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Restrain Electronic Media: TV channels creating scare, terrorizing society for the sake of TRP
Less than 24 hrs after the blasts in Hyderabad, a landmine blast in Gaya in Bihar killed eight persons with Naxals as suspects in the incident.
Did you remember any channel showing 'Flash' or any reporter from Patna reporting it? I checked the channels' websites the next evening repeatedly but none of them had taken it on its front page.
Among national newspapers, except one, the remaining papers didn't take the news on its front page. Doesn't it show how blasts in India are treated differently.
Its not just about the toll. Two deaths or even none [but a few injured] in a City can lead to stoppage of all broadcast and live coverage of incident but 10-50 in Chhattisgarh [Jharkhand or other parts] may just be one of the headlines with no follow-up.
In fact, its not just about toll, the place where an incident and occurred and the possibility of the group involved in it, determines its seriousness. So here are a few points, my observations how the electronic media is dictating national agenda, politics and society's attitudes.
Ten points: My Personal Charge-sheet Against Channels
1. It is generally believed that terrorists want to scare us. In this job, Electronic media unfortunately seems to be playing the role of a facilitator. Why can't news of an explosion or blast be shown with restraint or just as news. Yes, it is important but is it so important that all other news and events are dumped. The channels quickly suspend all other programmes and show nonstop live coverage, with reporters and editors, guests and experts on panel.
2. This naturally creates a feeling of 'fear' among us, a feeling of siege. We get more scared than we should be and this is really a serious thing. We are made to feel insecure. Due to such coverage, everyone in cities is forced to see and talk about it. When they show nothing else, it is bound to dominate conversation. It is probably done because TRP is measured on the basis of viewership in Cities.
A blast in Gadchiroli or in Assam or in Bastar is not treated as seriously, perhaps, because in rural area people still watch our good old non-hysterical Doordarshan. An example is that when blast in Manipur killed three persons, there was no 'Terror' word but when one person was hurt in Pune, it was termed 'Terror'. Read it here.
3. Even if all the investigative agencies and their officers are mum and say that they have just begun investigation, the 'experts' begin mouthing names of bizarre sounding groups. The names will be taken for days. They will show even photo of man who was killed in a terror strike and defame him as a terrorist, as it happened with a slain politician from neighbouring country whose photo was shown by channels.
4. When last time Hyderabad was targeted, it was the group involving Lokesh Sharma and Devendra Gupta which had planted bomb. They are in jail. Why this possibility that their group could be linked, was not explored?
It is known that Malegaon and Hyderabad were on hitlist of right-wing fanatics, then why along with 'other suspected groups, names of these groups were not taken? Or is it that 'Arabic sounding names' with photos of 'bearded men' bring more TRP! An example to suggest 'what is not termed as Terror'.
5. If the police say they have no clue, the media houses can't accept it. The reason is that every journalist worth his salt probably gets worried that if he doesn't write something, the journalist in rival paper may come out with a strange theory and this guy's stature as 'seasoned journalist or crime reporter' would be affected.
No one cares about the old journalist rule to confirm, check, re-check before doing a story. So why not some wild suggestions or theories. You ask the investigators about names of particular groups. Even if they don't say 'Yes', you can always write "Cops haven't ruled out". That's enough to run the story. Voila. That's magical journalism. And that's how it works in Indian media.
6. With such one-sided coverage, many of these channels, inadvertently, spread communalism and hatred. With photographs of Muslims and their names constantly repeated, it defames an entire community. These channels ought to be retrained.
They have resisted control or censorship in the past, and said that they would do it voluntarily themselves. But they have not been able to do it. There is no self-governing mechanism or code of ethics. People are defamed, and when they get acquitted, their lives are spoiled. There are no apologies.
7. Can't TV channels let police and agencies do their work? With such pressure as created by the electronic media, even the toughest agencies would feel the pressure to somehow catch a few guys and announce a wrap-up ie claim the credit of solving the case so as to shut up these guys. Journalists in India have already lost their credibility to such an extent that they are termed as police stenographers. No wonder, they will write what is told. Arrest of real culprits may or may not take place.
8. If TV channels have understanding of each and every organisation and have dossiers about all the culprits, why these shadowy groups don't get busted once for all. After all, then police must be knowing much more. Then, why incidents keep happening and why so many cases are still lying unsolved.
Isn't there something seriously wrong? Just today a man who was earlier termed 'mastermind' has been acquitted in a case of Karnataka. Once again, there is silence and no apology for defaming the person and destroying his life in the past.
9. Just keep record of news published in prominent newspapers and then tally them when the judgments are delivered, you will realise how we are being fooled. The reports published in many of the papers and aired on electronic media, don't quote officers or even suggesting that which sources are being talked about.
Its simple. You want to name someone or write something weird which comes to your mind. Just write that and in the end add, 'Sources said'. That's how the big circus is going on. Its everywhere. In Hindi and in English, both. Time to call their bluff?
10. I seriously believe that Indian electronic media is practicing Yellow Journalism. In the past, certain evening newspapers or tabloids were known for practicing dirty journalism--writing anything just for selling copies. But now its happening on a far larger scale. Its far more institutionalised. It spread more prejudices and stereotypes.
A large section of citizens is fed up. It is time to control these people [shouldn't there be certain accountability or some limit to which an event can be shown at stretch] who for the sake of eyeballs and TRPs, are hurting our society. This is no journalism. Its simply hysteria that is sold to us, creating scare and terror, causing disharmony.
I wish Government takes note as to how certain TV channels & newspapers are injecting poison in the society. They must take action, restrain this unchecked spread of canards and falsehoods. Journalism was considered the fourth estate, a pillar of democracy. But this pillar has not just weakened, it is affecting our entire democratic edifice.
Kindly save the nation.
[Disclaimer: When I say TV channels and media, it doesn't mean all of them. Its not a sweeping statement and hence I haven't named any of them, though I have screen shots to prove how they indulge in one-sided biased reporting. Still, I am being more responsible than them.]
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Women praying in mosques: Girls mostly visit mosque for Eid prayers
The two occasions when you see maximum number of children in the mosque are the two Ids viz. viz. Id-ul-Fitr and Id-uz-Zuha.
There is the special attraction for the day: the joy of getting new dress, 'idee' and elders buying them toys from vendors outside the mosque.
Parents also take children of all ages including toddlers to the mosque on these occasions. Some of the kids are two young and during prayers, start crying.
Girls go dressed in new attire and sit along with their younger siblings. Most of them are below the age of ten years, though it is no rule.
When they show each other their bangles or toys, a snooty one in the rows nearby, may give a disapproving look, just as they do to boys talking or running.
Also, there is a third occasion. On the day of Alvida prayer [the last Friday of Ramzan], you get to see large number of kids including girls.
Though scores of boys are visible in mosques for Juma prayers, girls do not generally go to the mosques of Friday. Only if the family has to hurry up somewhere along with all the kids, and the mosque is on way, then the girl may also go.
The other day saw a girl along with her brother in the mosque. Though she was aware about how to offer Namaz, he kept on trying to tell her about how it is slight different than from praying at home. Children are often at the last row.
The most colourful sight is at rural Eidgahs or mosques in small towns, where you see really large proportion of girls among children at the mosques. Many of the girls carry their infant brothers while they play and enjoy the festivity outside on Id day. One recalls Prem Chand's story Idgah about the boy Hamid at such places.
For men, they have to pray in the mosque. Women have been given liberty, there is no constraint, they can pray at home. Of course, they can go and there is no bar at all on their entry. When they visit a mosque, they pray separately.
Mostly it is at historical and big mosques where they go to take a look, when they use the opportunity to pray there as well. Some journos in local Hindi papers were astounded when women prayed in Tajul Masaajid, Bhopal--that has clear space for women, from the days of the Begums of Bhopal.
People on social networking sites keep asking strange questions regarding these aspects. An acquaintance [non-Muslim] asked me if women can enter mosques.I told him, yes they can. Haven't you seen women going to Haj'? He nodded but still seemed unsure about what I had said about mosques.
Arrey bhai, if even you are not a Muslim, you can step into any mosque. If you visit Jama Masjid [Delhi], Mecca Masjid [Hyderabad], Tajul Masaajid [Bhopal] or Atala Masjid [Jaunpur], chances are high that you may spot solitary woman or a group of woman praying.
In some places, there is renewed interest among women, who are going to their own mosques for prayer. However, a majority of the women pray at homes. And if you are outside home or for picnic, the prayer time comes and you can offer Namaz anywhere, provided that it's a clean place.
Also, in mosques that are along side Dargahs, you see more women praying. In medieval times, there were mosques exclusively for women, in India. Also, in certain big mosques in India, there were areas marked for women to pray.
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Drug use on the rise in Colombia's cities: Govt
by Marc Hall April 19, 2012
The consumption of drugs in Colombia's largest cities is increasing, with heroin addiction a particular concern, according to the Ministry of Health.
"The consumption of heroin is starting to increase in cities like Cucuta, Medellin, Bogota, and regions such as the Coffee Region and the municipality of Santander de Quilichao in the Cauca department," according to health minister Beatriz Londoño Soto.
Londoño said the situation was all the more alarming due to rising heroin usage, adding she was concerned by the additional health risks the drug poses due to its consumption method.
"This also represents other risks to public health like HIV/AIDS or other types of diseases like Hepatitis B," she said.
The average age of a heroin addict in Colombia is 18, while drug addiction is especially on the rise among the student population, according government sources.
Justice Minister Juan Carlos Esguerra commented, "It is indisputable that there are concerns in Colombia over the advancement of drug addiction in schools and universities."
Esguerra added that Colombia had gone from being a "producer country to a consumer" in recent years.
Speaking during Thursday's forum "Anti-drug policy in the frame of international security," health minister Londoño said the fight against drug abuse should include legal as well illegal substances.
"We cannot focus the debate on what is illegal; psychoactive legal substances also harm people, for example alcohol and tobacco," she said.
The minister suggested that stopping substance abuse among minors could significantly reduce drug addiction in later life.
"The prevention of drug addiction, and all its social, economic and political effects, is precluded by the prevention of the consumption of legal substances from an early age," she said.
Reports suggest alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and heroin are the substances most commonly used by Colombians.
The report from the health ministry comes at a time when drugs are at the top of the international agenda, with presidents, including Barack Obama and Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos, discussing decriminalization at the recent Summit of the Americas.
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Cut steak into two pieces; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Using a mallet, pound flour into the meat. In a large skillet. brown meat in oil on both sides. Transfer to a shallow t-qt. baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray. Add carrots and potatoes. In the same skillet. saute onion in drippings until tender. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Pour over meat. Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 1-1/2 hours or until tender.


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Heidelberg on Course for Growth
HBGRY, HBGRF | June 8, 2016
HEIDELBERG, Germany, June 8, 2016
HEIDELBERG, Germany, June 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Targets for 2015/2016 achieved:
Sales nearly 8 percent up at €2,512 million
Good operating profitability results in net profit after taxes of €28 million
Improved financial framework lays foundation for further growth
Medium-term targets defined:
Annual sales growth of up to 4 percent to around €3 billion
Consistently high profitability - EBITDA margin of 7-10 percent and rising net profit after taxes
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) set the course for growth and sustained profitability in financial year 2015/2016 (April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016). The effects of the successful strategic reorientation over the past few years are being felt. The substantial increase in sales, the improvement in the EBITDA margin to nearly 8 percent, and the significant reduction in financing costs delivered the predicted clearly positive net profit after taxes in the year under review. A €100 million turnaround in result - from €-72 million to €28 million - was achieved.
Heidelberg is looking to continue its growth path in the years ahead based on the new portfolio and planned acquisitions, especially in the services sector. In the current financial year 2016/2017, the company is once again targeting sales growth of up to 4 percent. In the medium term, too, the plan is to achieve an annual increase of up to 4 percent in Group sales - to around €3 billion. This includes establishing profitability at a high level, with an EBITDA margin in the range of 7-10 percent. Despite its outlay to speed up the expansion of digital and service business, the company is expecting to match the previous year's EBITDA margin in the current financial year 2016/2017. It is also looking to further improve the financial result by reducing the interest burden. The ultimate aim for financial year 2016/2017 is a moderate increase in the net profit after taxes, with further improvements in the coming years.
"Heidelberg has delivered and is once again making profits. The reorientation is showing positive results," said CEO Gerold Linzbach. "We're also looking to achieve further growth in the future with our investments in the digital and services business. The high level of customer interest at drupa confirms we've adopted the right strategy," he added.
Strategic focus on digital and services growth areas
Heidelberg is continuing its growth path under the motto "Simply Smart" at the drupa 2016 trade show in Düsseldorf. To this end, the company is focusing on new products and concepts from the strategic areas of equipment, services, and consumables that are intended to significantly increase the future volume of business and unlock new market opportunities. These new offerings from Heidelberg are aimed primarily at the growing market for high-end packaging and high-quality commercial printing at industrialized print shops.
Integrating customers' entire value chain for offset printing with the opportunities offered by digital applications makes print shops more competitive. New digital printing solutions also create greater scope for customers' business models. At the same time, Heidelberg is continuously expanding its service portfolio. With a new cloud-based service platform, the company is also looking to achieve growth in this market segment. Accordingly, the portfolio will shift toward growing activities that are more cyclically resilient. The medium-term goal is for services to account for at least half of Group sales, digital operations 10-20 percent, and the traditional equipment business just over a third. Organic growth will be ensured by further boosting the company's innovative strength, above all in the areas of software and digital, while external growth will be driven by targeted acquisitions focusing on services and consumables.
The optimization measures initiated by Heidelberg over the past financial year have created a highly diversified long-term financial framework. What's more, a €100 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) is helping Heidelberg to act as the driving force behind the sector's digitization and further expand the packaging, digital, and services growth segments. The company has also succeeded in further reducing interest costs, which has provided greater scope for investments in these growth areas.
"Financially speaking, we are excellently positioned for the planned growth. High operating profitability and falling interest payments will increase the earnings per share for our shareholders," said CFO Dirk Kaliebe.
Targets for 2015/2016 achieved
In reporting year 2015/2016, Heidelberg recorded a 7.6 percent increase in sales to €2.512 billion (previous year: €2.334 billion). After adjustment for exchange rate movements (€2.426 billion), growth was within the expected range at around 4 percent. A good final quarter in the period under review took incoming orders beyond the previous year's figure (€2.434 billion) to €2.492 billion. EBITDA excluding special items in the reporting period totaled €189 million (previous year: €188 million, including special items amounting to some €50 million). This corresponds to an EBITDA margin of 7.8 percent (previous year, excluding special items: 5.9 percent) of sales adjusted for exchange rate movements. Special items for portfolio measures in the reporting period amounted to some €-21 million (previous year: €-99 million). The financial result improved to €-65 million (previous year: €-96 million). This led to a clearly positive net result after taxes of €28 million (previous year: €-72 million).
Equity was €287 million at March 31, 2016 (previous year: €183 million), with the equity ratio climbing from 8 to 13 percent. The free cash flow at the end of the financial year was €-32 million (previous year: €-17 million). It remained negative due primarily to restructuring costs and the PSG acquisition. The net financial debt in the quarter under review remained at the low level of around €280 million (March 31, 2015: €256 million) and leverage was significantly below the target value of 2 still in place at 1.5.
The Annual Report for financial year 2015/2016, image material, and additional information about the company are available in the Press Lounge of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG at http://www.heidelberg.com.
Next date on company calendar:
The Annual General Meeting for financial year 2015/2016 is taking place in Mannheim on July 28, 2016.
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on assumptions and estimations by the Management Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft. Even though the Management Board is of the opinion that those assumptions and estimations are realistic, the actual future development and results may deviate substantially from these forward-looking statements due to various factors, such as changes in the macro-economic situation, in the exchange rates, in the interest rates and in the print media industry. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft gives no warranty and does not assume liability for any damages in case the future development and the projected results do not correspond with the forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
Contact for further details:
Corporate Public Relations
Thomas Fichtl
Phone: +49(0)6222-82-67123
Fax: +49(0)6222-82-67129
E-mail: Thomas.Fichtl@heidelberg.com
Robin Karpp
Fax: +49(0)6222-82-99-67120
E-mail: robin.karpp@heidelberg.com
SOURCE Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
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Blah, blah, blah: Jerry Brown Runs True to Form - protects his union buddies, stumps for taxes.
Jerry Brown Runs True to Form - protects his union buddies, stumps for taxes.
Gov. Brown is making all kinds of promises. Only one thing stand in his way. The unions in CA are very powerful and are not going to take it. Gene wrote a great article about the subject.
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association just published a report responding to Jerry Brown's budget proposal. If you listened to his speech and read the copy, you'll notice a few items Jerry has omitted from his request for cuts - namely his old buddies in the public employees unions. Oh, there's a chance if he makes good on his threat to cut 10% across the board for state employee salaries there will be some impact to the rank and file of state workers. But no real cuts to personnel, and no cuts to the over staffed committees, commissions and redundant bureaus that plague our state filled with people earning $125,000 and more.
Very sad to note that, much like President Obama, the business community is barely an afterthought on his radar. This state is hemorrhaging jobs by the thousands to more business friendly states. Business should be his first area of focus - how can he work with them to retain and increase jobs in the state. Nope - just an afterthought.
Brown needs the votes of 2 Republicans to get this tax increase extension on the ballot this spring. Lets hope the caucus holds firm in demanding some real, genuine, honest reductions in state spending before we resort to taxing the businesses and citizens even more. It's time to stop running this state on the backs and out of the pocketbooks of our citizens.
Frankly, I doubt Jerry is up for that challenge. We'll see billions spent to demonize Republicans and businesses during the next couple months. Follow the money - the public unions aren't going to fritter away billions on this attempt if they don't expect a substantial pay-off. Unions are not altruistic by nature. If there's nothing in it for them - they ain't interested. Given the fact that Jerry was the one who opened the door to them 25 years ago, it seems unlilely he'll also be the man to close that door. Hope I'm wrong.
Governor Brown has submitted a budget that he claims includes drastic spending cuts. And he has dropped the other sandal by announcing he will also seek massive tax hikes, a package of increases that are essentially the same as those overwhelmingly rejected by voters in May of 2009.
While the expert analysis of the budget plan continues, it has already become obvious that a number of items described as "cuts," do not represent a decrease in spending, just tricky bookkeeping. For example, Brown shows a billion dollar pay down on the deficit by raiding the voter approved Proposition 10 tobacco tax that goes to support children's services.
However, one does not need a green eyeshade to see that two areas of state spending that are being held sacrosanct are K-12 funding and prisons. In fact, if Brown's plan is approved, the prison budget will be expanded from $8.9 billion to 9.1 billion, even though California already spends over twice as much per prisoner than does Texas, and much more than the national average.
Perhaps Brown has insulated these programs against reductions because they in fact reflect his policy priorities. But a telling statement he made when talking to reporters reveals a far more political motivation. When he was asked who would help him in a campaign for the tax hikes, Brown immediately said "CTA." After a pause, he followed that up by mentioning other labor groups and then, almost as an afterthought, he mentioned the business community.
It is no accident that he listed the powerful teachers union first. The California Teachers Association (CTA) spent more than two million dollars to support passage of taxes in the 2009 election and has the potential to spend millions more in support of ballot measures it likes. And the politically active prison guards union has the potential to spend many millions in support of higher taxes to protect pay and benefits for its members.
So while the governor has promised he will not try to impose new taxes without voter approval, he is lining up government employee union backers who can spend tens of millions of dollars without batting an eye to overwhelm regular folks who are already having trouble meeting mortgages or rent in a state where those who are unemployed or underemployed is nearly 23 percent.
Need more evidence that Brown is catering to the most powerful government employee unions? He has booted those members of the State Board of Education who supported reform and were opposed by the CTA.
Expect to see these unions bankroll an avalanche of television ads in support of higher taxes focusing on children and the elderly and any other group that political spin doctors believe will illicit sympathy and get voters to open their wallets. In fact, the ads will surely ask for a generic vote of "yes," without ever mentioning the words tax increase. Nowhere will we see represented the impact that our already high taxes have had on forcing business and jobs to flee the state, and the unemployed and under employed that are left in the wake.
Make no mistake; it is working families, especially low income families that will bear the brunt of these tax increases. The sales tax is highly regressive. The car tax will be the greatest burden on the working poor. And the impact of cutting the tax exemption for children is obvious.
So the question remains, will voters be convinced by a multi-million dollar ad campaign to approve tax increases which are designed, first and foremost, to protect public employee unions? It didn't work in May of 2009 and, if anything, public perception of government unions has deteriorated even further. Perhaps no amount of campaign funds will give the unions the tax increases they so desperately want. And, after criticizing Meg Whitman on how much she spent on her run for Governor, perhaps a costly defeat for the unions would be poetic justice.
In 1974, Brown was in a three-person primary race with Speaker of the California Assembly Bob Moretti and San Francisco Mayor Joseph L. Alioto. Alioto had support in Northern California and Moretti in Southern California. Brown had the name recognition of his father, Pat Brown, whom Democrats fondly remembered for his progressive administration. Brown won the primary, and in the General Election on November 5, 1974, Brown was elected Governor of California over California State Controller Houston I. Flournoy. Republicans ascribed the loss to anti-Republican feelings from Watergate, the election being held only ninety days after President Richard Nixon resigned from office. Brown succeeded Republican Governor Ronald Reagan, who had planned on retiring from office after serving two terms. Eight years after his father left Sacramento in 1967, Jerry Brown took office on January 6, 1975.
Upon taking office, Brown gained a reputation as a fiscal conservative. The American Conservative later noted he was "much more of a fiscal conservative thanGovernor Reagan." His fiscal restraint resulted in one of the biggest budget surpluses in state history, roughly $5 billion. For his personal life, Brown refused many of the privileges and perks of the office, forgoing the newly constructed governor's residence and instead renting a modest apartment at the corner of 14th and N Streets, adjacent to Capitol Park in downtown Sacramento. Instead of riding as a passenger in a chauffeured limousine as previous governors had done, Brown drove to work in a Plymouth Satellite sedan.
During his two-term, eight-year governorship, Brown had a strong interest in environmental issues. Brown appointed J. Baldwin to work in the newly created California Office of Appropriate Technology, Sim Van der Ryn as State Architect, and Stewart Brand as Special Advisor. He appointed John Bryson, later the CEO of Southern California Edison Electric Company and a founding member of the Natural Resources Defense Council, chairman of the California State Water Board in 1976. Brown also reorganized the California Arts Council, boosting its funding by 1300 percent and appointing artists to the council and appointed more women and minorities to office than any other previous California governor. In 1977 he sponsored the "first-ever tax incentive for rooftop solar" among many environmental intiatives. In 1975, Brown obtained the repeal of the "depletion allowance", a tax break for the state's oil industry, despite the efforts of the lobbyist Joe Shell, a former intraparty rival to Richard M. Nixon.
Like his father, Brown strongly opposed the death penalty and vetoed it as Governor, which the legislature overrode in 1977. He also appointed judges who opposed capital punishment. One of these appointments, Rose Bird as the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, was recalled in 1986 by voters angry at her opposition to the death penalty. She and two other Brown appointed justices were the first such removals in California history. In 1960, he had lobbied his father, then Governor, to spare the life of Caryl Chessman and reportedly won a 60-day stay for him.
He was both in favor of a Balanced Budget Amendment and opposed to Proposition 13, the latter of which would decrease property taxes and greatly reduce revenue to cities and counties. When Proposition 13 passed in June 1978, he heavily cut state spending and, along with the Legislature, spent much of the $5 billion surplus to meet the proposition's requirements and help offset the revenue losses which made cities, counties and schools more dependent on the state. His actions in response to the proposition earned him praise from Proposition 13 author Howard Jarvis who went as far to make a television commercial for Brown just before his successful reelection bid in 1978.
The controversial proposition immediately cut tax revenues and required a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes. Proposition 13 "effectively destroyed the funding base of local governments and school districts, which thereafter depended largely on Sacramento for their revenue". Max Neiman, a professor at the Institute of Government Studies at University of California, Berkeley, credited Brown in "bailing out local government and school districts" but felt it was harmful "because it made it easier for people to believe that Proposition 13 wasn't harmful."
On November 7, 1978, Jerry Brown was re-elected governor. The Republican candidate was state Attorney General Evelle J. Younger, (1918–1989) a former Los Angeles County District Attorney. Jerry Brown had the attention of the state, national and international media.
Brown was responsible for appointing the first openly gay judge in United States when he named Stephen Lachs to serve on the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1979. In 1981, he also appointed the first openly lesbian judge in the United States, Mary C. Morgan of the San Francisco Municipal Court. Brown completed his second term having appointed a total of five openly gay judges, including Rand Schrader and Jerold Krieger. Brown had completed his first term as governor without appointing any openly gay people to any position, but he cited the failed 1978 Briggs Initiative, which sought to ban homosexuals from working in California's public schools, for his increased support of gay rights.
Brown proposed the establishment of a state space academy and the purchasing of a satellite that would be launched into orbit to provide emergency communications for the state —- a proposal similar to one that was indeed eventually adopted. In 1979, an out-of-state columnist, Mike Royko, then at the Chicago Sun-Times, picked up on the nickname from Brown's girlfriend at the time, Linda Ronstadt, who was quoted in a 1978 Rolling Stone magazine interview humorously calling him "Moonbeam". A year later Royko expressed his regret for publicizing the nickname, and in 1991 Royko disavowed it entirely, proclaiming Brown to be just as serious as any other politician.
Brown chose not to run for a third term in 1982 and instead ran for the United States Senate, but lost to then San Diego mayor Pete Wilson. He was succeeded as governor by George Deukmejian, then the Attorney General of California, in 1983.


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Polkovice lies approximately  south-west of Přerov,  south of Olomouc, and  east of Prague.

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dc.identifier.citation Reid, S. and Elliott, C. and Alderson, J. and Lloyd, D. and Elliott, B. 2010. Repeatability of upper limb kinematics for children with and without cerebral palsy. Gait & Posture. 32 (1): pp. 10-17.
Background: There is increasing demand for a standardised and reliable protocol for the objective assessment of upper limb motion in clinical populations. This paper describes the repeatability of a three-dimensional (3D) kinematic model and protocol to assess upper limb movement for children with and without cerebral palsy (CP). Methods: Ten typically developing (TD) children (m=10.5 years±1.18) (m=10.5 years±1.18) and seven children with CP (spastic hemiplegia) (m=11.14 years±1.86) (m=11.14 years±1.86) completed upper limb motion analysis on two occasions separated by at least one week. Participants performed three trials of four functional tasks, where 3D joint angles were calculated at the thorax, shoulder, elbow and wrist. Within and between-day repeatability was assessed using coefficients of multiple determination (CMD).Findings: There were distinct kinematic patterns for both groups for each functional task. In relation to their peers, children with CP consistently displayed reduced elbow extension, and compensatory patterns at the shoulder and thorax. High within and between-day CMD scores were revealed for specific rotations, with the highest being obtained at joints with large ranges of motion. Interpretation: The chosen tasks delineate the upper limb kinematic patterns of those with and without CP. The model has high within and between-day repeatability particularly where joint rotations demonstrate a large range of movement. 3D motion analysis is a feasible assessment tool for use with clinical populations.


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How to Stream Metallica's Performance at Global Citizen Festival in New York City
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Metallica are set to headline the 2022 edition of the Global Citizen Festival at Central Park in New York City on Saturday, Sept. 24. The festival kicks off at 4PM ET and will conclude around 10PM ET.
Though there are no set times available to the public yet, we do have all the details on how you can stream the full festival, including Metallica's performance, for free all over the world.
Watch Metallica's Global Citizen Performance
Anywhere on the planet, you can stream the Global Citizen Festival in a number of ways, including Amazon Music, Apple Music, the Apple TV app, Twitch, Twitter, Veeps and YouTube.
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In the United States, you'll have a few more options, including on television via FX and ABC as well as ABC News Live on Hulu and YouTube.
According to Global Citizen, one of the best viewing experiences will be via their app, which you can download here, and you can grab all the details on how to watch the festival wherever you're at on Global Citizen's official website.
This won't be Metallica's first performance at Global Citizen. The thrashers played the festival on Sept. 24, 2016, but the major difference with this year's show will be that Metallica are closing out the night rather than playing in the middle of the afternoon. You can watch their full 2016 performance here and you can also hear it on this weekend's broadcast of The Ultimate Metallica Show.
While there are no free General Admission tickets left for this year's festival, there are still some VIP tickets available; you can purchase them here.
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Though reports suggested that talks stalled last month, negotiations between Disney and Fox are back on and may come to a head by the end of the year, with the potential fate of Fox's biggest entertainment assets in the balance.
This information comes from the Wall Street Journal, which reported today that "people familiar with the situation" say that Walt Disney Co. has returned to talks with 21st Century Fox, with Comcast also in their own separate talks to purchase the company's assets.
Importantly to many comic and movie fans, these assets would include the film rights to a number of Marvel properties, including the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. They would also include a 30% stake in the streaming platform Hulu. As both Disney and Comcast already own 30% stakes, this deal would give either company a controlling share in the platform.
Sony and Verizon, among other companies, have also expressed interest, according to the WSJ, though it's unknown how involved those conversations have been.
A decision on whether or not to pursue a deal with Disney or Comcast might be made by the end of the year with Rupert Murdoch and his family, who own 39% of 21st Century Fox's voting shares, expected to make up their mind by that time.
If either merger goes through, it could radically change the shape of big-budget entertainment. And, if Disney gets the deal, it would, as we've discussed before, change the Marvel Cinematic Universe forever.
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Gokula
vp.5.1 The Muni Narada informed Kansa that the supporter of the earth, Vishnu, would be the eighth child of Devaki; and his wrath being excited by this report, he placed both Vasudeva and Devaki in confinement. Agreeably to his promise, the former delivered to Kansa each infant as soon as it was born. It is said that these, to the number of six, were the children of the demon Hiranyakasipu, who were introduced into the womb of Devaki, at the command of Vishnu, during the hours of Devaki s repose, by the goddess Yoganidra 24, the great illusory energy of Vishnu, by whom, as utter ignorance, the whole world is beguiled. To her Vishnu said, "Go, Nidra, to the nether regions, and by my command conduct successively six of their princes to be conceived of Devaki. When these shall have been put to death by Kansa, the seventh conception shall be formed of a portion of sesha, who is a part of me; and this you shall transfer, before the time of birth, to Rohini, another wife of Vasudeva, who resides at Gokula. The report shall run, that Devaki miscarries, through the anxiety of imprisonment, and dread of the Raja of the Bhojas. From being extracted from his mother s womb, the child shall be known by the name of Sankarshana, and he shall be valiant and strong, and like the peak of the white mountain in
vp.5.5 Nanda returns with the infants Krishna and Balarama to Gokula. Putana killed by the former. Prayers of Nanda and Yasoda.
vp.5.5 Some time after they were settled at Gokula, the female fiend Putana, the child killer, came thither by night, and finding the little Krishna asleep, took him up, and gave him her breast to suck 2. Now whatever child is suckled in the night by Putana instantly dies; but Krishna, laying hold of the breast with both hands, sucked it with such violence, that he drained it of the life; and the hideous Putana, roaring aloud, and giving way in every joint, fell on the ground expiring. The inhabitants of Vraja awoke in alarm at the cries of the fiend, ran to the spot, and beheld Putana lying on the earth, and Krishna in her arms. Yasoda snatching up Krishna, waved over him a cow tail brush to guard him from harm, whilst Nanda placed dried cow dung powdered upon his
vp.5.6 The initiatory rites requisite for the two boys were performed by Garga, who was sent to Gokula by Vasudeva for that purpose: he celebrated them without the knowledge of the cowherds 1; and the wise sage, eminent amongst the wise, named the elder of them Rama, and the other Krishna. In a short time they began to crawl about the ground, supporting themselves on their hands and knees, and creeping every where, often amidst ashes and filth. Neither Rohini nor Yasoda was able to prevent them from getting into the cowpens, or amongst the calves, where they amused themselves by pulling their tails. As they disregarded the prohibitions of Yasoda, and rambled about together constantly, she became angry, and taking up a stick, followed them, and threatened the dark complexioned Krishna with a whipping. Fastening a cord round his waist, she tied him to the wooden mortar 2, and being in
vp.5.7 when she beheld him, lost all consciousness. The Gopis, overcome with sorrow, wept, and called affectionately, and with convulsive sobs, upon Kesava. "Let us all," said they, "plunge with Yasoda into the fearful pool of the serpent king. We cannot return to Vraja; for what is day, without the sun? what night, without the moon? what is a herd of heifers, without its lord? what is Vraja, without Krishna? Deprived of him, we will go no more to Gokula. The forest will lose its delights; it will be like a lake without water. When this dark lotus leaf complexioned Hari is not present, there is no joy in the maternal dwelling. How strange is this! And as for you, ye cowherds, how, poor beings, will you live amidst the pastures, when you no longer
vp.5.7 When the mighty son of Rohini, Balarama, heard these exclamations of the Gopis, and with disdainful glance beheld the cowherds overcome with terror, Nanda gazing fixedly upon the countenance of his son, and Yasoda unconscious, he spake to Krishna in his own character: "What is this, O god of gods! the quality of mortal is sufficiently assumed; dost thou not know thyself eternal? Thou art the centre of creation, as the nave is of the spokes of a wheel. A portion of thee have I also been born, as thy senior. The gods, to partake of thy pastimes as man, have all descended under a like disguise; and the goddesses have come down to Gokula to join in thy sports. Thou, eternal, hast last of all appeared below. Wherefore, Krishna, dost thou disregard these divinities, who, as cowherds, are thy friends and kin? these sorrowing females, who also are thy relations? Thou hast put on the character of man; thou hast exhibited the tricks of childhood: now let this fierce snake, though armed with venomed fangs, be subdued (by thy celestial vigour)."
vp.5.9 eyes. The demon, vomiting blood from his mouth, and having his brain forced through the skull, fell upon the ground, and expired. The Gopas, beholding Pralamba slain, were astonished, and rejoiced, and cried out, "Well done," and praised Balarama: and thus commended by his playfellows, and accompanied by Krishna, Bala, after the death of the daitya Pralamba, returned to Gokula 3.
vp.5.11 Indra, offended by the loss of his offerings, causes heavy rain to deluge Gokula. Krishna holds up the mountain Govarddhana to shelter the cowherds and their cattle.
vp.5.11 Indra, being thus disappointed of his offerings, was exceedingly angry, and thus addressed a cohort of his attendant clouds, called Samvarttaka: "Ho, clouds," he said, "hear my words, and without delay execute what I command. The insensate cowherd Nanda, assisted by his fellows, has withheld the usual offerings to us, relying upon the protection of Krishna. Now, therefore, afflict the cattle, that are their sustenance, and whence their occupation is derived, with rain and wind. Mounted upon my elephant, as vast as a mountain peak, I will give you aid in strengthening the tempest." When Indra ceased, the clouds, obedient to his commands, came down, in a fearful storm of rain and wind, to destroy the cattle. In an instant the earth, the points of the horizon, and the sky, were all blended into one by the heavy and incessant shower. The clouds roared aloud, as if in terror of the lightning s scourge, and poured down uninterrupted torrents. The whole earth was enveloped in impenetrable darkness by the thick and volumed clouds; and above, below, and on every side, the world was water. The cattle, pelted by the storm, shrunk cowering into the smallest size, or gave up their breath: some covered their calves with their flanks, and some beheld their young ones carried away by the flood. The calves, trembling in the wind, looked piteously at their mothers, or implored in low moans, as it were, the succour of Krishna. Hari, beholding all Gokula agitated with alarm, cowherds,
vp.5.11 is on high; enter beneath it quickly, and it will shelter you from the storm: here you will be secure and at your ease in places defended from the wind: enter without delay, and fear not that the mountain will fall." Upon this, all the people, with their herds, and their waggons and goods, and the Gopis, distressed by the rain, repaired to the shelter of the mountain, which Krishna held steadily over their heads; and Krishna, as he supported the mountain, was contemplated by the dwellers of Vraja with joy and wonder; and, as their eyes opened wide with astonishment and pleasure, the Gopas and Gopis sang his praise. For seven days and nights did the vast clouds sent by Indra rain upon the Gokula of Nanda to destroy its inhabitants, but they were protected by the elevation of the mountain; and the slayer of Bala, Indra, being foiled in his purpose, commanded the clouds to cease. The threats of Indra having been fruitless, and the heavens clear, all Gokula came forth from its shelter, and returned to its own abode. Then Krishna, in the sight of the surprised inhabitants of the forests, restored the great mountain Govarddhana to its original site 1.
vp.5.12 Indra comes to Gokula: praises Krishna, and makes him prince over the cattle. Krishna promises to befriend Arjuna.
vp.5.12 AFTER Gokula had been saved by the elevation of the mountain, Indra became desirous of beholding Krishna. The conqueror of his foes accordingly mounted his vast elephant Airavata, and came to Govarddhana, where the king of the gods beheld the mighty Damodara tending cattle, and assuming the person of a cow boy, and, although the preserver of the whole world, surrounded by the sons of the herdsmen: above his head he saw Garuda, the king of birds, invisible to mortals, spreading out his wings to shade the head of Hari. Alighting from his elephant, and addressing him apart, sakra, his eyes expanding with pleasure, thus spake to Madhusudana: "Hear, Krishna, the reason why I have come hither; why I have approached thee; for thou couldest not otherwise conceive it. Thou, who art the supporter of all, hast descended upon earth, to relieve her of her burden. In resentment of my obstructed rites I sent the clouds to deluge Gokula, and they have done this evil deed. Thou, by raising up the mountain, hast preserved the cattle; and of a verity I am much pleased, O hero, with thy wondrous deed. The object of the gods is now, methinks, accomplished, since with thy single hand thou hast raised aloft this chief of mountains. I have now come by desire of the cattle 1, grateful for their preservation, in order to install you as Upendra; and, as the Indra of the cows, thou shalt be called Govinda 2." Having thus said, Mahendra took a ewer from his elephant
vp.5.15 AFTER these things had come to pass, Arishta the bull demon and Dhenuka and Pralamba had been slain, Govarddhana had been lifted up, the serpent Kaliya had been subdued, the two trees had been broken, the female fiend Putana had been killed, and the waggon had been overturned, Narada went to Kansa, and related to him the whole, beginning with the transference of the child from Devaki to Yasoda, Hearing this from Narada, Kansa was highly incensed with Vasudeva, and bitterly reproached him, and all the Yadavas, in an assembly of the tribe. Then reflecting what was to be done, he determined to destroy both Krishna and Rama whilst they were yet young, and before they had attained to manly vigour: for which purpose he resolved to invite them from Vraja, under pretext of the solemn rite of the lustration of arms, when he would engage them in a trial of strength with his chief boxers, Chanura and Mushtika, by whom they would assuredly be killed. "I will send," he said, "the noble Yadu, Akrura the son of Swaphalka, to Gokula, to bring them hither: I will order the fierce Kesin, who haunts the woods of Vrindavana, to attack them, and he is of unequalled might, and will surely kill them; or, if they arrive here, my elephant Kuvalayapida shall trample to death these two cow boy sons of Vasudeva." Having thus laid his plans to destroy Rama and Janarddana, the impious Kansa sent for the heroic Akrura, and said to him, Lord" of liberal gifts 1, attend to my words, and, out of friendship
vp.5.16 the death of Kesin, and glorified the amiable god with the lotus eyes. Narada the Brahman, invisible, seated in a cloud, beheld the fall of Kesin, and delightedly exclaimed, "Well done, lord of the universe, who in thy sports hast destroyed Kesin, the oppressor of the denizens of heaven! Curious to behold this great combat between a man and a horse such a one as was never before heard of I have come from heaven. Wonderful are the works that thou hast done, in thy descent upon the earth! they have excited my astonishment; but this, above all, has given me pleasure. Indra and the gods lived in dread of this horse, who tossed his mane, and neighed, and looked down upon the clouds. For this, that thou hast slain the impious Kesin, thou shalt be known in the world by the name of Kesava 2. Farewell: I will now depart. I shall meet thee again, conqueror of Kesin, in two days more, in conflict with Kansa. When the son of Ugrasena, with his followers, shall have been slain, then, upholder of the earth, will earth s burdens have been lightened by thee. Many are the battles of the kings that I have to see, in which thou shalt be renowned. I will now depart, Govinda. A great deed, and acceptable to the gods, has been done by thee. I have been much delighted with thee, and now take my leave." When Narada had gone, Krishna, not in any way surprised, returned with the Gopas to Gokula; the sole object of the eyes of the women of Vraja 3.
vp.5.17 Akrura s meditations on Krishna: his arrival at Gokula: his delight at seeing Krishna and his brother.
vp.5.17 His mind thus animated by devout faith, and meditating in this manner, Akrura proceeded on his road, and arrived at Gokula a little before sunset, at the time of the milking of the cows; and there he saw Krishna amongst the cattle, dark as the leaf of the full blown lotus; his eyes of the same colour, and his breast decorated with the Srivatsa mark; long armed, and broad chested; having a high nose, and a lovely countenance, brightened with mirthful smiles; treading firmly on the ground, with feet whose nails were tinted red; clad in yellow garments, and adorned with a garland of forest flowers; having a fresh gathered creeper in his hand, and a chaplet of white lotus flowers on his head. Akrura also beheld there Balabhadra, white as a jasmine, a swan, or the moon, and dressed in blue raiment; having large and powerful arms, and a countenance as radiant as a lotus in bloom; like another Kailasa mountain, crested with a wreath of clouds.
vp.5.18 Grief of the Gopis on the departure of Krishna and Balarama with Akrura: their leaving Gokula. Akrura bathes in the Yamuna; beholds the divine forms of the two youths, and praises Vishnu.
vp.5.18 Having given orders accordingly to the cowherds, Akrura, with Kesava and Rama, retired to rest, and slept soundly in the dwelling of Nanda. The next morning was bright, and the youths prepared to depart for Mathura with Akrura. The Gopis, seeing them about to set forth, were much afflicted; they wept bitterly, their bracelets were loose upon their arms, and they thus communed together: "If Govinda depart for Mathura, how will he return to Gokula? his ears will there be regaled with the melodious and polished conversation of the women of the city. Accustomed to the language of the graceful females of Mathura, he will never again endure the rustic expressions of the Gopis. Hari, the pride of the station, is carried off, and a fatal blow is inflicted upon us by inexorable destiny, Expressive smiles, soft language, graceful airs,
vp.5.20 world. That, for the punishment of the rebellious, thou hast descended upon earth in my house, having been propitiated by my prayers, sanctifies our race. Thou art the heart of all creatures; thou abidest in all creatures; and all that has been, or will be, emanates from thee, O universal spirit! Thou, Achyuta, who comprehendest all the gods, art eternally worshipped with sacrifices: thou art sacrifice itself, and the offerer of sacrifices. The affection that inspires my heart and the heart of Devaki towards thee, as if thou wast our child, is indeed but error, and a great delusion. How shall the tongue of a mortal such as I am call the creator of all things, who is without beginning or end, son? Is it consistent that the lord of the world, from whom the world proceeds, should be born of me, except through illusion? How should he, in whom all fixed and moveable things are contained, be conceived in the womb and born of a mortal being? Have compassion therefore indeed, O supreme lord, and in thy descended portions protect the universe. Thou art no son of mine. This whole world, from Brahma to a tree, thou art. Wherefore dost thou, who art one with the supreme, beguile us? Blinded by delusion, I thought thee my son; and for thee, who art beyond all fear, I dreaded the anger of Kansa, and therefore did I take thee in my terror to Gokula, where thou hast grown up; but I no longer claim thee as mine own. Thou, Vishnu, the sovereign lord of all, whose actions Rudra, the Maruts,


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I know Ryan will go, but he watches all movies, always. I can sometimes manage to hold off until a movie reaches some type of format that can be watched in my living room, without paying 5 dollars for a bottle of water. I know explosions as a rule are best enjoyed in a theater where they surround and penetrate you, but being constantly penetrated by Michael Bay's explosions does not sound like a good time to me either.
Maybe I'll go find a copy of the Transformers cartoon, or look into some classic style toys to tide me over until the DVD release.


Almost 20 years ago, 'The Usual Suspects' hit theaters and stunned audiences, turning Kevin Spacey into an Oscar-winning actor and Bryan Singer into an A-list director. But, what if he had to do it all over again?
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Title: Funding ideas, project approach and means of finding assistance.
As I peruse areas of the forum here and on others, it appears there may be more measures that we can persue on these subjects of external assistance, and more sources of mutual interests than may have been available in the past. I am struggling to explain what I envision, but feel there are other people and organisations that could be interested in helping TIGHAR if there was some sort of "carrot" that would also further their endeavors and investigations. Times can be tough, and money can be elusive, but with the right relationships and sharing of responsibilities, the results also can be shared. Does anybody know what I'm trying to say??
Title: Re: Funding ideas, project approach and means of finding assistance.
Bob, yep! I have been promoting a JV for years.
Ted, the idea doesn't appear to have taken hold, has it? Is there some way to make it more palatable? It would have to be a fairly broad approach wouldn't it? It just seems that with some factions wanting to wallow in their own guano, so to speak, there are others who are screaming to be involved and to be noticed, and have the right stuff to move forward. It's a little difficult to imagine all the intricacies of a joint venture from my standpoint, as most of what I do requires only a simple organized business arrangement. I think its the "sharing" that stops many. To share the rewards means some diminishing of the glory, but maybe at least there is more profound results overall!
We have explored the possibility of a joint venture with the New England Aquarium but we've never been able to work out anything that makes sense. The recent tourist visit to Niku by Betchart Expeditions was a joint venture with TIGHAR and we may do something like that again.
Let's not cheapen the whole idea of the research and professionalism that has gone into the Earheart Program. I don't think now or ever is it a good time to turn it into a leisure activity or pleasure cruise for tourists! People are laughing at TIGHAR. And with all due respect for those who produced results at the last minute with ingenious use of strings and cameras on NIKU VIII. But is this what we want to be known for?
Somehow TIGHAR has become attached with an asterisk that says:"only at Nikumaroro".
We need to open up and expand on the possibilities that include not only other theories, but also other methods of persuing them. I know TIGHAR has dealt with other groups and looked at other scenarios and come to conclude the results wouldn't be what was wanted, but don't stop! certainly we must have learned from the experiences: positive and negative results are both teachers.
Let's not cheapen the whole idea of the research and professionalism that has gone into the Earheart Program. I don't think now or ever is it a good time to turn it into a leisure activity or pleasure cruise for tourists! People are laughing at TIGHAR.
We'll be discussing that issue at an upcoming board of directors meeting. I shouldn't express an opinion at this time but I would be interested to know how others feel about the issue.
And with all due respect for those who produced results at the last minute with ingenious use of strings and cameras on NIKU VIII. But is this what we want to be known for?
The difficulties with the ROV had nothing to do with the tourist cruise.
We need to open up and expand on the possibilities that include not only other theories, but also other methods of persuing them.
I think you mean pursuing. We have carefully considered other theories and find nothing to support them.
I know TIGHAR has dealt with other groups and looked at other scenarios and come to conclude the results wouldn't be what was wanted, but don't stop! certainly we must have learned from the experiences: positive and negative results are both teachers.
I don't know what you mean when you say "the results wouldn't be what was wanted." The only thing we want is intelligent investigation that follows scientific principles. The results are whatever they are.
You have my vote for NOT providing pleasure cruises to the island, at least until after the solving of the original presumption. Mixing these sort of activities confuses people as to what is the real intent. (Is this a research or cruise company we are running?) I doubt if cruises qualify for non profit activities!? And it dilutes the true meaning of "research".
I know the cruise idea had nothing to do with the ROV failure, or on second thought, did it? Could more thought have gone in to providing contingencies if there had been more time to arrange for them?
"results wouldn't be what was wanted" was probably poor wording on my part, sorry. I don't believe we can pre-suppose any results before they are researched thoroughly, but we do have an agenda here, no?
The tourist cruise did not take up any of my time. Our Senior Archaeologist handled all the liaison with Betchart Expeditions and arranged for the TIGHAR staff that accompanied him on the cruise. I had very little to do with it.
No. We are testing a hypothesis, not promoting an agenda. A lawyer in a courtroom has an agenda, to defend or prosecute. He/she can and should pick and choose the evidence that will best argue his/her case. We are not looking for victory, we're looking for truth. We have to evaluate ALL the evidence.
"The tourist cruise did not take up any of my time. Our Senior Archaeologist handled all the liaison with Betchart Expeditions and arranged for the TIGHAR staff that accompanied him on the cruise. I had very little to do with it. "
But who's running this airline?
Im going to have to vote "no" to the full-on "tourist attraction" thing, too. Set aside the fact that PIPA would probably never authorize it, tourists are dirty, messy, destructive creatures. Niku would wind up looking like Fort Lauderdale beach.
This has been a most bizarre conversation.
Bob: "TIGHAR should engage in joint ventures."
Ric: "We did engage in a joint venture."
Bob: "That is probably why the underwater search failed."
Ric: "No, the joint venture did not keep me from doing everything I could to make the search succeed."
Bob: "If you're in charge, you should make sure that the joint venture keeps you from giving the primary mission the attention it needs."
If tourists want to visit a extreme heat warning hot, humid, smelly, and hazardous island out literally in the middle of nowhere I say let them at it. The way the tour had a guide is respectable. It's possible a tourist could trip over 'the smoking gun' and looks like a visiting diver nearly did so in the past.
Fort Lauderdale Beach is an apples to oranges comparison as the weather is better and it's way more accessible and completely uncontrolled. It also doesn't have an abandoned ship falling/rusting apart all over the place on it.
I have suggested the Ham Radio operator on land post card would be a awesome fund raiser. Hopefully this can be carried out on the next visit. It's popularity last time was extreme.
Yah, Marty. many things are getting bizarre! I didn't consider the " Betchart Expeditions" to be a joint venture. At least not in the proportion TIGHAR needs to be involved in. Who on the floatilla from flotsam had any credentials in the way of science or archaeology besides Dr. Tom? And I think Tom by himself could do better without the extra "help". I just don't think we should water down the special talents we do have in the organization. It does take a certain type of persons to initiate and carry out the expeditions to an island where only crabs and ferel pigs can survive for years, and special people to find the right data that is the most relative, and the right person to analyse the data, etc. Get more of those kind of people together and go for it!
So it's not a Holy War? I'm confused.
Bob, I believe it's called delegation.
Yah, Marty. many things are getting bizarre! I didn't consider the " Betchart Expeditions" to be a joint venture. At least not in the proportion TIGHAR needs to be involved in.
Who on the floatilla from flotsam had any credentials in the way of science or archaeology besides Dr. Tom?
I don't have the complete list of passengers and their qualifications.
I think it was a mixed crew.
And I think Tom by himself could do better without the extra "help". I just don't think we should water down the special talents we do have in the organization.
I have the impression that Ric and Tom think otherwise.
Of course, you are entitled to your opinion.
It does take a certain type of persons to initiate and carry out the expeditions to an island where only crabs and ferel pigs can survive for years, and special people to find the right data that is the most relative, and the right person to analyse the data, etc. Get more of those kind of people together and go for it!
That is excellent advice, of course, though I fail to see how that differs from what TIGHAR has done in all of its expeditions (http://tighar.org/wiki/Expeditions).
The clincher is in the last paragraph, Marty: "Get MORE of those kind of people", not the ones on the Tour Boat, and maybe from some OTHER organization who are experienced in a similar operation.
Why do I get so much argument about trying to do things in a manner seemingly more able to produce results? I'm beginning to wonder if anybody really wants results or don't care if TIGHAR flounders around playing with boobys and taking pictures of tortured crabs.
"Tourists" would be bad. Research assistants could be good.
It's the "seemingly more able" part where we part ways.
You are sold on your vision of what TIGHAR should do.
I'm sold on Ric's vision.
"If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride."
I think TIGHAR has gone all out to test the Niku hypothesis within the limits of the funding available for each expedition.
You say, "try for more."
I'm pretty sure TIGHAR has tried and will try to do more.
And getting the research assistants to Niku would be problematic, i.e., expensiveasallhellandback. Getting anything to Niku is problematic.
TIGHAR has some tough decisions ahead in the months to come. Niku IX is just one of them.
I know the "right way" sometimes costs more. And that TIGHAR is aware that money is at the root of many of its problems. I don't claim to know any cheap way or know of anyone who has a cheap way to approach a huge undertaking that this kind of investigation may require. That's exactly the point. Although a larger amount of money and resources may not solve everything or create totally desireable results, it appears that picking away with little pick axes will not accomplish what a stick of dynamite would do. (just an example; I'm not an advocate of using dynamite!) But do you think Amelia and her artifacts are going to wait for another 78 years to be found? There's got to be a better way!
Although a larger amount of money and resources may not solve everything or create totally desireable results, it appears that picking away with little pick axes will not accomplish what a stick of dynamite would do.
So your suggestion is that we somehow raise a whole lot more money than we've been able to raise in the past. What novel idea. I can't imagine why I never thought of that.
I'm not saying you haven't thought about it Ric. But maybe it will be necessary to accomplish the task. How much has been spent in the last 28 or so years total, and tell me again it couldn't be raised.. More dollars+ more time= more complete analysis and accomplishment.
Perhaps one way to approach future fund raising is first to take stock of what TIGHAR has to potentially offer a joint venturer. That is, what is the current or potential value of TIGHAR's AE project assets – this may even mean spinning the AE project off as a separate enity.
The above are examples that come to mind quickly – there may be many others that other forum members will contribute.
This approach would give TIGHAR a value/potential to offer a serious joint venture partner with like value assets that should be able to put the Niku hypothesis to the final test.
What Ted said. What TIGHAR did in the past to raise funds (largely) worked, but Niku VIII proved we need to change the game plan if we want to have a hope of marshalling the resources for another go.
Getting anything there is problematic yet the Fiji Princess was there at no direct cost to TIGHAR. The Betchart Expeditions could be an opportunity to do some limited low cost investigation. It may be that a portion of the expedition is tourist focused and another portion led by TIGHAR, with whatever experienced members who volunteered and/or were added to the expedition at TIGHAR expense. Both groups sharing the same boat to get there.
Even if there were a small group added at TIGHAR's expense, the value of most of the trip cost taken care of by others could be an opportunity.
Greg, I still think the cruise line idea is a bad one. The connotations of providing a leisure, vacation, or cruise activity sets up the wrong mind set in the cruisers as well as the viewers. no matter what the cost. It just wouldn't be worth it in the long or short run. It's a neat idea for later when all the work has been done. If all TIGHAR wants to do is start a cruise line, then have at it! but don't mingle it with serious research and investigation. On the other hand if we could find some organization needing experimentation or trial experience with some new kind of robot, or submarine or other equipment, that's another story. Small ROV's don't do it either, remember? Been there, done that! and big fish eat them don't they? Go for the gold! and before we all cave from old age!
There are provisions that allow a non profit to sell stock. Consider offering 250,000 shares at $250 to pay for an expedition.
Limit the offer to persons in the United States, as well as the UK, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Shares to be purchased online with credit or debit cards, and also via mail.
Have means for purchasers to receive delivery of certificates.
not rendered one more try a useless venture.
Right on, Don. The only way to go!
Greg, I still think the cruise line idea is a bad one. The connotations of providing a leisure, vacation, or cruise activity sets up the wrong mind set in the cruisers as well as the viewers. no matter what the cost.
I'm not suggesting TIGHAR get in the cruise line business or provide leisure and cruise activities. I'm suggesting that there might be an advantage in getting a ride on a boat that might already be going there and doing whatever you can do. Be it taking additional soil samples on land, using small ROVs or some other research that does not require a sub or ROV.
You don't have to charter a plane to get to the Fiji or Hawaii ports. You can save money by getting a ticket on a plane already going there. Because other people are on the plane vacationing does not mean you are on a vacation. I'm sure some might think its a leisure deal if TIGHAR were to have a group on board a cruise ship going there. But they are probably the same people who claim it's "vacation" every time TIGHAR goes there. I also see nothing wrong with providing on board lectures to help Betchart sell tickets and educate at the same time.
ROVs have been proven to be useful tools in underwater research. Because there were problems with some does not mean you have to abandon them.
The topic is funding ideas and getting assistance. I see this as one small idea. I would love to see subs used too. It is probably the best way to investigate a larger area but it requires a lot of money. In my opinion the Debris Field is more of a "target", so using subs is not the only option.
We should use all the "tools" we can to help in achieving the most efficient and effective endeavor. There are also things we should not do because of the negative effects on not only the actual activities during the endeavor, but also the more subtle negative effects from the whole world's perception of TIGHAR's intentions. You may get a lot more people interested in the project, but not all of them are going to be what TIGHAR will benefit from. Sort of like when hiring new employees, do you just put an ad in the paper and accept all who enter the doors en mass, or do you interview each for the specific job being offered? You gotta have some control!
As for the ROV's, they might be useful in up close and personal, if they canbe operated precisely and not be thrown around by the currents. That hasn't been accomplished to the satisfaction of my views except in some older videos, perhaps. But what good are the best ROV's if there is no provision for handling and testing?
That's an interesting idea, Bill, and one TIGHAR's directors may want to pursue; once the financial house is back in good order, of course.
TIGHAR's tax statements identify it as a 501(c)(3), a steward of a public interest.
TIGHAR's public interest is promoting responsible aviation archaeology.
Solving the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance would do this.
Educating the public about responsible aviation archaeology would do this.
The two are not incompatible. It would be great if both can be done.
The Betchart cruise was very educational.
We learned much. We made mistakes. We learned we had much to learn.
We were tourists but we were also students.
There was high spirit, and even higher seas. We respected the island and one another.
We observed all rules laid out for us by the two supervising archaeologists, and by officers of our ship.
All this seems to me to be consistent with TIGHAR's history, and befits its legal status as a tax-exempt organization on account of its role in educating members and subsets of members, but above all the public.
I respect your view from a participant point of view, Joe, and you may have a good point. And many of us are envious of those who were able to go on the journey. But as an observer, I wasn't impressed with the feeling that most or at least some of the participants on the cruise were there mainly for a "cruise" and wanted to just get away for a great time. The fact that they were allowed to also experience a side trip to a deserted island where Amelia Earheart supposedly landed her famous aircraft, must have been a great draw for the cruise company. But they have similar activities like this on every cruise, don't they? People get tired of cruising on a boat, and need a little something extra to make the whole experience attractive. I don't doubt that many things were learned and the supervisors were great. I don't dispute that, but the question is the same: Does TIGHAR want be known and respected as a research company specializing in downed aircraft, or do they want to be known as "That Cruise Company" that took us to that island in the middle of somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. I feel the answer is coming soon. Got my fingers crossed!
Find the plane then set up cruises!
Although I'm not enthusiastic about a commercial joint venture, I would think there could be some mutual benefits from an educational partnership. For example, a beneficial relationship--joint venture, if you will--with the University of Hawaii. A graduate program in oceanography, marine science, marine geology or some such could prove beneficial to both the educational institution, the students, and TIGHAR. Archeological and marine study opportunies would abound for the students; prestige and mutual support would benefit TIGHAR. And the supporting educational institution would not need, nor expect, a profit-sharing arrangement.
Does TIGHAR want be known and respected as a research company specializing in downed aircraft, or do they want to be known as "That Cruise Company" that took us to that island in the middle of somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. I feel the answer is coming soon. Got my fingers crossed!
The cruise company was Betchart Expeditions (http://betchartexpeditions.com/about.htm).
TIGHAR provided some planning and physical support.
An implacable minority once decried the wealthy from TIGHAR "going Indiana Jones-style." Now the yokels from Betchart overrun the island in cheap hats and sunglasses. Neither event happened.
Without a doubt the cruises will be no more, and they'll go back to complaining about Indiana Jones.
TIGHAR is a promoter of responsible aviation archaeology.
It has shown itself willing to take novel approaches if only they will get people to appreciate responsible aviation archaeology.
The "cruise" was one approach.
I think it was an effective one; there are others that might also be effective. Ricker's ideas are well-considered and thoughtful, as always.
I'm happy and grateful I got to see the island.
I recommend the experience to others for perspective on the Nikumaroro hypothesis and on responsible aviation archaeology.
OK, I'll bite. How much, if any, money did TIGHAR receive for being involved in the Niku adventure cruise?
Or, how much, if any, money did TIGHAR have to spend supporting the Niku Adventure cruise activities?
Per TIGHAR's contract with Betchart, TIGHAR received $100 for each paying participant in the Betchart cruise who was a TIGHAR member at the time of the cruise. There were 16 passengers who fit that description and TIGHAR received $1,600.
We devoted the final day of the TIGHAR expedition to shepherding the tourists. Each day of the expedition cost TIGHAR $11,000.
Consider Jim McClure (http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Forum/Highlights101_120/highlights108page2.html). In 2000, he first proposed Betty Klenck might have heard "Norwich City" on her radio. He proposed this, out of the blue, on the Forum.
Or how about Peter McQuarrie. (http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/13_1/tarawa.html) He stumbled on the Bones Papers while doing research - on World War II.


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Despite refugees and international migrants making more media headlines, internally displaced people (IDPs) represent the majority of the world's forcibly displaced. A new report published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) reveals that the number of people displaced within their own countries by conflict and violence is the highest it has ever been: 41.3 million people, as of the end of 2018. This is an increase of more than a million since the end of 2017, and two-thirds more than the global number of refugees. Three-quarters, or 30.9 million people, were located in only 10 countries.
A combination of protracted displacement crises, like in Syria, Colombia and Iraq, and high numbers of new displacements triggered by a rise in conflict and violence in places such as Ethiopia, Nigeria and Cameroon are behind this record figure.
Cyclical and prolonged displacement continues to be driven by political instability, chronic poverty and inequality. Many IDPs are returning to insecure areas with few socio-economic opportunities, such as in Kabul in Afghanistan, where they face tenure insecurity and the risk of secondary displacement. In Mosul in Iraq, returning IDPs face challenges due to widespread destruction and the presence of unexploded ordnance. Instead of creating the conditions for lasting solutions to displacement, this is recreating conditions of future risk.
IDMC also recorded 28 million new displacements between January and December 2018. Of this number, 10.8 million were triggered by conflict and violence, and 17.2 million by disasters and the impacts of climate change. Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa were disproportionately affected by displacement associated with conflict. Displacement associated with disasters mainly affected East Asia and Pacific, and South Asia; both regions with high levels of population exposure and vulnerability to hazards. Last year, Indonesia was hit by several earthquakes and tsunamis, as well as floods that generated widespread damage and forced over 850,000 people to flee. In India, unprecedented flooding in the state of Kerala pushed around 1.5 million into displacement.
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G. R. Liu, Z. C. Xi, K. Y. Lam, H. M. Shang
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