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No. 590,062. Patented Sept. 14,1897.
DAVID PORTER IIEAP, Ol TIIE UNITED STATES ARMY.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 590,062, dated September 14, 1897.
To all whom it may con-corn.
. a citizen of the United States and an officer in the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, now residing at Vilmington, county of New Hanover, and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Topophones, fully described .aud represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.
This invention relates to improvements in sound-locating instruments, the instrument embodying the present improvements being known as a topophone.
The principal purpose of this invention is to enable vessels to change their direction of movement with relation to dangerous objects, such as vessels, icebergs, the shore, or similar obstacles to their safe movement, and thus avoid contact or collision with them, which purpose is attained by means of an instrument whereby the direction or source of vsounds produced at or reflected from a more or less distant point from the instrument may be determined in time to enable the vessel to escape, if necessary, any danger the source of The usefulness of this instrument is especially realized by its employment as an aid to navigation, its operation in such use being to detect and locate the direction'or position of a sound-producing object in its relation to a vessel at such times when said object may not be visually perceived, as at night, during foggy weather, or by reason of distance; but the instrumentis susceptible of other uses, as during a war, when it is desirable to ascertain the location of an approaching body of men or the-position of a dangerous cannon and the like when the same are not visible.
The present invention consists in novel constructions of the instrument, fully hereinafter explained and claimed, having for its object not only the increase of sensitiveness of the instrument whereby the range of its sounddetecting capacity is enlarged, but improving itsrnode of operation, whereby exactitude in determining the direction of the sound is attainedwithout extensive movement of the instrument, whereby a sound produced from anobjeet- -such as a horn bell,whistle, or cannonor one deflected from any object, as by echo, or one made, as bya body of men, may be detected and have its direction indicated acoustically, so that while theobject is sufficiently distant, as from a moving vessel, the direction of movement of the latter may be changed and a safe course be made that will avoid collision with said object or some other advantage be taken of the definite knowledge thus attained, such as the making or facilitating of an attack on a body of troops or its armament, or distant sound -signals be clfectivel y heard and understood.
"In the precise "embodiments shown in the drawings of the present invention, which are preferable forms, the example shown in Figs. 1 to 4 comprises sound-receivers B C, which are in general structure of conical form, theirdiminishing stems or rearward portions being curved at approximately right angles to their mouth portions, so that the receivers may preferably be supported above the head of the user and normally stand with their mouths pointing in substantially diametricaly opposite directions and at right angles to the line of vision of the user, to whose ears said diminishing stems or rearward terminations are directly connected by conducting-tubes 22 93 and suitable earpieccs, the parts being supported by suitable mountings whereby the instrument may be conveniently turned in respect to the source of sound. receivers are separate and distinct members, secured together in their described relation, in this, one of the preferable forms, by being fastened with stay-bands 4O 50, which attach them to the head II of a carrying-staff, as S. This statl' may be operated wholly by hand, or be supported 011 some base and vibrated by some attachment.
Although not requisite to the proper operation of this instrument, for the reason that the outer sides of these sound-receivers will perform the same function, as appears by other. illustrations, it is desirable to provide them with a guard or deflector D, which at times so protects them that the sound-waves may be wholly or partially excluded from both or either of them. In Figs. 1 to 4 the guard 'is shown as arranged in front of and close to their outer sides, so as to at least cover the same, although it is preferable that this guard or deflector D shall extend somewhat beyond the months or open ends of the sound-receivers. 'lhis guard, which is similar to and serves a similar purpose to the front guard described in my Patent No. 564,926, is shown as-slightly curved,- and this is desirable, as that form tends to deflect the sound-waves, which are to be rejected from action therewith, away from the instrument; but said dcflecting-guard may be straight.
Any mode of attaching the guard to the receivers may be adopted, as the angle-bars 2 3.
Although the receivers are shown as supported for use by a stafi, as S, and notwithstanding that it is preferable to support them above the head of the user, this instrument maybe mounted for use in various ways .Thus it might be supported on a tripod or other stand, so as to be capable of moving pivotally thereon, its sound-conductors B C being conti nued to earpieces by suitable connections, as the tubes 22 23; but other modes of supportin g the said receivers so that they may be connected, respectively, with the right and left cars of the operator and yet be readily moved with respect to the direction of the sound, by which the advantages of this invention may be attained, will be apparent.
the reason that with the other protections against the injurious action of sound-waves passing the instrument or otherwise reaching the operator, as hereinafter explained, the instrum ent is operative for many if not all of the uses for which it is designed, whether or not it is provided with the enlarged rim M.
In the modifications containing the invention shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the soundreceivers are somewhat different in form and relative arrangement from those shown in Figs. 1 to 5, but point in substantially opposite directions.
upon vessels or in similar situations, whether or not the operator is housed, it is important to protect the cars from extraneous or local sounds by covering the head of the operator with a non-conducting helmet, so that such sounds may not be heard through impact with go the body or portions thereof.
A good form of helmet and earpiece-carrier is illustrated and described in'Patent No. 504,926, granted to me July 28, 1896, and it should be stated that such a helmet may be extended to cover the face of the user to a greater extent than is shown in such patent and be extended downward bya sound-proof appendage that will more or less protect the body of the user from conveying sound to his 10o ears. Of course the means for protecting the body from conducting sounds to the ears may, instead of being connected with the helmet, be a separate structure fastened thereon or be independent of the helmet, and when ad just-ed cooperate therewith so as to protect as much of the person of the operator as may be found desirable.
in practical use that no matter what material composes the acoustic receivers themselves they must, in order to attain the highest efiiciency, be made sound-proof by ineorporat ing with them some means rendering them sound-proof, or, in other words, rendered incapable of transmitting through their walls sound-waves impinging upon" their exterior surfaces or sides. This I accomplish by making them out of a non-souud-cond ucting sub- 1 o way to effect the same resultis to construct the receivers with double walls, so as to provide a space between them and to interpose between the composite wall of each some nonsound-conducting material, as is shown in Fig. 3, where the space thus provided between their double walls is filled, packed, or contains a non-sound-conducting material.
The use of this instrument will be explained with special reference to Figs. 1 to 4. It is obvious that when the same is presented with the sides of its acoustic receivers facing or directed to the source of sound, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, whether or not it has the front guard D, the waves of sound represented by the parallel dotted lines in saidfigure will impinge against such sides or move past their open months without entering therein. If under this adjustment or presentation of the instrument it should be presented not directly toward the source of sound, as is indicated by the dotted outlines of it in said Fig. 2, some of the waves of sound will then enter from the left-hand side of the observer and be directed in the lefthand receiver, at which time the waves of sound on his right-hand side will pass beyond the right-hand receiver without entering it. Thus the sound-waves entering the left-hand receiver will be heard in his left ear and none will be practically audible in his right-hand ear, and hence he will know positively that the source of sound is upon his left-hand side, and if he then turns the instrument to the left until he hears the sound in his right ear he will have found limits of direction within which that sound-producing object must exist and will then be able to tell the general direction of such sound. If new upon vibrating the instrument to the right-hand until the sound is again heard in the right ear, the observer will know that a horizontal line at right angles to the axis of the two receivers has passed the line of direction of the sound, and if he then vibrates the receivers so as to hear the sound alternately in each car he will have reduced said limits and know that a line bisecting the angle of oscillation will be the line of direction of the sound.
It will thus appear that the range of vibration necessary to locate the sound by the use of this peculiar instrument is diminished to a small degree, thereby enabling a speedy location of the direction of sound to be found with but slight movement of the instrument itself.
What is claimed is- 1. A sound-locating instrument consisting of two acoustic receivers, whose mouths point in substantially opposite directions; said receivers having their inner ends provided with sound-conducting tubes having means for connecting each with an ear of the observer, substantially as described.
2. A sound-locating instrument consisting of two acoustic receivers, whose mouths point in substantially opposite directions, andwhose inner ends are provided with soundconducting tubes having means for connecting each with an ear of the observer, said receivers being provided with a sound-obstructing guard, substantially as described.
3. A sound-locating instrument consisting of two acoustic receivers whose mouths point in substantially opposite directions,each composed of non-sound-conducting walls, substantially as described.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in tliepresence of two subscribing witnesses.
II. T. MUNSON, A. L. KENT.
ES2097405T3 (en) 1997-04-01 Ultrasonic cutting device.
EP0081516A1 (en) 1983-06-22 Method and apparatus for reducing repetitive noise entering the ear.


PARIS (AP) — Lined up before dawn, dozens of migrants outside a government office in Italy jostled to be one of the handful allowed inside to request asylum Wednesday.
The journeys that brought them to Rome and the sleepless nights wondering if they would be allowed to stay was being repeated in cities and countries around the world on World Refugee Day as millions of people sought to flee persecution, violence, war and poverty.
The Rohingya Muslims forced out of Myanmar to Bangladesh; teenagers from Mexico and Central America seeking safety in the United States; Syria's war refugees; men from South Sudan and Nigeria crossing the Mediterranean Sea to feed their families — they are among the human wave roiling every continent.
"The international community must work with shared and long-term political choices to manage a phenomenon that involves the entire world," Italian President Sergio Mattarella, whose country is on the receiving end of Europe's immigration front line, said in a World Refugee Day message.
While migration to the world's 35 richest countries dropped slightly last year for the first time since 2011, asylum claims rose by 26 percent in the United States, according to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which represents the wealthy nations.
Meanwhile, the United Nations refugee agency reported this week that nearly 69 million people were forcibly displaced in 2017, a record for the fifth straight year.
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria insisted that since migration is here to stay, countries need to work to integrate newcomers and to prepare their native-born populations to welcome foreigners instead of resent them.
He noted that while "fears about the impact of refugees on jobs in OECD countries are simply at odds with the facts," young men with limited educations in places like Germany and Austria could be disproportionally affected by an expanded labor force and deserve attention and training.
"The absence of the policy is what's creating this cacophony," Gurria said.
In a sign of the continued divisions, Hungary marked World Refugee Day by approving measures making it harder to obtain asylum and threatening a prison sentence for those who help asylum-seekers.
In the United States, the Trump administration said "new actors" must step up in the global response to refugees. The statement from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not mention the administration's forced separation of Latino children from their migrant parents. The U.S. reversed that policy on Wednesday, though families already separated have yet to be reunited.
In Europe, leaders of European Union member countries are trying anew to come up with continent-wide solutions to a mass migration crisis that has pitted nations and politicians against each other.
The interior minister in Italy's new populist government, Matteo Salvini, refused a port of entry this month to a rescue boat operated by two aid groups that carried 630 people who were picked up while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya.
Italy has been the arriving place of the bulk of migrants who attempt the dangerous sea crossing for a variety of reasons — as seen in the discouraged line outside the Rome immigration office. Salvini is pressing other EU members to share the burden.
Migrants and refugees who were swept off the streets of Paris in recent weeks now occupy a gymnasium, all of them wishing Wednesday to be somewhere else.
Nasir Ahmad, an Afghan living in the Paris gym, spent a year in Germany and then two years waiting for the documents he needed to make France his home. Now, Ahmad has refugee status, but no job.
Some 700,000 Rohingya fled brutal attacks by government forces and mobs last year in Myanmar, pouring across the border into crowded makeshift refugee camps in Bangladesh. Monsoon rains have begun sweeping through the camps, often leaving the refugees to wade through rivers of mud and water.
At the Kutupalong refugee camp outside of Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, more than 100 Rohingya marched Wednesday to highlight their suffering, demanding that international organizations hold the Myanmar government accountable for the attacks that drove them into exile.
Many wore T-shirts and paper hats proclaiming they are "Not Bengali." In Myanmar, the Rohingya are often derided as illegal migrants from Bangladesh.
In Lebanon, Syrian refugees have begun building lives in similar camps intended to be temporary way-stations. Turkey remains the country with the largest number of Syrian refugees, but tiny Lebanon holds the highest concentration per capita of refugees in the world.
Em Mohammed, a Syrian refugee from Idlib, supports her three children working as a tailor in Lebanon.
Barry reported from Rome. Jeffrey Schaeffer in Paris also contributed.


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At the showing of a film in the Springfield Googolplex Theatres, there was a "Movie Star Scramble" question that gave the anagram "Mot Hanks". Lisa thought it was Tom Hanks but it was revealed to be Otm Shank. When Lisa questioned who it was, Apu told her that he is India's answer to Brian Dennehy.
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AlamogordoTownNews.com Couy Griffin Roadshow From Montana to QANON Rally & HBO Movie Couy Griffin Makes The Rounds…
Posted on October 25, 2021 by Chris Edwards Author, Mentor & Executive Coach, Political Consulting
As Otero County voters are aware Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin has prevailed against efforts to recall him from office as a county commissioner in southern New Mexico.
Recall committee spokesman Scott Fredrick confirmed the end of September that a petition drive collected 1,229 signatures from registered voters and that it wasn't enough to trigger a recall election by state law.
Amid the recall effort having survived, Griffin has been burnishing his image as a God-fearing "peaceful patriot" who stands in solidarity with about 70 jailed defendants and 100's of indicted defendants linked to the Capitol siege.
Under the direction and guidance of former president Trumps former lawyer Sidney Powell, and funded by a fundraising campaign that shows a fundraising total to date of $41,567 created by the controversial alleged Proud Boys affiliate Ben Bergquam; Couy Griffin has been traveling around the country.
On his tour he is lecturing on his vision of America and continuing the message of a stolen election. Recently on tour in Dillon Montana, Couy Griffin mined his preaching background when he proclaimed to the pro-Trump crowd that he believes the former president is anointed by God.
Griffin founded Cowboys for Trump and faces misdemeanor charges for his alleged presence in a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol building during the riot of Jan. 6 in Washington D.C.
A former pastor, Griffin acknowledged that Trump is a flawed man. But he reminded the crowd that King David of the Old Testament was a sinner. Those sins included adultery and soliciting murder, according to the Bible.
About 90 people in the Frontier Event Center heard the onetime preacher emphasize that God is sovereign.
"If God wanted Donald J. Trump to be in that office right now you can bet your boots he would be," he said. However in a confusing contradiction to the belief that if God had wanted Trump in office he would be there then Griffin went on to say that, "I believe with all my heart that the election was stolen." (If God wanted Trump in office how could it be stolen? This writer has yet to comprehend how one can trump God's will so to say, but we digress.)
"[Trump] was fighting the good fight for those of us who have been left behind by the government," Griffin said, noting that he has met Trump and had conversations with him. "I know his heart. His heart is for the people."
Specific to the insurrection Griffin has said he believes the federal government has been reluctant to move forward with trials of defendants charged with alleged crimes tied to the Jan. 6 riot. He said authorities are pushing instead for guilty pleas or plea bargains. Griffin himself was offered a sealed plea bargain agreement but as of yet there is no word of an agreement between Griffin and the Feds on agreement to the plea bargain that was proposed.
Griffin has said he believes trials would compel the government to disclose to defense lawyers video evidence that would be both exculpatory and revelatory.
While in Montana he was accompanied by two other Montana residents facing conviction from the capital related activities. One, Henry "Hank" Muntzer told the Montana Standard that, "Trump will be back before the end of the year after the fraud is exposed."
That myth continues to be perpetuated on obscure websites sites and via QANON with constant date changes, when this alleged reset of the US government with Trump reasserting his rightful role in the White House will take place.
Couy Griffin continued his conservative tour this weekend with a trip to Las Vegas to a QANON conference however his speech concerning President Trump was not as rosy and upbeat in support of the former president as his speech in Montana a few weeks prior.
At the conference this weekend, C owboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin, who continues facing charges in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot, turned his rhetoric on the former president in a conference speech for abandoning January 6 rioters and failing to deliver on a campaign promise.
"We supported President Trump because of his fight for justice as well. And for four years we cried, 'Lock her up. Lock her up. Lock her up.' We know she's a criminal. What did the president tell us? 'If I was in charge of the law, you'd be in jail,'" Griffin said Sunday at a QAnon conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Mr. President, you've been in charge of the law for four years," he added. "At the end of your four year time, the only ones locked up were men like me, and others like me, that have stood by the president the strongest."
The AlamogordoTownNews.com reached out to Couy Griffin via text to his private number for a comment for this article or context of the statements but as of publication time of this article has had no comment or response. If we get a response or comment we will amend the article with comments from Mr. Griffin or context to his statement.
In the ongoing saga of the capitol riots to date 670 individuals have now been charged by the Department of Justice with crimes against the United States of America.
A detailed movie produced by the BBC is being released for television called; Four Hours at the Capitol: a meticulous, chronological account of how 6 January unfolded, executive produced by Dan Reed and directed by Jamie Roberts. If the violence that day seemed sudden and explosive even to those of us following it from afar, the film shows the agonizing push-and-pull between protesters and police on the threshold, the tension building and finally boiling over.
The abundance of material of nearly every minute allowed them to stitch together the sequence of events, while witnesses tell the story. There's the Capitol police caught on the back foot, the Washington DC police brought in to do battle, the politicians and staff readying themselves for fight or flight and the reporters struggling to keep pace.
The most striking testimony is from the protestors themselves: a broad church ranging from rubberneckers to those clearly intent on doing harm. Many belong to the Proud Boys, the far-right group (now synonymous with alt-right extremism) which led the attack on the Capitol. Some subscribe to conspiracies associated with QAnon.
It can be unsettling to hear some of the participants describe that day in their own words, and to see the pleasure some evidently derive from them.
In the film, often the footage speaks for itself, such as when our Otero County Commissioner and Cowboys for Trump founder; Couy Griffin describes "thousands of peaceful patriots standing around" while the viewer is shown a bloody, baying mob – and Griffin is actually seen on video stirring them up further. "It was very violent: this was an out-and-out physical attack on the Capitol and the people defending it," says movie producer Reed. "We don't hold back on that, and that's got to tell you a lot … The fact that members of the Proud Boys are allowed to speak is entirely as it should be, because that's how we're going to understand."
America teetered on the brink of martial law, Reed says. When an officer is dragged into the mob, "you can see that there are different impulses within the crowd: one is to smash his face in and kill him – and the other is to save him."
Had the House of Commons been in comparable jeopardy, he says, " there would have been massive bloodshed – with that level of threat, I think police would have definitely opened fire. It's just astonishing that the Capitol police didn't."
Instead, as an officer says in the film– and as the footage shows to be miraculous – huge loss of life was averted on both sides. The squall passes when, after four hours, Trump finally tells his adoring, warring supporters to go home.
There's a certain amount of despair in America that you can see in the high suicide rate among the post-industrial white working class, in the rates of opiate addiction and family breakdowns. There's a large constituency of people who feel that they are not at the center of the American story any more.
Membership to right-wing militia groups was recently found to have surged since 6 January. That unprecedented violence, was spearheaded by just few dozen determined individuals – and then that opened the way to events that changed the world in ways we have yet to understand and may not even know or realize for decades.
Four Hours at the Capitol can be seen on HBO. A trailer of the movie can be seen via the link below..
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AlamogordoTownnews.com – Mayoral Candidates A Question on Pay and Accomplished Legislation
Alamogordo is in the middle of early voting for multiple positions within the municipal government. AlamogordoTownNews.com issued 26 questions to the two mayoral candidates and received their responses. A few questions of the 26 were questions around campaign finances and personal finances related to the salary of commissioners and the office of the mayor.
The Founding Fathers never intended a permanent political class controlled by the wealthy and never intended for there to be career politicians. Our government was set up for citizen statesmen, not for career politicians at every level be it city or county commission, mayor, or congress person.
The idea was "citizen statesmen." Our founding fathers wanted honorable people of common origins to do their duty and serve their city, county, state, or country for a limited time, then step aside and go back to their farms or businesses and let others serve in their place. The design was not for careers in politics. No matter how good the man or woman, as terms pass and decades tally, they become beholden to the powers that perpetuate them.
So, in that vein of thinking in our 26 questions we asked the two mayoral candidates question number 23." Given the job is a part time job and one of public service, would you be willing to accept the position if elected for NO pay and dedicate the public check each month to a local community organization rotating the donation monthly?"
The responses were almost comical, if one really reads into them, and one should really read and digest the candidate responses.
A question for the public is this? Non-profit organizations have oversight by an appointed board and operate on a volunteer basis (without pay) to ensure the non-profit is managed in the best interest of the agencies mission. Board members are not employees of the agency, they have the same oversite responsibilities of that agency as the city commission and mayors' office has of the budget and enforcement actions of city government.
Why do we not, hold the positions of part time politicians, to the same principle?
Do we get better leadership at the city commission level and the office of mayor by paying for it?
Is the leadership of Alamogordo better than the leadership that works for free of the best local non-profit organization? Think about that for a moment?
The city budget is about a $50 to $60 Million dollars and the pay to the commission is little in comparison to the overall budget. However, pay, any pay does lead to career politicians. The sitting commissioners get $500.00 a month. The mayor gets $800.00 a month in salary.
The requirement is to attend 2 commission meetings per month.
Wonder what the hourly wage of our potential mayor would be? Now let us make some presumptions for thoughts to ponder…
Let's divide two meetings, an average of 3 hours a meeting and let's say each candidate puts in 3 hours of preparation and reading before each meeting, soooo… about, 12 hours a month in direct services.
Now of course the commissioners and the mayor answer email on occasion and take constituent phone calls.
We will make another presumption based on our experience in government service in a city many times the size of Alamogordo. We doubt that constituent dialog is a daily occurrence given the size of Alamogordo, so let's suppose they devote 8 hours a week to constituent services that 24 hours a month.
Total constituents work we will estimate at about 36 hours a month. (Of course, each candidate will more than likely defend their work suggesting they work countless hours for constituents and the city of Alamogordo.} The constituents know the truth!
For the mayor that would be an average of about $22.00 an hour or double the minimum wage or average wage for a Wal-Mart employee, restaurant worker or hotel worker in Alamogordo. Per the US Census and Wikipedia, males in Alamogordo have a median income of $28,163 versus $18,860 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,662. So, the pay inequity of women becomes more obvious as women per capita in Alamogordo make about $9.00 and hour. So, the mayoral candidate, elected will be making 2 times the average per capita income of their constituents under this presumptive scenario.
There again, what happened to service for one's community? Most candidates running for an election are using other people's money or "campaign donations", then the candidate gets paid for the job. What a deal! What other job in American does one use other people's money to campaign for and profit from? Only a career politician.
We are not advocating for no pay for political leadership; however, we do wonder if pay were taken out of the equation of politics, what kind of leadership would we then have? If the political system was held to similar oversight as non-profits would the results be what one sees today or better? A thought to ponder….
The responses to the question that we …
AlamogordoTownNews.com – "Given the job is a part time job and one of public service, would you be willing to accept the position if elected for NO pay and dedicate the public check each month to a local community organization rotating the donation monthly?"
Susan Payne Response: "This question is full of presumptions. I assure you I don't really get a paycheck for this position, but I am grateful for the medical and dental insurance that my paycheck goes toward even if it's not enough to cover all of it."
AlamogordoTownNews.com Fact Check – The candidate gets a paycheck per the city budget, so the answer is rather misleading. Rather the candidate spends her money on medical or dental insurance is irrelevant to the question. It is income and she, per her answer "is spending it on insurance." According to the US Census 6.9% or about 2200 residents of Alamogordo don't have insurance, thus the "medical and dental insurance that candidate Payne's paycheck goes to" affords her coverage that about 2200 of her constituents can't afford to maintain. Thus, yes candidate Payne does receive a payment from the city of Alamogordo and based on her answer she
Nadia Sikes Response: "My job as a commissioner has been FULL-TIME. I spend all my time working for the betterment of our community and if anything, would support an ordinance to pay our Mayor and Commissioners more fairly."
AlamogordoTownNews.com- Fact Check – We cannot substantiate candidate Sikes response that her job as commissioner has been "full time." AlamogordoTownNews.com believes both candidates spend much of their time for the betterment of their community. Givin their resume of community service we believe that to be a fact, that they each work toward their vision of betterment to the community.
The question however is, are they doing in while in service in their official roles as government leaders, or a private citizen or as a leader of a non-profit? Only they know what is in their heart, and only you the voter can interpret their actions.
Ms. Sikes response that she would support and ordinance to pay the mayor and the commissioners "more fairly" is concerning. What is "more fair" is a question? And since the topic of "fairer" pay was raised, how do the candidates stand on the minimum wage for city staff? Are the entry level minimum wages paid "fairly' based on their contribution to the city? Who is of more value the lifeguard making minimum wage protecting the drowning child at the city owned pool or the mayor? You decide?
AlamogordoTownNews.com rates both candidates answer to the question of pay for the mayors' office a failure, the responses don't represent the Christian values of "selfless service to one's community" one would expect for a small town of 31,384 constituents.
Along the vein of pay, the question then becomes; are we as citizens getting the government, we pay these candidates to provide us? Both are sitting commissioners, and both have the power to initiate dialog, craft proposed ordinances and lead the city via legislation.
So, are we getting the legislative progress we deserve in the city of Alamogordo to elevate one of these two individuals to the level of mayor and spokesperson for the city of Alamogordo? Along that line we asked the following question
AlamogordoTownNews.com – If you have held office please provide 3 pieces of legislation, ordinances, or initiatives that you personally sponsored that were focused on jobs or education. Please provide the outcomes to the legislation since passed…
Nadia Sikes Response: "Proudest of my work with Code Enforcement, with improvements to our green spaces and the Bark Park, Alamogordo Mainstreet and ZIA, our public transportation, our library. Before I initiated the ordinance to require campaign reporting on the City level, there was NO reporting.
AlamogordoTownNews.com Fact Check – the question was what three pieces of legislation, ordinances or initiatives did you personally sponsor that were focused on jobs or education. Based on the response it would appear the direct answer is zero however Ms. Sikes did initiate a very important piece of legislation that would follow under the sunshine laws to require public reporting of campaign contribution. We too, agree that is an important piece of legislation to have initiated and are happy that was successfully passed by the full commission.
We ask both candidates to please provide the AlamogordoTownNews.com a direct copy of your last campaign filing? We could request one via the open records act and will do so if the candidates don't provide us such information, but it would be timelier and more considerate if each candidate would email the AlamogordoTownNews.com a copy of their most recent filing prior to election day for publication.
Susan Payne Response: "The city does not specifically have any ordinances that would fall into either of these categories. HOWEVER I was heavily involved in reworking our LEDA ordinance which focuses on job creation. In addition, I sit on the Otero County Economic Development Board and focus allot of time on Job and business creation."
AlamogordoTownNews.com Fact Check – the question was answered by Ms. Payne and the answer is indeed interesting that the city "does not have any ordinances that fall into the category of job creation or education." Ordinances that may be true, but initiatives or legislative actions? It does appear the commission has acted in relation to jobs and education.
The city during the tenure of both commissioners has acted or initiatives on job creation at some point. Incentives or accommodations by the city were given to the Medlin Ramps leadership with a commitment of so many jobs to be created. The commission under Ms. Payne passed a "resolution" recently related to schools as a statement on school polices by the state. Thus, the board and Ms. Payne has acted related to jobs and education, yet both candidates seem to have skimmed over their actions in their responses.
What other actions have the candidates taken and skimmed over?
An informed citizen is important as the role of the mayor and the commission is to work on behalf of Alamogordo's citizens. Our role as citizens is to be informed, educated, and ensure our local governmental leadership is responsive to our local community needs. Learn, ask questions act, and get involved.
Both candidates have a very solid resume of service to the community and on the level of service and passion for the community both certainly have passion and a commitment to service.
The question we need to ask ourselves is which candidate has the temperament of collaboration and is the candidate to best represent the city of Alamogordo with the state and national leadership to help secure matching state and federal funds for public works projects, major street, and highway repairs, for business development and revitalization.
Which candidate has the stage presence, to collaborate with the powers of other regional cities, the county, state, and federal leadership and represent the bests interests in Alamogordo?
Vote, the future of Alamogordo is decided by your vote.
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AlamogordoTownNews.com The Couy Griffin Interview – France, The Recall and Dark Days…
Posted on August 9, 2021 August 9, 2021 by Chris Edwards Author, Mentor & Executive Coach, Political Consulting
AlamogordoTownNews.com The Couy Griffin Interview…
AlamogordoTownNews.com as a community citizen-based publication is actively engaged in digging deeper into stories, business interests and the movers and shakers of the Alamogordo community via in depth researched coverage and dialog rather than the lightweight coverage of the local corporate owned news entities.
AlamogordoTownNews.com attempts to hear and publish different sides of issues and to ensure a diverse population of voices are heard. As such we will report a variety of viewpoints, some we agree with, some we find distasteful. We will always attempt to present facts and we will limit perceived propaganda and if facts are in question, we will question them. Individuals in the public domain of politics and entertainment that live a very public life have a higher standard of what is perceived as slanderous against them and many times at the local political level that is a lesson not at first understood nor recognized.
Fact based; science-based reality checked dialog is the foundation of our reporting on hard stories. Political stories can at times get shaded with opinion of those being interviewed. In this interview we have attempted to be unbiased and fair in allowing Mr. Griffin an open platform and quoting him verbatim without edit excepting for a few grammatical edits in punctuation.
We have published many articles related to the recall effort of Couy Griffin that have been presented by the Committee to Recall Couy Griffin and others via its variety of spokespersons, directly affiliated and not affiliated with the effort.
As such the editorial board of the AlamogordoTownNews.com site felt it appropriate to reach out to Mr. Griffin and get his thoughts concerning the recall, but equally important we have presented the question to many local political leaders of, what they have done while in office to improve the lives of the people they represent?
As we enter the municipal elections period, we will press those elected and those seeking elected office on what, if anything, they have accomplished to better the lives of their constituents. We want hard concrete facts not talking points to present to the electorate. We will not always get them as that is the nature of political dialog.
What have they achieved that benefits the citizens, the business community, the level of education and poverty in the area? Those are the hard questions each voter should ask prior to casting a vote. Few elected leaders like these questions when pressed. Accountability of local political leaders seems to be lacking by a complacent citizenry within Alamogordo and Otero County when looking at low voter turnout in relation to local elections.
One gets the government one deserves by participation, and one does indeed get the government one deserves by a lack of participation. Those at the table do indeed decide, as Chez Sanchez reminds Otero County Citizens in his blog posts, and that principle we do indeed, agree.
Otero County seems to have one party that is driving the dialog and much of that dialog seems to be driven from extreme positions within that party, from the mask mandate in public schools to overall public health and immigration; the alternative parties and independent point of view is missing in much public dialog and debate within Otero County. Are there other voices and other active parties? If so lets hear from them on the many issues before the city and county.
The silent majority of Alamogordo and Otero County voters are just that, mostly silent, and as such the evolution and election of individuals such as Congresswoman Yvette Herrell and the election of the commissioner Couy Griffin is the result of that silence and complacency by those in the silent middle or those more moderate in thinking within all parties.
The perception by the public of extremist positions, controversial rants, and allegations of mishandling the public trust is what appears to have led to the recall effort of Couy Griffin.
Mr. Griffin has been controversial at best, some would say damaging to the reputation of the county at worst.
That is not for us to decide within the context of this article. The context of this article is to hear from Couy Griffin himself and then as the recall effort proceeds, you, the educated and informed voter within his district will decide his outcome and the outcome of the future of the Otero County politics of the future.
This recall effort is historic for the county and eyes all over New Mexico and the nation are watching this effort. Mr. Griffin is certainly feeling pressure based upon our dialog with him. What proceeds is a series of questions and his response to each.
We offer no opinion but just present the dialog and you the reader can consider the responses…
The Couy Griffin Interview of August 7, 2021…
We began the dialog with Mr. Griffin in wanting to know a bit about his past and his time in France. How did he end up there and did he enjoy his life there, and then we proceeded into his role as an elected official, Cowboys for Trump, and the recall?
AlamogordTownNews.com – How long did you live in France and how did you end up there?
Couy Griffin Response – "I attended Cochise College in Douglas Arizona. I won the region in bull riding competition as a freshman and competed at the college national finals at Bozeman, Montana. I moved to Paris in 98' and returned to the states in 2003.
AlamogordoTownNews.com – It sounds exotic for a cowboy from New Mexico to end up in France. Tell us about your history and how you ended up in France working at Disney?
Couy Griffin Response – "I attended college on a rodeo scholarship where I competed as a bull rider. I went to school with a friend who grew up on the Navajo Reservation and saw an ad where they were looking for Native American Indians to perform in the show. He responded, was hired, and plugged me to the casting director to play the role of a cowboy in the show.
It was an amazing experience and truly a world class show. It was a scripted show that starred Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull and Cowboys and Indians from across the states. My roles were trick riding, trick roping, driving the stagecoach and a little bit of acting.
The show was very well received by the European guests. There were two shows a night that seated around 1.200 people a show where the guests enjoyed a full BBQ Menu and all the beer they cared to drink. It was a world class show on every front.
AlamogordoTownNews.com – Did you enjoy the life overseas?
Couy Griffin Response – "I truly enjoyed living in Paris. I bought a condo just near the golf course and had a wonderful group of the most diverse friends a person could have. Friends from all over the world. I was able to travel to most of the Western European countries and was truly blessed to see more of the world. During the end of my stay, it got a little harder to live in France with the political tension between France, the US, and the mess in Iraq. All the French media could do is talk about "the cowboy" George W. Bush. And with me being an actual cowboy living in Paris you could imagine the negative attention and environment I sometimes landed in. "
AlamogordoTownNews.com – Would you do it again?
Couy Griffin Response – "I would absolutely love to be involved in another type of Wild West show again one day. I created and produced a few shows after moving back to the states. One of which was here in Alamogordo at the Otero County Fair. I have tremendous confidence in my ability to produce a show, but I lack in the financial backing and organizational ability to actually put one on. There is so much that goes into production but Lord willing and by God's grace I hope that one day it will happen. To answer your question "if I'd go back" I'd say no. I'd rather take my talent and the learned experience and move forward but I'd definitely love to be involved again one day."
AlamogordoTownNews.com – How are you personally impacted by the recall effort?
Couy Griffin Response – "This recall effort has been by far one of the most difficult seasons in my life. The reason being is because I have fallen victim to the lies and slander propagated by those involved as well as the local media who give them their platform. When I drive thru town with my 6-year-old son and see the signs and booths set up promoting this recall it just makes me feel horrible. With my social media being shut down I now have no platform to defend myself against these lies. In today's world you can be tried, convicted, and sentenced thru social media and local media without being given any kind of right to respond.
When my hearing was scheduled to address the allegations in this recall the state of NM scheduled this hearing on the same day of my monthly commission meeting. I was faced with either attending the commission meeting and upholding my oath to office or going to defend myself against the recall. I filed a motion of continuance stating that my right to due process was being infringed upon and the District Judge Manuel Arrieta (a Bill Richardson appointed judge) denied that motion. Therefore, they had this hearing to decide my fate without me being present. The allegations for recall and my defense are such:
Fails to properly attend meetings. This accusation stems from me attending 4 county commission meetings telephonically. This is a common practice in Otero County and has been accepted for years. Out of the 4 meetings I telephonically attended 2 of them were because of the quarantine restrictions which disallowed me to attend. So technically I only attended 2 meetings which I could have been physically present for but due to being out of town I called in and attended. The previous District 2 Commissioner Susan Flores telephonically called into 8 commission meetings during her last 4-year tenure in office. That is over twice as many even with the meetings I couldn't attend because of quarantine restrictions.
Banishment from the Mescalero Apache Reservation. This happened because I traveled onto the Mescalero Apache Reservation and met with a tribal member named Chris Valdez who couldn't get the tribe to help him with medical treatment from a work-related accident. While meeting with Chris we spoke about the recent Covid money the tribe had received and where that money had been spent. Upon publicly requesting an audit to make sure that money was getting to the people of Mescalero it wasn't long after that tribal president Gabe Aquilar banished me from the reservation. All the while he is driving a brand-new Ford Expedition while many of the people he is elected to represent are living in very destitute conditions.
Use of County Resources for Cowboys for Trump. This stems from using my office to record videos. All I did was record videos with my phone while in my office. Since being elected to this office I have spent less of the county money in reimbursements than any of my fellow commissioners. To date I have spent $397 in travel expenses. My fellow commissioner Gerald Matherley has spent over twice as much as I have, and we took office at the same time. Previous District 2 Commissioner Susan Flores spent over $8,600 dollars in travel expenses during her last term as county commissioner in this same office. I have been extremely careful and frugal while being in office. Yet I have been to Washington DC countless times fighting against the federal overreach on the citizens of Otero County. All the way to the Oval Office with a personal, one on one meeting with the President. And President Trump has never recognized Cowboys for Trump or me being a part of Cowboys for Trump. Every time I have spoken to the President, Vice President, or heads of the United Sates Agricultural Dept they have always and only recognized me as Commissioner Griffin.
Filing improper travel voucher, failing to exercise proper fiduciary responsibility. I filled this travel voucher out under the direct advisement of the county secretary Sylvia Tilbrook as well as County Manager Pamela Heltner. I had never filled a travel voucher out before and they are the ones that got me the paperwork and stepped me thru how to fill it out. This voucher was then approved by the finance director Julliane Hall as well as County Manager Pamela Heltner. I had absolutely no idea there was any problem with this voucher nor did my fellow commissioners when former commissioner Lori Bies as well as Gerald Matherley both voted to approve this voucher in a regularly scheduled meeting. The amount of the voucher turned out to be more than my budget would allow so both commissioners voted to raise my budget allowance to cover this "improper voucher" which now I'm the one taking the heat on.
Violation of the Gift Act by soliciting and accepting $3,500 from a restricted donor. I'm not sure if it was $3,500 or $3,400 but I know that G.B. Oliver from the Chamber of Commerce "passed the hat" to local business owners to help me raise this money. The money was only raised to help pay the county back for the illegal travel voucher that they issued. This money that was raised was raised for Otero County. As soon as the full amount was raised, I took this cash money in an envelope, got a money order from Well Fargo, and paid the county back the full amount for the travel voucher. Only trying to do the right thing. That is to make a wrong a right. I also first checked with our County Attorney Michael Eshelman who advised me there was no problem in raising this money to pay the county back.
That is in a nutshell my response to these allegations. A response that the state of NM and District Judge Manuel Arrietta did not allow me the opportunity. If I would have been able to attend this hearing, I don't believe the recall would have been allowed to move forward and I wouldn't be going thru what I'm going thru right now."
AlamogordoTownNews.com – What 3 accomplishments have you done as a commissioner that you are proudest of?
Couy Griffin Response – "This is a tough question because the so many issues I have fought for have been such huge battles.
1. I was able to address the serious conditions of our local forests directly with the President. On my first conversation with the President, I asked him if he knew where Cloudcroft New Mexico is. He replied no and I told him that he would know exactly where it was if the forest surrounding it were to catch on fire. The President then networked me with Undersecretary of Agriculture Jim Hubbard who oversees all the national forests across America. I had a commitment from Undersecretary Hubbard to bring his whole staff to Otero County and while we were organizing the trip Covid hit. This completely shut his office down and hampered his efforts.
2. I stood alongside our local sheriff David Black as well as the N.M. Sheriffs Association in defending against the red flag gun laws. I travelled the state and spoke strongly inside our county to push back against these unconstitutional laws.
3. I was the only elected official to question the Governor in Santa Teresa NM when she said there was no crisis on our southern border. I advocated strongly for our local border patrol and fought hard to get our secondary checkpoints back open when the crisis on the border forced them to close."
AlamogordoTownNews.com –What have you done as a commissioner to bring jobs to the district?
Couy Griffin Response – "Bringing jobs to Otero County was one of my main focusses while entering into this office and is still a focus today. The jobs that I fought for are the jobs that have always sustained our local economy. That is logging and sawmilling, oil and gas, and the ranching industry. That is why I spent so much time in Washington and focused so heavily on creating a strong relationship with President Trump. These jobs which include natural resources on federal land could only be fought for on the federal level. I fought and attained a verbal commitment from President Trump that in his words he was going to "fix my problem". I truly felt that our problems were going to be fixed during his second tenure in office but with the outcome of the speculative election it has been a great defeat."
AlamogordoTownNews.com – What have you done to lower the poverty rates and improve the graduation and literacy rates in your district since elected?
Couy Griffin Response – "I believe I have fought for those problems non-stop over the last 3 years while being in office. The reason being is because with a stronger private sector and less dependance on the government those problems will fix themselves. When you have a society that is solely dependent on federal money you have destitution on every front. If we could have gotten our logging and sawmilling industries on their feet, it would have provided jobs in the private sector and given people a hope for growth and prosperity moving forward into the future."
AlamogordoTownNews.com – What have you personally done to attack the blight of abandoned properties and properties that are eyesores of junk in your district?
Couy Griffin Response – "I just received a call and drove by one of these properties yesterday. It is so hard to get these types of properties cleaned up with current state laws that are on the books. I have encouraged our state representative Rachel Black to investigate getting whatever legislation we need thru the state house to address this horrible problem. I have also visited with the property manager of Eileen Acres as well as brainstormed with property owners from this development about what options may be available. I have expressed a commitment to do anything in my power as a commissioner to clean up abandon buildings and trailer houses throughout the county, but we really need cooperation from the state and that is still to be determined."
AlamogordoTownNews.com – Have you officially announced a run for sheriff in the other county?
Couy Griffin Response – "No I have not. But I have entertained the thought and have spoken about it publicly. With the current political state in our country, I feel the office of Sheriff is the most important and powerful political position in the county. If we must make a strong stand one day in our country, it will need to be done thru the office of Sheriff and I feel I have the intestinal fortitude and would be willing to lead that charge."
AlamogordoTownNews.com – If you are running for sheriff why are you holding on to the commission position as it would appear your heart is more into the role of a sheriff?
Couy Griffin Response – "I'm not running for sheriff, at this time anyway."
AlamogordoTownNews.com – Can a sheriff hold office if you were elected while having a federal indictment pending?
Couy Griffin Response – "I am currently facing a misdemeanor trespass charge and one that I don't believe is fair or just. So, we will just see where that ball lands. I did nothing violent or anything that I have any conviction over that was wrong on Jan 6th. I simply stood alongside fellow Americans to protest what I believe were fraudulent elections. And did so under the guise that we were still a free country and still had a Constitutional Right to do so."
AlamogordoTownNews.com – Do you believe former president Trump turned on you when he distanced himself from Cowboys for Trump?
Couy Griffin Response – "Former President Trump never distanced himself from Cowboys for Trump. That was a "Fake News" headline. If you believe he distanced himself from Cowboys for Trump, where did you come to that conclusion from? President Trump has never even publicly recognized Cowboys for Trump. The different times President Trump recognized me, Couy Griffin, was only as an Otero County Commissioner. That is the representation that I brought Otero County."
AlamogordoTownNews.com – What benefit did the association of Cowboys for Trump bring to Otero County?
Couy Griffin Response – "It helped me to build a relationship with the former President. By me starting and operating Cowboys for Trump it allowed me the opportunity to speak to him about issues directly affecting the great people of Otero County. You could view Cowboys for Trump as a type of "non-paid" lobbying group for Otero County that worked itself all the way into the Oval Office and gained direct attention from the President of the United States. That was an accomplishment. And all my reward has been an unjust and uncalled for recall election with my name smeared daily on social media and mainstream media. But the reward that I work for is not of this world but a world to come. And the only one that matters at the end of the day is God and praise be to Jesus God knows my heart and knows why I do what I do."
AlamogordoTownNews.com – Do you feel the political establishment in Otero County, the state or the Republican Party has turned or distanced themselves from you?
Couy Griffin Response – "I have been very let down not necessarily by the state party but by the chairman Steve Pearce. Only days after the event of January 6th Steve issued an official public statement off the state party platform that said "Couy Griffin travelled to Washington DC to lead the protests and riots". This was a flat out lie and a very slanderous attack. Steve to this day has not retracted that statement nor apologized for it. So, in saying that I have absolutely no respect for Steve Pearce. And to this day wonder how you can lose the Governor's race and when you do you are rewarded with the position of chair of the Republican Party?? Steve is a multi-millionaire that knows his way all too well around Washington DC."
AlamogordoTownNews.com – Why do you think a bipartisan recall committee was formed and any feelings towards those individuals or party officials?
Couy Griffin Response – "In my opinion "bi-partisan" has really lost its edge and its meaning. I say that because many Republicans are just as bad as the Democrats and vice versa. Most are just bar certified attorneys who pick an R or D to fight for but at the end of the day they sleep in the same bed of corruption. All the legislation coming out of our state and federal houses only give more grounds for attorneys to sue. Alas creating more work for most of these agenda driven scum bags. Take Brian Egolf for example. He is the ringleader and one of the biggest reasons New Mexico is so oppressed. You put attorneys like Egolf and Jacob Candelaria in office and you are going to have a dysfunctional and self-serving government like we currently have in NM. Civil Rights, Equal Rights, Transgender Rights………all this legislation does is provide more ground/standing for attorneys to sue but does nothing to help NM become more prosperous or successful."
AlamogordoTownNews.com went back and forth with multiple emails for clarification and in dialog with Mr. Griffin. We concluded letting him know we were considering running two stories one as a more of a human interest and one of the more political Couy Griffin. He responded to that feedback requesting that we do one "story and that the man he was before he entered office is the man he is today."
Again AlamogordoTownNews.com is not issuing an opinion on the recall or of Mr. Griffins feedback from this interview process. We will leave that for the readers to determine. We do have some unanswered questions and will follow-up with Steve Pierce and others referenced via his comments in future stories of follow-up.
We will conclude this article with Mr. Griffin's final statement to the AlamogordoTownNews.com site…
"I'd rather not have the story laid out in a way on how such a nice guy could now be such a horrible domestic terrorist. Of course, not accusing you of that's the way it would be presented but I can promise you one thing. I'm the same guy today as I was before if not more loving and more sacrificial today.
Since entering office, I have done everything for the greater good and made huge sacrifices. After my first trip to Washington when Cowboys for Trump was founded and branded and all the guys, I rode with came back to families awaiting their arrivals at the airport I came back to divorce papers on my kitchen table.
I had to get completely out of the restaurant business because after the Alamogordo Daily News began their slanderous attacks my business was in the tank. I have given all my personal time, finances, and energy to this cause.
I've made some emotionally driven statements a couple times, only good Democrat…and black NFL football players who want to disrespect our flag and play something as RACIST as a "black national anthem" to go to Africa and play their football. Both statements taken entirely out of context.
The first statement I was only speaking figuratively and the second as a red blooded American. If you don't love it leave it. But the media will only cherry pick those two sound bites out of hundreds of speeches I've made.
I've ONLY ever wanted to put America and the American People first. I've wanted to protect our second amendment and protect the unborn. And it's too bad Democrats don't care as much about dead babies as they do dead Democrats!!
I've written you candidly and honestly as I would a friend. In trusting that you are decent though I've never met you. That is the way I treat everyone. With love and respect. As I have learned to do as I work out my faith in The Lord Jesus Christ.
You can use anything I've told you to date. Even this message right here. All I ask is that you don't twist my words or try to present me as someone I'm not. I'm tired of the media. I'm tired of the liars and slanderers like Paul Sanchez, Scott Fredericks, and the rest of the recall committee.
I have a little over a year left on my oath to the people who elected me and after that I will have done my service.
Politics is the most dirty, corrupt, and hateful world I have ever looked into. And the only reason I fight the way I do is to try and do my part to protect our country and freedoms from those who want to destroy both. I am financially broke and hang in the balance of an uncertain future. But by God's grace I will not be threatened, intimidated, and I damn sure won't back down.
Couy"
AlamogordoTownNew.com is publishing the interview notes directly as written by Mr. Griffin. We offer no commentary at this time but will allow comments, guest commentaries or feedback from any of our readers if they remain professional, stick to facts and do not engage in propaganda and distortions of facts nor personal attacks.
The comments from Mr. Griffin are his and his alone and he owns the commentary of which is published as a response to questions posed.
Now the readers and the voters of his district will decide his fate and that of the political agenda of Otero County as the recall effort moves forward. Mr. Griffin has approximately 1 year left in his term if the recall effort fails before he would face re-election if he so chose to run.
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Acer Aspire 5 (2022)
The Acer Aspire 5 (2022) is an affordable laptop with modern specifications, and it's aimed at people who want a laptop that can handle the basics without costing a lot of money. However, digital creatives may find the Acer Aspire 5 struggles with certain tasks, despite its modern specifications.
The Acer Aspire 5 is the latest version of the company's line of laptops aimed at providing aspirational devices without the enormous price tags that its competitors like Dell and HP demand. This no-nonsense approach doesn't mean it's a boring device, instead it offers a decent amount of power without some of the more 'flashy' excesses of other laptops (although it's by no means one of the most powerful laptops out there), and makes it a decent laptop for not just working in an office on, but for when you need to use it in front of clients. In short, it's a potentially decent offering as a student laptop or a reasonably priced business laptop.
CPU: Intel Core i5-1135G7 (quad-core)
Graphics: Intel Iris Xe
Screen: 14-inch, 1080p, IPS LCD
Ports: Ethernet, USB Type-C, 2 x USB 3.1, HDMI 2.0, 3.5mm audio jack
Size: 17.95 x 328 x 223 mm (H x W x D)
However, to not be disappointed by the Acer Aspire 5, you need to know its limits, and what this laptop doesn't provide. While it comes with an 11th generation Intel CPU and 8GB of RAM, there's no dedicated graphics card, which isn't surprising for a laptop of this price, but it does mean its use as a serious creative workstation is pretty limited. It's definitely unlikely to make it on to our best laptops for Photoshop or most powerful laptop guides.
But, that doesn't mean you should ignore this entirely. It's well built, and can handle day to day tasks, such as browsing the web, sorting budgets and sending emails. It's also good for crafters, and it made it on to our list of the best laptops for Cricut list. Above all, it's a lot cheaper than many other laptops, while still offering access to full Windows 11 applications, unlike the best Chromebooks.
To test this laptop, we ran a series of benchmarks, and spent a good few days using it as our main machine. We took it out and about to see how portable it is, tested out a variety of creative apps, and put the battery through its paces by benchmarking it, looping a 1080p video, and also seeing how long it lasted through general use.
Acer Aspire 5 review: price
The best thing going for the new Acer Aspire 5 is the price, as you can get it for around £399 right now. That's a very tempting price for a laptop that runs Windows 11, and means it should allow you to use any Windows application that you've used in the past.
This gives it greater flexibility than Chromebooks, which also sell for around this price, but which run Chrome OS, a much more limited operating system that doesn't have all the applications that Windows 11 or macOS have, and for digital creatives who require certain apps, such as Photoshop, then the Acer Aspire 5 may be a better buy.
However, there's a reason why you don't often see Windows 11 laptops at this price, as manufacturers have to cut corners, usually when it comes to components, which reduces the performance of the laptop.
Acer Aspire 5 review: design and display
The Acer Aspire 5 isn't going to win any design awards, but this isn't a laptop that's aimed at people who want a flashy device. This is, after all, an affordable laptop, rather than an expensive MacBook, and with that in mind, it's not a bad looking laptop.
The silver and black colour scheme is understated, but works well. The body isn't metal, however, but a plastic that keeps the weight down, but also highlights the budget nature of this laptop.
It's not particularly thin, either, but that does at least mean that Acer has been able to put in a decent range of ports, including full-size standard USB ports, HDMI, Ethernet and a single USB-C. This means for a lot of people, you won't need an adaptor to plug in your peripherals. The HDMI port means you can hook it up to a monitor or projector with ease, which is certainly handy. There's no memory card slot, which is disappointing.
Unlike many modern laptops, the Acer Aspire 5 doesn't charge via USB-C. Instead, there's a small port that you plug the proprietary charger into. It feels like an old fashioned way of doing things, and it means you can't easily charge the laptop if you forget the charger, unlike other laptops that can use any USB-C port. The charger uses a rather thin connector that feels like it could easily bend, which is concerning.
The screen is 14-inches, which is a decent size, but it's surrounded by thick bezels, that again feels old fashioned. The resolution of 1080p is fine, but doesn't look quite as impressive as more expensive laptops with higher resolution screens, especially the MacBook Air.
The screen is also not the brightest or most vibrant we've used either, with a yellowish tint that again highlights the budget nature of the laptop.
The keyboard also feels a bit cheap, with not much travel which means it doesn't give you quite as satisfying typing experience than more expansive laptops with more tactile keyboards.
The keyboard isn't backlit, either. This isn't just a feature that comes with gaming laptops to show off a bit of bling; backlit keyboards allow you to easily see which keys you're hitting in dark environments. This means the Acer Aspire 5 is tricky to use at night for people who don't know how to touch type.
Acer Aspire 5 review: features
The Acer Aspire 5's rather straightforward design means there's not a huge amount of features on offer here. The decent selection of ports, which we mentioned earlier, is certainly good for content creators, and the large trackpad below the keyboard also features a fingerprint scanner, letting you quickly log into Windows 11 by just resting your finger on the sensor.
It's a nice feature that makes getting into Windows 11 a lot quicker, while also keeping your files secure. The Acer Aspire also comes with a 720p webcam, which is always handy in this day and age when a lot of us are hybrid working, and need to make regular video calls with co-workers and clients (as well as keeping in touch with friends and family).
Acer Aspire 5 review: performance
Geekbench 5: 891 (single-core), 2,781 (multi-core)
Cinebench: 1,535 (single-core), 4,048 (multi-core)
Battery (looped video): 5 hours, 55 minutes
Battery (PC Mark 10): 5 hours, 58 minutes
Due to its budget price, the Acer Aspire 5 model that we review here is far from the most powerful laptop out there. While it has a recent 11th generation Intel processor, the model we have is a Core i5 mid-range quad-core CPU.
While there are some models of the Acer Aspire 5 that come with a dedicated GPU, the model here has integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics. While this is perfectly fine for day-to-day tasks, and watching movies and TV shows, it's not going to be able to handle heavy duty photo and video editing, and don't even think about trying to do 3D or CGI animation.
The 8GB of RAM this model comes with is also the absolute minimum we'd recommend for a Windows 11 laptop these days, and ideally for creatives you'll want 16GB or more. The Acer Aspire 5 can be bought with up to 16GB of memory, but that ups the price as well.
Another thing to bear in mind that this model comes with 512GB storage on its SSD. This is a decent amount, and should mean you have plenty of capacity to save your projects.
In day-to-day use, however, the Acer Aspire 5 didn't wow us. It was fine for the price, but Windows 11 would sometimes feel rather sluggish, and intensive apps like Photoshop took a while to launch, and were far from smooth in use.
If you set your expectations right, the Acer Aspire 5 is a decent enough laptop for browsing the web and making presentations, but if you want to do anything more, you're going to be disappointed.
Acer Aspire 5 review: battery
Acer promises around 10 hours of battery life with the Aspire 5, but in our benchmark tests, it actually lasted a lot less. Looping a 1080p video gave us five hours and 55 minutes of battery life. Not awful, but not great, either, especially when cheaper Chromebooks can manage three times that.
We also ran the PC Mark 10 battery test, which emulates medium-intensity use, such as document creation and video calling. Here, the Acer Aspire 5 lasted a similar five hours and 58 minutes before turning off.
While you can do a few things to prolong the battery life, such as limit the amount of apps you run at once, and turn the screen brightness down a bit, this still means you're going to struggle to get a whole work day's use out of it.
In our time using the Acer Aspire 5, that's exactly what we found – it's fine for a few hours typing away from a power supply, but when we pushed the laptop more, we were always conscious of the quickly depleting battery.
Should you buy the Acer Aspire 5?
If you're looking for a cheap laptop under £400 that runs Windows 11, and you're only going to be using it for simple tasks, then the Acer Aspire 5 isn't a bad shout. The fact that it can run Windows 11 programs puts it ahead of cheaper Chromebooks.
However, for anyone looking to do something more ambitious, especially with creative work, then this is a laptop that's not worth buying, even at this cheap price. You'd be far better to save up a bit more and go for something with more RAM and maybe even a dedicated graphics card. It'll save you a lot of frustration in the long run.
Read more: The best Windows laptops
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Ali is a DOT Youth, a Women Deliver Young Leader, a World Contraception Day Ambassador 2016 and 2017 120 Under Forty Winner recognized by the Bill and Melinda Gates institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is a dynamic youth activist and Youth Leader with over four years of experience being at the forefront of many issues that promote pro-poor values, gender equality, good governance and social justice.
Ali is the co-founder of the Youth Equality Center (YEC), http://yecuganda.org/, a youth led non-profit community enhancement organization that empowers young people, especially young girls, through enhancing their communication, technology, entrepreneurship, and life skills and educating them on sexual and reproductive health and gender issues. Ali has previously worked with the Uganda Youth Network (UYONET), a leading umbrella youth CSO network that works to mainstream young peoples' engagement in development and governance processes. At UYONET, Ali served as the Gender point-person and as a Program Assistant for the Youth Advocacy and Engagement program. Ali was once the President of the Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) Young Leaders Alumni Association (FYLAA), a youth non-profit with a membership of over 500 that grew out of the larger FOWODE. He has previously worked with Digital Opportunity Trust International where he taught technology, business, and life skills to grassroots youth and women groups.
Ali is a Founding Member with the "Young Leaders Think Tank for Policy Alternatives" an initiative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Uganda to enhance youth participation in governance and policy formulation. He was recently appointed as one of the Board of Directors of the African Youth and Adolescents Network on population and Development (AfriYAN) in Uganda. Ali runs an online blog, http://kaviriali.wordpress.com/, where he writes about youth and women's rights and issues as well as pro-poor values, gender equality, good governance, and social justice in Uganda. Ali holds a Bachelor's degree in Community Based Rehabilitation from Kyambogo University and is currently pursuing a Master's of Arts degree in Local Governance and Human Rights from Uganda Martyrs University.
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Wards Airfield is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was abandoned after the war and was developed into the Waigani area of Port Moresby.

The airfield was named in honor of Australian Lt. Col. K. H. Ward, who was involved with its construction and was KIA on 27 August 1942, during the fighting at Isurava on the Kokoda Trail. It was also known as "5-Mile or 5-Mile Drome" by Americans, for its distance from Port Moresby.

History
Wards Airfield (Ward's Strip) was built for heavy bombers and transport planes. By 1943, it was the busiest aerodrome in the southern hemisphere. Mainly used for cargo aircraft and larger planes, Ward's was nearest to Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), and at its height, its taxiways actually connected with those of 7-mile.

The major operational organization at Wards Airfield was the Headquarters, 54th Troop Carrier Wing (3 May 1943 – 18 April 1944).  Operational C-47 Skytrain groups and squadrons assigned to the airfield were:

 317th Troop Carrier Group (30 September 1943 – April 1944)
 374th Troop Carrier Wing (December 1942 – 7 October 1943)
 375th Troop Carrier Group (December 1942 – 7 October 1943)
 6th Troop Carrier Squadron, 13 October 1942 – 2 October 1943
 21st Troop Carrier Squadron, 18 February – 28 September 1943
 22d Troop Carrier Squadron, 24 January – 4 October 1943
 33d Troop Carrier Squadron, 28 December 1942 – 5 October 1943

Several Reconnaissance groups were assigned to Wards to support Fifth Air Force operations:

 6th Reconnaissance Group (10 December 1943 – 17 February 1944)
 71st Reconnaissance Group (7 November 1943 – 20 January 1944)

In addition the 90th Bombardment Group also based two B-24 Liberator squadrons at the airfield.

 320th Bombardment Squadron, 10 February – December 1943
 321st Bombardment Squadron, 10 February – December 1943

Royal Australian Air Force units stationed at the airfield were the 9th Group, 22nd Squadron (A-20) and 30th Squadron (Beaufighter).

General Kenney's Headquarters, V Fighter Command was located at the airfield between December–January 1942.  Reportedly, its cement slab foundations still remain today, located on a hill behind the airfield. A large 5th Air Force insignia and USAAF star, drawn into the concrete.   Concrete steps, a garden and path that went up the ridge towards the HQ. In the 1980s traces of the paint still remained.  Today, both the 5th AF logo and USAAF are partially broken, and the area is overgrown, but it still offers commanding views and an impressive remnant of the American era at the airfield.

This marking overlooks the Chinese Embassy. To visit the slab, drive down Sir John Guise Drive, cross the intersection with Independence Way and Godwit Street and keep going in the direction of the golf club.  When that road begins to make a left turn, there is a hill on your right.

Wards Airfield was also the home of the USAAF 27th Air Depot. This group was responsible for assembling crated aircraft delivered by ship docked in Fairfax Harbor from the United States.  Brand new aircraft were delivered to Port Moresby assembled and then flown to other bases. Ships continued to dock at Port Moresby until mid-1945 when transports switched to Manila Bay.  For pilots wishing to pick up a brand new plane, they would have to go all the way back to Port Moresby

Current status
One can still drive along the main runway. In the post war years, most of its aircraft revetments were bulldozed flat, and a scrap dealer operated there, melting down aluminum from aircraft remains. Locals would siphon gasoline from the aircraft fuel tanks for their own use well into the 1950s.

Port Moresby Airfield Complex

 Kila Airfield (3 Mile Drome)
 Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome)
 Berry Airfield (12 Mile Drome)
 Schwimmer Airfield (14 Mile Drome)

 Durand Airfield (17 Mile Drome)
 Rogers (Rarona) Airfield (30 Mile Drome)
 Fishermans (Daugo Island) Airfield

See also

 USAAF in the Southwest Pacific

References

 Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. .
 www.pacificwrecks.com

External links

Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Papua New Guinea
Airports established in 1942
1942 establishments in the Territory of Papua

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It is our pleasure to invite you to the 2nd Composites in Building & Infrastructure Summit on November 20-21, 2019, in Vienna, Austria. Whether they're used for reinforcing current structures or creating new buildings, bridges, railways, etc., composites play a large role in shaping the future of cities. This is especially true with the continued development of 5G-compatible smart cities and the importance of utilising a highly-durable product that leaves a low ecological footprint. With that in mind, our event strives to bring together top companies and innovators to share their lessons and give attendees a glimpse of the future. Don't miss out on this opportunity to meet and network with industry leaders while learning about some of the most exciting and innovative projects taking place across the world. We look forward to welcoming you to Vienna at this great event in November.


Jun 18 2015 by Chris Sigman.
This month, we continue our new round table discussion about what's going on with Mach 30, as well as Space, Open Source Hardware, and the Maker Community. Mach 30 positions itself in the middle of these 3 communities, and this month we definitely talked about all of them. There's space news, open source hardware community developments, and of course details about our ongoing efforts to make mankind a spacefairing civilization.
One of the big topics is the Yavin cold gas thruster, Mach 30's Open Source Hardware project focused around the development of a number of tools and technologies that will enable not just greater projects here at Mach 30, but also in the Maker and OSHW communities at large. Another big topic is our upcoming Apogee II conference, our second yearly conference were we engage with the community about what we're doing, what our plans are, and the community's input and participation in that, from Space Enthusiast to Maker to Open Source Hardware fan. One particular point of note is our plans for doing a bake off of user interface development tools for projects, which are designed specifically with the maker community in mind.
There's plenty more, so check out the ~30 minute video for more!
Many of these topics from this month will have periodic updates. Naturally they will be covered in the new and improved monthly reports hangouts at Mach 30, so subscribe to our YouTube channel to STAY TUNED!


Breaking Sky Bet Championship team news from the DW Stadium where Wigan Athletic host Cardiff City.
Team News: Latics v Cardiff City.
Matt Gilks, Reece Burke and Craig Morgan return.
Latics: Gilks; R. Burke, Morgan, Burn, Warnock (Capt); MacDonald, Hanson, Tunnicliffe, Perkins, Jacobs; Obertan.
Subs: Jaaskelainen, Power, Morsy, Bruce, Powell, Colclough, J. Byrne.
Cardiff City: Amos; Connolly, Morrison (Capt), Ecuele Manga, Bennett; Gunnarsson, Ralls, M. Harris; Noone, Pilkington, K. Harris.
Subs: Peltier, Richards, Whittingham, Halford, Lambert, Meite, Hoilett.


Trump on Spiraling National Debt: I Won't Be Here, Who Cares?
Donald Trump was born on June 12, 1946, which makes him one of the original baby boomers. Many of these baby boomers are good people who have made the world a better place, but the stereotype of the millennial-hating, bridge-burning boomer exists for a reason—it's a generation that has put the rest of us on the short end of several major problems, the biggest of which is a dying planet. If there's a generational credo to go along with this stereotype, it's this: Not my problem, I'll be dead.
Now, there's a debate to be had about whether curbing the national debt should really be a priority—at a time of raging wealth inequality, it's likely that any attempt to actually take care of American citizens will involve an increase in debt. All of which is to say that Trump may not be completely wrong to ignore it, and his position is squarely against prevailing conservative orthodoxy (and his own public statements). But it's his reasoning that really raises an eyebrow, and hits those sweet Boomer notes right on the nose—if I'm not here for the consequences, who cares?