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Barbara Beausoleil Art Website
From Bobby Beausoleil's Facebook Page:
It is my honor to announce the debut of a new website devoted to showcasing the dynamic legacy of my late wife Barbara Beausoleil, whose birthday we celebrate today.
Barbara, who is also called Mimi by members of her family, was our beloved family matriarch, and is held in high esteem by her many friends and acquaintances. This website has been established as an expression of love in an effort to preserve the memory of this remarkable woman and her many accomplishments, on behalf of all those whose lives she touched.
The Website is HERE
Thanks to Ken O. for the tip
Posted by Matt at 3:36:00 PM 5 comments
Labels: Barbara Beausoleil, Bobby Beausoleil
A long way from "The Family Jams"
Steve Grogan aka Clem sure has come a long way....musically, at least. Once upon a time, he was a dusty, mixed-up kid who could pick a guitar slightly, while singing about the Manson Family's favorite subject matter: Death! Now, he is an accomplished, professional blues guitarist with a TON OF TALENT. Obviously, he has come a long way, because I found a video of him playing, and SINGING in a Paris, France club! OUI OUI!!
Labels: Steve Grogan
National Lampoon September 1970
For a later edition of a National Lampoon piece on Charles Manson visit Manson's Backporch
Posted by DebS at 12:59:00 AM 6 comments
Labels: Charles Manson, National Lampoon
Tex Declared for Leslie!
Why did Tex Watson waste an afternoon, or morning on writing, and signing a declaration for Leslie Van Houten's 2007 parole consideration hearing? By doing this, he not only made himself look like he still cares for his fellow co-defendants, but he also got caught fibbing! Uh oh! Jesus freaks aren't supposed to lie, are they? Leslie has said in numerous parole hearings, and interviews that she KNEW that people were going to get killed the night she tagged along with them. Why is Tex saying otherwise? What the hell? Leave it to Deputy District Attorney Sequeira to find these little gems, and bring them up when these assholes are lying to everyone's face during parole hearings! Our little deputy DA had this to say when Tex made his last appearance before the board:
"In 2005, in conjunction with Leslie Van Houten's parole hearing, Tex Watson wrote a declaration and signed under the penalty of perjury, it's a four-page declaration at the request of Leslie Van Houten which was submitted to the Hearing Panel at that time. And in that -- I won't go into the whole declaration, but basically this declaration attempts to minimize and assist Leslie Van Houten to get a parole date, basically saying things such as -- and I'll just take one paragraph. I'm just going to briefly -- basically, he says that Leslie Van Houten didn't know that a murder was going to occur, that she didn't plan a murder, she didn't know a theft was going to occur. It was dated 11/2/2005 and it was executed here at Ione, California. But my point is, is that I don't believe that this inmate has completely severed his ties or his connection with his crime partners. I note that although he has discussed his crime at different times, I also believe that there were many more instances of crimes that he's aware of that may have been committed by other Manson Family members during the course of the time at the Ranch."
And, in Leslie's 2007 parole hearing, which this declaration was supposed to be for, she refused to talk about the crime itself, yet in her last parole hearing, which was this past summer (June 2013), she was asked by the presiding commissioner if she was aware of the five murders that took place the night before, and Leslie answers this:
"Yes." "We saw bodies being taken out on gurneys." Plus, she went on to state that Pat Krenwinkel had told her all about the murders they had committed the night before. So......all & all, the declaration Tex wrote was a bunch of horse shit! The Deputy DA seems to think these people still want to keep in contact with one another. What do y'all think? It sure does seem that way to me! Opinions on the matter? Anyone? Anyone? To read the actual parole transcripts for both of these mentirosas, please visit the always-bad-ass site of cielodrive.com!
Posted by AustinAnn74 at 12:04:00 AM 37 comments
Labels: Leslie Van Houten, Tex Watson
The Curious Case of Brooks Poston
I had finished editing Manson Family Movies in 1984, minus the soundtrack. I was living in Encino and saw that Brooks & Jane were playing in Venice so naturally I went to see them. I figured I was the only one in the audience who knew who Brooks was in relation to Manson. Between sets we talked and I told him I had made a Manson movie that was in some ways a comedy due mainly to being made with no money. He thought that was a good approach. I also told him I was working on the soundtrack and he said "I recorded some of Charlie's songs you could possibly use." So I got his number. When I tried calling the number a few days later it did not work.
The next time I ran into Nick Bougas I told him the story, and he said he would work on locating Brooks. As it turned out, Nick was living in Burbank and so was Brooks, so Nick told him he was really interested in his music and arranged a meeting. He was able to score one of the audio tapes that Brooks and Jane had put out, but claimed that Brooks was adamant that he never recorded any of Charlie's music, and that he never said he had.
Nick made me a copy of the tape that he got and gave me Brooks' number, so I called him. I told him how we met and reminded him of what he had said, and again he denied ever having said that he recorded any of Charlie's music. I told him that I would like to get a copy of the other tape he put out, so he said to send him like $5 and he would send me one, which he did. Sometime later Nick told me that Brooks and Jane had joined some other cult and fled L.A. because their new cult leader told them that "L.A. would fall in the ocean."
Many years later Nick moved to Georgia and I talked to him maybe once a year rather than all the time. Several years later I heard a rumor that Paul Watkins was talking to Nick on the phone, who recorded the call, and that Paul said that he had never turned on Charlie and that the Bug told him, as well as many others involved with Manson, that if they did not say in court what he told them to say that he would charge them with accessory to first degree murder. I wanted to hear this call so I called Nick but he denied any knowledge of it. I told him I had heard otherwise. He then said he had a flood in his basement, and since he had so much stuff he may have had it but it most likely got destroyed.
More years went by. I ran into [a prominent TLB scholar] at a flea market and he told me he had paid a lot of money for the original tapes of Brooks and Jane's music, and that Nick's girlfriend told him to not buy from me because I had crappy copies of this music. I had always been good friends with her and Nick, so now what's up? I told this man that Nick got one tape directly from Brooks and I got the other one directly from Brooks, and that Nick had made my copy off of the one that he had, so this "bad quality story" was some sort of con or who knows what.
Even more years pass and it is now close to the present time. Some guy turns up selling CDs of about 15 concerts and studio recordings of a band I never knew existed called Desert Sun comprised of Brooks, Jane, Paul and this other guy. The amazing thing is they HAD recorded a number of Charlie's songs! It was obvious that this band was into Charlie as they recorded a number of his songs live and in studio. Furthermore Paul did a song explaining his present feelings toward Charlie, basically saying that he was still with him but they had gone different ways. This band seems to have existed from 1972 on however I'm not sure when it ended.
I have been involved in ways with the Manson case since I first heard of it in 1969 following Altamont in November 1969, which I attended. When the case broke in December 1969 I was all over it. From 1971 and onward for the next several years I was Hitch Hiking on the Road and immediately ran into a number of people and we stayed together for years as a sort of Family. We were quite aware of the parallels with the Manson situation. The reason I mention that is because if I had known of this band's existence back then, I definitely would have gone to their concerts.
Another CD in this collection is called Hello Nick and it is a 40 minute message from Paul to Bougas. I was finally able to hear it recently. This was not the rumored phone call between Nick and Paul regarding Paul's being coerced by the Bug into testifying against Charlie in court. So perhaps the recording of that phone call actually was drowned in Nick's basement? Then again I did hear from someone years ago regarding the gist of the call. So someone somewhere has a copy.
I also found out recently that the mysterious new cult leader that Brooks and Jane fled with was Paul Crockett. It was around 1984 or 1985 as that's when Nick lost track of them and they were no longer living in Burbank. They had all moved to Washington.
Even more recently I heard that Crockett had died so now what is Brooks to do?
Posted by Aes-Nihil at 7:44:00 PM 25 comments
Labels: Aes-Nihil, Brooks Poston, Desert Sun, Manson music, Nick Bougas
Devil's Hole Pupfish: "Species in a bucket"
Patty is finishing up her BS this spring and will finally get to wear a black bathrobe and goofy hat on stage. WOOT! Before that however, there is the matter of a term paper on the evolutionary topic of her choice. Of course, she has chosen the Devil's Hole pupfish. Do you know much about them? The story goes like this:
The Death Valley pupfishes consist of two groups of 3 distinct species with a total of 7 subspecies, and are an example of "rapid post-Pleistocene allopatric divergence" that occurred between 10-20,000 years ago. It occurred because Lake Manly, which at one time covered most of Death Valley, receded and left just a few isolated patches of water in its wake. Below is a picture of the dry Lake Manly lake bed from Devil's Hole, today.
Intriguingly, it is thought that Owens Valley pupfish are related to those in today's Colorado River, while Death Valley pupfish are related to a species found in Chihuahua, Mexico. This data suggests that there were two separate invasions of pupfish into the Lake Manly area that hybridized with each other to form the different subspecies of Cyprinodon.
The Cyprinodon diabolis population in Devil's hole may have once been as large as 800 adults. Conservation efforts began in 1969 when the hole may have appeared much shallower to visitors, like Charlie et al. In recent years, the C. diabolis population has varied from 38-95 adults, representing an increase since they became protected in 1976. The last time water levels were as low as they were in 1976 was 6,000 years ago. 1969-76 were the years with the lowest recorded water levels in years, due to explosive anthropogenic growth in Las Vegas. This growth required that more water be withdrawn from the natural aquifer that runs from Salt Lake City to Death Valley.
Devil's Hole is also inhabited by 80 species of algae that provide most of C. diabolis' food. Water in the hole has a consistent temperature of 89.6F, is supersaturated with calcium carbonate and is its own little semi-closed system: i.e., "net autotrophic." Attempts to raise C. diabolis in captivity have had limited success, though those collected in the springtime seem to be most fertile. At right is a diagram of the shape of the hole underground. It exists because the underground aquifer (aka the Amargosa Flood Plain) is forced upwards there, due to bedrock that was also pushed upwards by plate tectonics millions of years ago. This can clearly be seen in the photograph, below.
The Family is known to have repeated native stories about fertile subterranean lands inhabited by redheaded giants, and is likely the reason they were so interested in the Devil's Hole. Countless little habitats like this one were probably feasible human residences at some time in the history of the advancing and receding Lake Manly, but Devil's Hole is one of the most well known. Some scholars have written (albeit dubiously) since 1932 that the redheaded giants of native lore were the dessicated mummies of a taller native people from the North who lived and died in these habitats. The mummies' dark hair turns red due to the chemical composition of the caves, much like the hair on the "bog bodies" of Northern Europe (see below).
Anyhow, Patty contacted the National Park Service to see if they are having any problems with people trying to climb or throw things over the fence there? She thought that perhaps she could get the word out to Manson oriented tourists to "be cool." Patty is pleased to report that Dr. Wilson who is in charge of the fish's wellbeing reports that indeed, park visitors have been very respectful. Here is what he wrote:
"Thank you for your interest in Devils Hole. I'm currently the Devils Hole Program manager for Death Valley National Park. My title is an Aquatic Ecologist. I have a PhD in Zoology from the University of Toronto and did my masters working on energetics of Devils Hole back in 2000-2001. Program staff have recently upgraded the security system and overall site at Devils Hole. This has reduced vandalism, but some minor events have occurred. For example, someone threw broken glass down into Devils Hole from the observation deck. Otherwise it has been quiet over the last several years.If you are ever in the area please contact me and we could arrange a more personal tour of Devils Hole.Regards, Kevin"
The desert. It's fucking amazing. If Patty wasn't planning on being in the area anytime soon, well then, she is now!
Andersen, M.E. & Deacon, J.E. 2001. Population Size of Devils Hole Pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) Correlates with Water Level. Copeia, 2001(1): 224-228.
Barrett, P.J. (2011) Estimating Devils Hole Pupfish Lifestage Ratios Using the Delphi Method. Fisheries, 34:2, 73-79.
Baugh, T.M. & Deacon, J.E. 1983. Daily and yearly movement of the Devil's Hole pupfish Cyprinodon diabolis wales in Devil's Hole, Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist, October 1983, 592-596.
Bernot, M.J. &Wilson, K.P. (2012). Spatial and temporal variation of dissolved oxygen and ecosystem energetics in Devil's Hole,Nevada. Western North American Naturalist 72(3), pp. 265–275.
Deacon, J.E., Williams, A.E., Deacon Williams, C. & Williams, J.E. 2007. Fueling population growth in Las Vegas: How large-scale groundwater withdrawal could burn regional biodiversity. BioScience, 57(8): 688-697.
Duvernell, D.D. & Turner, B.J. 1998. Evolutionary genetics of Death Valley pupfish populations: mitochondrial DNA sequence variation and population structure. Molecular Ecology 7: 279–288.
Duvernell, D.D. & Turner, B.J. 1999. Variation and Divergence of Death Valley Pupfish Populations at Retrotransposon-Defined Loci. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16(3): 363–371.Echelle, A.A. & A.F. Allozyme Perspective on Mitochondrial DNA Variation and Evolution of the Death Valley Pupfishes (Cyprinodontidae: Cyprinodon). Copeia, 1993(2) pp. 275-287.
Echelle, A.A. & Dowling, T.E. 1992. Mitochondrial DNA Variation and Evolution of the Death Valley Pupfishes. Evolution, 46(1), 193-206.
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Wilson, K. 2014. Personal Communication via email with Devil's Hole Program Manager for National Park Service: March 3, 2014.
Posted by Panamint Patty at 12:05:00 AM 30 comments
Labels: Death Valley, Devil's Hole
Judge Older
As we all know Charles H. Older was the judge that presided over the Tate LaBianca trial. He was assigned to the trial after Manson filed an affidavit of prejudice against Judge William Keene, who was originally assigned, and then removed from hearing the case.
Press Photo $17.99
Charles Older, born September 29, 1917, was a Los Angeles area native, graduating from Beverly Hills High School where he was student body president. He then went on to graduate from UCLA with a major in political science. After college he went to US Navy flight training class and passed first in his class at Pensacola NAS April, 1940. He served with Marine Fighting Squadron One. By 1941 he had resigned his commission with the Marines to join the American Volunteer Group (AVG), a private military contractor, which was hired by the Chinese nationalist government to combat the Japanese invading China before the United States was actively involved in WWII.
Autographed Fighter Pilot Photo $599.00
The Flying Tigers, as they were known, consisted of three squadrons of 20 planes apiece. The pilots made about three times as much as what they would have made in the military. Older was the flight leader of AVG's 3rd Squadron's, the Hell's Angels, whose first battle was on December 23, 1941 where he shot down two Japanese planes, on Christmas day of that same year he shot down three more becoming an Ace with the Flying Tigers. Before the Flying Tigers were officially disbanded July 4, 1942 he would shoot down five more Japanese planes becoming a double Ace.
Older then joined the Army Air Corps where he served from February 24, 1943 until January 14, 1946 during the US involvement in WWII. August 10, 1950 he re-enlisted in the Air Force and served in Korea until January 6, 1951. While serving in these two branches of the military he flew 18 more aerial victories earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, the British Distinguished Flying Cross and several Chinese Air Force Medals. Between and after his military service he had enrolled in USC Law School and got his law degree in 1952.
Law Degree $174.99
Older first worked for the law firm Arnold and Zack, from 1952 to 1954. He was a partner in Keatinge and Older from 1954 until 1962 and in the firm Older, Hanh, Cazier and Hoegh from 1962 until 1968. Okay, that last firm sounds a little like a take-off on Dewey, Cheatham and Howe!
Older was appointed to the bench in 1967 by Ronald Reagan, then governor of California. He served as a judge until his retirement in 1987. He died June 17, 2006 after complications from a fall at his West Hollywood home.
The Judge's Robe and Gavel $650.00
After Older's retirement from the bench he apparently took up painting, which brings us to the point of this post. Loyal blog reader Trilby clued us into a number of things belonging to Judge Older that were up for bid on Ebay. I noted that every listing for the judge's things included the statement that he was the presiding judge in the Charles Manson trial. Not all the items were listed by the same seller, there were multiple sellers. Imagine all of his time in the military as an ace fighter pilot and 20 years on the bench and it comes down to defining him by one very high profile trial!
Oil Painting untitled $650.00
Watercolor "The Foundry" $99.50
Labels: Judge Older, Manson Trial
Sharon Photos
Cannes International Film Festival, 1968
Photo credit to Roddy McDowell
Valley of The Dolls promo shot
For Venus and CarolMR:
Contributed by William Marshall
Posted by Matt at 11:40:00 PM 29 comments
Labels: sharon tate
Outsight Radio: The Lost Vacaville Tapes with Ben Gurecki interview
Outsight Radio Hours / 2 February 2014 / This freeform episode features new & non-mainstream music featuring Charles Manson plus an interview with Mason associate Ben Gurecki. Programmed for this episode are Buckwheat Zydeco, Quincy Jones, The Beach Boys, and more.
Listen to the Gurecki interview HERE
Posted by Matt at 12:13:00 AM 4 comments
Labels: Ben Gurecki, The Lost Vacaville Tapes
Long Time Blog Reader has a Theory on The Steve Parent Clock Radio
Here is my clock radio theory; not that it matters much, but nobody has ever accepted the reason given:
Parent wasn't going there to sell it; he was going there to pick it up. He left it with Garretson the first time he drove him home, which is why he knew how to get back there. First ride home he offered him the radio and Garretson wasn't sure he wanted it. So, they went back to the guesthouse and Steve showed him how it worked and told him to hang on to it, try it for a few weeks, and if he likes it he could pay then or just give it back. If he really was gay, he was also setting up another meeting with a guy who lived with rich movie stars and maybe he could get to know him better. Leaving the clock was his "in", guaranteeing another meeting.
That's why he had the gall to show up so late, and knew the way back there - he probably couldn't get a hold of Garretson and was going to either get his money or the clock back. Also kinda explains why Garretson said he made a phone call to find out the time: the clock he had now gotten used to wasn't there so he (being not exactly the brightest candle in the menorah) decided to call.
In the Bug's book Helter Skelter he says that a phone call was made from Cielo at around 11:45 and that a friend of Parent's ended up coming forward that it was to him. Parent was gonna stop by to help him design or decide on a stereo system. The Bug actually says that during that phone call, Parent asked him the time, and that's probably when he set the clock radio he was showing Garretson. Well, that makes zero sense because Garretson did not want the radio, and Parent was wearing a watch as we know, because Watson cut it off of his wrist. So could he have been comparing the times on his watch to the clock radio because it was off from his last visit (and was wondering what one was off)? Or, was the Bug just seeing more into it? Simply a conversation like we all have:
Q: "what time you think you will be here"?
A: "not sure, what time is it now?"
One thing we do know is, Garretson NEEDED a clock or he wouldn't have said he tried to call to check the time later. Either, he left Bill the clock on the first visit so he could try it out, or it came up in conversation and he promised to bring one by when he got one. Whatever clock was there in that room, Rudy probably took with him. But it wasn't out of the blue, it WAS something that Garretson needed.
When originally talking to the cops he explained Steve was there to sell a clock radio but didn't explain he already had it, Steve was just getting it back and since it didn't matter, he never corrected it.
Police: "Why did Steve come to your house that night?"
Bill: "to sell me a clock radio."
Police: "what time did he arrive?"
The Bug could have known it but by then it wouldn't have mattered anyway, so why correct it and make police look dumb if it's what really took place? They already looked dumb on several points.
Think of all the things Steve had to do: drive up there, find the button, know where to park, where the path is, where the guesthouse is. Makes no sense he would do that out of the blue like that unless he had been back there before and had a legitimate reason to return.
Also explains why the time was set. He wouldn't plug it in to show Garretson how it works if he didn't want it. And setting the time makes no sense anyways just to show someone it works, unless you stay for a day to see it keep proper time you would just show that the numbers roll over. Why set it?
He unplugged it and the time was set because it was being used for a week or weeks already. "Time to go, better grab my clock" - unplugs it at the precise moment he left, he didn't set it. It was already set and in use for weeks.
This just hit me one day when a friend did the same thing with me with a tablet. He said, "Just keep and try it a few weeks. If you don't like it just give it back" and it was like lightning stuck me.
So I really think all these years of speculation on what a crazy and unbelievable thing it was for a guy to show up out of the blue with a clock radio to sell to someone he barely knew might not be so crazy after all. He sold and serviced radios and stereos. Garretson needed one. Could be no more complicated as either, "try this out and if you don't like I will just take it back", or " I will keep my eyes out, when a clock radio comes available I will bring it by your place". I think he left it there the first time he was up there, because finding his way back late on a Friday night would be very nervy and kinda hard to do. So either way, he really must have been at the guesthouse before. He probably hadn't heard from Bill and just wanted his clock or his money.
Labels: Bill Garretson, Clock-Radio, Steven Parent
Bruce Davis Wins Parole Again
I just received an email from Michael Beckman, Bruce's attorney, saying that Bruce was granted parole. No details as of yet but Debra Tate and Barbara Hoyt were there.
Finally.... a news story!
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Manson-Associate-Bruce-Davis-Granted-Parole-249978221.html
A new mug shot
Posted by DebS at 5:53:00 PM 22 comments
Labels: Bruce Davis
To Be Or Not To Be: Bruce Davis's 28th hearing!
Well, it looks like the time has come once again for Bruce Davis to attend another parole hearing, which will be held Wednesday, March 12th at 8:30 AM PST. This will be his 28th parole consideration hearing! WOW! So, who all thinks it is time for Bruce to pack up & go home? How many are in favor of him staying indefinitely at California Men's Colony? As long as we're asking questions, how many of you out there in MansonBlogland think Bruce & company are responsible for more deaths? In my honest opinion, I don't think Bruce Davis, if released would be a danger to society, but.....has the punishment really fit the crime? Remember, a lot of people back then ended up 6 feet under while in the vicinity of the Manson Family. Why is that? I find it too much of a coincidence, don't you? Now, if this man can convince the parole board, especially after they listen to Deputy DA Patrick Sequeira sounding off, and to letters that will be read aloud from victim's next-of-kin-representative Debra Tate, and Manson-Family expert Barbara Hoyt, it will be a miracle! Please, let us know what you think? Will Bruce be burrowing back into his bottom rack, or boarding a bus to Freedomland?
The Fugly 3: Manson murderesses 1st prison mugshots from 1971
Oh the humanity! Feast your eyes upon some of the most creepiest, ugliest mugshots of Susan "Sexy Sadie" Atkins, Patricia "Katie" Krenwinkel, and Leslie "LuLu" Van Houten. These mugshots were supposedly taken when they FIRST arrived at the California Institute for Women in Corona, California in 1971. Clearly, these girls were nowhere near sane. What was it, folks that turned them so evil? What made these young women go from being regular, suburbanite, bouffant-headed, middle-class youths to glassy-eyed, snickering, coconut-headed, bloodthirsty maniacs with psycho eyes & shit-eating grins? Who the hell smiles on their first day of prison? I am at a loss for words. I am especially at a loss for words when my eyes saw mutton chops growing in on Pat Krenwinkel's face. Like I said earlier, "oh the humanity!"
Labels: Bret Easton Ellis, Manson Family, Rob Zombie
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So, we've made a lot of headway through the last three parts. But, we haven't really checked to ensure that Apache (our load balancer) is working. In addition, we need to configure it to accept proxying to THIN so that our fast HTTP server is working together with it. Let's do that now.
If you notice on our server, apache is already running as a default service. All we need to do is check and see if it's running by opening a browser and pointing the URL to http://localhost/. Notice that we're not pointing anything to a specific port, nor are we running our rails application here.
As you can see here, it says that "It works!". So, apache is working fine. Let's look at how we are going to configure it to work with Thin.
In this directory, you'll find httpd.conf which in windows looks like a text file. If you open this, you'll find all of the apache configurations for your local server. Before you dive into this, there are a few ways we could go about setting this up. If your server is going to be using apache and has a lot of virtualization, you could include this file and make your changes specific to this vm in httpd-vhost.conf, or similar. But, since we're trying to make this as simple as possible, we'll make our changes in here.
So, let's look over the information above and determine why it's being set this way. The ServerName is normally the live address of the server. The documentroot is the location of the rails public directory in our rails application. If you open a web browser and go tohttp://localhost or http://ror-devapp01 (the latter remember, is the name of my server), you'll see it is just pointing to "It works!". What this says is that apache doesn't know how to handle incoming requests and send them over to Thin. By adding the virtualhost for localhost, we are saying to pass this proxy over to localhost:3000 which happens to be the address and port of our Thin server. In addition, we also have to add a virtual entry for our server name because otherwise the http://ror-devapp01 would also fail to pass over to Thin. By adding both of these entries we accomplish this.
However, we still need to two more things after saving this modified httpd.conf file. We need to start our Thin server by going into our root rails application and typing "rails s thin", and we also need to restart the apache server, which can be accomplished either by restarting it from the apache tool in your system tray, or going to services and restarting the apache service. We need to restart apache services because we made changes to the httpd.conf file.
Look at that, they pass right over to the Rails Thin server!
With this new information in place, apache can now handle incoming requests to localhost and to our server directly, passing them over to the Rails Thin server which acts as our fast HTTP server for this application. Now that we have this part done, we can come back to apache later on for further configurations and modifications. As a quick review, we have everything setup to start working with our base application. Apache has been initially configured, Ruby and RoR is up and running, we have a good understanding of how all of the configuration is working together. The only thing we haven't decided on is what type of application we will be creating.
Before we jump into some programming in our new environment, it is going to be appropriate to decide how we want to work with our application as far as an editor. I could make this very simplistic and go with a simple text editor, but I like a fully functioning IDE as my preference, and Netbeans works wonderfully on Windows. Why not take advantage of that?
I'm downloading Netbeans 6.9.1 with JDK 6.24.
Before we go and get it, we'll also need to make sure we install the latest JDK library as well. The good news is that netbeans comes with a bundled install that houses JDK, and we can just grab the bundled version and begin our installation.
After installing it, and launching it, Netbeans takes you to a generic home page. The first thing I want to do is set my netbeans up so it looks a little friendlier.
If you go to Tools --> Plugins and go to the available plugins tab, you can type the word Rubyin the search box and you will find two plugins that are essential for ruby development. These are Extra Color Themes and Ruby and Rails.
Place a checkmark in both boxes, click install, accept the license agreement, and install the plugins. Once finished, restart Netbeans.
Now that we have our plugins installed, let's perform some configurations for our programming environment.
Go to Tools --> Options, and select Fonts and Colors. Change the profile to "Aloha" and click OK. This will make our programming code look very similar to textmate.
Now that we have our fonts and colors setup, let's configure our Ruby platform and open our default ldap project.
Go to File --> New Project, and select Ruby, and then select Ruby on Rails Application with Existing Sources. Click Next.
On the next screen, change your project folder to C:\Web\ldap and name your project LDAP. Click the drop down next to Ruby Platform and choose the Ruby 1.9.2-p180 platform (or your existing ruby platform). Leave the server set to webrick.
Terrific! So, I would go ahead and browse around the interface and get familiar with the directory structure of our new application. We've accomplished quite a bit today and we're ready to start working on some further configurations within rails, and adding some more important gems to our project.
Again, we haven't really started coding yet so you can see how extensive it can be sometimes with just trying to get your project started. However, as you have a fully functioning environment setup, you won't have to take quite as much time to setup the next app.
See you again in part five.


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The Appalachian Mountain Club's Highland Center in Crawford Notch State Park in New Hampshire is a hub for hikers. Photo by Mike Lynch
Coalitions are key to centers, websites and platforms to informing visitors
By Mike Lynch
On summer weekends, Crawford Notch State Park in the White Mountains of New Hampshire bustles with activity. Vehicles fill trailhead parking lots and line Route 302, the main artery. People traipse mountainside trails.
Amid the commotion, the Appalachian Mountain Club's Highland Center lodge welcomes visitors with a sign: "adventure—lodging—learning."
The Highland Center stands across the street from the more than 200-year-old Crawford Path, the longest continuously maintained hiking trail in North America. The lodge and its predecessors have catered to visitors since the Crawford House Hotel was built on the site in 1850.
AMC turned the place into the Highland Center, a beacon for the region and a representation of a kind of welcome point that groups around the country have developed to deal with people in search of information about outdoors options.
Today, the lodge is a launching pad for all kinds of hikers, some who head off at sunrise to tackle the 8.5-mile Crawford Path to Mount Washington. More casual trekkers pursue easier trips and others drive through Crawford Notch for the scenery.
A view from Mount Pierce of the Crawford Path on the way to Mount Washington. Photo by Mike Lynch
Plenty have questions about conditions, need to buy a piece of gear or grab a bite to eat. The Highland Center has a restaurant, a store with touristy T-shirts and basic outdoor accessories. Visitors here can quiz an AMC employee or a volunteer at the trail information booth.
"We want to educate people about being prepared," said Beck O'Brien, a front-desk manager. "It's easy to underestimate the White Mountains."
The facility, which also runs a visitors center at a nearby historic train depot during peak hiking season, is one of several information hubs in the White Mountains. Others are the Pinkham Notch Visitors Center near Mount Washington and the Flume Gorge Visitor Center in Franconia Notch State Park.
The PInkham Notch Visitors Center in New Hampshire provides hikers with maps, gear, and in-person advice. Photo by Mike Lynch
Hikers gear up for a hike outside the Adirondack Mountain Club's High Peaks Information Center. Photo by Mike Lynch
The historic Crawford Notch Depot offers information for backcountry users during the peak hiking season. Photo by Mike Lynch
In the High Peaks region, the closest equivalent is the Adirondack Mountain Club's Heart Lake complex. It features the Adirondak Loj, Hungry Hiker outdoor restaurant and High Peaks Information Center near the trailhead for Algonquin and Marcy, New York's tallest peaks.
Workers at the High Peaks center provide gear and dispense safety tips. For instance, they're likely to recommend against setting out for Marcy's summit to those showing up in the afternoon or to tell hikers regulations requiring snowshoes when the snowpack is deeper than 8 inches.
Ben Lawhon, who served as the education director with Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics in Boulder, Colorado, is flanked by Seth Jones and Julia Goren, both currently with Adirondack Mountain Club, at a campsite on Lower Saranac Lake in 2019. Lawhon did a four-day visit to the Adirondacks for a report he prepared on the Adirondacks. Photo by Mike Lynch
"That is one of the greatest, in my opinion, educational tools in place for the High Peaks," said consultant Ben Lawhon. "It's a place where people can actually go in and ask real-time questions, and they get good, solid information." While working for the Leave No Trace Outdoor Center for Outdoor Ethics in Boulder, Colo., Lawhon wrote a 2020 report on how to manage recreation impacts in the Adirondack Park. He recommended exploring the idea of a network of visitor centers parkwide.
A big difference between the Highland and High Peaks centers is proximity to highways. The New Hampshire site is along a main road that cuts through the mountains, whereas the Heart Lake property is five miles down a rural road.
Visitors entering Crawford Notch State Park can easily drop into the Highland Center for face-to-face trip planning. Those who go to the High Peaks site generally hike from ADK's property.
Adirondack Information Hubs
A few years ago, Joe Dadey visited the Highland Center. He was joined by Muhammad "Mo" Ahmad, owner of a building and land near the Northway's Exit 29 in North Hudson. The pair wanted to glean ideas for their own projects.
"They have a little retail and some nice displays and that planted a seed in my head," said Dadey, executive director of the nonprofit Adirondack Hamlets to Huts. He liked the way the Highland Center combined its store with the information services and now does the same at his organization's Trails Center in downtown Saranac Lake.
The main purpose of his nonprofit is to market, manage and create trips. Providing outdoor education was a natural outgrowth. The organization's plan is to expand, adding interpretative displays and other features.
In 2018, Ahmad bought 50 acres and the "A-Frame," a 20,000-square-foot structure that was once part of Frontier Town, a Wild West theme park from 1952 to 1998. Ahmad fixed up the A-Frame and opened it last fall with a restaurant and store that includes outdoor gear. In the future, he plans to host events, in addition to offering glamping through a partner.
The Frontier Town property at the Northway's exit 29 has the potential to be a gateway and provide information services for the High Peaks region, a master plan for the property found. Photo by Mike Lynch
"I would love to emulate (the Highland Center) on a smaller scale," he said.
Ahmad's property is well situated to be a hub for visitors. The Frontier Town state campground and Paradox Brewery are nearby, and Essex County intends to build an arena in the vicinity for rodeos, concerts or other draws, said Essex County Board of Supervisors Chair Shaun Gilliland.
A 2017 master plan described the Frontier Town site as a "Gateway" to the Adirondacks. Part of the plan, created by the Open Space Institute and state and local governments, called for a visitor center but that hasn't been built. Ahmad and Gilliland said something of a smaller scale, like an information kiosk, is a more likely and appropriate outcome.
In 2021, the High Peaks Advisory Group recommended a circle of information hubs around the wilderness area with Frontier Town the central one.
Some information stations have started to develop organically.
In Keene, the town has been focusing on making Marcy Field a go-to place for hikers in recent years. Already the base to two hiker shuttle services and trailhead stewards, the site is under consideration for a self-serve visitors center now at the Holt House, an old farmhouse, Supervisor Joe Pete Wilson said.
Up Route 73 near Lake Placid, another information center is envisioned at the Cascade Ski Center purchased by the Adirondack Mountain Club in January. The Cascade facility has the potential to be similar to the club's High Peaks center. Plans are still being developed.
The state has said it will be providing hiking information services at the Mountain Pass Lodge at the Olympic Sporting Complex near Lake Placid. The site is located at the head of the new Mount Van Hoevenberg trail and the future one for Cascade Mountain.
In the southern High Peaks, the Open Space Institute is improving the Upper Works Trailhead. It had Newcomb public works put in a parking lot last summer and plans to rehabilitate the historic MacNaughton Cottage in 2023. The institute hopes to make the cottage an outpost for forest rangers and home for an outfitter, supplying advice and gear.
This historic MacNaughton Cottage at the Upper Works trailhead in Newcomb is slated to be renovated in the coming years and could serve as a hub for information and gear. Photo by Mike Lynch
The Cascade Ski Center is located off Route 73 outside of Lake Placid, a busy road used by hikers on the way to trailheads. Photo by Mike Lynch
DEC officials have said the Mountain Pass Lodge, which is located at the Olympics Sports Complex near Lake Placid, will have a hiking info center in the future. The lodge is located at the trailhead for the new MVHE trail that currently goes up Mount Van Hoevenberg. The MVHE trail will also one day serve as the start of the future trail up Cascade Mountain. Hikers can currently get some very basic info there. Photo by Mike Lynch
This map by Nancy Bernstein includes some existing and potential information centers in the eastern High Peaks region.
If any of these centers come to fruition, they could provide visitors more than the guidance offered on the web and network with existing centers and outfitters. In a region with spotty cell service, the hubs could provide on-the-ground details about parking, shuttles, hiking options and other needs.
"Being a porous park, one visitor center is not going to necessarily fill the niche," Lawhon said.
A go-to digital platform
But hubs are just one part of the puzzle for educating Adirondacks visitors. Unlike many state and national parks, there is no authoritative website or app to use to research High Peaks recreation.
Leave No Trace's report recommended a website — in French and English —while the High Peaks Advisory Group endorsed an app with real-time news on parking, shuttles, weather, emergencies and trail conditions and closures.
"The development of the meaningful go-to site is really what we have to strive for," said Jim McKenna, head of the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism.
ROOST has developed Adirondack Hub, a website that offers recreational offerings in North Hudson, Newcomb, Schroon Lake, and Minerva, that could be part of the internet solution.
A screenshot of the Adirondack Hub website, which serves visitors south and east of the High Peaks.
But lacking the central website for the entire High Peaks region, people turn to a variety of digital sources, some reliable from the state, and others without vetted content.
Keene Supervisor Wilson said hikers have told him they use All Trails, a national website with user-generated content.
"It's erratic and unreliable. It can send you trespassing," Wilson said. "It can tell you to park where it's not legal."
Some websites may promote herd paths or trails that aren't maintained or can be difficult to follow for beginner hikers. ADK spokesman Ben Brosseau said the Trap Dike—a challenging climb—has been misidentified as a hike by some internet sources.
"(If) somebody decides they want to do a winter trek of, you know, one of the High Peaks and they get the wrong information, that could be disastrous. It could be deadly," Lawhon said.
In other states, land managers work with nonprofits and other groups to create trustworthy websites.
Many land managers in Vermont and New Hampshire use Trailfinder.Info to reach backcountry users.
For example, in Vermont and New Hampshire, the Upper Valley Trails Alliance and the privately-owned Center for Community GIS established Trailfinder.info, an interactive trails database, as a go-to resource.
With help from the National Park Service, state agencies and other landowners, the website provides information on 900 trail systems and 7,000 miles of trails.
Trailfinder.info draws about 350,000 users annually.
Alliance Executive Director Russell Hirschler said Trailfinder data is vetted by landowners and reports are up to date with alerts and rerouting tips.
"We're trying to inform people, but at the same time we're using it to also let people know of busy places, where we have use issues, such as too much demand," said Walter Opuszynski, a forest recreation specialist with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation.
But the site isnt perfect. Organizations and landowners must want to participate and not everyone has done so.
While Trailfinder was birthed in 2008, a site for the Pacific Northwest has been around since the 1990s. The Washington Trails Association site combines user-generated content with trail descriptions, land managers descriptions and updates, and educational material, drawing 5 million users a year. It is the product of partnerships with public entities and others.
Washington Trails Association Communications and Outreach Director Kindra Ramos said the organization's roots as a hiker resource, having early volunteers who were part of the tech wave, and the organization philosophy have played a key role in the website's success.
"We are looking at trails as a conduit for people's mental health and well-being and hikers as the solution to keeping those places accessible," she said.
WTA values and education efforts are evident in one of its most recent projects. The nonprofit joined with REI and the Washington parks department to create the Recreate Responsibly movement early in the pandemic when people needed information about how to use the outdoors safely.
Since then, the movement has gone national and includes more than 1,300 partners, including government agencies, businesses and nonprofits.
The coalition emphasizes preparedness, respecting the environment, and encouraging an inclusive and accessible outdoors for solo hikers to those with pets.
Promoting Stewardship
While plans for High Peaks centers and digital platforms develop, local and state entities have stepped up marketing stewardship. One effort involves promoting principles that help educate users about preparing for excursions while having minimal impact on the environment. The state has included more stewardship materials on its digital channels, and in 2021 launched the Love Our New York Lands campaign. ROOST has promoted its Love Your Adirondacks messaging.
New York is following in the footsteps of Colorado. The mountainous state has taken the lead in promoting responsible recreation. The Colorado tourism bureau held listening sessions in 2016, in which stakeholders voiced concerns about the impacts of visitors and became the first state tourism office to partner with Leave No Trace.
The partners came up with the Care for Colorado campaign in 2017 promoting things such as sticking to trails or being careful with fires. Dozens of state, federal and local entities joined the effort.
"The strength and success of our program has really been with our partnerships," said Jill Corbin, deputy director of destination stewardship.
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Todd Eastman says
Tough to compare the situation in the Adirondacks with New Hampshire and Colorado. The federal government, while never sufficiently funding recreational management and environmental protection on its lands, provides far more money and resources for those purposes than NYS has on a relative scale.
For NYS, the Forest Preserve is a series of land management designations that seemingly sound good, but somehow manages to deal with recreation and environmental protections all by itself without the need for real funding and staffing.
Close collaboration between the Adirondack groups described in this article will be essential to develop an authoritative and educational network that can build a best-practices-for-visitors program and provide up to date expert information. The AMC is a good model, but it is far older and more culturally attuned to the changing needs of the outdoor community; and has loads more money and co-sponsors.
I expect the OSI and the ADK will have to take the lead to move this process forward. Both bring strong communities and excellent skills to the table.
NYS will have to provide real funding to make this work…

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Review: Aeon Command
Aeon Command really shouldn't work because there's very little to it. But if there's a lesson in Aeon Command's design, it's that it's better to do one thing really well than many things just adequately. On the game's official website, the developers boast that they wanted "to make a casual strategy game that could be played over a lunch break," and based on that criteria, Aeon Command is a good game.
Aeon Command is a two-player game that plays out similarly to a MOBA like League of Legends or Defense of the Ancients but without any champions. Each player commands a mothership exploring the aeon nebula. Each mothership launches fighter ships in waves to collect resources, protect their end of the map, and defeat their enemy. Each of the three factions has six types of fighter with strengths and weaknesses, a miner to collect resources and three spells to gain a brief but significant advantage. The goal of the game is to push the tide of battle towards the opponent mothership to destroy it.
The player doesn't control the movement of the ships, what they target or how fast they move. They release the ships and watch them fight, trying to mix and match the combination that will be best suited to meet the challenge of their opponent. This is not as difficult as it sounds. Ships travel slowly, and players much produce the assets that they will need by the time that reinforcements reach the front, not the ones they need right away. Players also have spells that buff their fighters, disorganize their enemies, or mess with the flight paths of enemies in an area.
The spells are good as a last resort or as a needed push to break through a stalemate, but none are so broken that they change how the game is played. Finally, players are able to invest in upgrades that come at a high cost and take considerable time to complete but improve a fighter class's attack or defense for the rest of the match. There is just enough to consider to make tactical choices important but not so much as to inundate the player with too many factors.
Even though there is always something to do, Aeon Command is a slow and quiet game. Ships drift through the picturesque purple and blue of space and the soft pew-pew of their lasers over the languid music is almost meditative. It might not fit the tone of the epic space battle that each mothership conducts for the mineral rich asteroid field, but from such a distance, it's strangely relaxing. The brief matches are just engaging enough to demand attention, but the simplicity of the mechanics and the paradoxically peaceful aesthetic choices make it very relaxing to play.
When I worked in retail, my co-workers and I would get through the slow periods by playing a few hands of Euchre, Uno, or we'd make fun of one another's Angry Birds scores. Aeon Commandis a game that I wish we had back then. It's quiet, simple, easily paced, and over before it overstays its welcome. It's not likely to change anyone's life, the single-player campaign is a glossy tutorial for the multiplayer, and it feels much better suited to a mobile device than to a PC, but Aeon Command is a good bit of fun to share along with someone.
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Tenants at the 300-unit La Mirage condo complex in Ridgecrest, CA face imminent displacement from their homes due to a statewide real estate scam. Tenants Together, California's statewide organization for renters' rights, has received numerous calls from victims of the scam, tenants who are now facing possible eviction through no fault of their own. Tenants Together is calling on local officials to take immediate action to address this housing emergency and protect these innocent tenants.
According to media reports, James McConville, convicted in 1998 of grand theft, and his company Diamond House Development, created a scheme that used straw buyers to acquire hundreds of properties statewide, including rental units at La Mirage. These properties were then rented to unsuspecting tenants.
Rental units at La Mirage are in various stages of the foreclosure process. Mortgages are not being paid, but Diamond House Development, which manages the La Mirage condos, continues to collect rent from the tenants. Diamond House has even issued notices threatening eviction if rent is not paid 3 days, despite the fact that the properties are in the process of being taken over by banks through foreclosure. In one recent case, Diamond House served a notice demanding rent payments on the same day the house was scheduled to be sold at a foreclosure auction. Tenants have also reported that property managers removed bank notices regarding pending foreclosure sales in an apparent effort to keep them in the dark on the status of their homes.
"We've paid our rent but we've been deceived and treated unfairly. Many of us are confused and we fear we're losing our homes," said La Mirage tenant Jimmy Patterson.
"La Mirage tenants are innocent victims of a real estate scam. Local officials need to act immediately to protect these tenants," said Dean Preston, Executive Director of Tenants Together.
Tenants Together is California's only statewide organization for renters' rights. The group operates a foreclosure hotline for tenants whose landlords are in foreclosure. Tenants Together issued Hidden Impact: California Renters in the Foreclosure Crisis, a comprehensive report on the impact of the foreclosure crisis on renters. The report includes policy recommendations for cities that want to stop foreclosure evictions of innocent tenants. The report is available at www.tenantstogether.org.
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OK here is another post that might help or not help....I have no idea anymore.
One might look at all the scientific data that notices the things that we see expanding.
On the level of Star Systems, then Galaxies then clusters of galaxies, then super clusters etc etc.
On smaller levels than those this expansion is deemed to still exsist though.
and breaks localised links of time and maybe space.
moving objects of differing speeds and then distance will seem to age differently.
A sense of personalized time then evolves for all observers.
so far away and also at such a speed that the light from them will never reach us before the "lights" that make our notion of matter will go out.
So some things that were close to us at the "time" of the Big Bang can no longer seem to communicate on conventionaly recognized terms.
Of course, in terms of Human life?....the time frame could be irrelevant and only theoretical for us.
Our existance within the timeframe (I typoed that as timefame and just loved the egotistical inference)is of minimal significance and effect in the grand scheme of things.
eternal guidance (moi trying humour all the time here) to look beyond the obvious and delve into the mysteries beyond.
never ending form of matter of which it is humbling to observe and discover.
However?....I have an ulterior motive here.
So lets take stock.......A lot of our physics "might" determine that the expansion of our existance could go on forever.
If one looks at all the data and all the models and lets not get into multiverses and parralel dimensions just yet.
Then there comes the moment to extrapolate some data and turn it inward.
The Big Bang was a big thing it seems, but lets think on this.
Lets imagine that reality allows for an infinite number of big bangs all the time and at the same time all happening at once.
Lets imagine that reality allows for an infinite expansion because it never argues with itself over not having enough of anything to allow for something more.
to "it"......and that is because of the nature of infinity, it allows for?
and lots of truth,mystery,culmination,humour and secrets.
Quantum theory hints at this in subtle ways and we use the results for practical things.
little glances of energy gathered and directed with uncertainty, observed and predicted to be there now and then to a degree of usefulness only.
Now?...lets imagine beyond all that.
Lets Imagine that the rabbit hole goes much further..
Lets imagine...........<------this is a pause inserted for the eyes to be closed and for something to be imagined, for at least a few silly minutes....Dont tell me what was imagined...!!!
I am no physicist but have gleaned some small facts to do with what happens at some limits here and there.
So if things travel in straight lines and very fast?.....then they would be observed in an experiment very easily and be seen to shrink in one kind of direction.
But what if they were rotating as well, or spinning at the same time? on that rotation.....then to all observers at any viewpoint?...the space occupied by this fast moving "thingy" might seem incredibly small.....also its apparent position and speed to us might get a little blurred in the detail or maybe even vanish.
Sooooo....we have a particle that by its faster than our known light speed vanishes..."almost"
The elephant becomes large when the maths exceeds the limit of physical experiment and speculation/philosophy comes to tea and and elegant polite eating.
The vicar then replies......only if I know for sure that the cucumber sandwich has not been through an experiment whereby the position of its taste has already been determined, because I would like to know that for myself......and then he grins and winks.
postcript to all these silly posts..
Someone asked me "what is god?"
So here is a personal answer of sorts, but please think of the name of God as a principle of generic truth only.
The first thing to realise about questions like this is the context contained within the demand for an answer.
There is so much involved in knowing and understanding ones own idea of god.
Lets start with some essentials then.
God is the infinite source of everything ever known and knows itself as such by default.
God makes all thoughts,feelings, experiences, whether determined to be good or bad by "us" to be real.
God has more expansive control over anything in more ways than can ever be imagined due to omnipitence.
and now back to the context of why the question is asked.
as humans so to speak we get to be allowed to think on things now and then, things like why are we here.
and this provides a reason to look at the worlds mirror as we are allowed to see it and ask away.
actually? taking the time to ask such questions leads to asking someone for an answer but be prepared!
if you ask someone who you think might have some answers they will just re-direct you inwards, because?
they might know that all such questions have as many answers as there are ideas or ideals of individual consciousness.
but I read of so much conflict in the world and I need to know that god will help everyone at some point.
Lists of feelings for us all wanting to know something.
Here is the Truth....God is everything!
But?.......try to make that real in words and be prepared to get yawned at.
A much valued stone was taken one day to a seat of learning.
all looked on for a reaction, but there followed a stony silence.
God accused man of being drunk with power.
Man then told God it was its fault for being so nice.
of course? no such didactics as this took place, but the philosophical drift is heart warming.
The mathematicians and physicists get fed up a lot.
especially the mathematicians, because they see seemingly impossible things within the maths.
The thing is that they hate it when all the calculations vanish into a seemingly limitless infinity.
We live the impossible things they see.
there are a couple of You Tube videos that may be of interest to members of the Study Society?
Lecture: John Hagelin Is consciousness the unified field?
Lecture: Gary Weber Stopping thought, stopping time.
They are taken from a conference on Science and Non-duality in the USA.
There are more video lectures available on these and other themes.


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Doncaster Rovers: '˜If Tommy Rowe was in, so was I' says Gary McSheffrey
The signing of Tommy Rowe convinced Gary McSheffrey he was making the right decision to join Doncaster Rovers, the forward has revealed.
Gary McSheffrey and Tommy Rowe
Rovers surprisingly landed Rowe on a permanent deal after his release by Wolverhampton Wanderers, despite boss Darren Ferguson suggesting relegation to League Two had ended their chances of signing him.
And fellow former loanee McSheffrey says Rowe opting to join Rovers this summer played a major role in his decision to do the same.
"We thought it'd be a bit of a struggle getting him in League One after what he did while he was here.
"So to see him sign was a massive boost.
"I thought 'if Tommy is in, then I'm in as well.'
"He was excellent in midfield towards the end of the season and getting him in on a permanent deal is huge for us going into next season.
"Tommy will be a top player in League Two, I'm sure.
"It shows how exciting the manager's plans are that someone at Tommy's level and age has bought into it and wants to come here."
McSheffrey – who signed a one year deal with Rovers earlier this week following his release by Scunthorpe United – says he has been impressed by the overall standard of player Rovers have brought in so far this summer.
He said: "The manager has made some very good signings.
"You've got that good mix of youth and experience that we'll need next season.
"It's exciting times."


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The difference between thermocouple and thermal resistance
In the process of power equipment temperature monitoring control or instrument temperature data acquisition, we generally use temperature measuring equipment: thermal resistance and thermocouple.
In the process of power equipment operation and maintenance, we often encounter temperature measurement of power equipment. In many cases, the temperature parameter of power equipment is an important indicator to judge whether the power equipment is running normally. Then, what are we generally measuring? What is the principle of measurement?
First, the measurement principle of thermal resistance and thermocouple
1, the measurement principle of thermocouple
The working principle of the thermocouple is based on the Seeb effect, that is, the two ends of the conductors of different components are connected into a loop. If the temperature of the two terminals is different, the physical phenomenon of generating a thermal current in the loop is obtained.
The thermocouple consists of two different wires (hot electrodes), one end of which is welded to each other to form the measuring end (also called the working end) of the thermocouple. Insert it into the medium to be tested at the temperature; the other end (reference or free end) of the thermocouple is connected to the display meter. If there is a temperature difference between the measuring end of the thermocouple and the reference junction, the display meter will indicate the thermoelectromotive force generated by the thermocouple.
2, the principle of measurement of thermal resistance
The thermal resistance is measured by the characteristic that the electrical resistance of the metal conductor or the semiconductor changes with the temperature change. The heated portion of the thermal resistor (temperature sensing element) is a skeleton made of a thin metal wire uniformly wound around the insulating material. The substrate is formed on or by a laser sputtering process. When the measured medium has a temperature gradient, the measured temperature is the average temperature of the dielectric layer within the range of the temperature sensing element.
Second, thermocouple and thermal resistance secondary side measurement table performance comparison
1. The basic principle of thermocouple measurement of temperature is the thermoelectric effect. The secondary meter is a voltmeter or an electronic potentiometer for improving accuracy.
2. The resistance is based on the characteristic that the resistance value of the conductor and the semiconductor changes with temperature, and the secondary meter is an unbalanced bridge.
Third, the basic line system of thermocouples and thermal resistance
1. It is known from the thermocouple temperature measurement principle that the measured temperature is a single-valued function relationship with the thermoelectric potential only when the cold junction temperature is constant. In practical use, an inexpensive connecting wire (also called a compensating wire) having thermoelectric characteristics similar to that of the corresponding thermocouple is used to extend the cold end of the thermocouple to a relatively constant temperature (preferably 0 degree). If copper--Constantan is used as the compensation wire to extend the nickel-chromium-nickel silicon thermal resistance. Therefore, the extension of the thermocouple to the secondary meter is two.
2. The thermal resistance and the secondary meter are connected by copper wires. In order to reduce the measurement error caused by environmental changes, the three-wire connection method is generally adopted. Two of the wires have the thermal resistance connected in series to the adjacent two. On the bridge arm, the other wire is the power source.
In practical applications, the thermal resistance generally uses a three-core copper wire for removing the influence of the resistance value of the wire.
The thermocouple uses a two-core dedicated compensation wire to remove the effects of the thermocouple's on-site temperature.
Fourth, the basic choice of thermal resistance and thermocouple
1. Select according to the temperature range:
Thermocouples are generally selected above 500 °C, and thermal resistors are generally selected below 500 °C;
2. Select according to measurement accuracy:
Selecting a thermal resistance for higher accuracy, and selecting a thermocouple for low accuracy;
3. Select according to the measurement range:
Thermocouples generally refer to "point" temperatures, which are generally measured as spatial average temperatures.
Five, the key difference between thermal resistance and thermocouple
A thermocouple is a temperature-measuring sensor that is a temperature sensor like a thermal resistor.
1, the nature of the signal
The thermal resistance itself is a resistance, a change in temperature that causes the resistance to produce a positive or negative resistance change;
The thermocouple measurement process produces a change in the induced voltage that changes with temperature.
2. The temperature range detected by the two sensors is different.
The thermal resistance is generally measured in the 0-150 degree temperature range, and the highest measurement range is up to 600 degrees (of course, the negative temperature can be detected).
Thermocouples can detect a temperature range of 0-1000 degrees (or even higher), so the former is low temperature detection and the latter is high temperature detection.
3, from the material
A thermal resistor is a metallic material that has a temperature-sensitive metal material.
Thermocouples are bimetallic materials that have two different metals that create a potential difference across the two different wires due to temperature changes.
4, PLC corresponding thermal resistance and thermocouple input module is also different, this sentence is no problem, but the general PLC directly access 4 ~ 20ma signal, and the thermal resistance and thermocouple generally have a transmitter Only access to the PLC. If you are connected to the DCS, you don't have to use the transmitter!
The thermal resistance is the RTD signal and the thermocouple is the TC signal!
5. PLC also has a thermal resistance module and a thermocouple module, which can directly input resistance and galvanic signals.
6, thermocouples have J, T, N, K, S and other models, have higher than the resistance, but also cheaper than the resistance, but count the compensation wire, the comprehensive cost of the thermocouple is relatively high.
7, the type of measurement signal is different
Thermistance measurement is a resistance signal. Thermocouple measurement is a voltage signal.
8, the temperature measurement principle is different
(1), the principle of thermal resistance temperature measurement is based on the resistance of the conductor (or semiconductor) with temperature changes, the measurement range is negative 00 ~ 500 degrees, commonly used platinum resistance (Pt100, Pt10), copper resistance Cu50 (negative 50-150 degrees).
(2), the thermocouple temperature measurement principle is based on the thermoelectric effect to measure the temperature, commonly used platinum iridium - platinum (index S, measuring range 0 ~ 1300 degrees), nickel chrome - nickel silicon (index K, measuring range 0~900 degrees), nickel-chromium-constantan (index E, measuring range 0~600 degrees), platinum-iridium 30-platinum 铑6 (index B, measuring range 0~1600 degrees ).
Thermal resistance and thermocouple are the temperature measurement components we often encounter in power maintenance and operation and maintenance. It is very necessary to familiarize with the basic application and difference of thermocouple and thermal resistance.
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Insider Trading for Dummies: Judge Rakoff Tries to Simplify the Law
By Jonathan Richman on December 10, 2018 Posted in Corporate Governance, SEC Enforcement, White Collar
A lot of ink has been spilled over the crime of insider trading, which – in the view of U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff – "is a straightforward concept that some courts have managed to complicate." In his recent decision in United States v. Pinto-Thomaz (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 6, 2018), Judge Rakoff attempts to simplify insider-trading law by returning to its roots: embezzlement, and use of stolen property.
According to Judge Rakoff, "insider trading is a variation of the species of fraud known as embezzlement," in which someone else's property – material confidential information – is taken and either used by the embezzler for his or her own benefit or passed on to a third party who knows that the property was stolen, but nevertheless uses it to buy or sell securities. This formulation of the violation avoids an issue that has bedeviled courts in recent years: whether the initial discloser of the confidential information received a "personal benefit" from the disclosure and, if so, whether that benefit was sufficient to sustain a violation of the securities laws.
In Judge Rakoff's view, liability should turn on the purpose for which the confidential information was used or disclosed. The user or discloser can be liable if he or she acted "for personal advantage," but not if he or she acted for "a corporate or otherwise permissible purpose."
Whether courts will gravitate toward this simple standard remains to be seen. The Supreme Court had an opportunity to adopt such a test in its most recent insider-trading case – United States v. Salman (2016) – but it did not do so (although it did not reject the test, either).
The Personal-Benefit Standard
Insider-trading liability under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 arises only if securities are bought or sold on the basis of material, nonpublic information used or obtained in breach of a fiduciary duty or a duty of trust or confidence owed to the shareholders of the issuer or to the source of the information. Under current case law, that breach of duty depends on whether the misappropriator received a personal benefit from using or providing the information.
The "personal benefit" standard first arose in the Supreme Court's 1983 decision in Dirks v. SEC and was fleshed out in subsequent rulings in the Newman, Salman, and Martoma cases.
Dirks. The Dirks case established the framework for tippee liability. The Supreme Court held that a tippee's liability derives from the liability of his or her tipper – and that a tipper breaches a fiduciary duty by disclosing confidential information only if he or she benefits directly or indirectly from the disclosure. The Court gave examples of such a personal benefit, including "a pecuniary gain," "a reputational benefit that will translate into future earnings," "a relationship between the [tipper] and the recipient that suggests a quid pro quo from the latter, or an intention to benefit the particular recipient," or "a gift of confidential information to a trading relative or friend" where "[t]he tip and trade resemble trading by the [tipper] himself followed by a gift of the profits to the recipient."
Newman. In 2014, the Second Circuit announced a more rigorous construction of Dirks's personal-benefit requirement. The court ruled in United States v. Newman that, to the extent "a personal benefit may be inferred from a personal relationship between the tipper and tippee," rather than from a direct quid pro quo, "such an inference is impermissible in the absence of proof of a meaningfully close personal relationship that generates an exchange that is objective, consequential, and represents at least a potential gain of a pecuniary or similarly valuable nature."
Salman. Two years later, the Supreme Court decided Salman v. United States (2016), which involved a family relationship. The tipper had allegedly provided confidential business information to his brother, and the brother had then tipped Salman (the trader), whose sister had become engaged to and later married the original tipper. The Court reemphasized Dirks's holding that "a tipper breaches a fiduciary duty by making a gift of confidential information to 'a trading relative'" and added: "when a tipper gives inside information to 'a trading relative or friend,' the jury can infer that the tipper meant to provide the equivalent of a cash gift." The Court rejected Salman's reliance on Newman for the proposition that the tipper must receive an objective, consequential personal benefit representing an actual or potential pecuniary gain. Rather, the Court held that, "[t]o the extent the Second Circuit held that the tipper must also receive something of a 'pecuniary or similarly valuable nature' in exchange for a gift to family or friends, . . . this requirement is inconsistent with Dirks."
Martoma. In the aftermath of Salman, the Second Circuit returned to tipper/tippee liability in 2017 and 2018 in United States v. Martoma, which involved a hedge-fund analyst who had received material nonpublic information about drug trials from a doctor involved in those trials. In a 2-to-1 decision, the majority held that Salman not only had rejected Newman's requirement of a "pecuniary or similarly valuable" personal benefit, but also had undermined that case's requirement that the tipper and tippee share "a meaningfully close personal relationship" (an issue not presented in Salman, where clear familial relationships had existed). The majority later retreated a bit in an amended decision and ruled that, "because there are many ways to establish a personal benefit, we conclude that we need not decide whether Newman's gloss on the gift theory is inconsistent with Salman." The requisite relationship can be established by proving "either [i] that the tipper and tippee shared a relationship suggesting a quid pro quo or [ii] that the tipper gifted confidential information with the intention to benefit the tippee." Neither of those two scenarios requires proof of "any type of personal relationship."
Judge Rakoff's Pinto-Thomaz Decision
In Judge Rakoff's view, all of this judicial hand-wringing about personal benefits and tipper/tippee relationships is unnecessary and unproductive. The Supreme Court recognized in United States v. O'Hagan (1997) that undisclosed misappropriation of material, nonpublic information, "in violation of a fiduciary duty, . . . constitutes fraud akin to embezzlement – the fraudulent appropriation to one's own use of the money or goods entrusted to one's care by another." And, adds Judge Rakoff, "if the embezzler, instead of trading on the information himself, passes on the information to someone who knows it is misappropriated information but still intends to use it in connection with the purchase or sale of securities, that 'tippee' is likewise liable, just as any knowing receiver of stolen goods would be. It is just that simple – or, conceptually, should be."
Judge Rakoff surveys the case law starting with Dirks and concludes that the Supreme Court did not mean to suggest that "'personal benefit' consisted of any particular type of benefit, but only that it was a benefit grounded in using company information for personal advantage, as opposed to a corporate or otherwise permissible purposes (such as whistleblowing)" – as was the situation in Dirks. "While use of the term 'personal purpose' or 'personal advantage,' rather than 'personal benefit,' could perhaps have averted subsequent confusion, Dirks was quite clear as to the wide breadth of its understanding of a personal benefit."
Judge Rakoff's articulation of a purpose test – personal purpose vs. corporate purpose – does appear to simplify the analysis and would avoid some of the philosophical gymnastics that have enlivened insider-trading law (such as whether wine, live lobsters, steak dinners, massage parlors, or college friendships can constitute the requisite "personal benefit"). But will it work?
The Government had proposed such a test in Salman, when it urged the Supreme Court to adopt a broad distinction between disclosure for corporate purposes and disclosure for noncorporate purposes – and to hold that any disclosure for a noncorporate purpose satisfies Dirks. But the Court did not bite. It unanimously applied the Dirks standard and affirmed Salman's conviction.
The fact that the Court did not reconsider the Dirks test in Salman does not necessarily mean that the Court disagreed with the standard that the Government had proposed. Perhaps the Court simply saw no need to rethink Dirks in order to decide the case before it. Perhaps the desirability of a unanimous decision outweighed any potential inclination to tinker with longstanding precedent. Other possibilities also exist. And, of course, the Court did not overtly reject the Government's proposal.
But any court tempted by Judge Rakoff's corporate-purpose test might need to grapple with the Supreme Court's sidestepping that argument in Salman and the Court's unanimous reiteration of the Dirks standard. We will see how other courts react to the Pinto-Thomaz decision in the future.
Tags: Dirks v. SEC, Insider Trading, personal-benefit, tippee, tipper, United States v. Martoma, United States v. Newman, United States v. Pinto-Thomaz, United States v. Salman
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A majority vote of two thirds of the aldermen present compelled Mayor Oppenheimer to sign the minutes of February 23, 24, 28 and March 9. Vancouver Trades and Labour council requested that the Chain Gang not be employed on Street Work. A bylaw to regulate the storage of inflammable material within the city limits was introduced and read a first time.
Present His Worship the Mayor and Aldermen Brighouse, Scoullar, Godfrey, Templeton, Hobson, Brown, McDowell, DePencier, and Doering.
The Minutes of last regular and special meetings were read.
After the Minutes were read the Mayor stated that he still adhered to his decision not to sign the Minutes but that if a vote were taken on his ruling and if the necessary two-thirds majority decided against him it would be his duty to acquiesce.
That the Minutes of last regular and special meetings be adopted as read.
Alderman Brown said that Alderman Godfrey joined with him in wishing the names of the Aldermen to be taken on the voting.
Alderman Templeton then asked the Mayor if he refused to put the motion, the Mayor answered yes.
Yeas. Aldermen Brighouse, Scoullar, Godfrey, Templeton, Brown, and McDowell.
Nays. Aldermen DePencier, Doering and Hobson.
The Mayor stated that as he had been overruled he would now sign the Minutes.
From F. D. Boucher et al asking for a sidewalk on Thurlow Street.
From John McCulloch stating that the Police Magistrate made an order to have his clothes, papers etc left at the Customs House.
Referred to the Police Committee.
From A. Yorke asking the Council to look into the charges preferred against the Police Magistrate.
That the communication be returned to the writer.
From Robt. C. Buckeral submitting an affidavit preferring certain charges against the Police Magistrate.
From Joseph Pope and T. Trudeau acknowledging a communication from the City Clerk re fencing of streets at railway crossings.
From J.A. Fulton, Secretary to the Trades and Labor Council asking that the Chain Gang be not employed on Street Work.
From A. Tullis asking the Council to pay his salary as secretary to the Smelting Co out of the $5000.00 forfeited by the City.
From the Market Clerk furnishing Market Reports for three weeks.
From the Chief of Police reporting upon the Electric Lights.
From Dr. Wilson et al asking for certain improvements on a lane between Haro and Robson Streets.
From W.S. Udy asking for certain trees to be cut down on Prior Street.
From G. Ashford etal asking for a sidewalk on Comox Street.
From Wm Bailey et al asking for a sidewalk on Thurlow Street.
From Thos. Langham et al asking for the grading etc of Keefer Street.
From the City Auditor furnishing report for February.
From J.M. Browning resigning his position as Water Works Arbitrator.
From James O'Connor submitting an affidavit regarding the Police Magistrate.
From J.C. McLagan, Chairman pro tem. of the Board of Trade Committee asking the Council to appoint a Committee to cooperate with the Board of Trade as to the most befitting manner to celebrate the arrival of the S.S. Empress of India.
From Robert Marrion etal asking for a sidewalk on Keefer Street.
From A.E. Carter asking permission to use a steam engine for building purposes at the post office site.
From T. M. Speers asking that the Police Magistrates salary be increased.
That the letter be returned to the writer.
From W.F. Salsbury et al petitioning for a thorough investigation of the Engineering Department.
The Police Committee met on Tuesday February 25th 1891.
Present Aldermen DePencier, McDowell, Hobson, Scoullar, and Carroll.
2 That the salary of John McKeown be increased by $10.00 per month after the 3rd of March 1891 on account of him having completed a service of 12 months on the Police Force on that date.
3 That the License Inspector be instructed to hand over to the Pound Keeper ten dog tags at a time taking his receipt therefor [sic] and that said Pound Keeper furnish to said License Inspector an account of all tags issued.
4 The Board having heard the charges preferred against the Police Magistrate by Mr. F.G. Twigg and his explanations thereon, desires to place in record their entire confidence in said Magistrate for the able and impartial manner in which he administers justice in this City.
They further desire to express their satisfaction as to the manner in which the whole police department is managed which reflects credit on the Chief and his staff of officers.
The Police Committee met again on Tuesday March 10th, 1891.
2 That E. A. Harris be appointed a member of the Police Force at a salary of $60.00 per month.
3 That the resignation of Wm. Preston as Pound Keeper be accepted and that W.P. West be appointed to the vacant position at a salary of $50.00 per month and fees; and be subject to summary dismissal, salary to date from the time W. Preston's resignation took effect.
The Board of Works met on Thursday March 12th 1891.
1 That the City Engineer report upon the condition of the Sewer through Block 2, O.G.T. giving estimate of the cost of repairing same.
2 That the communication from J.J. Blake asking permission to use the streets and lanes on behalf of the British Columbia District Telegraph and Delivery Co be laid over until the applicant furnishes further information.
3 That permission be granted to Rand Bros to remove a one storey building from Block 4, Lot 4 O.G.T. across the lane to Block 4, Lot 11 O.G.T. on condition that said building be moved outside of the fire limits within sixty days.
4 That the communication from James Curran et al asking for a sidewalk on Homer Street and that of Alex McDonald asking for an increase of salary be laid over for the present.
5 That the City Engineer and City Solicitor be instructed to investigate the different claims for expense incurred through rebuilding fences to altered grades and report on same at a subsequent meeting.
The Health Committee met on Tuesday February 24th 1891.
Present Aldermen McDowell, Templeton, and Scoullar.
2 That a By-Law be introduced to govern and regulate the Public Cemetery and that the Provincial Government be communicated with asking them to furnish the City a deed of said Cemetery.
3 That the Matron of the City Hospital be instructed to have the washing at the City Hospital done by white labor instead of Chinese labor.
The Chairman arrived before the meeting adjourned.
The Health Committee met again on Tuesday the 10th inst.
F.W. & L. No 4.
The Fire Water & Light Committee met on Wednesday February 25th 1891.
Present Aldermen Brown, Godfrey, Doering and Brighouse.
Alderman Brown was appointed Chairman pro tem.
1 That the communications from W.H. Mason et al asking for an electric light on Quebec street and James Curran et al asking for electric lights on Homer Street be laid over.
2 That the communication from James McPhee offering to put in protectors for the fire alarm be filed.
3 That the City Solicitor be instructed to prepare a By-Law regulating the storage of gunpowder and other explosives within the City Limits.
The Fire, Water and Light Committee met again on Wednesday March 11th 1891.
Present Alderman Templeton, Brown, and Brighouse.
2 That the Electric Railway & Light Co. be communicated with asking them at what rate they will light up the two fire halls, giving fire hall No. 1 10 lights and fire hall No. 2, 4 lights of 16 candle power each.
The Finance Committee met on Friday February 17th 1891.
Present His Worship the Mayor and Aldermen Brown, Hobson, Doering, and Scoullar.
Thos. F. McGuigan. Hack hire. 50 cts.
2 That L. Authier be paid $75.00 (subject to the advice of the City Solicitor), the amount claimed by him, in lieu of one month's salary as assistant Street Inspector, in consequence of him not having received proper notice of dismissal from the City Engineer.
3 That the communication from the manager of the Sugar Refining Co. asking for the deeds of the Sugar Refinery site be referred to the City Solicitor.
4 That the communication from John McCulloch complaining about loss of clothes during imprisonment and asking for compensation be filed.
5 That a filing cabinet consisting of 56 drawers made up in three sections with lock attachments be ordered through Thomson Bros. for the vault in the City Clerk's office.
The Finance Committee met on Friday Mch 13th 1891.
Present His Worship the Mayor and Aldermen Brown, Carroll, Hobson, and Scoullar.
2 That Messrs Corbould, McColl, Jenns & Campbell be paid $150.50 being the amount of the taxed costs in the Injunction case of the R.C.P. Mills Co vs. the City and Leamy and Kyle, and that said Leamy and Kyle be charged with half of the above amount; they being co-defendants in said case.
The Licensing Board met for its first regular quarterly meeting on Monday, March 16th 1891. At 11. a. m.
Present his Worship Mayor Oppenheimer and Aldermen Godfrey, McDowell, Hobson, DePencier, and Brighouse.
His Worship the Mayor was elected chairman of the Board.
1 That a wholesale liquor licence be granted to Springer Mullon & Co in Block 10. 541.
A. Robertson, Glasgow Hotel to W. Williams.
B.L. Woods Albion " " Miller & Britton.
Wm. Pomeroy, Fremont " " John Blair.
Mitchell & Co. New York Block to Brinsmead Block.
T.A. Shaw, Windsor Hotel to W. Brown.
L. Canonica, City Hotel to A. Fairon.
McGirr & McCoskery, Sunnyside Hotel to Canonica & Co.
L. Kearns, International " to F.A. Boehlofsky.
Stevens & Gordon to Delbruck Block.
A.J. McPherson, Bodega Saloon to E. McPherson.
3 The applications of Merrill & Harkness and M. McLeod re the Germania Hotel, are laid over until Thursday next; the applicants in each of these cases to submit their claims in writing accompanied by necessary documents by 11 a.m. of Tuesday the 7th inst.
4 That the City Solicitor be instructed to draft the amendments to the consolidated Liquor License By-Law as set out in full in the Minute Book kept by this Board, said proposed amendments being for the purpose of simplifying the procedure of transfers of Licenses, the prohibition of sale or supply of intoxicants to minors and finding the clearer definitions of Hotel requirements and the extension of time in which prosecutions can be sustained.
5 That the City Solicitor be instructed to press to a speedy conclusion the case of A. Schwahn as the License Inspector now and for over three months last past on appeal to the County Court.
That the Rules be suspended as a By-Law introduced to amend By-Law No 116.
That a By-Law be introduced to regulate the storage of Inflammable Material.
That Mr. A.E. Carter, Contractor for the erection of the Post Office be permitted to erect a steam hoist in connection with his work subject to the approval of the Street Inspector.
That this City having arrived at a status that entitles it to have a City battalion of active militia established, this Council would urge upon the Hon the Minister of Militia and Defence, and the Government; the advisability of having a volunteer battalion established in Vancouver.
That the applications for the position of Chief Engineer be laid over to be considered at a Special meeting of the Council to be held on Friday the 20th inst. at 8 P.M.
The Council then adjourned on motion of Alderman Godfrey seconded by Alderman Scoullar.