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Posted by b on March 28, 2007 at 8:11 UTC | Permalink
Blair wants no-fly zone enforced over Darfur
Tony Blair is pushing the United Nations to declare a no-fly zone over Darfur, enforced if necessary by the bombing of Sudanese military airfields used for raids on the province, the Guardian has learned.
According to Downing Street, he is pushing for a no-fly zone to be passed at the same time as the new sanctions package, in the form of a "chapter 7" security council resolution, allowing the use of force. "There could be an agreement in the security council that there could be a no-fly zone. If the Sudanese government broke that agreement there would have to be consequences," said a source.
A no-fly zone, of the kind enforced in Iraq before the invasion, has been widely dismissed by military experts as impractical over Darfur, which is the size of France. But the Guardian has learned that US and British officials are considering a cheaper alternative: punitive air strikes against Sudanese air force bases if Khartoum violated the no-fly zone.
Posted by: b | Mar 28 2007 8:18 utc | 1
DRIP...DRIP...DRIP...
Official 911 Story Pancakes to Earth -
Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) March 27, 2007 -- A coalition of independent 9/11 investigators and journalists today announced the online publication of a set of original blueprints of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The set is composed of over 200 never-before-published drawings, including plans, elevations, and details, given to physicist Dr. Steven E. Jones by an individual interested in a more complete analysis. Groups presenting the plans include Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice, 9-11 Research, and Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. A multi-resolution drawing viewer for the blueprints is located at 9-11 Research (911research.wtc7.net).
Richard Gage, AIA, Architect, the founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, said, "We cannot truly understand what happened in these historical structural failure events when we are not allowed access to the construction documents." Gage believes that, given the profound differences in the official collapse theories, the need for more investigation is clear. "First they come up with the "pancake theory", then they changed it to the "column failure theory". We don't believe that either of those theories are supported by the available evidence."
"The only theory that is supported by the evidence is controlled demolition with explosives," Gage says. "You could never get a collapse event of that speed through 80 floors of intact steel structure. The laws of physics simply don't allow it."
The release of the blueprints is believed to be the first public presentation of a significant number of detailed architectural drawings of the destroyed skyscrapers. In 2002, lead FEMA investigator Gene Corley of the American Society of Civil Engineers was denied access to the plans by the Port Authority until he agreed to sign a waiver stating that his group would not use the blueprints to sue the agency. ...
Public access to blueprints of the three destroyed skyscrapers - the Twin Towers and WTC Building 7 - has been a long-standing goal of the 9/11 research community. The inability to access data on the structural design of the buildings has been an impediment to further investigation of the theory, these researchers say. One goal they have is to remodel the collapses and see if NIST's findings can be replicated.
Groups releasing the plans cite support for the demolition theory in their organizations and elsewhere by a variety of professionals including structural and civil engineers, architects, and physicists. Supporters point to several features which they say cannot be explained by a gravity-driven collapse, including the speed, symmetry, explosiveness, thoroughness of pulverization, and totality of these events, and numerous reports of molten metal pools in the debris piles. Independent Investigators Release Suppressed Blueprints of Destroyed World Trade Center Tower
Posted by: jj | Mar 28 2007 8:45 utc | 2
Part I.*
How peculiar is it that this is coming from a man whom now is being accused of this?
Baumann's letter went so far as to suggest that the victims may have willingly participated in, or even enjoyed, the acts of pedophilia involved: "As you know, consent is frequently an issue in sexual assault cases. Although none of the victims admit that they consented to the sexual contact, none resisted or voiced any objection to the conduct. Several of the victims suggested that they were simply 'getting off' on the school administrator."
*Note because typepad is still teh suck, I had to break this up into three posts.
Posted by: Uncle $cam | Mar 28 2007 8:51 utc | 3
Part II.
As back-up to WND, here is coverage by the Dallas Morning News: Abuse allegations rock TYC
Also, the first suit has been filed: $5M lawsuit filed in TYC scandal
Also see, Is DOJ Shielding Tom (Marianas Sweatshops) DeLay?
Curios eh?
I have stated on several occasions that It looks as if our whole seat of power in government has been saturated with a hidden socio-sexual deviance especially in the beltway, leftover from the psychohistory of the Nixon regime perhaps...In other words, it seems to have a under current of dark abnormal sexual deviance to it with regards to power and control, dominance and submission, or sentimentality and cruelty.
From Gannon to Foley, to The Child Prostitution Sex Ring Involving the Bush Sr. Whitehouse
The Child sex ring that reached Bush/Reagan Whitehouse
Also b, et al, if you enjoyed the Adam Curtis' new documentary, The Trap You may also find this lecture of interest...Why we cooperate – Martin Nowak
So, the fastest way to force georgie's ouster would be for someone to pay off Secret Service Agent to testify that he watched him masturbating to Abu G- snuff films :)
Study: Israeli Jews live four years longer than Israeli Arabs
The life expectancy of Jewish citizens in Israel is four years higher than that of Arab citizens, according to the equality index published Wednesday by Sikkuy: The Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality in Israel. The data also reveals that the mortality rate for Arab infants under the age of 12 months is double that of their Jewish counterparts.
The index, published Tuesday for the first time, suggests grave inequality in the level of medical services enjoyed by Jews in Israel, and that available to Arabs.
No wonder there then:
Poll: 50% of Israeli Jews support state-backed ethnic clensing
The poll participants were also asked about work relations with Arabs. 50 percent said they would refuse to work at a job in which their direct supervisor would be Arab. This number represents a 47 percent increase since the 2005 poll on the same topic.
Posted by: b | Mar 28 2007 11:03 utc | 8
Protecting Pedophiles: The OTHER Department of Justice scandal
When the Texas Rangers asked to have the Texas Youth Commission abuses prosecuted, Sutton's chief assistant sent an extraordinary response: The office had decided not to pursue the matter because the sexually abused boys had not sustained "bodily injury."
Is statutory rape no longer a crime in Texas?
Also don't miss the comment section where we find:
Foley Case: Not the First Time Heather Wilson Tied to Youth Scandal Questions
Reminiscent of the still-unfolding [forgotten] scandal involving Rep. Mark Foley -- and what many, even on the right, see as a Republican cover-up -- is an earlier scandal involving Republican Rep. Heather Wilson (NM-01) and her husband, Jay Hone. The video above shows a KOAT-TV7 (Albuquerque) news story prompted by one of Wilson's first actions when she was appointed to head the NM Department of Children, Youth and Families. Wilson served as Department Secretary from 1995-1998. On her third day in office, she removed a sensitive department case file, which had been opened on her husband, from the agency's central records repository in Albuquerque. Although Wilson initially denied doing so, she later changed her story and admitted removing the file. In other words, she lied.
The file was opened in response to an Albuquerque police report filed in March 1993 that reportedly contained potentially damaging allegations against her husband.
Posted by: Uncle $cam | Mar 28 2007 13:12 utc | 9
As if things weren't already chaotic enough...
Saudi king slams 'illegitimate occupation' of Iraq
RIYADH -- Saudi King Abdullah, whose country is a close US ally, slammed Wednesday the "illegitimate foreign occupation" of Iraq in an opening speech to the annual Arab summit in Riyadh.
Arab leaders have kicked off the two-day summit in the Saudi capital aiming to revive a dormant plan for peace with Israel and launch a diplomatic offensive to resolve the Middle East conflict.
"In beloved Iraq, blood is being shed among brothers in the shadow of an illegitimate foreign occupation, and ugly sectarianism threatens civil war," Abdullah said.
He also said that Arab nations, which are planning to revive a five-year-old Middle East peace plan at the summit, would not allow any foreign force to decide the future of the region.
well i guess we know what he told Cheney now. and Cheneys answer:
"go f&*k yourself"
Posted by: Uncle $cam | Mar 28 2007 15:29 utc | 10
Uncle Scam @ 10,
If I know the Saud at all, he probably means Iran and Syria. And possibly Iceland, Brazil and Northern Togo as well. Not the US, never the US.
On another topic, poisoned pet food, Menu Foods finally remember to note that they do *not* manufacture dry food. The matter is important to me, and I appreciate your posts.
Posted by: Alamet | Mar 28 2007 16:33 utc | 11
Uncle Scam, good that you posted all that, I only briefly read about the recent hullaballo on Cannonfire, while knowing the scandal has been brewing for a long time. http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2007/03/other-department-of-justice-scandal.html>Cannonfire
Impunity, power, 'deviant' sexuality...
The poor can be encouraged or forced to marry, have children and a stable home, be prevented from having abortions, or be afraid of transgressing that taboo, while the power-frat-upper-class types can do as they wish, indulge in anything - torture of lesser humans (Abu Graib), enslaving others (servants, salves...), 'deviant' sex in various forms, particularly pedophilia.
For them, *transgression* represents a badge of power.
(Paris Hilton and Britney Spears present the jagged teen female confused version. Both are very rich.)
So pedophilia, or snuff movies, ..etc. are the in thing.
Second, the links between impunity --> illicit acts --> hot house ideology feed backwards to create parallel, esoteric beliefs, crack-pot world views or 'codes of behavior' that rest on other-wordly tripe and authoritarian glee.
The hysteria about Billy C's sex life was not just an attempt to sink the Democrats. It was outrage, screeching hysterical howls, terminal indignation that anyone from the 'other camp' could PRESUME to indulge in that kind of manipulation or advantage - softie opponents have to play their role and never, ever, in the personal sphere, exceed or use the position accorded them, which is temporary (patsies.)
They must be politically correct and straight, all the time.
Excesses are reserved for those who hold real power, that power being in itself attested to by rape, murder, etc.
Posted by: Noirette | Mar 28 2007 17:48 utc | 12
A tanka:
Foley, Kimmerling,
Thurmond... at least with Clinton,
it was an adult.
What else can you expect from
the Republican Party?
Posted by: The Truth Gets Vicious When You Corner It | Mar 28 2007 22:24 utc | 13
Evening Entertainment - an hour interview w/ Frances Boyle "Biowarfare and the Emergence of Police State America". He's an eminent lawyer, who has consulted w/Congress on Impeachment. Has some interesting things to say.
One thing that I missed was that when they wanted to pass UnPatriotic Act II, & Dems. were again sitting on it, they repeated in minor form what they pulled the first time around - sent some white powder up to the Hill & it was passed the next day :( W/crashing buildings being so much more spectacular, I don't think this has received the attention it deserves. I wonder how the clowns who swallow the official 911 horseshit rationalize this.
Posted by: jj | Mar 29 2007 2:31 utc | 14
"Move on, nothing to see here…" Department
Income Gap Is Widening, Data Shows
(helpful hint - click on 'skip ad' in upper right)
Posted by: Rick | Mar 29 2007 2:50 utc | 15
New Justice System Is a Work in Progress
But because of the unusual circumstances of the two admissions, it is not clear yet that either one is truly representative of the system the administration has established, legal experts said. Neither the guilty plea David Hicks entered on Monday, admitting to providing material support to a terrorist organization, nor the wide-ranging confession from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, contained in a Pentagon transcript of a closed hearing on March 11, had about it the solemn finality of a conviction in a civilian criminal court, and in some ways, they were aberrations.
"The proceedings that led to Hicks's plea," Mr. Hafetz said, "underscore that the military commissions are a makeshift system that lacks legitimacy."
In the hours before Mr. Hicks's plea, the military judge hearing the case, Col. Ralph H. Kohlmann of the Marines, disqualified two defense lawyers, one for refusing to agree to abide by regulations that have yet to be written.
Mr. Hicks's plea appears to be based on his calculation that he will be allowed to serve out his sentence in his home country, Australia. He may even be able to challenge his conviction there, in conventional courts.
Posted by: b | Mar 29 2007 6:22 utc | 16
Report Says Interior Official Overrode Work of Scientists
A top-ranking official overseeing the Fish and Wildlife Service at the Interior Department rode roughshod over agency scientists, and decisions made on her watch may not survive court challenges, investigators within the Interior Department have found.
Their report, sent to Congress this week by the department's inspector general, does not accuse the official, Julie A. MacDonald, the deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks, of any crime. But it does find that she violated federal rules when she sent internal agency documents to industry lobbyists.
She twice sent internal Environmental Protection Agency documents — one involving water quality management — to individuals whose e-mail addresses ended in "chevrontexaco.com," the report said.
Strikes on Baghdad's Green Zone on the Rise
Insurgents have struck inside the Green Zone, which includes the U.S. Embassy, on six of the past seven days, once with deadly consequences.
The Tuesday attack was the gravest in a series that have hit the walled zone of about four square miles in recent days, U.S. officials said. Three rockets crashed down Wednesday, Fintor said. Two attacks, coming two hours apart, hit Monday. The zone was also hit Saturday and Sunday, officials said. At least 10 people were wounded in those attacks.
Wednesday morning, embassy personnel received a bulletin citing the "recent increase of indirect fire attacks on the embassy compound." It included strict instructions: Body armor and helmets would now be required for all "outdoor activities" within the sprawling embassy complex, even short walks to the cafeteria. There would be no group gatherings outside, including at the famed Palace Pool. No "nonessential" visitors would be allowed in the compound.
A U.S. official in Baghdad characterized embassy personnel as "anxious and alert."
This is only the start - the resistance will increase these attacks until everybody in the GZ is down in bunkers and unable to do anything.
Black ops in Iraq: Elite Terrorist Hunters in Iraq
U.S. "black" special operations forces in Iraq have conducted as many as 300 "takedown" operations, an activity that an influential retired general calls "simply magic."
The assessment appears in an eight-page trip report written by retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, an adjunct professor at West Point, consultant and frequent television commentator, who recently toured Iraq and Kuwait and met with U.S. commanders at all levels.
Here's what Gen. McCaffrey says about the current OCF effort in Iraq:
"The US Tier One special operations capability is simply magic. They are deadly in getting their target--with normally zero collateral damage--and with minimal friendly losses or injuries. Some of these assault elements have done 200-300 takedown operations at platoon level. The comprehensive intelligence system is phenomenal."
So who did they kill? On what basis?
OT: somewhere tonite I read that USian Democratic Party people and Republican Party people are sqabbling about that Congress- and Senate-passed resolution about combat troops out of Iraq by late summer/early fall 2008; on a tv show called Scarboro ...
"[BUCHANAN:] They're going to give him the money, are you kidding? They're going to deny him the hundred billion dollars?
BUCHANAN: But you are wrong. After this goes through and they've had their vote on the binding resolution, the non-binding resolution, then they're going to be told, You have lost on those. Now give me the money. And when Pelosi takes that to the floor, her party will split right in half."
My point if I recall it is that this is such a bs attack.
If the US Dems use law and it is respected by the ones who dole out the money, and deny money to the current Iraq war; that is not going to lead to any USians dying in Iraq or whatever ...
doy, someone will still send the plane, dole out the drugs, slide you some ammo or whatever to make sure y'all's ok.
Cause there is plenty of slack in the system, and we do support our troops and our buddies.
So cut off the funding already.
No one will die because you said, "I work hard for that money and if you want to buy candy that rots your teeth or a pea shooter to harass your classmates then use yer own gorram money!"
No one will die if the freaking taxes, congress-appropriated, are not paid.
Stop the funding I say.
If I had any skill I would come up with a slogan!
My original point was that scare-mongering about cutting off funding is a ridiculous joke if the result is presumed to be abandonment of USian volunteer youngsters, reserve-type family oldsters etc.
There is no f'ing way that these would ever be in danger; never were. When was the last time USian soldiers ever died in battle because of lack of funding?
Money never was the problem.
Posted by: jonku | Mar 29 2007 9:20 utc | 20
Judge me not by what I post but what I don't/
jj, I'm still afraid of anthrax -- not the band from Long Island NY but the powder they were sending to someone else, but killed postal workers. I worked near a post office, I got mail. I was fareaked out too.
But I had no choice to vote on anything instead I had to decide if me and mine could go outside that day.
I guess what I am remembering is NYC in the winter of 2001/2002 and into the next spring.
That smoldering pile was still there smoking up the pollution downtown and it seems there were almost bi-monthly scares, midtown tunnel, brooklyn bridge, anthrax, asbestos in the smoke.
At taht time I got up early to "go online quick to see what Debka, Iraqwar.ru, talkingpointsmeno.com have to say.
Is it safe to go work today?"
Big ups to new yorkers and anyone else who was getting scared, like Chicago and LA, for keeping on keeping on.
Today it is safe to go to work today, at least if English is your native tongue.
I hope.
But do you all remember what it is like to imagine that you are in the handbasket, to see it all go south.
Not just your prestige, position or possesssions. Your life, the life of the ones you love.
They felt at risk to me in 2001 and 2002 in Brooklyn, Chicagoans and LAians and Atlantans and Bostonians and TOinans and DCians etc. -- I felt I was in danger.
The whole anthrax thing is (tm) worthy of Karl Rove. Unfortunately I've seen his performance at the White House Correspondents Diner. He is no jack kennedy, however he uses a very Texan voice. Unexpected like.
As David of the Orcinus blog has analysed, these ideas (I include attacks) are prevalent at the periphery and natural selection promotes them to national (US) dialogue.
Signing off now, going to check out what must be a full moon.
Okay stop killing our own selves please.
Posted by: jonku | Mar 29 2007 10:23 utc | 21
Bravo Jonku, your #21 drove it home crystal, crystal clear. Regarding 2001/2002, I hadn't felt continuous and unrelenting primal fear like that since I was a small, small child, living 8 blocks away from the Lorraine Motel in Memphis (68) when shots rang out dropping Martin Luther King, Jr. and 'the dream' like a raw egg spattered on the sidewalk, and brought with it martial law as riots broke out in more than 100 US cities. The South in particular, was a terrifying place to be. But the weeks and months afterwards, the escalating conflict in Vietnam, the striking sanitation workers, striking fire departments, shoot on sight curfews, beatings and teargass smell mixed with sweat blood and tears of the poor, the fire and trash in the air was paralyzing. I didn't fully comprehend it then as I was to young. But I felt the hatred and fear in the streets. Hoover's goons were everywhere.
And for some reason, I was disconnected a great deal from the events of sept 11th and the anthrax scare (probably because I had quit watching television by then) and was busy with classes, until the Beltway sniper attacks started happening. Then it all hit and was like reliving my childhood trauma and PTSD. After recovering my senses somewhat, and being reassured that I was safe in the mountains of Montana (though also knowing I lived three hours from major missile silo's) I became angry and the more I realized that the ptb were methodically and clinically ramping up the fear factor the more angry I became. I wasn't a scared little boy anymore. Things weren't beyond my control. I was having an awakening, an epiphany. I was watching the unfolding of the methodical plans of the invisible hand. Not long after I found Billmon, and then came MOA. And here we are, like shipwrecked survivors on a desert Island watching the watchers. Watching the horror show.
Castro slams biofuels.
Fit and working again, by the looks of it.
Pinochet, meanwhile, is still dead.
Posted by: Dismal Science | Mar 29 2007 14:17 utc | 23
& speaking of the dead, dismal - i have just been watching on cspan - the investigation by the judiciary committee with the rove-look-alike, mr sampson
the infantilism of these figures - their rotund (reminiscent of the worst of school prefects) form & their lying mouths is enouigh to give me the willies
lord of the flies guarding the ship of state
& i don't think i have ever heard so many ; "i don't remember', "i am unable to recall", "i would have to look at my notes" (which paranthetically alway seem to dissapear), i have never heard so many , "to the best of my memory"
soon like all the tyrants & crooks of the late 20th century - they will appear in investigations & courts - with their oxygen machines & nurses - conrad black is getting ready for a rapidly affectin alzheimers disease
if the results of these small men were not so horrific - it might have been the makings of light comedy
Posted by: remembereringgiap | Mar 29 2007 16:55 utc | 24
the ethiopian troops broke a ceasefire w/ the hawiye clan in mogadishu today, moving into the capital city w/ "Some 2,500 Ethiopian soldiers are using more than 100 tanks" and using helicopter attacks on specific neighborhoods, esp in the north of the city. this is another move on the part of the imposed authority of the TFG to secure the city, only rather than using the (small) AU peacekeeping troops they already have, they are still using the u.s.-trained & assisted ethiopian occupying forces. it's been a bloody day, from reports coming in, after a lull since the agreements that ended last week's fighting.
latest shabelle report has pix from the aftermath
Ethiopia lost soldiers in today's fighting in Mogadishu
Mogadishu 29, March.07 ( Sh.M.Network) At least 15 Ethiopian soldiers have been killed and others were wounded in the latest fighting raged in the Somalia capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle radio on late Thursday.
The casualty on the other side was unclear but sources close to the insurgents say there are fighters killed and wounded in the battle.
Some reports say that the Ethiopian forces retreated after one of its trucks was burnt by the militia.
Today's fighting which lasted several hours was the heaviest and bloodiest in the capital since the Ethiopian backed interim government troops took control of the city late December 2006.
Posted by: b real | Mar 29 2007 18:21 utc | 25
It is important to note that the feeling of terror
Uncle and I speak on above is a transparent and hollow echo of the continuous high anxiety in Bagdhad under armed occupation.
How strange that the real and imaginary danger, polar opposites, somehow cancel each other out.
You can't ignore one without the other.
Jonku @ 26 - "...the continuous high anxiety in Bagdhad under armed occupation."
Yes. Recent piece about Iraqis fleeing the country:
Refugees on the Highway from Hell
"I'm so glad to see Syria," the young mother says. Her exhausted smile betrays the nervous tension her arrival in this bleak stretch of desert is finally releasing -- a tension that must have accumulated for years. "Finally I can feel free again," she says.
in ethiopia
Meanwhile, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told parliament in Addis Ababa that he had withdrawn two-thirds of his forces from Somalia.
"As the situation in Somalia unravelled differently than expected, we had to withdraw troops gradually in two rounds. Hence, two-thirds of our troops have been withdrawn so far," Meles said in a speech to parliament.
Somalia: Bloody Clashes Rock Somali Capital
GALKAYO, Somalia Mar 29 (Garowe Online) - Hundreds of Ethiopian soldiers crossed over the common border and entered Somalia overnight Thursday, according to sources in Galkayo.
The soldiers, estimated to number 500-strong with armored vehicles, were stationed in the outskirts of Galkayo, the capital of Mudug region in central Somalia.
Reliable sources in Galkayo told Garowe Online on the condition of anonymity that the Ethiopian troops were heading for the northern Somali city of Bossaso, a bustling port town that serves as Puntland's economic hub.
There was no reason given for the arrival of fresh Ethiopian troops, even as that country's leader, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, pledged to withdraw his remaining troops from Somalia.
At least 30 people died in Mogadishu on Thursday when Ethiopian troops forcefully entered insurgent strongholds in attempts to disarm the capital's inhabitants.
Fresh Ethiopian troops arrive in central Somalia
Posted by: b real | Mar 30 2007 4:10 utc | 28
Jonku, that was highly dangerous anthrax - weaponized - as only FBI/CIA can produce. You should have been scared if near it. I didn't mean to deride it by using term "entertainment". Rather I was Elevating the term "Entertainment". I was thinking we should have an ongoing thread "Evening Entertainment". In lieu of TV & other escapist shit, which I don't indulge in, I thght. it would be good to post something barflies would like to do in evening - listening to insightful interview, poetry, music - etc. Since that is a full one hr. interview, it falls into that category for me. Very Sorry if you felt I was trivializing the fear as that NEVER occurred to me.
For those unaware of how far Theocrats have advanced, Chris Hedges is currently on speaking tour w/his new bk, American Fascist. Don't know why he calls them Fascist rather than more proper term, Theocrats. Anyway, just listened to his 15min. interview posted on antiwar.com - radio. He says that of the DC535 - 45 Senators & 186 CongressCritters have 80-100% rating from Top 3 Fundie Groups. Not to mention that the press takes it as a given that no Pres. Candidate for Repugs is allowed to run unless they approve of him-it.
One of the good things about his discussion is that he connects its rise to the Predators War on Americans - filling the vacuum left by departing factories. But I'm not sure he sees Predators as building a neo-feudal police state, so of course, they would use religion similarly to Middle Ages feudal states. I guess, what I'm saying, is that I think we are well & truly effed & that theocracy w/gang warfare will be a permanent feature of the future, unlike Chris who thinks it can be defeated. I've been wondering for several days, as I understood that both "parties" want to eliminate all the legitimate work of the state 'cept for Mass Slaughter, how long before Fundies start, perhaps through buyout, their own hospital chains. Catholics have 'em...Prot. Fundies coming increasingly to power....stay tuned...Oh, & gee, shucksypoo, don't forget to vote Democratic :)
Pat Tillman's mother rejects military's bullshit
(CNN) -- The mother of Cpl. Pat Tillman, the former NFL player killed
by friendly fire in Afghanistan in April 2004, on Tuesday rejected
the latest explanation from the U.S. military about her son's death.
"It became very obvious early on that they were lying to us," Mary
Tillman said on ESPN Radio's "Dan Patrick Show." "They were only
telling one side of the story. They weren't telling the other side."
The military reported Monday that nine military officers, including
four generals, will face "corrective action" for making critical
mistakes in the aftermath of the Army Ranger's death.
An investigation by the Army's inspector general and Criminal
Investigation Command concluded officers in Tillman's chain of
command knew almost immediately after his death that he had been
killed by fire from his own platoon, but that information was
withheld from his family for more than a month, in violation of Army
The investigation also concluded that inadequate initial
investigations "contributed to the inaccuracies, misunderstandings
and perceptions of concealment."
Tillman's mother was not convinced.
Everyone involved in the shooting knew almost immediately that her
son had been shot three times in the head by his own troops, she said.
Yet, at the memorial service for her son in May 2004, the military
said Pat Tillman had been killed by enemy fire, she said.
"That was not a misstep, that was not an error," she said. "This was
an attempt to dupe the public and to promote this war and to get
recruitments up, and that is immoral."
Mary Tillman called for a congressional hearing "to have it all aired out."
She added, "I really don't know what happened. We've been told so
many different things."
Shot intentionally?
Mary Tillman said she was not excluding the possibility that her son
was shot intentionally.
"Pat was used," she said. "Once he was killed, I think they saw this
as an opportunity." She noted that April 2004 was the worst month up
to that time in the year-old Iraq war, and the shooting occurred
right after the Abu Ghraib scandal broke.
The latest investigation "only presented the points of view of the
soldiers in the vehicle" who fatally shot her son and an Afghan
soldier and wounded two others, she said.
"They never brought into play what the other witnesses said," Mary
Tillman said.
She described as "shocking" the military's claim that no rules of
engagement were broken.
The platoon members "fired at soldiers who weren't firing at them in
areas where hands were waving and at a building," she said. "All of
those things are breaking rules of engagement."
The soldier believed to have shot her son three times in the head was
asked whether he had made a positive identification of the target
before firing, she said. "This soldier said, 'No, I wanted to be in a
firefight,' " she said. "That was a definite breaking of the rules of
engagement."
She said the military is still spinning the story for its own gain.
"The first investigative officer, in his statement to the third
investigative officer, said in his opinion, there was evidence of
criminal intent, and he also used the term 'criminal negligence,' "
"Yet his report has been devalued because it doesn't go along with
what they want out in the public eye."
In 2002, Pat Tillman, a safety with the Arizona Cardinals, turned
down a multimillion-dollar contract offer and instead joined the
Army, a decision he said was a response to the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks.
He was shot April 22, 2004, in a remote area near the
Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Posted by: Uncle $cam | Mar 30 2007 9:34 utc | 31
Unintended irony in the LA Times: 132 Iraqis killed in wave of bombings
There has been a surge in bombings in Iraqi towns and cities as American and Iraqi forces have launched a crackdown on insurgents in the capital.
harold pinter: Why George Bush is Insane
Earlier this year I had a major operation for cancer. The operation and its after-effects were something of a nightmare. I felt I was a man unable to swim bobbing about under water in a deep dark endless ocean. But I did not drown and I am very glad to be alive.
However, I found that to emerge from a personal nightmare was to enter an infinitely more pervasive public nightmare - the nightmare of American hysteria, ignorance, arrogance, stupidity and belligerence; the most powerful nation the world has ever known effectively waging war against the rest of the world. "If you are not with us you are against us" President Bush has said. He has also said "We will not allow the world's worst weapons to remain in the hands of the world's worst leaders". Quite right. Look in the mirror chum. That's you.
Democratic Committee requests deposition from Secretary of State over Niger forgeries and Iraq
i like waxman's cajone's. lets hope it leads to impeachment
Posted by: annie | Mar 30 2007 18:45 utc | 34
uncle, i watched tillmans mother in an interview the other day. she made mention of his diary being burnt also. weird. his brother claims he wrote him, or told him (sorry, memory) that he was very anti iraq. makes me wonder if it was a fragging. who burns a diary? someone who wants the contents destroyed i wonder what the last entry was. perhaps he felt threatened.
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In the late 1940s, Walther (Walter) Rauff, an SS officer who was responsible for the murder of at least 100,000 people and was wanted by the Allies as a war criminal, was employed by the Israeli secret service. Instead of bringing him to justice it paid him for his services and helped him escape to South America. Documents of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that have been released over the past several years show that the Americans were aware that Rauff's case was not exceptional.
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Steph Curry Cozies Up To His 3 Kids & Wife Ayesha While Celebrating 32nd Birthday — Pic
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Stephen Curry and his family didn't let the coronavirus pandemic ruin his birthday on March 14. In fact, with smiles on their faces, he, his wife, and their kids proved that all they need is each other.
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Dhaulagiri Circuit Trip Report – over the French Col
This report is split into 3 posts
Getting to the start
The trek to Italian Base Camp
Over the pass and down (this one!)
Italian Base Camp to Glacier Camp
4.25 hours elapsed
800m total ascent (with 210m descent)
Max elevation: 4185m (+575m)
Toilet tent/hole in ice
Dinner: Soup, rice/potato/tomato sauce, pineapple
Vegetation recedes
We're into the sharp end of the trek today. We had an early call at 05:30, the intent is to get started early before the sun hits the slope in the valley and starts letting loose the rocks. In previous years, the route went up from the camp and across the glacier at a higher level, before crossing the river to the left hand of the valley. This has no change and we head down to the bottom and cross just above the end of the glacier and then climb directly up the side of the valley. This was not a great walk, landslides meant that the path was precarious and a lot of steps had to be kicked into place; there were a number of places where the exposure was high and a lot of care was needed. It was bad enough for us – the porters needed additional help in places as they had to carry their loads across the route. It got a lot better once we were into the valley; there were still bits of up and down as we went over the debris from rockfall and landslides, but it was a more gentle ascent, with a few river crossings needed. We had one very near miss, when a football sized rock came rolling down the hill between the team, missing by about 10m.
River crossing
We eventually got to camp around 11am; a very different place, lots of rocks, with some snow in between. The tents were placed in cleared flattened spots, not really close together. Luckily there were enough spots and no new ones needed to be cleared. The tents were finally installed after lunch, as the some of the porters were behind us. I spent most of the day in the tent reading – it was the warmest places as you definitely needed layers to be out and about
Setting up at Glacier Camp
Glacier Camp to Dhaulagiri Base Camp
520m total ascent (with 40m descent)
Dinner: Soup, rice/dal/beef jerky curry, mixed fruit
Looking down the valley
Back to our usual 6am call and then out marching off for 07:30. Today was a steady trudge up, with snow underfoot from the beginning. Easy to deal with at the start of the day when frozen, but harder going as it warmed up later. It was a very steady pace for me, the breathing was fine but the limiting factor was my legs, they had definitely reached a limit of up today, with the hips/glutes feeling really tired. There was no need to stop and rest them, I just kept plodding, but it was just tiring.
Lunch in the snow
When we got to base camp, it was a mess. Around 2m of snow in places, much of it covered abandoned kit from the mountain expeditions. The guides and porters managed to dig out a few useful things and I got a total bonus – a TENT MATTRESS!! It was on top of the snow (I assumed one of the other trekking groups had left it there) and I grabbed it and dried it out before bringing it into my tent for the 2 nights we were staying. Oh, it made such a different, about 2 inches of foam providing insulation making it a very comfortable residence, even if it never quite reached lovely tent sauna temps as it was generally cold and windy, and every now again a bank of clouds rolled over camp, just blotting out the sun.
Base Camp. Under that snow there's a lot of camping equipment
On day 2, I decided not to do the acclimatisation walk and rest my legs – just stretching. I was not intending to do the mountain, so it was less important for me to go higher in prep. It was warmer, with less wind and less cloud later on.
Dhaulagiri Base Camp to Hidden Valley
8.5 hours elapsed
hole in ice (no tent today…just a tiny snow wall)
Dinner: Soup, spaghetti bolognaise, pineapple
Up to the French Col
Today was the biggest planned day – up over the French Col, the highest point for me – and then down to the Hidden Valley. Overnight, we'd got down to about -13c, so it was a chilly start. A quick breakfast, a camp breakdown and away we went. We were walking on deep snow, on a very narrow route that had been compacted by previous trekkers, only about 6 inches wide in general. Any steps too far off the path and down you went, to your knees or your hips. It made for very slow going.
First stage was to head out of camp, on the opposite side of the valley to Dhaulagiri, away from the avalanche zone. After about 2 hours, we headed up the wall of the moraine away from the glacier, but still on deep snow. First steep climb done, we could see our "summit", the top of the French col but still a bit to go along the crest of the moraine and then up to the top of the Col. This took another 4 hours for the 2 miles (with breaks). A this point we cam across the donkeys – 2 live ones and quite a few dead. They'd been used to get kit up to base camp for the expeditions but had been abandoned with the heavy snow 2 weeks before, there was no way to get them back down apparently. So they died – I had no idea how 2 were still alive but there was nothing we could do
Posing at my summit
Now it was supposed to be an easy stroll to camp, taking about an hour, down from the coll and through the valley. Easy to was not, it felt like a never ending trudge through slushy snow – although looking at the times it was only about 2 hours, it just felt a lot longer. The relentless sun meant everything was just bright and undifferentiated and at this point, my mind was definitely not having fun, it was like I was in perpetual déjà vu, saying something and then not sure if I had said it or repeated it. We made stops for food and drink and I was fine then, just the endless trudging, looking at nothing but the feet to judge where to go meant my mind felt like I was disassociating. When I did see the tents, I wasn't 100% sure we were actually there, given how many times I'd hoped to see them.
Heading down from the Col. We had a long way to hit camp
I made my way to the dining tent and immediately burst into tears. Five minutes later I was fine, but this was a huge emotional release of making it after what had been a horrible few hours but felt a lot longer. I wasn't the only one upset, there had been a lot of effort by all in getting to this place.
At this point, we had no sleeping tents, no gear and the kitchen had only just got water – they had to travel 300m to get water supply. Porters were still spread out over the mountain and slowly trickling in. They were doing an amazing job but almost everyone was having a bad day.
The kitchen team pulled out a miracle and we got fed and watered. They continuously managed to create amazing meals in challenging circumstances. Over dinner, we discussed the next day. The other 7 of the team were due to climb Dhampus, but at this stage, 4 decided it was not for them, they had enough, especially given the expected conditions of deep snow. Phil, Tommy and Kathryn were ready to go for it – so they planned a 4am start.
The other decision made was that we would skip the next camp, which was only a few hours away, and pull out a really long day to head towards where we would have lunched the following day, which was a lot further down and below the snowline
Everything was late running today, but we got to bed rapidly after dinner. Unfortunately for me, my bad times had not ended – my airbed had developed a leak. More miracles – Phil came to the rescue and managed to find the puncture so was not going to be sleeping without insulation on the snow. I was very happy with this given it was -21c overnight. One final issue – I'd not renewed my suncream and overnight, the sunburn came out, which made it an uncomfortable last few days.
Hidden Valley to Yak Karkha
12.5 hours elapsed (approx., no watch for last time)
1100m Descent, to 4300
A stretch of dirt – not even a hole dug!
Dinner: Soup, pasta/sausage/veg/, peaches
I could hear the peak team leaving around 5, the rest of us had an 6am call. Everything was slower today, with breakfast not quite there. It was very cold, but the team leads were also not there and you could tell. Breakfast become quite funny, when everything frozen. First the spoons froze to the bowls; then the toasted bread literally froze on the plate, it was still about -15c. That was not finished!
Normally, we'd be finishing breakfast and things would have been packed around us, but again, a lot slower. But this could be expected given a lot of the porters gear was still frozen – as the sun came up, they were trying to defrost their boots. Things went a lot quicker once the cook team had lit a fire, they could defrost their boots there. I knew how long a day it was going to be, so wanted to get moving, we were all ready. But plans had obviously changed, instead of going with the guide, we were waiting. Two figures appeared over the horizon, trekking towards us. Chris and Dawa had come back, ready to lead us on. Pasang, Phil, Kathyrn and Tommy were carrying on up the mountain. Now we saw some action and finally started. The first 2 hours were gently (and then steeply) uphill, over Dhampus pass. Every now and again we'd get a glimpse of the 4 figures up the hill. Over the pass and we headed down for a bit, passing where we would have been camping on the original schedule. We were still trudging along the very narrow passable "solid" snow with constant sinkings to either side, which meant continuously concentrating on where the feet were placed. I'd borrowed a paid of mini-crampons and they helped a lot – I need to get my own pair for the next time I'm in these conditions.
Looking up, we could see the team had split; 2 were sitting waiting, 2 heading on up further. But they could not get all the way up in the agreed time; they needed to turn around and come back down. Phil had made the attempt, with Pasang, but it was not to be. They caught up with us around 12:30.
At this point, I thought we would have been heading down more, as we knew we had a lot of descent to do. But not on this path, we spent a lot – A LOT – of time traversing slopes, around the ridges and outcrops. This was supposed to be a not too bad path, but the snow just made it worse. There was a lot of having to kick in steps, to keep your footing, just to find somewhere to step. It was hard work; I slipped a few times, but arrested myself quick enough, even if I ended up bending the walking pole enough not to be fixable! Only a few places were objectively dangerous where you would not want to slip, most of the time it was a fairly gentle slope. This is where my lack of speed did cause an issue. It was a long trek, I was tired and I was slowing down. As the day wore on, we started walking through clouds and at this point my ability to assess footing was severely reduced, the flat light meant I couldn't tell whether a foot placement was level or sloping, it was just flat white. There was some of this in the bright light, but it was a lot easier. I was also getting some of the same weird brain dissociation as the day before. It was also obvious some of the porters were in difficulty on the slopes with their luggage and the guides were back and forth helping them on some slopes. After 9.5 miles we finally got to a place where we could see down into the next valley – we had made it. Nearly. There was another 1.75miles, 90 mins or so and 800m of descent to go, down a dirt path. The sun was setting as I got to the top of the hill and it was dark when I got to the campsite. A reason to always carry a head torch. I was now only with Dawa, who had given his headtorch to one the guide who was heading back up the hill to find the rest of the porters – we were still 3 down at this point. Mentally I was in a lot better place than yesterday, physically I was a lot more tired, it had been at least 12 hours on my feet.
One of the few photos taken by me on this day. Dawa the head guide, with the Annapurnas in the background.
The camp was still being set up, the dining tent just a shelter, with no seats and our personal tents were not ready, some were still up the hill. Finally, everyone arrived and things slowly got sorted. Food arrived but for the first time none of us could really finish it. The cook team had done a miracle again and we all felt really bad that none of us were quite able to eat it all, we were all tired.
We eventually got to bed after 9, all of us carefully walking around the campsite to avoid the mix of animal and human faeces – it was not a nice clean campsite. Our group added some to it – there was no toilet tent or hole in the ground today. But a better night sleep was promised, we were warmer and lower down.
Yak Karkha to Marpha
Nepali toilet
Dinner: Soup, pasta/greens/sauce, Pineapple. BEER!
Yesterday was horrible but it was definitely the right decision. We had a late call (8am), a most magnificent breakfast view and only a half day walk ahead. Although it was not going to be the easiest for me, it was all about the down, 1600m is a long descent. I took it easy as the path was rough and I needed to take care to avoid missing steps. My challenge is I know I can improve my up and traverse speed, but down speed is going to be a problem as I literally can't tell the state of where I am stepping, the distance of the down step or the level of the slope.
Marpha and the apple sign
We hit Marpha around noon and it was lovely! A very tourist friendly main street, with shops and cafes and flags. We wandered along it, eventually heading out a little for our lodgings for the night. We were camping in the garden of a tea house, still using our kitchen team. Tents took a while – the porters were obviously having an easy day and I can't blame them after yesterday. After lunch, some headed into town. I decided a hot shower was worth the 200 rupees, although I think I was the only one.
Things were laid out to dry and we sorted out the money for the tips, tonight was the last night for the porters. We all gave a little extra – they had worked very, very hard under challenging conditions. After dinner, they came in (well, nearly all, one had obviously had a little too much local drink). There was a speech by Chris and Kathryn added a few words in Nepali and then we were done.
The full team on the last day
Getting back to Kathmandu
The last few days provided a whole lot of interesting travel setbacks. The original plan was to leave Marpha early and head up the prad to Jomsom, check into a lodge and then fly out the following day, to Pokhara. But the first problem was accommodation in Jomson; whatever the original plans were, this was not happening and they could not find somewhere where we could do our own cooking (or rather, have the team cook). So no morning walk, we stayed around Marpha for the morning and then had the lunch back at the accommodation. We had a great treat for lunch – fried chicken and greens! We said goodbye to the cook team now and headed out; unlike Chris's previous visit this was not a trekking track, but a road all the way up. Not that pleasant a walk and when we got to Jomson, the immediate reaction was not as nice as Marpha.
Next issue came with a phone call – there was no plane! The one we were booked on was grounded and the flight would not be happening. We were installed in a teahouse for a drink whilst Dawa worked his magic and sorted out two 4WD vehicles, after lots of calls. No easy afternoon for us. The bags (which had been delivered to Jomsom in a truck) were loaded up on top of the vehicles and we split between them. It was after 4 by the time we were leaving Marpha again and we had at least 3 hours drive ahead of us to get to Beni, our planned stop. The trip was not too bad at the start, a mix of paved sections with some slightly rougher bits. But as we went further, and it got darker, the road got worse. And worse. And a bit more worse. Almost all unpaved but also hit with a lot of landslides. The drivers did an amazing job of getting us there, but it was not the most comfortable of drives. I'm not sure whether it was better in the light (where I could see the drops to the river) or the dark, when I couldn't). Every now and again we met a bus coming the opposite way, often requiring some gentle manoeuvring to get past safely.
We got to Beni and our hotel for the night; the restaurant was a little Fawlty Towers like, with many, many mistakes in the orders, but we all got fed in the end. Up early the following day for about another 3+ hours on the road. Only the first hour or so was poor, then we got onto better roads. We had lunch next to the airport and said goodbye to Tommy and Kathryn who were staying in Pokhara. Finally, we got on a plane to Kathmandu, getting to our hotel for about 19:30.
We had one full day left, so I booked a massage and a facial and then went out for a lovely Japanese lunch. For dinner that evening, we headed out to Dawa's restaurant, which was not yet officially open but was in soft launch. An excellent local meal with local beer 😊
Overall, I loved this trip. There were a few moments of terror, but nothing really that made me question why I was doing it, as there had been on previous trips. You absolutely needed to have had some experience of similar trips and environments I think to get the most of it – I would not recommended it if this is your first time in the mountains without any trekking or campaign experience.
Reflecting on the trip.
I went on this trip to continue to get experience in mountain environments and of multi-day campaign trips. I got both of them in spades so it hit all of those needs. But I also have more work to do
Fitness! I'd worked hard over the summer on uphills, especially after some issues on the mountaineering course early this year. I was a lot better than then but there is still so much more to do. I am not fast and I have to build more speed into my uphill walking.
The training plan has been roughly mapped out for the year
I have weekends booked every month in Wales to get more hills
I am trying to be more accountable in doing ALL the planned sessions
Agility. This is a downhill issue. I will always have issues given eyes and lack of depth perception but I think I can improve my speed by working on balance and flexibility, so that when I do miss my step I am better prepared to deal with the instability
I am adding yoga to my plan
I am working on balance exercises
Self-Reliance and kit. A stupid mistake not to have the airbed repair kit with me.
More thinking and planning about what is needed – making sure I have all the spares built in. It's a lesson learnt and won't happen again
Micro-crampons. I had never seen or heard of these. I'm getting a set and taking a deeper look at various kit that can be used.
Mountain Skills. There were things I had never done before
Traversing. I have very little done of this so the skill of kicking out steps had to be learnt in the walk – which given the situation we were in was not the easiest. I need to look for opportunities to build these skills.
Climbing was not needed for this, but will be for future trips. I am adding this to the plan, having started indoor sessions and looking to add some outdoor stuff next year.
For the full set of pictures, see Flickr
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Quarter Notes 4 2022
Dhaulagiri Circuit Trip Report – up to Italian Base Camp
Dhaulagiri Circuit Trip Report – getting to the start
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Benjamin Michael Stanley Fairclough (born 18 April 1989) is an English footballer, who plays as a striker for Northern Premier League club Lincoln United.

Playing career

Notts County
Fairclough signed for Notts County after impressing during a pre-season trial, having previously been at local rivals Nottingham Forest. He made his debut for County at home to Doncaster Rovers, in the 1–0 win in the League Cup on 12 August 2008. In 2009, Fairclough went on a short-term loan to Ilkeston Town. On 10 May 2010, he was released by Notts County along with seven other players.

Hinckley United
He then signed for Hinckley United on 7 August 2010.

Rocester
On 5 March 2010, he joined Rocester in the Midland Football Alliance on loan from Hinckley United. He became a favourite with the Roman fans playing on the right wing and finished the season of by scoring 7 goals in 17 games.

Eastwood Town
Ahead of the 2011–12 season, he linked up with Eastwood Town, but he was out of favour and football was hard to come by.

Boston United
In September 2011 the pacy forward joined Boston United rather than a reported move back to Rocester.

Belper Town
In August 2015 Fairclough joined Belper Town and he made his debut against Carlton Town on 20 August.

Lincoln United
During October 2015 Fairclough joined Lincoln United.

Personal life
He is the nephew of former Nottingham Forest and Leeds United defender Chris Fairclough and cousin of former Nottingham Forest youth player Jordan Fairclough.

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Living people
Footballers from Nottingham
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Rocester F.C. players
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Women's Bureau chief says gender-based violence is widespread in Gambia
Mrs Binta Jammeh-Sidibeh said: "I wish to call on the media to realise that gender-based violence is widespread in The Gambia. It is not widely reported in the media simply because of the culture of silence, the perceived fear of [state] authorities and the urge to protect families."
She made this remark at the opening of a two-day workshop for members of the Network of Journalists on Population and Development (NJPD). Organised by Women's Bureau with funding from UNFPA Banjul Office, the training is aimed at horning the skills of journalists in their reportage on issues of gender-based violence and violence against women. The Women's Bureau said: "Your role is crucial in the struggle to end violence against women and girls. As we all are aware that GBV is a very insidious menace that has proven difficult to be addressed simply because it concerns our very way of life which is personal and involves family and the community at large. It touches on our morality, norms and relations, but also our weaknesses and fears.
Mrs Sidibeh expressed the commitment of her office and partner institutions, including the UN system to eliminating of all forms of GBV.
She said: "The ministry of women's affairs has taken bold steps to respond to its obligations after signing international and regional conventions, protocols and other human rights instruments to promote and protect the rights of Gambian women and children. We have also developed policies and laws to take account of gender and women's concerns by domesticating these commitments to benefit Gambian people. These include the Women's Act 2010, the Gender and Women empowerment policy 2010-2020, Domestic Violence Act and Sexual Offences Act 2013."
Also speaking, the representative of UNFPA at the training, Mrs. Fatou Kinteh, outlined that gender-based Violence is any act or violence against a man or woman based on his or her sex.
She said: "Despite the government's signing of various international and regional instruments for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, women and girls continue to face violations of their rights."
She urged journalists to learn and report on gender-based violence as they perform a crucial role in informing the masses about such abuses or violations.
By Sainey MK Marenah
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My Imagineer for the lunch was David Hardiman, Design Administrator, and we ate along with a group of others at the Hollywood Brown Derby at Hollywood Studios.
The session started off with an opportunity to introduce ourselves around the table. It was so interesting to see the variety of guests that had come to hear what David had to talk about. Everything from existing Cast Members such as myself to middle school teachers. David was interested to hear my thoughts on experience design from an interactive perspective, but made a point that 'I get ambitious or rising engineers coming to hear me talk all the time, but very few interactives'. David was also aware of Disney Quest and the contribution by Schell Games, which I made a point that I was interested in.
David was a wealth of information. He discussed everything from his own personal work on Test Track, right down to future announcements such as the Avatar addition to WDW. Of course, he had to dodge questions and work his way around information regarding anything that hasn't been released or is restricted, and so we as guests had to word our questions in a way so as to gain the most out of the two and a half hours, without prying into anything guarded by what I like to call 'Disney Secrecy'.
Networking pioneers please note! This is NOT going to be the time and place for you to get some one-on-one foot-in-the-door talk with the Imagineer you are given. I had a group of 12 with me and I seemed to be the only one there in the hopes that some communication could be established after this lunch. Once you enter the lunch you automatically get the feeling that trying to steal any limelight for a 'I'm really interested in what you do, my ambition is to be this, I'd love to stay in touch, blah blah blah' discussion is very inappropriate. The guests around the table all seem very aware of the $80 they are spending for these two hours and almost politely try to compete to get their questions in. The one time I even asked how anyone could get an opportunity to speak to or network with an Imagineer outside this dining experience, I was met with glares by other guests. So, I waited until the end when David was about to leave to ask politely for his card.
The food at the Hollywood Brown Derby was incredible, with my personal favorites being the Crab Soup entree and the Creme Brulee dessert. I definitely intend on going back in my own time again. Be warned! It's expensive.
The lunch finished off on a pleasant note with David signing personalised plates for us to take home, and the waiter issuing our personalised menus and information pamphlets about David. Then I looked up, and David was out the door.
Thankfully, he replied to my email.


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Q: Xcode: Random label generator no repeat? I am creating an app that has a random label generator, but I'm finding that its repeating sometimes. And I was wondering if I can take this problem right out, but I'm not sure how to? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've provided my .h and .m files.
Here's my .h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "MessageUI/MessageUI.h"
#import "Social/Social.h"
#import "Accounts/Accounts.h"
#import <iAd/iAd.h>

@interface ViewController2 : UIViewController <MFMessageComposeViewControllerDelegate,    ADBannerViewDelegate> {
SLComposeViewController *mySLComposerSheet;
//label that is being randomly generated.
IBOutlet UILabel *label;

}

-(IBAction)randomButton;
-(IBAction)randomButton2;
-(IBAction)SendSMS:(id)sender;
-(IBAction)PostToFacebook:(id)sender;
- (IBAction)SendATweet:(id)sender;

@end

Here's my .m
-(IBAction)randomButton {
int randomText = rand() %151;
switch (randomText) {
    case 0:
        label.text = @"1";
        break;
    case 1:
        label.text = @"2";
        break;
    case 2:
        label.text = @"3";
        break;
    case 3:
        label.text = @"4";
        break;
    case 4:
        label.text = @"5";
        break;
    case 5:
        label.text = @"6";
        break;
    case 6:
        label.text = @"7";
        break;
    case 7:
        label.text = @"";
        break;
    case 8:
        label.text = @"8";
        break;
    case 9:
        label.text = @"9";
        break;
    case 10:
        label.text = @"10";
        break;
    case 11:
        label.text = @"11";
    //ect.....

Thanks in advanced.

A: Your random number will repeat at point of time, but you can store them and check. one all the number till 150 is filled, reset and start again.
You can do something like this:
-(IBAction)randomButton {
    NSInteger random=arc4random()%151;
    if ([self.randomNumbers containsObject:@(randomNumbers)]) {
        [self randomButton];
    }
    else{
        [self.randomNumbers addObject:@(random)];
    }
    label.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",random+1];
}

Here, randomNumbers is a property of type NSMutableArray. While reset make it empty.

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Christopher J. Brown is a lawn care expert at Teed & Brown Lawn Care for Distinctive Homes, Norwalk, CT.
What are some of the most important things to consider when it comes to Fall lawn care?
Fall is a perfect time to replant bare areas and get your lawn to fill in nicely. Take advantage of the Fall weather to get the lawn in great shape for the following year. Make sure to spend some time in September assessing the situation and repairing as needed.
Scientifically speaking, what happens to the lawn in the Fall and Wintertime?
It goes dormant. This is essentially the plant version of hibernation. Prior to the winter, the grass stores some food reserves in the roots for the following Spring. In the winter, it's completely dormant, hence, no need to mow.
What about the leaves that fall from the trees? Can I leave them on the ground for a bit or do I need to rake them right away?
Certainly they can remain for a few days, but sooner or later the lack of oxygen and sunlight will take its toll. I'd recommend a minimum of three Fall cleanings on a typical lawn. Weekly is best if you have the time, or the money to pay for such services.
What about watering the lawn in the Autumn?
Because of the cooler weather, you probably won't need to do as much watering as in the Summer, but make sure to water seed daily. Once seed dries out, it stops growing completely and waits for more water. Beyond that, just keep an eye on the color of the grass and the amount of rains you've received. If it hasn't rained in a few weeks, and the grass is browning out, water every other day until it retains the nice green color.
Should activites on the lawn be limited during the Fall? Can people stomping around cause damage?
As long as the grass is actively growing, have at it. After all, lawn's aren't purely decorative. If the kids can't play some soccer, football, or other sports, what's the point? Once the grass stops growing though, then it can no longer repair the damage through new growth.
What myths do people have about fall lawn care that you have found to be incorrect?
That the lawn should be mowed super short. I don't know where this got started, but for some reason, I've run into a lot of folks who think the grass should be cut at about 1 ½ inches in the Fall. Not only does this put unnecessary stress on the grass, but it really doesn't look good in my opinion.
What should I do in the fall and winter to ensure that the lawn kicks off to a good start next Spring?
First, make sure to reseed any and all bare spots in September to allow for sufficient growing time before it gets too cold. Water those spots daily until they've filled in enough to tolerate and require mowing. Second, keep the leaves off as well and diligently as possible. Finally, apply a winterizer right around Thanksgiving. This is a fertilizer that helps the grass build up sufficient reserves in the roots for the following year.
What common mistakes should be avoided?
Using any chemicals without a professionally diagnosis. I realize this is difficult to find sometimes, but people are far more aware today about environmental impact of what we do. I can't tell you how many times I've seen homeowners go spray insecticide or fungicides on their lawns just because a few patches were browning. Spraying chemicals unnecessarily is the first mistake that we need to eliminate as much as possible.
1 Assess all thin and bare patches in September and seed as necessary.
2 Water new lawn seed daily.
3 Apply a Winterizer fertilizer around Thanksgiving time.
4 Keep leaves off the yard as they fall.
5 Kick back with a big mug of eggnog and enjoy the coming yardwork-free months!
27.6 million Acres of turf grass in U.S.; 21 million acres in home lawn.
80 Percent of all U.S. households have private lawns.
1/3 Acre is the size of an average American lawn.
80 Percent of homes have a lawn and account for 18 million acres.
50 Million homeowners maintain residential lawns.


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Q: Emgu.CV DTrees train System.AccessViolationException I use this function to train my DTrees object from Emgu.CV library.
public void Learn_Internal(double[][] aadMlInpFv, int[] anMlOutGt)
{
    if (aadMlInpFv == null || aadMlInpFv.Length == 0) return;
    try
    {
        //Use the first 80% of data as training sample
        int trainingSampleCount = (int)(aadMlInpFv.Length * 0.8);

        Matrix<Byte> varType = new Matrix<byte>(aadMlInpFv[0].Length + 1, 1);
        varType.SetValue((byte)VarType.Categorical); //the data is categorical

        Matrix<byte> sampleIdx = new Matrix<byte>(aadMlInpFv.Length, 1);
        using (Matrix<byte> sampleRows = sampleIdx.GetRows(0, trainingSampleCount, 1))
            sampleRows.SetValue(255);

        //Matrix<double> trainData = new Matrix<double>(aadMlInpFv.Length, aadMlInpFv[0].Length);
        Matrix<float> trainData = new Matrix<float>(aadMlInpFv.Length, aadMlInpFv[0].Length);
        for (int i = 0; i < aadMlInpFv.Length; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < aadMlInpFv[i].Length; j++)
            {
                trainData[i, j] = (float)aadMlInpFv[i][j];
            }
        }

        Matrix<int> trainClasses = new Matrix<int>(anMlOutGt);
        using (TrainData td = new TrainData(trainData, DataLayoutType.RowSample, trainClasses))
        {
            m_oModelDTree.Train(td);
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
    }
}

It cause an exception: System.AccessViolationException: 'Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.'
m_oModelDTree is an object from DTrees initialized like this:
m_oModelDTree = new DTrees()
        {
            MaxDepth = 8,
            MinSampleCount = 10,
            RegressionAccuracy = 0,
            UseSurrogates = true,
            MaxCategories = 15,
            CVFolds = 10,
            Use1SERule = true,
            TruncatePrunedTree = true
        };

I have implemented other classifier models like KNN, AdaBoost, etc from Emgu.CV befor like this method and all of them works except DTrees.
What was wrong with this?
EDIT:
Exception thrown in line: m_oModelDTree.Train(td);


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