor to take a timeout. Following the break, senior guard Therline Dumeran (Cambridge, Mass.) was able to draw a foul and convert both free throws to cut the Saints lead back into single digits (21-12) but it would be the closest that Pine Manor would come for the remainder of the contest.
In the second half, PMC sophomore Ashley Carusone (Nashua, N.H.)traded hoops with Kirwan to make it 45-21 with 18:13 remaining before Emmanuel rattled off 13 consecutive points to take a commanding 58-21 lead. Senior guard Jessica Gilmore broke the Pine Manor scoreless drought with a pair of free throws around the 13 minute mark to make it 58-23.Gilmore finished with a team-high 15 points while Dumeran recorded a double-double of 11 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Carusone also helped out on the glass, grabbing 12 boards for the visitors.
Along with her 17 points, Kirwan also finished the contest with four rebounds and three assists and was one of four Emmanuel players to finsih in double-figures along with Fiona O'Dwyer, 14 points, and senior Breanna Ockimey (Philadelphia, Pa.) and sophomore center Victoria Johnson (Syracuse, N.Y.), each of whom finsihed with 10 points, respectively.
Pine Manor will return to action on Saturday when they host Suffolk University at 1:00 PM at Brunelli Court.Emmanuel will also be back in action on Saturday afternoon when they head to New Haven, Conn. to face Albertus Magnus College at 1:00 pm.


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Trump warns Iran against restarting nuclear program
By Abby Phillip, Kevin Liptak and Nicole Gaouette (CNN)
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Donald Trump warned Iran of "severe consequences" if it restarted its nuclear program, one day after Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.
Asked what he would do if Iran restarted its program, Trump said: "I would advise Iran not to start their nuclear program."
"If they do, there will be very severe consequences," Trump said Wednesday during a Cabinet meeting.
Trump announced Tuesday he is quitting the Iran nuclear deal, pitting him against the United States' closest allies and leaving the future of Tehran's nuclear ambitions in question.
"It is clear to me that we cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement," Trump said from the White House Diplomatic Room. "The Iran deal is defective at its core. If we do nothing we know exactly what will happen."
In announcing his long-telegraphed decision, Trump said he would initiate new sanctions on the regime, crippling the touchstone agreement negotiated by his predecessor. Trump had said any country that helps Iran obtain nuclear weapons would also be "strongly sanctioned."
"This was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made," the President said Tuesday in remarks that, at times, misrepresented the international agreement's provisions. "It didn't bring calm, it didn't bring peace, and it never will."
Trump's decision could have explosive consequences, straining longstanding US alliances, disrupting oil markets and boosting tensions in the Middle East, even if the US reversal doesn't lead Iran to restart its atomic program.
While Trump supporters praised the move, analysts and critics said it undermines Washington's credibility in future negotiations -- particularly with North Korea -- and potentially empowers the very hardliners in Iran that Trump vilified in his remarks.
It also further isolates Trump on the global stage, where he has angered even the staunchest US allies by reneging on US commitments to the Paris climate accord and pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.


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What is a bench decision?
This is when the administrative law judge verbally approves the claim at a hearing. He or she will follow up with a short written decision in just a few days. This is most often the case in clear-cut cases where there's no doubt that the claim should be granted. This is good for everyone because it speeds up the process by cutting out lengthy time with the court and added paperwork.


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[Anti-slavery resolutions]
Unsigned and undated anti-slavery resolutions.
[Letter from Edmund Quincy to Francis Jackson]
Letter from Edmund Quincy to Francis Jackson regarding expenses and articles [for The Liberator].
[Letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]
Two-page letter dated August 21, 1855, from L. [Lysander] Spooner to [George] Bradburn, in which he forwards a letter from E. D. Linden of New Bedford [Massachusetts] dated August 15, 1855, that invites Bradburn to lecture in his town.
List of 108 names to petition for use of Faneuil Hall
Signed petition of 108 names for the use of Feneuil Hall [Boston, Massachusetts] in January 1839 for a gathering [probably for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society].
Petition to Gov. to fill the office of Agt. For Col'd Seamen
Petition [from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] to Massachusetts Governor Marcus Morton to appoint Amos B. Merrill to act as an agent for "colored seamen" in the ports of Charleston [South Carolina] and New Orleans [Louisiana].
Four-page letter dated December 1, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], discussing the legalization of slavery.
Resolutions of the World's Convention
Printed resolution from the General Anti-Slavery Convention, held in London between June 12 and June 23 in London, by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society [later the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society] condeming the slave trade. Signed by Society President Thomas Clarkson.
[Advertisement for lecture by Daniel McFarland]
Printed advertisement for a lecture by Daniel McFarland on January 8, 1879, at the Armory Hall of Niles, Michigan, entitled "The Voyage of Life."
[Petition letter in opposition to the American Colonization Society]
Petition denying support for the American Colonization Society, signed by William Wilberforce and 12 others in London, 1833.
Three-page letter dated April 15, 1846, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Nantucket [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol, Massachusetts, in which he asks for a letter from Dr. and Mrs. [George] Hoyt and discusses Thomas Earle's opinion of Spooner's book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery].
Recommendation to Gov. Morton to fill office and signers
Recommendation for Massachusetts Governor Marcus Morton to appoint Amos B. Merrill of Boston to the position of agent under the "resolves relating to the imprisonment of citizens of this commonwealth in other states" of March 24, 1843. List of twelve names in pencil on verso, many only first and last initial.
Mayor & Aldermen, Fanueil Hall, Refused
Letter to the Mayor [Samuel Atkins Eliot] and Aldermen of Boston [Massachusetts] from Francis Jackson and 11 other committee members [of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] arguing a recent denial for permission to use Faneuil Hall for a meeting about slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Poetry, 1843. Weymouth. Bard Adlington.
Two-page manuscript poem about the abolishment of slavery. Docket reads, "Poetry, 1843. Weymouth. Bard Aldlington."
Donations to the Liberator in 1839
Two-page list of donors to the Liberator in 1839. Also includes donations made in January 1840 and "amounts loaned to Liberator committee." The list of donors includes William Rotch, Andrew Robeson, the Pawtucket Anti-Slavery Society, William Bassett, the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, Mary Ann Russell, Isaac Winslow, [Samuel] Fessenden, Joseph Southwick, Ellis Gray Loring, Samuel Philbrick, Samuel Rodman, Joseph Southwick, Christopher Robinson and others.
[Letter from G. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]
Four-page letter dated October 26, 1845, from G. [George] Bradburn in Boston [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol, Massachusetts, discussing opinions about Spooner's book, The Unconstitutionality of Slavery, and plans to begin a "Review" in Boston.
[Letter from Lysander Spooner to Hon. Charles A. Wickliffe]
Two-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated January 11, 1844, which accompanied a copy of Spooner's The Unconstitutionality of Slavery.
History of Mass. Anti Slav Society
Two-page unsigned and undated manuscript history of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, organized by meeting. Includes names of organizers, dates of meetings, and summary.
One-page letter dated April 13, 1851, from L. [Lysander] Spooner to [George] Bradburn, discussing his idea for Bradburn to stay in Boston by founding a weekly paper called "the Anti-Slavery Constitutionalist."
The undersigned hereby agree to take the number of slaves let against their names respectively, upon the foregoing terms & conditions
List of 24 Massachusetts citizens who agreed to take slaves "let against their names." Includes the number of slaves for each person. On back, a proposition for the erection of a "spacious hall in which free decision may be had," with subscription details.
Knapp & The Liberator
Undated letter from Francis Jackson, Edmund Quincy, and William Bassett to the editor of the Boston Transcript [Lynde Walter] reagrding an advertisement taken out by The Liberator's editor [Isaac] Knapp.
Anti-Slavery Circular, Stanton 1837
Circular from the American Anti-Slavery Society and committee chairman Lewis Tappan, of New York, to Francis Jackson [of Boston] regarding general operations of the Society.
[Letter from Elizur Wright to Lysander Spooner]
Letter from Elizur Wright in Boston, Massachusetts, to Lysander Spooner dated April 10, 1866, discussing topics of anti-slavery.
[Letter to Francis Jackson]
Letter from [illegible] to Francis Jackson to notify of operating funds drawn from him on behalf of The Liberator.
One-page letter dated December 20, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], regarding orders for Spooner's book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery] and the adoption of his circular by the American Abolition Society.
S. E. Sewall's Draft of a Petition
Undated draft of a petition by S. E. Sewall to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives to condemn the imprisonment of African American sailors when docked in particular United States ports.
[Letter and circular from Hez L. Hosmer to Spooner]
One-page letter and envelope dated September 23, 1866, from Hez L. [Hezekiah Lord] Hosmer in Virginia City to Lysander Spooner [probably in Boston, Massachusetts] written on the back of a circular titled "Chief Justice H. L. Hosmer's Charge to the Grand Jury."
[Form letter soliciting donations for Captain Drayton]
Form letter from Francis Jackson and others requesting donations for the financial support of Captain [Daniel] Drayton while visiting in Boston.
[Draft of circular letter from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society]
Draft of letter from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society to S. E. Sewall regarding gathering signatures for petitions oppsoing the Texas Constitution's endorsement of slavery.
[Letter from Arthur G. Homer to Francis Jackson]
Letter from Arthur G. Homer, of New York City, to Francis Jackson asking for funds to help purchase two slaves belonging to a Williamsburg, Virginia, planter William Havis. They are the wife and child of a free black residing in New York, who has already procured several hundred dollars to buy their freedom.
Four-page letter dated September 21, 1854, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, discussing Richard Hildreth's appointment as editor of a new abolitionist paper and news of the Free Soil Party.
Contribution of the Churches in Mass for Fugitive Slaves
List of donations [to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] from ca. 110 people belonging to various churches. Divided into columns labeled Orthodox, Baptists, Methodist, and Unitarian. Some of the names included in the list are: James Trask Woodbury, G. Buckingham Wilcox, Giles Pease; E. A. (Edward Ainsley) Stockman, Abijah Stowell, Benjamin Whitmore, Luther Sheldon, Asaph Meriam, C. T. Tucker, and Charles Manning Bowers.
Lysander Spooner Papers, 1844-1886 (66) + -
Spooner, Lysander, 1808-1887 (65) + -
Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858 (23) + -
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 (16) + -
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877 (13) + -
Sargeant, Elizabeth M. (10) + -
Philbrick, Samuel, 1785-1866 (9) + -
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843 (8) + -
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It's a curious side effect of pregnancy ... expectant mothers with multiple sclerosis often report their symptoms go away while the baby is developing. Now, doctors seem to have tapped into that mystery in their search for an MS treatment.
Melissa Sherak Resnick loves being pregnant, but it's not just motherhood she loves. It's also because she has multiple sclerosis. She says, "When I was pregnant with Gabriella, I wanted to be pregnant for the rest of my life. I'd have a lot of kids, but yes, because I didn't want the feeling to end."
That "feeling" is a total lack of MS symptoms -- no more weakness in her limbs, no more vision problems or dizziness. Resnick is now expecting her second child, and once again, she's symptom-free. Doctors at UCLA credit a hormone called estriol.
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Estriol is a hormone that increases during pregnancy. In a study done at UCLA, researchers gave estriol to six women with early-stage multiple sclerosis. All showed improvement.
Dr. Voskuhl says, "We found there was a reduction in the MRI lesions, so the inflammatory legions of the brain went down when they were on treatment, went back up when they were off treatment, and then went back down again when they went back on treatment."
In the meantime, women with MS can always get estriol the "natural" way, even if it's only temporary.
Resnick says, "I don't ever remember having that feeling of health. And then all of a sudden there were nine to 10 months when I had that feeling."
When used in conjunction with other medications, estriol could actually slow the debilitating effects of the multiple sclerosis. UCLA researchers are about to conduct a larger, second phase of the estriol study.


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Indian Patents. 215656:"MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR RESIN SPRING"
"MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR RESIN SPRING"
[Object] To provide a manufacturing method for a resin spring which can improve the close contact between a spring body and inner - pressure generating members to thereby reduce variations in load characteristics due to repeated deformation in use. [Constitution] A manufacturing method for a resin spring including the steps of forming an elastomer preform 1 having inner closed chambers, inserting inner - pressure generating members 12 and 13 into the inner closed chamber:1, of the preform, and compressing the preform 1 with the inner -pressure generating members 12 and 13 by applying an exteinal force to produce a permanently deformed portion whose molecular structure is oriented.
The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for a resin spring capale of generating a compressive damping force.
However, when reducing the wall thickness of the preform to allow a large displacement, there occurs a large creep to cause variations in characteristics, and no sufficient energy absorption can be obtained.
To cope with this problem, the present applicant has proposed a method of inserting inner-pressure generating members into the hollow portions of the resin spring (Japanese Patent Application No. 9-64714).
into the hollow portions of the resin spring, sufficient energy absorption can be obtained with a large displacement, and the creep generated can be reduced.
[Problem to be Solved by the Invention]] In the above method, however, the preform is preliminarily compressed to be formed into a spring body having an anti-setting performance, and the inner-pressure generating members are next inserted into the hollow portions of the spring body, thereby obtaining the resin spring. Accordingly, there are variations in permanent deformation of the spring body produced by the anti-setting treatment, so that the inner-pressure generating members inserted in the hollow portions of the spring body are in poor close contact with the spring body. As a result, there is a possibility that the spring body and the inner-pressure generating members inserted therein may slip relatively because of repeated deformation in using the resin spring, causing variations in load-characteristics of the resin spring.
spring body and the inner-pressure generating members to thereby reduce variations in load characteristics due to repeated deformation in use.
According to the invention as defined in claim 1, there is provided a manufacturing method for a resin spring, comprising the steps of forming an elastomer preform having an inner closed chamber; inserting an inner-pressure generating member into the inner closed chamber of the elastomer preform; and compressing the elastomer preform with the inner-pressure generating member by applying an external force to produce a permanently deformed portion whose molecular structure is oriented .
treatment. Accordingly, by preliminarily making close contact of the inner-pressure generating member with the preform in the inserting step, the inner-pressure generating member is also deformed by deformation of the inner closed chamber of the preform by the external force applied in the compressing step, thereby highly ensuring the close contact between the spring body and the inner-pressure generating member. As a result, the slip between the spring body and the inner-pressure generating member can be prevented regardless of repeated deformation in use, thereby obtaining stable load characteristics.
According to the invention as defined in claim 2, the inserting step in the manufacturing method for the resin spring as defined in claim 1 comprises injecting an inner -pressure generating resin into the inner closed chamber of the elastomer preform.
preform and the inner-pressure generating member is highly maintained also in the compressing step for carrying out the anti-setting treatment. As a result, the slip between the spring body and the inner-pressure generating member can be prevented regardless of repeated deformation in use, thereby obtaining stable load characteristics .
According to the invention as defined in claim 3, there is provided a manufacturing method for a resin spring, comprising the steps of integrally forming an elastomer preform and an inner-pressure generating member; and compressing the elastomer preform with the inner-pressure generating member by applying an external force to produce a permanently deformed portion whose molecular structure is oriented.
result, the slip between the spring body and the inner-pressure generating member can be prevented regardless of repeated deformation in use, thereby obtaining stable load characteristics.
According to the invention as defined in claim 4, the integrally forming step in the manufacturing method for the resin spring as defined in claim 3 comprises integrally forming the elastomer preform and the inner-pressure generating member so as to exhibit a slope function .
The integral body of the preform and the inner-pressure generating member has a slope function, so that the resin spring obtained by compressing the integral body does not have an interface where the property rapidly changes, thereby suppressing the generation of cracks or the like in the resin spring due to stress concentration or the like.
elastomer preform by applying an external force to produce a permanently deformed portion whose molecular structure is oriented, thereby forming a spring body having the inner closed chamber deformed; and injecting an inner-pressure generating resin into the inner closed chamber of the spring body and molding the inner-pressure generating resin into an inner-pressure generating member by using the spring body as a part of a die.
The inner-pressure generating resin is injected into the inner closed chamber of the spring body obtained by the compressing step and is molded in this chamber by using the spring body as a part of the die. Accordingly, the close contact between the spring body and the inner pressure generating member can be highly ensured. As a result, the slip between the spring body and the inner-pressure generating member can be prevented regardless of repeated deformation in use, thereby obtaining stable load characteristics.
toward the surface to compress the elastomer perform with the inner-pressure generating member therein.
FIG. 1 is a side view of a preform according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view showing a condition where upper and lower dies are set on the preform after it is raised.
FIG. 3 is a cross section taken along the line III III in FIG. 2 .
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the preform and the inner-pressure generating members inserted therein just prior to a compression step.
FIG. 5 is a side view of a resin spring finally obtained after the compression step.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of an essential part of a front-wheel suspension applying the resin spring.
spring according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The resin spring 10 is applied to a wheel suspension for a scooter type motorcycle. The steps of a manufacturing method for the resin spring 10 will be described in sequence with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 .
In the first step, a polyester elastomer is used to perform injection molding to obtain a preform 1 as shown in FIG. 1, which is a side view of the preform 1.
The preform 1 has two hollow cylindrical portions 2 and 3 formed adjacent to each other in their radial directions, a base portion 4 formed adjacent to the cylindrical portion 2 and having a flat bottom surface, and a flattened projecting portion 5 formed adjacent to the cylindrical portion 3 so as to obliquely project from its cylindrical surface.
The base portion 4 is formed with a through hole 4a elongated along the thickness thereof and extending over the width thereof. The flattened projecting portion 5 is also formed with a through hole 5a elongated along the width thereof and extending in a direction of projection thereof .
are integrally joined at their lower side as viewed in FIG. 1 by a reinforcing wall 6, and the cylindrical portion 2 and the cylindrical portion 3 are integrally joined at their lower side as viewed in FIG. 1 by a reinforcing wall 7.
In the second step, the preform 1 is raised so that the right and left side surfaces become upper and lower surfaces, and is sandwiched by a lower die 8 and an upper die 9 as shown in FIG. 2.
The lower die 8 closes the lower circular openings of the cylindrical portions 2 and 3, and the upper die 9 closes the upper circular openings of the cylindrical portions 2 and 3, thereby defining inner closed chambers 2a and 3a.
The upper die 9 is formed with injection holes 9a and 9b respectively communicating with the inner closed chambers 2a and 3a. An urethane resin and a foaming agent are injected from the injection holes 9a and 9b into the inner closed chambers 2a and 3a (see FIG. 3) .
solid cylindrical inner-pressure generating members 12 and 13 respectively filling the inner closed chambers 2a and 3a.
Thus, the inner-pressure generating members 12 and 13 are foamed members respectively kept in close contact with the inner circumferential surfaces of the cylindrical portions 2 and 3.
In the third step, an external force is applied to the preform 1 having the inner-pressure generating members 12 and 13 respectively inserted in the inner closed chambers 2a and 3a, thereby compressing the preform 1 to carry out an anti -setting treatment in the following manner.
As shown in FIG. 4, the bottom surface of the base portion 4 is put into contact with a wall surface W, and a pressure plate P is inserted through the elongated hole 5a of the projecting portion 5. In this condition, the pressure plate P is turned toward the wall surface W, thereby -compressing the preform 1 and the inner -pressure generating members 12 and 13 for a given period -of time.
produce permanent deformation. In this condition, the preform 1 is changed to a spring body 11 retaining the permanent deformation even after removing the external force as shown in FIG. 5. The inner-pressure generating members 12 and 13 enclosed in the spring body 11 are also deformed, thus manufacturing the resin spring 10.
The cylindrical portions 2 and 3 each originally having a circular shape as viewed in side elevation are deformed in their radial directions to become an elliptical shape as shown in FIG. 5. Accordingly, the inner-pressure generating members 12 and 13 are also similarly deformed so as to keep the close contact with the inner circumferential surfaces of the cylindrical portions 2 and 3, respectively.
In this manner, the preform 1 is preliminarily compressed to produce a permanently deformed portion whose molecular structure is oriented, thereby improving an anti -'setting performance of the resin spring 10.
The resin spring 10 thus manufactured is -used in a front-wheel suspension for a scooter type motorcycle in this preferred embodiment.
generating mechanism using the resin spring 10 in the front-wheel suspension.
Reference numeral 30 denotes a front fork of the scooter type motorcycle. A pivot arm 31 as a link mechanism is pivotably supported by a pivot arm bolt 33 to the lower end of the front fork 30.
The pivot arm 31 has a free end to which a front wheel is supported through an axle 34.
The front fork 30 has a sectionally U-shaped configuration consisting of a front wall and right and left side walls. The right and left side walls are formed at their lower end portions with bolt holes aligned to each other. The pivot arm 31 has a base pivot portion 31a having a through hole in which a bushing 35 is engaged. The base pivot portion 31a of the pivot arm 31 is engaged between the right and left side walls of the front fork 30 so that the bushing 35 is aligned with the bolt holes of the right and left side walls. The pivot arm bolt 33 is inserted through the bolt holes of the right -and left side walls of the front fork 30 and the bushing 35 of the pivot arm 31, thus pivotably supporting the pivot arm 31.
a cylindrical shape with its radially opposite portions expanded in diameter, at one of which a flat lever 32 is integrally formed. The flat lever 32 extends from the outer circumferential surface of the base pivot portion 31a in its centrifugal direction.
The pivot arm 31 and the flat lever 32 extend substantially rearward from the base pivot portion 31a so that an angle of about 60' is formed between the pivot arm 31 and the flat lever 32. Accordingly, the flat lever 32 is located between the front fork 30 and the pivot arm 31.
A substantially sectorial case 36 is located above the base pivot portion 31a of the pivot arm 31 in the vicinity thereof, and is fixedly engaged within the front fork 30.
threaded into the end of the lever 32 with a washer 37 interposed therebetween, thereby fixing the projecting portion 5 of the resin spring 10 to the lever 32. Then, the assembly of the resin spring 10 and the lever 32 is forced into the case 36 from its lower opening.
The case 36 is formed with a pair of elongated holes aligned to each other. A stop bar 39 is inserted through the elongated hole 4a of the base portion 4 of the resin spring 10, and the opposite ends of the stop bar 39 are engaged with the pair of aligned elongated holes of the case 6, thereby fixing the base portion 4 of the resin spring 10 to the case 36.
The projecting portion 5 of the resin spring 10 accommodated in the case 36 is normally kept in contact with a rear wall of the case 36.
Thus, the resin spring 10 is accommodated in the case 36 so that the front end portion of the resin spring 10 is positioned by the stop bar 39 and the rear end portion of the resin spring 10 is displaceably interposed between the case 36 and the lever 32.
uneven spot on the road or receives a load upon braking, the pivot arm 31 and the lever 32 integral therewith are swung from a solid line to a dashed line as shown in FIG. 6. Accordingly, the resin spring 10 is urged by the lever 32 toward the front wall of the front fork 30, so that the spring body 11 of the resin spring 10 is elastically deformed .
The inner-pressure generating members 12 and 13 enclosed in the spring body 11 are also compressed to generate an inner pressure serving as a repulsive force.
The elastic characteristics of the resin spring 10 are such that when a load is applied to the resin spring 10 in its permanently deformed condition obtained by the above-mentioned compression step, a sufficient displacement of the resin spring 10 is ensured, whereas when the load applied is removed, the resin spring 10 restores its original shape as exhibiting a hysteresis, thus obtaining sufficient energy absorption with a large displacement .
Furthermore, the inner-pressure generating members 12 and 13 are kept in close contact with the inner circumferential surfaces of the cylindrical portions 2 and 3 of the spring body 11. Accordingly, even when the spring body 11 repeats elastic deformation in using the resin spring 10, there occurs no slip between the spring body 11 and the inner-pressure generating members 12 and 13, thus obtaining stable load characteristics and reducing aged deterioration.
repeats elastic deformation in using the resin spring, there occurs no slip between the spring body and the inner-pressure generating members, thereby stabilizing the load characteristics.
In the above integral forming step, the preform and the inner-pressure generating members are integrally formed so as to exhibit a slope function. In this case, the resin spring finally produced after the compression step does not have an interface where the property rapidly changes.
As still another preferred embodiment, the elastomer preform having inner closed chambers is first formed. In the next step, only the preform is compressed without inserting the inner-pressure generating members into the inner closed chambers, thereby orienting the molecular structure of the permanently deformed -portion to carry out an anti-setting treatment.
molded into the inner-pressure generating members is injected into the inner closed chambers of the spring body obtained by the above anti-setting treatment, then forming the inner-pressure generating members by use of the spring body as a part of the die.
placing a base portion of the elastomer preform against a surface; inserting a pressure plate through a through hole formed in a flattened projecting portion of said elastomer preform; and turning the pressure plate toward the surface to compress the elastomer preform with the inner-pressure generating member therein.
injecting an inner-pressure generating resin through said at least one injection hole and into said at least one inner chamber of said elastomer preform to form the inner-pressure generating member.
4. A manufacturing method for a resin spring substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 HIROKI MAKINO C/O KABUSHIKI KAISHA HONDA GIJUTSU KENKYUSHO, OF 4-1, CHUO 1-CHOME, WAKO-SHI, SAITAMA, JAPAN.
2 TSUTOMU TOMIZAWA C/O KABUSHIKI KAISHA HONDA GIJUTSU KENKYUSHO, OF 4-1, CHUO 1-CHOME, WAKO-SHI, SAITAMA, JAPAN.