Former Madurai collector and current managing director of the Tamil Nadu Handloom Cooperative U. Sagayam.
On the first day of May, acting on an anonymous petition, the district collector of Madurai in Tamil Nadu went on a day-long inspection of the hills around the villages of Melur, Kilayur and Keezhavalavu—a region of paddy and sugar cane fields that concealed a wealth of granite under its soil.
What the collector, Ubargarampillai Sagayam, found there dismayed him: "Huge devastation of 100-ft deep trenches of hills, but also destruction of cultivable land and water bodies."
Sagayam toured quarries, visited mines and interviewed workers to establish that illegal quarrying was going on amid legitimate mining, and that some companies were stealing granite from neighbouring sites or taking more than they had been allowed to mine.
He soon summed up his findings in a 13-page report to the Tamil Nadu government. The state, he concluded, had lost at least ₹ 16,000 crore to illegal quarrying in Madurai over the last two decades.
That's a fraction of the notional losses estimated by the Comptroller and Auditor General to have been lost in the allocation of coal mines or 2G spectrum allocations (respectively ₹ 1.86 trillion and ₹ 1.7 trillion), but a hefty sum all the same.
Four days later, having been called to Chennai by his superior to explain himself, the collector, the 49-year old Sagayam got the phone call he'd been expecting. He was informed that he would be transferred from the district collector's job he'd held for just 14 months to a new post: as managing director of the Tamil Nadu Handloom Cooperative.
It wasn't the first time Sagayam's perseverance had nettled his employers; this would be his 19th transfer in 21 years.
Since that day, about 300 people have felt the ripples of Sagayam's report. The Tamil Nadu police say a total of 28 cases of illegal granite quarrying have been registered against 15 firms, and about 30 of the accused are big-business mining barons.
Among them is a 26-year-old entrepreneur with some impressive political connections. Dayanidhi Alagiri, also known as Durai, is the son of cabinet minister M.K. Alagiri and grandson of M. Karunanidhi, the head of the Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK) and five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
Durai was a co-founder and director of Olympus Granite Pvt. Ltd, a firm that police claim has caused a loss of ₹ 44 crore to the government through its violations. The police say that this is only an initial estimate and the actual loss could be much more.
Olympus is by no means the primary accused in the probe into Madurai's granite industry. PRP Exports (the largest exporter of granite in India, against which 10 cases have been registered and whose owner, P.R.P. Palanisamy, is in jail) is alleged by the police to have accounted for around ₹ 13,000 crore of the loss to the state.
But, as a member of an illustrious political family, Durai has attracted much of the media spotlight, especially once he disappeared in August after a first information report (FIR) was registered against him by the local village administrative officer at the Keezhavalavu police station.
Durai's upbringing could not have been more different from that of the man who would implicate him in the so-called granite scam. Precocious, and spurred on by his family, the youngest child of Alagiri and his wife Kanthi had launched careers in two industries by the time he was 22: his granite business and a film production firm called Cloud Nine Movies. Durai was also the darling of Madurai, the bastion of his father's political organization. Locals say that each 27 September—his birthday—DMK party workers would distribute sweets about town and organize gala events. This year, however, there was no merriment. Madurai wore a dull veil.
Sagayam came from less exalted stock. His father was a farmer and his mother a housewife. The youngest of five brothers, he studied at a Tamil-medium panchayat school in his village 125km north of Madurai, Perunchunai in Pudukottai district.
The family home overlooked a 50-acre mango grove, where Sagayam remembers getting his first lesson in ethics. Playing with his friends one day under the trees, he'd found a windfall of ripe fruit, which the children collected and took home to their mothers. Sagayam's mother was furious, he remembers, and made him throw the fruit even when he protested that nobody had seen him and that everyone else had done the same thing.
"Just because all the others are doing a wrong thing it does not become right," she told him—a lesson that the adult Sagayam repeats like a mantra.
The anonymous petition that inspired Sagayam's investigation seems to have been the result of a series of right to information (RTI) requests by a local businessman from Madurai called S. Murugesan in 2008.
Murugesan said he filed RTIs asking how much granite PRP Exports was allowed to ship abroad and how much tax the company had paid between 2004 and 2008.
He claims he had obtained information from the mines department showing that the company had exported about 120,000 cu. m more than it had been permitted. But he suspected that the wrongdoing went deeper.
"As a local, everyone is aware of the illegalities these granite quarries have been doing, and the bribes being taken by government officials," he said. "That is why I filed an RTI."
Back in 2008, Sagayam's predecessor as Madurai collector, N. Mathivanan, working under a DMK government headed by Karunanidhi, conducted an investigation and filed a counter affidavit dismissing Murugesan's petition, saying it lacked merit. Undeterred, Murugesan filed a writ in the Madurai bench of the Madras high court a year later, calling the dismissal of his petition illegal on the grounds that it hadn't been investigated properly.
Mathivanan could not be reached by Mint for comment.
Shortly before the state held its elections in the spring of 2011, the high court judge K. Chandru ordered a new investigation and PRP Exports duly obtained a stay. On 13 April 2011, Tamil Nadu went to the polls and, a month later, the government changed: J. Jayalalithaa's All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) came back to power.
The DMK's ousting was in part due to the shadow of the 2G spectrum case, in which Karunanidhi's family had been implicated. Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi had a 20% stake in television company Kalaignar that was allegedly part of a money chain linking a telecom company with former telecom minister A. Raja.
Jayalalithaa, entering her third term as chief minister (the two parties have controlled the state exclusively since 1967), had campaigned in Madurai against what she called Alagiri's "rowdy raj" of corruption.
In Murugesan's eyes, at least, the new government was responsible for the renewed interest in potential violations in Madurai's granite industry. "The nexus between the government and the granite businessmen is plain for all to see," he said. "The fact that no action was taken... shows the DMK government's reluctance to investigate the case. The change of government is what led to the scam coming out in the open."
In the 1990s, miners began exploring for coloured granite in the districts of Madurai, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri and Karur, according to an official from the department of geology and mining who did not want to be named. Until that time only black granite was being extracted.
"While this saw many private players taking part, only few were successful," he said. "It was only after 2000 when the real mushrooming of growth for private players began."
Jayalalithaa became the first elected female chief minister of Tamil Nadu in 1991 (when she began the first of her three terms in the job). At the same time, a 30-year-old Sagayam was embarking on a career in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He'd cleared the civil service exam but had not been selected as an IAS officer, so pursued his Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission exams, was selected as an IAS officer and became subdivisional magistrate of Ootacamund (popularly called Ooty) in 1991.
And he was already beginning to ruffle feathers with his refusal to accept the status quo. After a difference of opinion with the Ooty collector, who, he says, favoured the large tea estates while he sided with the tribal community, Sagayam was relieved of his post in what was to be the first of many transfers in his career.
By 2000, as an additional district magistrate in Kanchipuram, he'd sealed Pepsi's bottling plant near Chennai, after detecting dirt floating in several bottles of their soft drinks, refusing to budge under external pressure, and fought with the sand mafia.
Although his rectitude is much admired—"Sagayam is an iconic IAS cadre who takes pride in being honest. He is an enthusiastic officer in whatever he does," said 40-year-old T. Udhayachandran, a fellow IAS officer who has known Sagayam for 15 years—Sagayam's tendency to stick his neck out kept him moving from post to post.
In 2004, Sagayam was in trouble again. This time, in his post as deputy commissioner of civil supplies in Chennai, he confiscated 5,000 subsidized domestic gas cylinders in three days that were being illegally used by restaurants, resulting, he said, in a loss to the exchequer.
That year, Durai turned 18 and joined the ranks of Chennai's College of Engineering. Two years into the course, he and a childhood friend, S. Nagaraj, invested ₹ 5 lakh each into a new business, Olympus Granite. Nagaraj bought two-and-a-half acres of land in Keezhavalavu and obtained a licence to quarry for granite in 2008. The land was adjacent to a three-acre quarry owned by Tamil Nadu Minerals Ltd (TAMIN)—a fact that the deputy superintendent of police and chief investigating officer in the granite case, A. Thangavelu, finds significant.
"It's not a coincidence that Olympus' quarry was next to a TAMIN quarry," he said. While Olympus was licensed to dig only 400 cu. m of granite over a period period two years from its quarry, the company obtained a permit to transport 2,200 cu. m of granite.
"In the granite business, you have to be lucky," said Arumugam Nainar, additional director in the mines department, Madurai. "You can never fully assess the quality of the rock beneath, but the TAMIN quarries usually have the best."
The FIR says that Olympus encroached upon the government mine next to its own quarry and stole its rock. A visit to the Olympus quarry showed that, while the Olympus quarry had been barely dug out, the TAMIN quarry was a study in contrast.
An official from the department of geology and mining, who did not want to be named, said that this particular TAMIN quarry, called Pokishamalai (meaning treasure mountain), had been leased for granite extraction. But, the official claimed, TAMIN officials illegally subcontracted the work to the benami owners of Olympus, R. Kanagavelpandian and S. Sundarapandia, who extracted 60,000 cu. m of granite worth ₹ 240 crore from the TAMIN quarry over a period two years from 2007, on behalf of Olympus.
Three TAMIN officials connected to the case were arrested by the district police for conniving with the private quarry operator and misquoting the amount of granite quarried.
"We have strong prima facie evidence to show that Olympus had committed violations by digging more granite than was allowed," said state advocate general A. Navaneetha Krishnan. "We have a strong case against him."
Durai's lawyers, however, deny that Olympus has committed any violation. "Just because the TAMIN quarry is adjacent, you cannot allege Olympus dug it out," said P. Kumaresan, Durai's lawyer. "It could have been leased to some other party."
They also deny the involvement of their client, Durai, who they say had quit as director of the company by 2010. "He was more an investment partner," Kumaresan, "he was not involved in the company's functioning."
Durai did have other concerns. He expanded into the media business in 2008, after graduating from college, starting the production house Cloud Nine Movies in partnership with his brother-in-law, Vivek Rathinavel. Together, the two made three films and distributed 10, including box office hits Mankatha, Vaaranam Aayiram and Tamizh Padam. Mint could not reach Rathinavel for comment.
The move was not surprising, given the clout the DMK family has in the media and entertainment world (Karunandhi's grand-nephew Kalanithi Maran owns the Sun Media group). The third generation of the family—Dayanidhi and his cousins—are all involved in the Tamil Cinema industry. His cousins Arivunidhi, Arulnithi Tamilarasu and Udayanidhi Stalin are actors and producers.
The reasons for Durai's career change are not clear. He claims he quit Olympus in 2010, but his letter of resignation was not submitted to the Registrar of Companies (RoC) until 2011. Police believe that he did not in fact resign until the regime in the state changed.
A local official with direct knowledge of the matter, who did not want to be identified, said Durai was tempted to enter the granite business because his cousin Udayanidhi Stalin's quarrying company in Vellore had been so profitable. But the Olympus quarry didn't have equal success. "Having realized that, he must have diverted his attention to production," said the person.
Still, he wasn't doing badly. Documents obtained by Mint from RoC show that in 2011, the company's profit before tax was ₹ 2.45 lakh and it had assets worth ₹ 42.9 lakh.
A report in the magazine Tehelka, in August 2011, reported that Durai had ₹ 9.22 crore of agricultural land, houses worth ₹ 38.5 crore, ₹ 40 crore worth of non-agricultural land, and deposits worth ₹ 2.18 crore, coming to a total of ₹ 89.9 crore.
He is a trustee of Dhaya College of Engineering and Dhaya Dental College, and was managing director of JAK Communications until 2011. The company has since been renamed JAK Network and is under new ownership. He is also a director of Royal Cable Vision and Mahesh Elastomers, according to the same report.
Sagayam is less pecunious. In 2009, he became the first IAS officer in Tamil Nadu to make public disclosure of his assets—bank balance of ₹ 7,172 and a house worth ₹ 9 lakh in Madurai. By then he had acquired a reputation for his dedication to transparency.
On taking up a new post, Sagayam says, the first thing he does is to hang a sign reading, Lanjam Thavirtthu, Nenjam Namartthu (Reject bribes, hold your head high), outside his office door, and, outside his new office at the handloom cooperative there does indeed hang a notice stating that bribery is an offence, offering a complaint hotline.
"I have seen 17 IAS officers in my career and most of them are honest," said G. Krishnamurthy, Sagayam's secretary, "but Sagayam is different in the sense that he expects the system to be clean and will not hesitate to punish his subordinates, while the other officers may be honest but will overlook if corruption is around the place, thinking 'if I report then I would have to take wrath of these people'."
It came as little surprise then, when in March 2011, the election commission hand-picked Sagayam to oversee the election in Madurai. The unstable political tussle in the district, where Durai's father Alagiri was campaigning, was threatening to cause problems during the polling. In April, two cases were filed against Sagayam by the DMK as a result of his work leading up to the elections. In one, he was accused of having influenced college students' votes by pushing for a change of government. A second case alleged he had asked an employee to file a case against Alagiri, following a violent incident in which, Sagayam says, his officer and a videographer filmed Alagiri handing out cash to voters. Both cases were dismissed by the court; Sagayam says his effigy was burnt by DMK partymen, angered at the embarrassment to their campaign.
He was later awarded an appreciation certificate from the chief election commissioner, S Y. Quraishi for conducting "free and fair elections".
For Vimala, Sagayam's wife, all this career-jumping must have made for an unrestful marriage. Vimala, however, displays a soft-spoken pragmatism when she recounts the details of the various shifts.
In 1999, when her husband was suddenly transferred from the collector's post at Namakkal, she and the children had to vacate the collector's residence within a day, and move to Chennai.
"My son and daughter were going to school, so we didn't have the option to move from Namakkal. I decided to rent a house and move the things," she said. After Sagayam was transferred away from Madurai in May, a group of villagers—transgenders and disabled people from Arittaipatti in Melur—staged protests in front of the collector's office, asking the government to revoke the transfer. Sagayam had arranged for houses for over 40 transgenders and had enabled them to go to college in Madurai. Sagayam himself views the constant upheaval with complete equanimity. "It is government's authority to transfer according to my capacity," he says, apparently unperturbed.
Since their son's disappearance, Durai Dayanidhi's family has been repeatedly questioned by the police, and has denied any knowledge of his whereabouts. Dayanidhi's wife, Anusha, who he married in 2010, is suspected by police of having met Dayanidhi in September for his birthday. However, she maintains she has not spoken to him in two months when she was investigated in October, said superintendent of police for Madurai district, V. Balakrishnan.
The police have also issued a non-bailable warrant against him, on which a stay had been obtained till 27 November. The police's intentions are to charge-sheet him as a proclaimed offender and seize Dayanidhi's property. Speaking to reporters in Chennai, after the warrant was issued for Dayanidhi, the DMK chief Karunanidhi said his grandson would act on his lawyer's advice. He also said he did not know why Dayanidhi had gone into hiding.
"It is a politically motivated case. Why should Dayanidhi surrender? The government wants to hide its failures so it is redirecting the glare to some other issue," said a DMK member of Parliament, K.P. Ramalingam, who continues to support Dayanidhi. "DMK is not going to be shaken by all this. This has got focus because it is DMK and it is the first family."
If convicted, Dayanidhi faces a prison term of up to three years, and a loss of ₹ 240 crore will recovered from Olympus, in addition to a fine of ₹ 12 crore.
Sagayam, on the other hand, is ready to turn his investigative zeal to finding out possible infractions of the law in the handloom industry. However innocuous the posting or project, there is a lot to be done to better it, he says.


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The Lee County Sheriff's Office released its report Wednesday of a hard foul committed by Fort Myers High School boys basketball coach Scott Guttery on a student during an open gym and concluded there is no evidence a crime was committed by Guttery.
The case was originally closed five weeks ago, an LCSO spokesperson told The News-Press, but new information re-opened it before it was closed again Tuesday after being deemed "unfounded."
Guttery, who has led the Green Wave to six district titles and the 2010 state championship, was reinstated by the Lee County School District last week after 49 days on paid administrative leave despite remaining under a professional standards inquiry. He declined to comment on the sheriff's report but was critical of the school district in public comment made during a school board meeting Tuesday night.
The family of the student, Joshua Sanchez, retained Fort Myers-based attorney Sawyer Smith last month. He sent the district a letter of intent to sue, but a lawsuit has yet to be filed with the Lee County Clerk of Courts.
Smith responded to Guttery's public comments.
"It's pretty obvious Guttery is upset that he was investigated for causing a 15-year old boy a concussion," Smith responded by text. "As they say, sorry, not sorry."
The incident happened on May 4 during a pick-up game involving students and members of the Green Wave coaching staff. Witness accounts and a surveillance video show a play where Guttery extended both hands to block a shot and made contact with Sanchez's neck and face before Sanchez fell hard onto the court.
Multiple witnesses said in the report hard fouls of this nature were normal and part of pickup games. A few added Guttery extended his hand to help Sanchez up but was rebuffed before Sanchez got up on his own and headed to the sideline where he put his hands on his knees before resuming play, the report said.
Sanchez and a teammate who was present stated there was pretext to the hard foul. Their accounts in the report mentioned a previous play where Sanchez called a foul on Guttery evoking an angry response from the coach.
While the teammate said Guttery sarcastically questioned Sanchez's call saying, "Come on, man, That's a foul? Really?", Sanchez recalled a far more testy exchange. Sanchez's account states Guttery told him "I will show you what a real foul looks like" prior to the hard foul.
Witnesses said Sanchez, who suffered a bloody nose in a previous game that day on a similar foul by a fellow student, went on to score the game-winning basket. After the game, Guttery asked Sanchez to leave open gym for cursing, the report stated.
Sanchez's parents, Stephanie and David, met with school resource officer Osvaldo Gamez May 5 to review surveillance of the pickup game. After taking a frame-by-frame look at the footage, the parents, who are current and former law enforcement officers, agreed the incident between their son and Guttery didn't rise to the level of a crime and at no time informed Gamez of any injuries to Joshua Sanchez, according to the report.
On May 9, accompanied by Smith, the family met with the LCSO. They said their son became dizzy and complained of a headache after being ejected from open gym. He began to dry heave later that night, they said.
Dr. Walter Lambert of the child protection team conducted a forensic medical examination of Joshua Sanchez May 18 at the Children's Advocacy Center, but findings were pending at the time of the LCSO report release.
The family requested a meeting with principal David LaRosa but a scheduling conflict forced LaRosa to refer them to an assistant principal, a meeting the family never took.


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● To avoid the risk of electrical shock or fire, be sure to use the correct voltage rating.
over the cord, as the cord can be damaged and cause electrical shock or fire.
● Insert the AC plug firmly, as a poor connection can result in electrical shock or fire.
● Only use the included AC adapter, as malfunction or fire may result.
voltage as this may cause overheating and fire.
to the instrument or other property.
will not be used for a prolonged period of time, or if there is a risk of lightning.
to the unit's front panel or its internal components.
interference, which can affect the proper operation of the device or other devices.
● To avoid damage to the device or personal injury, always place the device in a stable position.
● Always place the device horizontally (see Owner's Manual) to avoid the risk of lost written data.
● Always remove any disc from the disc tray before transporting the device as written data may be lost.
chemically treated wiping cloths as these may damage the unit.
buttons, switches or connectors, as damage to the unit or personal injury may occur.
Yamaha dealer (listed in the back of this manual).
and cause a malfunction or damage to the device.
● Do not wrap the power cord around the AC adapter as it may become disconnected and cause a malfunction.
When handling a disc, hold it by the edges.
scratched if wiped with a dry cloth.
shaped, etc., as these could damage your new CD-R/RW drive.
the manual included with the drive.
you do not infringe on any software copyrights for that product.
SUPPLIERS GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY OF THE DISCS.
writing software, the setting speed still takes precedence.
been improved 25% compared with Yamaha models not using this technology.
connection) with data transfer possible between any two devices on the chain.
data transfer rates: 100 Mbps, 200 Mbps, and 400 Mbps.
Buffer Underrun before actually writing the disc.
requirements (e.g., hardware, OS, etc.).
CPU: Pentium II, 300 MHz or faster.
IEEE1394 port: At least one IEEE1394 port is required.
interface card, refer to "IEEE1394 Interface Card (PCI or CardBus)" shown below.
computer from a CD-ROM containing an operating system.
before purchasing a new IEEE1394 interface card.
• CPU: PowerPC G3, 300 MHz or faster.
• RAM: 64 MB or more.
properly. The latest software is available from the Apple support web site.
planning to copy a CD-ROM directly to a CD-R/RW disc on the CRW2200IX drive.
The CRW2200IX drive requires a CD writing software to write onto a CD-R/RW disc.
Make sure your CD writing software supports the CRW2200IX drive.
directly from a hard drive or CD-ROM drive, etc. (on-the-fly writing).
The standard was named after the color of the book's cover.
sampling rate of 44.1 kHz for a 79 minute disc.
format for a 700 MB disc.
disc rotation speed will vary in CLV writing.
disc rotation will increase as the writing point moves from the inner to the outer.
on a CD-RW disc, the Full CAV method is recommended.
Lights up in green when the power of the drive is turned on.
(LINE IN) of the stereo equipment with a standard stereo phono cable (sold separately).
This flowchart shows the procedure for setting up the CRW2200IX drive.
STEP Install the CD writing software.
Install the CD writing software.
IEEE1394 interface cable that came with the drive.
hard drive, or for whatever purpose suits your needs.
the card, refer to the documentation that came with it.
drive is set to STANDBY.
with the arrow on the adapter plug facing left, as shown below.
• Operate the drive only with the included AC adapter.
• The bottom of the drive and the AC adapter become warm during use.
adapter from the AC outlet when you do not intend to use the drive for a long time.
5 Turn on the CRW2200IX drive.
front panel lights up in green.
interface cable (with a 6-pin connector at each end).
• You can connect the interface cable to either IEEE1394 port on the CRW2200IX drive.
meters. Bear this in mind if using an interface cable longer than the included one.
tree), you can verify that the drive is correctly recognized by your computer.
the CRW2200IX drive may not work properly.
1 Select "Apple System Profiler" from the Apple menu.
FireWire column, showing that it is recognized by the Mac OS.
B: You can also check the FireWire version in this window.
icons onto Trash to unmount, and disconnect those devices temporarily.
recognized on the OS. Contact the supplier of your Apple Product.
• The FireWire version that supports the CRW2200IX drive is 2.0 or later.
supporting the drive are not installed, the disc cannot be mounted or read.
Extension files are included in the CD writing software.
For details, refer to the documentation that came with your CD writing software.
corresponds to the CRW2200IX drive (product name).
computer is turned on (Hot Swap).
For more information about a IEEE1394 chain or tree connection, refer to page 28, 29.
problem, refer to the "Update Information" document bundled with the product.
disconnection after you complete the "unplugging" procedure properly.
refer to the documentation that came with your operating system.
2 Place the disc onto the disc tray with its label or printing facing upward.
2 Remove the disc from the disc tray.
• It may not be possible to open the disc tray while a disc is being read or written.
1 Shut down the computer and the CRW2200IX drive.
mechanism ejects the disc tray and disc.
4 Turn on the CRW2200IX drive to close the disc tray.
Please refer also to the YAMAHA CD-R/RW Drive web site for more information.
The drive does not turn on.
● Are the AC adapter and the power cable connected correctly?
doesn't light up or blink, consult your nearest Yamaha dealer for repair.
● Is the IEEE1394 interface card installed correctly?
Refer to the documentation that came with the card for details.
The CRW2200IX drive is not recognized by the operating system.
Make sure that the IEEE1394 interface is recognized by the operating system.
IEEE1394 interface for possible solutions.
drive is not recognized, consult your nearest Yamaha dealer for repair.
● Is the CRW2200IX drive turned on?
when power is turned on.
● Are you using CD writing software?
and then try ejecting the disc.
● Can you open the disc tray after attempting to restart the computer?
adapter connected, and press the eject button.
damaged. Consult your nearest Yamaha dealer for repair.
If not, place the disc properly and close the disc tray.
● Has dust or dirt collected on the disc surface?
If so, clean the disc surface using an air spray or by wiping using a lint-free cloth.
Remember to wipe the surface from the center of the disc to the edge.
Be careful not to scratch it.
● Does the drive accept other discs (audio CD, CD-ROM, blank CD-R disc, etc.)?
If the drive does not accept a specific disc, the disc itself must be the problem.
disc, consult your nearest Yamaha dealer for repair.
● Does the drive automatically open the disc tray to eject the disc?
● Are you attempting to load a disc supported by the drive?
● Does the drive accept other discs (audio CD, CD-ROM, etc.)?
● Does the LED light properly when the disc is loaded?
disc itself must be the problem. Check for scratches, warping, or other reasons.
drive. Make sure settings are as shown below.
1 The "Properties" setting of the CRW2200IX drive.
such as a hard drive, or a CD-ROM drive, etc.
For IDE devices, select "DMA" for the setting of transfer mode.
cause a failure in writing a CD.
• Errors can occur if you knock or move the CRW2200IX drive while it is writing to disc.
● Do you have several kinds of CD writing software installed to the same system?
Such a situation may cause a conflict, resulting in unstable operations.
Remember to wipe the surface in a motion perpendicular to the center of the disc.
Your CD writing software does not recognize the CRW2200IX drive.
manufacturer for compatibility with the CRW2200IX drive.
connector on the host computer.
Up to 16 IEEE1394 devices can be attached.
17 devices including the host computer.
connector allows for the connection of multiple IEEE1394 devices.
A total of 62 IEEE1394 devices can be attached.
63 devices including the host computer.
computer along with other IEEE1394 devices.
directly or solely to the host computer.
drive is in operation (especially when writing to a disc).
host computer will be slowed, which may cause a failure in writing a CD.
supply power (IEEE1394 bus power).
most recent firmware for the drive on the YAMAHA CD-R/RW Drive web site.
in the YAMAHA CD-R/RW Drive web site. Please check this information regularly.
"CDROM", then double-click on "YAMAHA CRW2200E".
CRW2200IX drive is turned on.


Gospel Artist, Sammie Okposo was once again crowned the Gospel Artist of the Year at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA) held in New York.
GROUP OF THE YEAR category.
This is the second time Sammie Okposo is winning this award after first winning in 2007.
Sammie Okposo Praise Party To Hit London This November!


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import io.crnk.data.jpa.model.SingleTableBaseEntity;
import io.crnk.data.jpa.model.SingleTableChildEntity;

public abstract class SingleTableInheritanceQueryTestBase
		extends AbstractInheritanceTest<SingleTableBaseEntity, SingleTableChildEntity> {

	public SingleTableInheritanceQueryTestBase() {
		super(SingleTableBaseEntity.class, SingleTableChildEntity.class);
	}

}

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Anne O'Connor, the facilitator and coach behind Metamorphix, goes beyond an intellectual understanding of how to make changes. Just knowing isn't enough. Working together to identify your most important intention, we use practices that incorporate your learning into your mind, your heart, your body, and your communities. With this kind of lasting change, you will see your courage and confidence grow and be ready to create beauty in your relationships, your work, your health, and all areas of your life. Anne specializes in
* creating connective communications, and
* resiliency and transformation during transitions.
Anne's Journey
Anne's grandparents on her dad's side didn't know each other when they left the rocky shores of Dingle Bay in Ireland. But they met at an Irish dance in Chicago. Whenever Anne has a little fear of stepping forward, she feels her 17-year-old grandmother heading out on a ship to a new land. Grandma Mary is there from the beyond, pushing us forward. On Anne's mom's side, too, the stock is strong. Farmers, workers, people who figure it out and keep on moving. Today, Anne's family is her biggest support.
Hearty Immigrants
Anne comes from a hardy stock of strong women. And from immigrants: Both her paternal grandparents came over--separately--on a boat from Cork to Boston Harbor.
Simple beginnings
Anne was born in Chicago, and spent most of her life there and in the Twin Cities before settling in a tiny Midwestern town to raise her own family. The early years were rough, but Anne's mother's steadfast love propelled Anne through some tricky territory. Anne became sober and clean more than three decades ago--her entire adult life.
Journalist + Writer
Anne's love of words and people combine in her writing and journalism background. She started her career out of college in one of her favorite jobs--a staff writer at the Star Tribune, a major metro paper. She thought she would travel the world as a correspondent, but life took other turn. Still, the years at the daily paper were an incredible time of learning and being a part of something important. Anne went on to write as a freelancer for many publications. She also wrote a book about stepfamilies working to form family anew. She co-founded and ran a regional monthly arts and entertainment newspaper--focusing on a rural region known for its organic farming and arts community.
Before she went to college, Anne started in the business world, working in telecommunications for Sprint and another telcom company. After setting down her monthly newspaper, Anne went back to business in the organic food industry. She was on the management team of one of the country's largest organic certifiers. And then she was the Director of Public Affairs for Organic Valley, a billion-dollar cooperative working to change the food system and give people healthier choices around food. Anne led a team of great folks, and represented the company at conferences, panels, and speaking events.
The business of taking care
Anne knows that a super-fantastic life rarely just happens. It takes some care and attention. Anne is thrilled to share what she's learned over decades of work healing, learning, and making life flow better. Anne's practical and affirming workshops share the work of living a life of integrity, kindness, and contribution. Anne's own learning and development is continuous, and she's been fortunate to have wonderful teachers in mindfulness, meditation, yoga, communication skills, and somatic retraining. Anne is a certified and registered yoga teacher (RYT 200). Anne founded her own personal-development group coaching business--Tending the Fire Within--in 2011 and focused on in-person workshops. Anne recently relaunched this business as Metamorphix to expand to teaching online. Metamorphix helps people learn the skills, practices, and mindset that bolsters their courage, confidence and connection to what matters most. Metamorphix helps people become who they want to be.
About 15 years ago, I came to raise my children in this small Midwestern town. It's a unique little place--full of artists, writers, and musicians. And I'm willing to bet more massage therapists per capita than most cities. My children have been lucky Waldorf School kids, and that makes me a Waldorf parent--which means a focus on the whole person and learning with head, heart, and hands. All together, this is a place where we've found and grown community in ways that have nurtured and developed my favorite people to be insightful, kind, and delightful folks. My kids haven't always been easy (phew!) but this mothering business has been my best work.
Testimonials from people who have worked with Anne
"Two and a half years later, I draw on the work that I did with Anne every day, multiple times…Working with Anne is a really wise investment… It enhanced many of the relationships I have, it helped me be a more boundaried person and how to be more present in relationships."
"Being a part of Anne O'Connor's workshop was truly transformational to me in my life. (It) provided me the support I needed to take the steps and do the hard work and hold myself accountable to making the choices that were best for me to move my life forward in a way that feels amazing today."
"I've been in many leadership training workshops, and Anne adds something new to the mix. She goes past what we already know and helps us to get to the root of why making changes can be so difficult. Anne helps us tap into our deepest thoughts and desires, and then helps us connect those to life-enriching plans for action and change."
former Executive Director of Couleecap, Inc.
"Anne O'Connor has a magical way of drawing you in and, even in a group of people, you feel like she is talking to you. She has an amazing gift for telling stories in a way that makes you learn who you are and what you need to move forward. She will help you to look right where you need to look."
"Anne is a natural teacher and an inspiring leader who skillfully helped Organic Valley take up the important work of how leaders can communicate best and how we can continually work towards a more cooperative, unified, and productive result as an organization. If you want to improve communication on your team, I recommend working with Anne."
George Siemon
Co-founder and Former CEO, Organic Valley
"Anne O'Connor is one of our lead facilitators for adVenturesAcademy helping to develop, facilitate and lead programming for our groups of mission-driven entrepreneurs, investors and advisors. Throughout the process she has been incredibly thoughtful, understanding the unique dynamics of our participants to create custom programs that build trust, engagement and create a safe space to cultivate vulnerability and the ability to transcend comfort zones. She is incredibly talented and her depth of experience and passion is unparalleled. She connects deeply, listens, and works tirelessly and seamlessly to bring out the best in every single participant. She guides with such grace that makes each person feel so comfortable in going deep, learning, growing and building lasting impact. While leading large groups, she makes each person feel vitally important – creating a sense of individual attention while simultaneously moving the group towards the goals of greater connectedness, openness, and a collective growth mindset. Truly remarkable. We truly can't recommend Anne and Metamorphix highly enough! "
Alissa Sears
Co-Founder // adVenturesAcademy. Vice President: Strategy & Growth // Christie & Co.
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Film flap: Local shutterbug 'exposed' in D.C.
Published online Thursday Nov 25th, 2004
and in print issue #0347 dated Thursday Nov 25th, 2004
Professional photographer Bill Emory went to Washington on Election Day to celebrate democracy with his camera. Two weeks later, he is still shaken from what happened to his film a block away from the White House.
"I felt totally violated," says Emory. "We were there to celebrate the whole election process." Instead, he discovered just how much the nation's capital has changed since 9/11.
Emory met up with an old prep school buddy, Ray Wittenberg, and on November 3 they strolled around Lafayette Park, the popular protest point just north of the White House.
"The National Organization of Women was having a rally, and they'd just heard that Kerry conceded," relates Emory.
Continuing on, Emory spied a sign on a security hut that caught his fancy: "100 percent ID check." Emory snapped a shot of the sign with the security booth and White House in the background, and he and Wittenberg meandered on.
"We'd gone 15 to 20 yards when this man appears, and he wants to confiscate my film," says Emory.
"I'm a patriot," protested Emory.
"The guy's a professional photographer," said Wittenberg, who was carrying recording equipment and captured the encounter on audio.
The officer was not dissuaded. "He didn't seem to understand why we'd never before seen a sign that said '100 percent ID check,'" says Wittenberg. "I said, 'I'm from Arkansas.'"
"I don't want to escalate this," the officer can be heard on the tape. "I've given you your only option."
When Emory, loath to turn over his film, asked for time to think, the officer says, "I've got to go, sir. I'm going to have to take your camera."
And for the first time in 35 years of taking photographs, Emory did the unthinkable: He opened the back of his camera and deliberately exposed his film.
On his website, Emory posts some light-damaged shots taken before and after the incident. And he vents his remorse at not asking for the officer's name and agency.
Trying to get that information in a city with multi-jurisdictional security like Washington isn't easy.
Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry would not confirm that Secret Service staffs the perimeter checkpoint about a block away from the White House at Madison Place and H Street– or whether such a booth would bear signs like the one Emory photographed– and whether it's illegal to photograph them. "We don't discuss our protective means or methods," Cherry says.
Would the Secret Service confiscate film if such signs existed? "It's possible, based on circumstances," he says. "In general, the Secret Service does not allow photos of our security measures."
He adds, "I have to ask, are you taping this call?"
The Metropolitan Police do not confiscate film, according to Officer Kenneth Bryson in public affairs. He explains that photography of federal buildings has been tightened in the post-9/11 world, and notes, "A great number of buildings are federal in Washington."
Bryson is hesitant to comment on another agency but says what Emory photographed sounds like a Secret Service checkpoint.
And he suggests that in such a situation, "The first thing you need to get is a name and an agency."
"That is a Secret Service checkpoint," says Sergeant Scott Fear with the U.S. Park Police, which is responsible for Lafayette Park. Photography is allowed in Lafayette Park, says Fear, and in areas where cameras aren't allowed, signs are posted.
That's what infuriates Emory: he saw no sign or other indication that snapping a shot of a quirky little sign would lead to such a disconcerting encounter.
So how is a citizen to know what's allowed?
"I can make no other comment on this matter," answers the Secret Service's Cherry.
Over at the Associated Press, photographer Pablo Monsivais captured a shot of the man who set himself on fire outside the White House November 15. By email, he replies that he's never heard of anyone having his film confiscated.
His colleague at the AP photo center, Ron Lizick, concurs. He says the Secret Service doesn't like pictures being taken of agents on top of the White House. Otherwise, "I know of no restrictions at all," he says.
Fourteen checkpoints surround the U.S. Capitol, and Wittenberg is dismayed to see Washington so fortified. "They've just gone overboard on security," says Wittenberg. "People are stepping over the line in the name of Homeland Security."
The irony for Emory is that he has a long line of military forebears. His great-grandfather, Rear Admiral William H. Emory, got his Naval Academy appointment after waiting to see Abe Lincoln at the White House in 1862 and asking the President to intercede with his mother, who'd already lost two brothers at sea and didn't want her son to go.
The story seems so 19th century. Now, Emory faces the painful realization that in the seat of democracy, coming from a long line of patriots is not enough, that in the post-9/11 home of the free, all Americans are suspects.
"It troubles me that I backed down so readily," Emory writes on his website. "It troubles me that there are guardians of our freedoms who hold those same freedoms in such low esteem."
Bill Emory didn't find out the Secret Service doesn't permit photography of its White House checkpoints until he took a photo. Then he was in big trouble.
PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO
Local photographer Bill Emory posted light-streaked photos that survived an encounter with a federal agent outside the White House. An audio tape of that incident is on his website, billemory.com/NOTES/pocket%20litter.html
PHOTOS BY BILL EMORY


Isco says he will make a decision on his Malaga future after the European Under-21 championships amid interest from Manchester City and Real Madrid.
The 21-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium in recent weeks and his former Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini was confirmed as Roberto Mancini's successor on Friday.
Isco has three years remaining on his current Malaga contract and the playmaker says that he will wait until after Spain's Under-21 final against Italy in Israel before looking at where his future lies.
"In seven days I will decide my future," said Isco.
"After the U21 Euros I will analyse my situation and make the best choice for my future.
"At the moment I am calm and focused on my work with the national team.
Isco has scored 16 goals in 85 appearances for Malaga after completing a move to Pellegrini's side from Valencia in 2011.


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Q: Can I mix 2GB RAM with 4GB RAM in my HP 635? I have question that is probably allready answerd but I read so many answers that now I am confused (some said it's ok some said it's not ok it would hurt performance)
My laptop HP 635
- Link for HP 635
Memory in HP 635:
(Samsung 2GB PC3 SODIMM PC10600, M471B5773DH0-CH9, 204 Pin 1Rx8 DDR3 Non  ECC PC, 1333MHz)
Memory that I would add
- Link for memory that would put add
Would this work?
If yes, on what should I pay attention to in the future so I don't spin in circles and asking questions that have already been explained?

A: Theoretically yes the RAM you would add should work. I'd check the manual for the laptop to ensure it supports a broad range of memory addition. Dual-channel setups may, for example, give you problems unless you are using two of the exact same kits.
RAM spec matching:

*

*ECC: ECC RAM and non-ECC RAM cannot be mixed.

*Generation: DDR3 must be matched with DDR3, DDR4 with DDR4, etc..

*Frequency: This has a little bit of wiggle room, but for best results
always match the frequency (measured in MHz).

*Other considerations: Especially with laptops, be sure to read the
manual that came with the laptop (or motherboard, if this is a
desktop or similar). Some motherboards do not support anything other
than exact kit matches (same SKU, literally the same stick of RAM)
Also please check out https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/

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How a secretive plan to grow Zillow's home-flipping business angered the contractors that were essential to its success
James Rodriguez , Alex Nicoll , and Daniel Geiger
Members of Zillow Offers' renovation team evaluate a home for a possible purchase by Zillow on August 20, 2019, in Lauderhill, Florida.
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Zillow initially blamed labor shortages for home backlogs, but ex-employees pointed to management.
The company slashed renovation budgets as it turbocharged its home-purchase volume.
The cost-cutting measures soured relationships with contractors, former employees said.
When Zillow announced its home-flipping unit would pause buying houses, it blamed nationwide labor and supply shortages for throwing a wrench into the renovation processes that were critical to its success.
That was only part of the story.
Zillow was indeed having a hard time finding contractors to carry out home renovations, and faced the same building-supply constraints that have increased costs across the country. But Zillow management was at least partly to blame. Its leaders were pushing employees to slash renovation costs, a move that resulted in the company ordering fewer upgrades to its homes and reducing profit margins for some contractors, four former Zillow employees told Insider. Its reputation in the industry suffered.
What's more, Zillow made the cuts as it executed a plan known internally as "Project Ketchup," which aimed to turbocharge its home acquisitions and "catch up" to its chief rival, Opendoor. The two companies were among the best-known instant buyers, or "iBuyers," which use algorithms to buy homes with cash before completing light renovations and selling them, in theory, at a profit.
But cutting corners on renovations meant that many general contractors, already in high demand given the national labor shortage, abandoned the company in favor of higher-margin work, the former employees said. This contributed to a growing backlog of homes that the company struggled to sell off as losses mounted.
Those losses, and an admission that predicting home prices was more difficult than anticipated, led CEO Rich Barton to announce earlier this month that the company will shut down its ibuying unit, Zillow Offers. As a result, the company is laying off a quarter of its workforce, about 2,000 employees.
Zillow declined to comment for this story.
According to two former employees, a key problem for Zillow was its own Zestimate — a publicly available home valuation, calculated via an algorithm, that is attached to millions of properties on Zillow's website.
Company leaders wanted the Zestimate to double as a cash offer for people looking to sell their home to Zillow Offers, the former employees said. But the algorithm used to calculate the Zestimate couldn't take into account whether the home had been properly maintained on the inside, a factor that could alter the value of the home by tens of thousands of dollars.
That reality put the company in the awkward position of having to tell many potential customers that it would actually be paying much less than the Zestimate for their homes, once it factored in necessary repairs. Only about 10% of customers who requested an offer from Zillow ultimately sold their homes to the company, leaving some people "pretty miffed about the brand," Barton admitted during the company's third-quarter earnings call.
"There's that disconnect," said a former senior employee at Zillow Offers. "There was not good communication."
Leadership's answer was to start skimping on repairs and renovations in an effort to limit the number of deductions made to initial offers to sellers. It was a calculated bet that the homes would still make for profitable sales given the intensified demand that has emerged and persisted during the Covid-19 pandemic.
When Zillow first began buying homes, in the spring of 2018, it might have paid an average of $15,000 to $18,000 to renovate a home, one former Zillow Offers employee estimated. Around the beginning of 2021, leaders at Zillow began pressing employees to find ways to lower that number to between $3,000 and $5,000, at a time when labor and materials costs were soaring.
The problem was, "a deficient house is still a deficient house," that former Zillow Offers employee said. "If it needs $8,000 worth of work, it needs it."
Cosmetic upgrades, such as new paint jobs, carpet cleanings or new cabinets, became less of a concern, the former employee said. Instead, renovation efforts became solely focused on making sure a house was safe and that its parts were in working order.
Limiting the scope of repairs when skilled labor was already hard to come by "really offended a lot of contractors," another former Zillow Offers employee said. "That put us on a rocky foundation."
Two contractors who worked with Zillow confirmed those accounts, saying the company began paying less for specific types of renovations and reducing the scope of work on its homes.
One Southern California contractor, along with another contractor in Texas, said that other iBuyers, such as Opendoor and Redfin, often paid more for the same work, which prompted some to de-prioritize Zillow jobs or cut ties with the company.
"Redfin pays $2.25 a foot to paint a home, and Zillow would give you $1.35," the Southern California contractor said, adding that his company had renovated over 300 Zillow-owned homes. "They had a lot of difficulty finding contractors because their pricing was terrible."
Three former employees with direct knowledge of Zillow's vendor management system said the company also stopped paying some general contractors on time. Shortly before the wind-down of Zillow Offers was announced, the company was working to revamp its vendor management system to address longer wait times for payments, according to one of the former employees. One of the former employees with direct knowledge of Zillow's relationships with contractors said that at least one contractor was owed more than $100,000 as recently as early November. Insider could not corroborate the employees' claims with specific contractors.
When Zillow first ramped up home purchasing as part of Project Ketchup, it also started giving general contractors more work, former employees and contractors said. But with their margins reduced, general contractors, or GCs, began abandoning Zillow in favor of other jobs, which were plentiful. More and more, Zillow was putting "a really bad product" on the market, the former employee said.
"The GC feels that their name is attached to that," the former employee said. "So in a market where they can go somewhere else, they did."
Are you a Zillow employee, contractor, or vendor with a story to share? Please email reporter James Rodriguez at jrodriguez@insider.com or text/call him at (856) 575-1764.
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Author Sean Madigan Hoen at Baldwin Library, Sun., May 17
Author Sean Madigan Hoen will be appearing at the Baldwin Public Library (300 W Merrill St, Birmingham, MI 48009) on Sunday, May 17 from 2:00-3:30pm to promote the release of his debut memoir, Songs Only You Know, which was chosen as a 2015 Michigan Notable Book selection. Books will be available for sale at the event. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Book Beat (248) 968-1190.
Eighteen-year-old Sean Madigan Hoen was struggling to keep his involvement in the city's hardcore punk scene a secret from his family. Then he learned that his father, too, had a second life—as a crack addict.
Songs Only You Know begins in the '90s and spans a decade during which the family fights to hold itself together. Sean's father cycles from rehab to binge, his heartsick sister spirals into depression, and his mother works to spare what can be spared. Sean seeks salvation in a community of eccentrics and outsiders, but the closer he comes to realizing his musical dream, the further he drifts from his family and himself.
By turns heartbreaking and mordantly funny, Songs Only You Know is a fierce, compassionate rendering of the chaos and misadventure of a young man's life.
"Hoen is a particularly gifted writer who writes evocatively about Detroit's hardcore punk scene and decaying Midwest cities of the 1990s." —Michigan Live
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Sean Madigan Hoen (pronounced Hayne) was raised in Dearborn, Michigan and is the author of Songs Only You Know: A Memoir. His short stories and prose have been published in BOMB Magazine, where he was awarded the 2011 Fiction Award, as well as The American Literary Review, Paste Magazine, and others. He was awarded a 2010 teaching fellowship from Columbia University, and has received support from The Anderson Center and the Jerome Foundation. In a previous life he was a song-and-dance man, traveling in used conversion vans and performing to what one might kindly refer to as "intimate crowds." More recently, he's been working on a short story collection and a novel. Hoen has taught at Columbia University and Western Michigan University. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York and teaches creative writing at Rutgers University.


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Xingpai Hosts Chinese Billiards Ranking Tournament Henan Station Shaanxi Division Qualifying Tournament Officially Started on the 13th
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The first stop of the 2012 National Chinese Eight-Ball Ranking Tournament in Henan will be held from the 23rd to the 27th of next month. Prior to this, the eight qualifying rounds as the qualifiers for this competition will be held one after another. On the 13th of this month, the Shaanxi Division of the Qualifying Tournament will be the first to compete in the Yulin Yashi Billiard Club. As of the end of registration at 9 pm on April 12th, Beijing time, more than 64 people have signed up for this competition.
Sponsored by the China Billiards Association and hosted by Beijing Xingwei Sporting Goods Co., Ltd., the National Chinese Billiards Ranking Tournament can be described as a blockbuster in the Chinese billiards industry this year. Once launched, it has received a warm response from fans across the country. According to the arrangement of the schedule, this year's ranking competition will include a total of four sub-stations and one finals. Each sub-station will have eight qualifying events distributed in eight regions. The competitions in all regions will be the largest Aroused the interest of the majority of Taiwan fans and constituted a grand carnival of domestic billiards.
Zhengzhou Station, as the first race of this ranking competition, will also consist of eight qualifying races, which include Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Liaoning, Hubei, and Anhui. In the past month, the qualifiers will be held one after the other. The top eight in each qualifying round will be qualified to enter Henan and have the opportunity to qualify for the finals. The most authoritative organizer, officially recognized points rankings, and high bonuses have greatly stimulated the nerves of many fans. In a short period of time, more and more people have signed up to participate.
Shaanxi Division, as one of the eight qualifying divisions, is also the first qualifying race. Judging from the information reflected in the registration, this qualifying match has received a positive response from the majority of fans, not only attracting many local fans in this competition area in Shaanxi, but also attracting many players from surrounding provinces to participate in the competition, including Inner Mongolia. Players from provinces such as, Ningxia, Shanxi and Gansu signed up for this competition, which in another aspect also reflects the status and popularity of the national ranking competition.
The 2012 National Chinese Billiards Ranking Tournament has received strong support from Taiwan Associations. The Shaanxi Billiards Association also attaches great importance to the holding of this qualifying match. The international referee Qian Minghui served as the chief referee and selected a large number of national referees to take charge of the referee work. At 9pm on the 12th, the chief referee Qian gathered the participating athletes and held it. At the plenary meeting, a detailed explanation of the rules and disciplines of tomorrow's competition was made. All participating players listened carefully to Mr. Qian's explanation and believed that a fair, just and transparent competition environment would play a good role in the smooth progress of the competition. Guarantee function.
In recent years, with the development of China's billiards environment, Chinese billiards have also developed rapidly throughout the country, and the holding of this Chinese billiards ranking competition will undoubtedly further promote the development of Chinese billiards. On April 14, the Shaanxi Division Qualifying Tournament will be in full swing.
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Kenneth Wayne Graybeal
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Kenneth Wayne Graybeal, 102, of Roan Mountain, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at Hermitage Health Center following an extended illness.
He was the son of the late C.R. and Florence Victoria Calhoun Graybeal and was born in Roan Mountain. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Jonnie M. Graybeal; two sisters, Alice Graybeal Simerly and Margaret Graybeal Propst; and a brother, Byron F. Graybeal.
Mr. Graybeal was a graduate of Science Hill High School and attended both Milligan College and East Tennessee Normal School. He was the former owner/operator of C.R. Graybeal and Sons, which at one time was the largest buyer of crude botanical drugs in the United States.
He served on the Board of Directors for Carter County Bank, Cumberland County Bank and Thurston Motor Lines of Charlotte, N.C. In addition to those accomplishments, he was the owner/operator of Dealer's Supply Co., Graybeal Glass Co., the Past President Oak Ridge Atom Industries, American Nuclear Corporation and American Vermiculite Corporation.
Mr. Graybeal was a Tennessee Colonel during the administration of Gov. Frank Clement. He was also very active in the Roan Mountain Citizens Club and was instrumental in arranging the visit of Vice-President Richard Nixon to the Rhododendron Festival. He attended the Roan Mountain Holiness Church and the Telford First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two sons, C.R. Graybeal II of Johnson City, and Kenneth W. Graybeal and his wife, Mary, Atlanta, Ga.; a daughter, Vickie Cole and her husband, Dr. Douglas Cole, Elizabethton; six grandchildren, Melissa Graybeal, Daphne Seybert and Lindsey Graybeal, all of Atlanta, Ga., Sydney Graybeal, Chicago, Ill., Kelly Cole Walters and Emily Cole Morganstern, both of Johnson City; seven great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Margaret Humphries, Johnson City. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service for Mr. Graybeal will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 14, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, with Rev. Gene Honeycutt officiating. Music will be under the direction of Mary Lou O'Quinn, pianist. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel from 1 until 2 p.m. Wednesday, prior to the service. Interment will follow the funeral service at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be John Graybeal, Dustin Walters, Eric Morganstern, Bob Shelton and Dr. John Crockett. Honorary pallbearers will be Harley Richardson and Bill Campbell. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the Telford United Methodist Church, 1775 Old State Route 34, Telford, TN 37690. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.tetrickfuneralhome.com and signing the guestbook or by fax to (423) 542-9499.
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is serving the Graybeal family. Office: (423) 542-2232. Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917.
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Kim Jae-Gang (; born August 16, 1987) is a South Korean heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games and a gold medal at the 2013 Asian Championships. Kim has a degree in physical education from the Yeungnam University. In 2014 he was named the Best Athlete of the Year by the Gyeongsangbuk-do Sports Council in Republic of Korea.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Kim competed in the 120 kg division. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Marid Mutalimov, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Kim with a single point.

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1987 births
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Olympic wrestlers of South Korea
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Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games
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Asian Games medalists in wrestling
Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
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Bills to hand over federal public land to local governments advance … again
Posted by Thomas Mitchell | Aug 15, 2014 | Opinion | 0
Pardon us for not swooning in anticipation of the economic windfall about to be bestowed on rural Nevada by the seven public lands bills that were again passed out of a House committee just before the August recess.
Both of Nevada's congressmen who represent the rural areas — Mark Amodei in the north and Steven Horsford in the south — put out verbatim press releases heralding the passage out of the House Natural Resources Committee by unanimous consent a package of seven bills that could have major economic impact on several communities if ever signed into law.
The same set of bills passed the same committee in January by a vote of 29-14, though there reportedly has been some tweaking of the bills since then.
The press releases said the bipartisan support clears the way for the legislation to be brought to the House floor in September as a non-controversial suspension bill.
"Working to create jobs and strengthen the middle class has been my number one priority in Congress," said Horsford in both releases. "Today, Democrats and Republicans unanimously moved a legislative package forward that will grow Nevada's economy. Thanks to Congressman Mark Amodei and others, we have been able to find common sense bipartisan solutions that bridge the partisan divide. When we work together and put Nevada first, political posturing fades into the background, and our constituents benefit."
For his part Amodei was quoted as saying, "These are community-driven lands measures that will create jobs without cost to the federal taxpayer. For the second time in two years, the eyes of Northern Nevada turn to the Senate."
While the congressman from northern Nevada was not so gauche as to spell out what he meant by that remark, allow us to explain.
The Senate is under the leadership of Nevada's senior senator, Harry Reid, who has not deigned it a priority to push various versions of these bills, including ones he and Sen. Dean Heller have sponsored over on the Senate side.
In fact, when last one of the bills in question progressed to the point of actually being voted on, Reid threw a monkey wrench into the works. What is now called H.R. 696, the Lyon County Economic Development and Conservation Act, would allow the town of Yerington to buy, at market value, 12,500 acres of federal land adjacent to the Pumpkin Hollow copper mine for an industrial park. It is estimated the project could create 800 to 1,000 permanent jobs and about 500 jobs during the construction phase.
But Reid demanded that the bill include designation of 48,000 acres of wilderness, to be called the Wovoka Wilderness Area, a proposal the local residents had previously rejected.
H.R. 696, now has a section that states "the area designated as the Wovoka Wilderness by this section contains unique and spectacular natural resources, including — (A) priceless habitat for numerous species of plants and wildlife; (B) thousands of acres of land that remain in a natural state; and (C) habitat important to the continued survival of the population of the greater sage grouse of western Nevada and eastern California …"
The Yerington bill now has languished in Congress for six years.
Other bills in the package include:
— H.R. 433, the Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act, which also has been sought by Humboldt County officials for years, would create a 26,000-acre wilderness area.
— H.R. 1167, the Restoring Storey County Act would transfer the surface rights to 1,750 acres of federal land in Virginia City to Storey County to resolve conflicting ownership and title claims.
— H.R. 1168, the Carlin Economic Self-Determination Act would let Carlin buy federal land surrounding the city at fair market value for multi-use development.
— H.R. 1169, the Naval Air Station Fallon Housing and Safety Development Act would transfer 400 acres to the Navy, allowing it to build 200 new military family homes. The transfer was first requested in 1991.
— H.R. 1170, the Fernley Economic Self-Determination Act would allow Fernley to buy 9,000 acres of federal land within the city limits at fair market value for a multi-use development.
— H.R. 2455, the Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act would provide 275 acres for the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone to construct a motocross recreation area.
Harry Reid should take a little time between rants about the Koch brothers to put these bills to a Senate vote.
Thomas Mitchell is a longtime Nevada newspaper columnist. You may email him at thomasmnv@yahoo.com. He also blosg at http://4thst8.wordpress.com/.
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