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British Conservatives waste taxpayers' money on canal to nowhere
Posted on July 26, 2017 by petrel41
This video from the USA says about itself:
Palin was for 'Bridge to Nowhere'
McCain's VP did not reject Congressional funds for infrastructure projects in Alaska.
After the bridge to nowhere of Alaska's conservative Republican governor, vice presidential candidate, Donald Trump supporter and believer in dinosaurs living at the same time as humans, Sarah Palin, now …
By Peter Frost in England:
Daventry's Tory canal to nowhere
PETER FROST loves the English canals but is worried about adding a single extra mile at a cost of £8.7 million
TOMORROW Daventry District Council (DDC) will vote to spend almost £9 million pounds on building less than a mile of canal that, like many Tory projects, doesn't go anywhere.
If you want to move or moor a boat on this short stretch of canal, you will have to load the boat on a low-loader and have it craned off into this new canal-shaped pond in the middle of Daventry town.
Perhaps I need to declare an interest. I pay my council tax to that council in Northamptonshire. I am a member of the Daventry Labour Party. Indeed, I have chaired the party in the past. The local council has 30 councillors who are Tories and just six who aren't. Three are Labour, two Ukip, one Liberal Democrat.
I don't like our local Tories. I'd like to see them swept from office but strangely they still retain the power to shock and horrify me with their short-sighted policies and stupid decisions.
To find the real origins of this crazy canal scheme you will need to travel back in history. The Romans built Britain's very first canals. Much later Dutch engineers built canalised rivers to drain our fens.
The first true canal for carrying goods was built in 1761 by engineer James Brindley. A transport revolution followed with many miles of canals being built as part of the rapid industrialisation of England.
At the height of canal use there were nearly 3,000 miles of these arteries of the industrial revolution carrying all sorts of cargo to all sorts of destinations.
The Oxford Canal, completed in 1790, was difficult to navigate. The need for a quicker, more direct waterway to link the capital with the Midlands led to the construction of the Grand Junction Canal.
The Grand Junction joins with the Oxford at Braunston just a couple of miles from Daventry. The canal bypassed Daventry but, even when the canal was built in 1793, the company planned a three-mile arm from the mainline to Daventry town centre. But that arm was never built.
More than two centuries later, in austerity Britain, for reasons not clear to anyone, the Tory Daventry council thought it would be a good idea to finally build that canal arm.
Initial costing was £10m but as the project grew in size and complication that more than doubled.
No problem, cried the council. It won't be local people who pay the bill but investors who will be desperate to put money into the new Daventry canal arm. No local or community money would be spent on the harebrained scheme they promised.
Tory MP Chris Heaton-Harris promised local people "that this should never be paid for by taxpayers."
Despite its own MP's advice, DDC is now proposing to build a new canal link from the existing Grand Union Canal to the town centre, terminating in a series of mooring basins with shops, housing, restaurants and perhaps even a pub.
From the initial concept, dreamed up in 2002, the dream got bigger, more expensive and even more unbelievable.
The scheme proposed up to seven canal locks and perhaps a canal boat lift replacing four of the locks. The total bill reached £24m.
Boat lifts are impressive, and unbelievably expensive. Restored historic boat lifts and a new lift built in Falkirk have proved real tourist attractions.
The logic was that what's good enough for Falkirk could do miracles for Daventry's tourism.
Not only did most local people oppose the plan but nobody seemed to want to invest in it; most people thought that without local public support or any private investment that the scheme would simply be forgotten, but no.
The council decided, despite all its previous assurances, that it would use council money to fund the plan.
The council realised it could not afford the entire £24m but declared it would spend £8.7m on a three-quarter of a mile length from the town centre and not actually joining the original mainline of the canal.
The new tiny length of canal would have moorings but to reach them you would need to crane your boat onto a low-loader and drive to the canal.
No wonder popular Daventry Labour Councillor Wendy Randall branded the scheme a "ludicrous idea" at a recent council strategy meeting.
Funding for the long-standing project was backed by the Tory majority of strategy group members on July 6, despite much noisy opposition from a picket outside the meeting and from the public gallery.
Randall didn't just call the canal arm a ludicrous idea, she also expressed her concerns over broken assurances that the project would never be funded with public money.
She said: "Every time we have discussed this it's always been about investors coming on board.
"Never have I heard it mentioned about us using any of our budget. Our local MP, Chris Heaton-Harris, is president of the Canal Trust. He has always maintained that this canal would never, ever be funded by public money."
At the meeting Tory Colin Poole opened the discussion listing the potential benefits to the town.
He was about as convincing to local people as his council had been attracting private investor money to the hare-brained scheme.
You can join the protest outside the council offices tomorrow evening at 5.45pm The meeting is open to public from 6.15pm onwards. You can email your views to the chief executive ivincent@daventrydc.gov.uk.
Being homeless, a crime in Oxford, England?
Posted in Economic, Politics | Tagged Northamptonshire, Sarah Palin | 2 Replies
Trump leaves veterans to Sarah Palin
Posted on December 2, 2016 by petrel41
Sarah Palin To Lead Largest Government Agency
Trump is rumored to appoint Sarah Palin to lead a very important government agency. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
"Trump eyeing Sarah Palin for Veterans Affairs?
The Department of Veterans Affairs' massive network of hospitals and clinics has been under a microscope since scandalously long waiting lists and allegations of cover-ups burst into public. The management morass seemed so intractable that in 2014, President Obama pushed out a decorated former general, Eric Shinseki, and hired a former chief executive of Procter & Gamble, Robert A. McDonald, to sort it out.
Now, according to people close to the transition, Mr. Trump is thinking of taking Veterans Affairs in a new direction, handing its reins to former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.
Given Mr. Trump's passionate campaign pledges to the nation's veterans, the response — if she is chosen — would be … interesting."
The Trump administration is ending a popular and effective program that prevents veterans from ending up on the street — just as the number of homeless vets is on the rise: here.
'MOST INAPPROPRIATE' A veterans group slammed President Donald Trump's Memorial Day tweet after he used the national holiday to honor and remember America's fallen servicemen and women by crowing about himself. [HuffPost]
Trump picks General "Mad Dog" Mattis for secretary of defense: here.
Responding to reports that President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate General James Mattis to serve as Secretary of Defense, Naureen Shah, director of Amnesty International USA's Security with Human Rights Program, released the following statement: General Mattis' murky and conflicting views on human rights raise serious questions that must be answered during his confirmation process: here.
PALIN PRANKED BY SACHA BARON COHEN Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said she was duped into an interview with Sacha Baron Cohen for his upcoming TV show. "I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick 'humor' of the British 'comedian'," she wrote. She sounds pissed, right? You betcha! [HuffPost]
Sarah Palin's Husband Files for Divorce: Report by Bill Galluccio – Sep 9, 2019.
New study could pressure VA to expand Agent Orange benefits
United States police kiling unarmed people
Posted in Medicine, health, Peace and war | Tagged Donald Trump, Sarah Palin | 6 Replies
US Republican Sarah Palin hates Black Lives Matter
This 2015 video from the USA is called Sarah Palin Calls Black Lives Matter Protesters Dogs.
Another video from the USA used to say about itself:
Sarah Palin Doesn't Understand What Black Lives Matter Means
Sarah Palin is on the warpath against Black Lives Matter. She's sure they're not peaceful, but rather violent thugs and rioters. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
SARAH PALIN'S SON ARRESTED Track Palin, the eldest son of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), was arrested for the third time in less than three years on charges stemming from domestic violence incidents. [HuffPost]
TODD PALIN 'FILES FOR DIVORCE' Sarah Palin's husband, Todd Palin, has reportedly filed for divorce from the former Alaska governor and the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee. He cited an "incompatibility of temperament between the parties such that they find it impossible to live together as husband and wife." The couple has been married for 31 years. [HuffPost]
TuneIn Adds 'The Young Turks'
Cenk Uygur: Jeb Bush Thinks You Don't Work Hard Enough
United States musician Tom Morello interviewed
Black Republican expelled from Trump rally
Homophobic American preacher arrested for child pornography
Posted in Human rights, Racism and anti-racism | Tagged Republican party, Sarah Palin | 7 Replies
Sarah Palin promoting Donald Trump with boar-killing
Posted on April 5, 2016 by petrel41
This video from the USA says for itself:
Sarah Palin thinks this dead boar will get votes for Trump
Sarah Palin is trying to hog all the Wisconsin votes for Donald Trump ahead of Tuesday's primary. The former Alaskan governor posted a picture of herself on her Facebook page of alongside a freshly killed boar — as a way to encourage Wisconsinites to vote in Tuesday's primary. … "And vote for bold, new leadership that puts your interests before party politics," she wrote. "Vote for the first candidate since Reagan who is growing the Commonsense Conservative movement".
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Donald Trump impersonation by comedian Jimmy Fallon
Palin Calls Trump's Extremist Immigration Plan A 'Shot In The Arm To Constitutionalists'
Only wild jaguar in the USA, video
Posted in Environment, Mammals, Politics | Tagged Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, Wisconsin | 18 Replies
Sarah Palin wants Trump as United States president
Posted on January 20, 2016 by petrel41
This is a comic video from the USA about Sarah Palin's creationism, Fred Flintstone, and dinosaurs.
From the New York Times in the USA, 19 January 2016:
Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential nominee who became a Tea Party sensation and a favorite of grass-roots conservatives, will endorse Donald J. Trump in Iowa on Tuesday, officials with his campaign confirmed. The endorsement provides Mr. Trump with a potentially significant boost just 13 days before the state's caucuses.
"I'm proud to endorse Donald J. Trump for president," Ms. Palin said in a statement provided by his campaign.
Her support is the highest-profile backing for a Republican contender so far.
If someone believes that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time, then it is not so surprising that that person believes that a racist would make a good president of the USA. As Ms Palin had already said earlier that she had a "political crush" on neo-fascist Marion Marechal-Le Pen of France's National Front (FN).
It is also not so surprising that that person believes that a sexist would make a good president of the USA. Not even if that person, Sarah Palin, has refered to herself as a 'feminist'. Ms Palin using the word 'feminist' reminds me of the slogans like 'War is peace' in George Orwell's novel 1984.
We Obtained Sarah Palin's Notes From Her Trump Endorsement Speech: here.
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Thailand military dictatorship bans Orwell's 1984
Did Sarah Palin Quit Her Internet Subscription Site?
One Man's Trash – 'Sarah Palin to interview Donald Trump, Jeb Bush'
Posted in Racism and anti-racism | Tagged Donald Trump, Sarah Palin | 24 Replies
Ahmed's clock and bigotry in the USA
Sarah Palin hates science – Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann comment
What a busy day for Sarah Palin. Besides giving a deposition on her role in troopergate (see: ethics, abuse of power), and dropping a hockey puck in St. Louis, she also managed to screw up her first policy speech. Via Think Progress:
For many parents of children with disabilities, the most valuable thing of all is information. Early identification of a cognitive or other disorder, especially autism, can make a life-changing difference.
Palin claimed that the amount that Congress spends on earmarks "is more than the shortfall to fully fund IDEA." She then ridiculed some of the projects — such as "fruit fly research" — saying they have little or no value:
Where does a lot of that earmark money end up anyway? […] Youve heard about some of these pet projects they really don't make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.
Damn those earmarks! Wasting good money on fruit fly research:
[S]cientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown that a protein called neurexin is required for..nerve cell connections to form and function correctly.
The discovery, made in Drosophila fruit flies may lead to advances in understanding autism spectrum disorders, as recently, human neurexins have been identified as a genetic risk factor for autism.
Source: here.
By Peter Frost in Britain:
Bright Ahmed's clocking on at the White House
Tuesday 22nd September 2015
ONE thing is obvious. Fourteen-year-old Texas schoolboy Ahmed Mohamed is a lot brighter than the Republican Party's favourite Sarah Palin. That's not a personal attack — it is just the obvious truth.
Palin has attacked President Barack Obama for inviting young Ahmed to the White House after he was wrongly arrested and handcuffed — mainly for looking like a Muslim and building a clock that actually didn't look much like a bomb.
Ahmed was detained for making a clock that his teacher assumed was a bomb. Palin declared: "Right. That's a clock, and I'm the Queen of England.
"Ahmed Mohamed, an evidently obstinate-answering student," she continued, "was bringing in a homemade clock that obviously could be seen by conscientious teachers as a dangerous wired-up bomb-looking contraption."
In reality the bright young schoolboy created a sophisticated electric clock built into a pencil box for his school science fair.
Science fairs are an inspired part of technology teaching in the US that encourage students to make exciting projects. A huge web-based world and a vast mail order industry offers all sorts of sometimes extraordinarily complex science fair experiments.
Sadly his teachers took one look at the device and his Muslim appearance, accused him of building a bomb and had him arrested. Ahmed was taken from his school to police headquarters, where he was interrogated about his intentions with the device with particular questioning focused on his surname and Muslim appearance.
Ahmed's father expressed his anger at his son's treatment. "My kid was hurt and was tortured and arrested and mistreated in front of his friends inside of the school," he said. "That is not America."
Just a few weeks ago in a Morning Star feature about the Birmingham Six (Morning Star August 15), I wrote that in the 1960s British police could arrest you for looking "a bit Irish." That philosophy, it seems, is alive and well — but now it is looking "a bit Muslim" that can get you into trouble.
Islamophobia shows its ugly face all over the globe. But the case last week in Irving, Texas, takes some beating.
Ahmed's parents came to the US from Sudan. They settled in Irving. There, at the Sam Houston middle school, their son Ahmed became known as the kid who made crazy contraptions.
His classmates brought him their broken electronic devices and Ahmed fixed them. He built a radio-controlled car that could run on land and underwater. He built his own phone charger. His school mates called him the "Inventor Kid."
Then just a few weeks ago he started his freshman year at MacArthur high school, where no-one knew him. The tall kid in the geek's glasses did what he did best; he built something.
Ahmed's clock wasn't a beautiful thing, but his inventions never were. His clock was a mess of wires and circuitry but it kept perfect time.
When he proudly took it to school his teacher took one look and called the police. Ahmed didn't get a gold star. Instead he got three days' suspension from school.
Then the police took over, the student was handcuffed, arrested and taken to the police headquarters by Irving officers.
Irving has a history of Islamaphobia. This March local Mayor Beth Van Duyne accused local mosque leaders of attempting to set up a shadow court system following Islamic law.
The imams said they were merely mediating minor disputes, not bypassing or contradicting US law. Nonetheless, Van Duyne and the Irving City Council passed a resolution supporting a Texas anti-Sharia Bill.
The predictable happened: angry crowds assembled outside mosques, and local Muslims requested police security after racist threats.
Khalid Hamideh, spokesman for the Islamic Center of Irving, said: "The mayor is a crusader on the fringes of the far-right, and unfortunately there are some misinformed people who listen to her."
Ahmed's siblings say they are increasingly regarded with suspicion and disdain. One of his sisters had to leave a new job after her boss tried to force her to remove her head scarf while at work.
In Ahmed's case all official police charges were dropped, but the school suspension stuck. Reactionary and racist Van Duyne publicly announced her support for the actions of the school and police.
Obama took a different view. He invited Ahmed to come and see him at the White House saying: "Cool clock, Ahmed.
Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science…"
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg invited Ahmed to visit him too and Twitter asked if he wanted to work for them as an intern.
Ahmed is now the centre of a movement supporting scientific curiosity among school students and denouncing any sort of racism, but sadly — as Sarah Palin has proved once again — Islamaphobia is alive and well.
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Charlie Hebdo massacre abused for attacking civil liberties
Artists and the Memory of Slavery: Resistance, creative freedom and legacies
Posted in Human rights, Racism and anti-racism, Science | Tagged Sarah Palin, Texas | 2 Replies
Rupert Murdoch sacks Sarah Palin
Dutch NOS TV reports that Fox News in the USA, owned by Rupert Murdoch, has sacked Sarah Palin, ex-Republican party candidate for vice president.
No reasons for this were published. But the love between Fox News and Ms Palin already seemed to be over earlier.
Like the earlier "beautiful" friendship between Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berlusconi also gave way to enmity.
Sarah Palin is said to have got a million dollars per year from Fox News before being sacked.
When will arch phone hacker, arch burglar, arch warmonger and Bahrain dictatorship admirer Rupert Murdoch sack himself at last?
Fox News and Sarah Palin have called it quits.
Sarah Palin against Pope Francis I: here.
Former Alaska Governor and Tea Party celebrity Sarah Palin parts ways with Fox … – Daily Mail (dailymail.co.uk)
Sarah Palin And Fox News Say Buh-Bye (newshounds.us)
Sarah Palin out at Fox News (newsday.com)
Sarah Palin Makes Bold Career Move (huffingtonpost.com)
Sarah Palin out at Fox News (politico.com)
Sarah Palin's Contract Not Renewed by Fox News (opposingviews.com)
Rupert Murdoch: At the Left Hand of Billy Graham (barthsnotes.com)
Sarah Palin Joins The "Just Like Slavery" Teabernacle Choir (theageofblasphemy.wordpress.com)
Murdoch ruined MySpace, says its founder (theguardian.com)
Posted in Economic, Human rights, Media | Tagged Rupert Murdoch, Sarah Palin, USA | 8 Replies
New York daily life and theatre
Posted on November 23, 2012 by petrel41
By Fred Mazelis in the USA:
Sorry at New York's Public Theater: American liberals on Election Day
At the Public Theater, New York City, extended through December 21.
Sorry, the play by Richard Nelson that opened on Election Day at New York's Public Theater, is the third in what is now projected as a series of four plays on the Apple family of Rhinebeck, New York.
Rhinebeck is a small village almost exactly 100 miles north of New York City. Nelson himself lives there. Although his plays are fiction, he is writing about subjects and people that are undoubtedly very familiar to him.
Each of these Apple family plays is set on the very day on which it opens, in real time. Nelson has set himself the task of exploring social and political themes of American life as refracted through the daily concerns and problems of a fairly typical family.
The first installment, That Hopey Changey Thing, was set on the date of the 2010 midterm elections, and took its name from the sarcastic anti-Obama slogan used by former Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Next in the series came Sweet and Sad, which was set (and opened) on the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and which we reviewed last year ("Sweet and Sad: An honest, probing look at life on the anniversary of 9/11").
Sorry is set on Election Day 2012, taking place while the voting is going on nationally, and before the outcome is known. And Nelson has announced the date of his fourth installment in the series of plays: November 22, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
This technique of placing the works in real time is an interesting one, and opens up the possibility of investigating historical and political questions in a fresh, living way. Indeed, one of the playwright's strengths is his ability to write dialogue about the elections, war, the economy and other issues that are not set speeches but rather effectively interwoven with the concerns of daily life.
Nelson works on the plays until the very last moment, literally hours before the opening performance. In the case of Sorry, lines were inserted on Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath, up to and including a reference to "another storm tomorrow," the northeaster that hit the New York area the day after Election Day.
The cast of characters has been almost the same for the first three plays. Much of the plot revolves around retired actor Benjamin Apple, who lives with his unmarried niece Barbara, a schoolteacher in Rhinebeck. Another member of the household is Marian, Barbara's sister and a grade school teacher in town whose marriage disintegrated after the tragic suicide of her daughter.
Visiting once again in Sorry, as in the earlier plays, are the other Apple siblings, who live in New York City. Jane is a writer and Richard a corporate lawyer, who has doubts about whether to continue in his job. The actor who plays a sixth character, Jane's boyfriend, was unavailable for Sorry and so the latter has been written out of the script by sending him to an acting job in Chicago.
The cast is uniformly excellent, including Jon Devries as Benjamin, Maryann Plunkett as Barbara, Laila Robbins as Marian, J. Smith-Cameron as Jane and Jay O. Sanders as Richard.
One of the main plot lines in Sweet and Sad involved the preparation for a school commemoration of the 9/11 anniversary, and much of its dialogue dealt with the "war on terror" and the concomitant war crimes and attacks on civil liberties. At the same time, alongside these broader themes was the condition of Uncle Ben, who had suffered a massive heart attack and whose memory was now beginning to fail.
Sorry has a somewhat different emphasis than Sweet and Sad, and it is a revealing shift. Here the main focus, for most of the play, is the dilemma facing the family as they prepare that very day to place their uncle in an assisted living development. Barbara in particular is wracked by guilt, accusing herself of abandoning her uncle, while her siblings insist that there is no choice and that Benjamin, losing inhibitions as part of an Alzheimer's-like decline, is becoming more difficult to live with.
Although the action is set on Election Day, there is virtually no discussion of this until the last 15 minutes or so. The siblings talk about Benjamin's role in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman many years ago. They look at the journal he has been keeping, even as his faculties decline. There are passing references to the election, but they amount to very little.
Then Richard suddenly announces that, while he is not home and unable to cast his ballot, he would have voted for Barack Obama. Jane wonders, "Do we know what we're rooting for?" The conversation turns to Billy, Jane's son, in his early 20s, who compares the political situation to two divorcing parents screaming at one another.
Richard announces that if he had one minute with Obama, he would ask him "Why did you begin appealing to our hates?" One sister adds that she would ask Romney "if you really are just out to help your rich friends? Then God have mercy on your soul."
This is, frankly, pretty weak and a far cry from the angry oppositional sentiments offered in Sweet and Sad, where the characters spoke about inequality, "the Wall Street Republicans and the Wall Street Democrats," the militarization of American life and the attacks on basic civil rights.
What has happened to the Apples, and to the playwright, in the 13 months since Sweet and Sad? This is a question worth examining, because Nelson has not lost his touch at writing about daily life and making his characters quite real.
In an interview with the New York Times, Nelson reaffirms his liberal stance, talking about friends "who had misgivings and worries about Obama and other Democrats." These misgivings, however, take a very different form than they did only a year ago. What begins to emerge from a comparison of Sweet and Sad and Sorry is the political trajectory of a certain fairly privileged layer of academics and intellectuals.
It would seem that Sweet and Sad reflected what might be termed an "Occupy moment." Last year the characters and their creator were reflecting some of the anger that found momentary expression in the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations that quickly spread all over the world. This was far more of a moment than a movement, however. With no coherent political perspective and dominated by an assortment of anarchists and liberals, the demonstrations dissipated fairly quickly, to the point where local Democratic politicians were able to remove them by co-option or police action.
This set the stage for Sorry. Some of the angry Democrats of 2011 are now resigned to support for Obama as the lesser of two evils. They are not merely discouraged, but perhaps also not that angry after all, and now the twin parties of Wall Street are instead described as resembling bickering parents.
The themes of family relations, of the sorrows and difficulties in caring for older relatives are no less important than they were previously, but in Sorry Nelson seems to be retreating into these rather than explaining the connection between daily life and broader issues. One journalist writing about the play summed it up by referring to a moment of reconciliation in Sorry between Barbara and Benjamin, observing that "it points up what truly matters to people: making peace with a loved one, not who wins Ohio."
Of course who wins Ohio is not important when the choice is Obama or Romney, but posing the question in this way is another way of saying nothing can be done about politics and we might as well simply turn to family and friends, "what truly matters"—as if the issues of daily life can be divorced from the fate of humanity as a whole.
What next for Richard Nelson? The half-century anniversary of Kennedy's assassination certainly provides a good deal of food for thought. Will the next play deal with the confused and contradictory legacy of the 1960s, and with the virtual disappearance of the Democratic Party liberalism represented by Kennedy and Johnson? Sorry is not the most promising indication of what might come in this next and presumably final chapter.
Richard Nelson's heartbreaking 'Sorry' another visit with the Apples (nydailynews.com)
James Joyce and Me Against the World | Quotidian Theatre Company (quotidiantheatre.wordpress.com)
Posted in Economic, Literature, Peace and war | Tagged Hurricane Sandy, New York, New York City, Occupy Wall Street, Sarah Palin | Leave a reply
Waterboarding ban by US Obama administration
Posted on March 2, 2009 by petrel41
This is a video about the United States Bush's administration's torture policy; especially about waterboarding.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ruled out the use of "waterboarding" as an interrogation technique for terrorism suspects on Monday, calling it a form of torture that the Obama administration could never condone.
"Waterboarding is torture … My Justice Department will not justify it, will not rationalize it and will not condone it," Holder, who his heading a review of the treatment of terrorism suspects, said in a speech to the Jewish Council of Public Affairs in Washington.
Sarah Palin: 'Waterboarding Is How We'd Baptize Terrorists' If I Were In Charge: here.
Brennan refuses to say whether waterboarding is torture
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U.S. government condemns "waterboarding" as torture
Posted in Crime, Human rights | Tagged Obama, Sarah Palin, torture | 7 Replies
Sarah Palin blames Marx Brothers for recession, cartoon
In this Internet Weekly cartoon from the USA, defeated Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin blames the Marx Brothers for the economic recession.
Sarah Palin: The Gift That Keeps On Taking: here.
Only 18 Months Of Marriage But That Is Enough For Sarah Palin's Son, Track Palin Divorced (dekerivers.wordpress.com)
Posted in Economic, Humour, Politics | Tagged Republican party, Sarah Palin | 1 Reply
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It's CSI, Jim, but not as you know it...!
Psychoforensics specialist and freelance prosecutor Lee Enfield works with the Los Angeles District Attorney's office as a lanthanomancer -- a magic-worker trained in Seeing and revealing the truth. When she and her fayhound partner Gelert are brought in to do "discovery" for the investigation into the murder of an Elf named Omren dil'Sorden, at first it seems an ordinary homicide—just one more hate crime in a city and culture where violence against the immensely wealthy, uncannily beautiful Alfen is becoming more and more commonplace.
This stand-alone fantasy police/legal-procedural novel by DD, originally published in 2002, is being exclusively reissued here in a new edition -- revised and updated, with an afterword about the project's genesis and an appendix featuring never-before-published background material on the Eleven Worlds.


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Police: 'Handful' Of Arrests Made At Monroeville Mall
By Kym Gable December 26, 2016 at 7:27 pm
Filed Under:Christine D'Antonio, Kym Gable, Monroeville Mall
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MONROEVILLE (KDKA) — Police confirmed four arrests were made during an "incident involving several youths" at the Monroeville Mall on Monday.
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The Haunting of Bly Manor Drops Chilling Teaser Trailer and Release Date
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It's almost time to go on another spooky haunted house adventure at Netflix. The streaming service has revealed the first teaser trailer for The Haunting of Bly Manor, the second season in Mike Flanagan's Haunting anthology series, which kicked off with The Haunting of Hill House. Netflix also announced that Bly Manor will premiere on Friday, Oct. 9.
The Haunting of Bly Manor will adapt the works of author Henry James -- primarily his novella The Turn of the Screw. The new season will see a lot of Hill House alums return in new roles, including Victoria Pedretti as Dani, a governess to two "very unusual children," and Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Peter, a "charming fellow" who makes life "very difficult" for the occupants of Bly Manor. Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, and Catherine Parker also return for the new season. Bly Manor will also introduce some new faces to the Haunting world, including iZombie star Rahul Kohli and Years and Years star T'Nia Miller. Judging by the teaser -- and that terrifying call-in teaser from last week -- the children will be unusual indeed.
The Book Behind The Haunting of Bly Manor Proves It'll Be Just as Creepy as Hill House
Flanagan has teased that Bly Manor will be "much scarier" than what we saw in Hill House, telling Birth.Movies.Death in 2019, "For Henry James fans, it's going to be pretty wild, and for people who aren't familiar with his work, it's going to be unbelievably scary."
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Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions
Por Samuel Taylor Coleridge
scholastic logic, pardonably may a writer of the present times anticipate a scanty audience for abstrusest themes, and truths that can neither be communicated nor received without effort of thought, as well as patience of attention.
"Che s'io non erro al calcolar de' punti,
Par ch' Asinina Stella a noi predomini,
E'l Somaro e'l Castron si sian congiunti.
Il tempo d'Apuleio piu non si nomini :
Che se allora un sol huom sembrava un Asino,
Mille Asini a' miei dì rassembran huomini !"35
NOTE TO CHAPTER IX.
In the preceding chapter Mr. C. speaks of Schelling's philosophy as if it had his entire approbation, and had been adopted by him in its whole extent. Yet it is certain that, soon after the composition of the B. L., he became dissatisfied with the system, considered as a fundamental and comprehensive scheme, intended to exhibit the relations of God to the World and Man. He objected to it as essentially pantheistic, though the author has positively disclaimed this reproach, and made great efforts to free his system from the appearance of deserving it. To Mr. C., however, it appeared, as originally set forth, to labor under deep deficiencies—to be radically inconsistent with a belief in God, as Himself Moral and Intelligent—as beyond and above the world—as the Supreme Mind, to which the human mind owns homage and fealty-inconsistent with any just view and deep sense of the moral and spiritual being of man. The imposing grandeur of this philosophy, beheld from a distance, the narrowness into which it shrinks on a nearer view, are thus set forth by Cousin, in his clear trenchant style. " La philosophie de Schelling se recommande par l'originalité de son point de vue, la profondeur du travail, la conséquence des parties, et l'immense portée des applications. Elle rallie à une seule idée tous les êtres de la nature. Par là elle i carte les barrières qu'on avoit données à la connaissance humaine, soutenant la possibilité pour l'homme non plus seulement d'une reprć. sentation subjective, mais d'une connaissance objective et scientifique d'une science déterminée de Dieu et des choses divines, à ce titre que
35 Satire di Salo itor Rosa (tom. i., p. 34. La Musica, Sat. i., l. 10 S. C.].
l'esprit humain et la substance de l'être sont primitivement identiques. Cette philosophic embrasse le cercle entier des connaissances sp: culatives," &c. Then he states the difficulties which beset the scheme, and after suggesting several root objections, he exclaims : "Quel homme enfin peut avoir la tém: raire prétention de renfermer la nature de la Divinité dans l'idée de l'identité absolute ?" He had previously observed, "La forme de ce système est moins scientifique en réalité qu'en apparence. Son problème é toit de déduire, par une demonstration réelle (par construction), le fini de l'infini et de l'absolu, le particulier de l'universel. Or, ce problème n'est point résolu et ne peut l'être." And he concludes—"En un mot, le système tout entier n'est, à proprement parler, qu'une poisie de l'esprit humain, siduisante par son apparente facilité pour tout expliquer, et par sa manière de construire la nature."
I think, as far as I am able to judge, that Mr. Coleridge's view of the system, after long reflection upon it, coincided, as to its general character and result, with that of Victor Cousin, deeply as he must have felt obliged to the author for much that it contains. During the latter part of his life he was ever applying his thoughts to the development of a philosophy which should more satisfactorily perform what Schelling's splendid scheme of modern Platonism had seemed to promise, a solution of the most important problems which are presented to human contemplation, or at least an answer to them sufficient to set the human mind at rest. He sought to construct a system really and rationally religious; and since, in his philosophical inquiries, he " neither could nor dared throw off a strong and awful prepossession in favor "* of that great main outline of doctrine which came to us from the first in company with the highest and purest moral teaching which the world has yet seen; which was felt after, if not found, by the best and greatest minds before the preaching of the Gospel ; which has been received in substance, with whatever variations of form and language, by a large portion of the civilized world ever since, and had actually been to himself the vehicle of all the light and life of the higher and deeper kind, which had been vouchsafed to him in his earthly career ;-he therefore set out with the desire to construct a philosophical system in which Christianity,—based on the Tri-une being of God, and embracing a Primal Fall and Universal Redemption, -Christianity ideal, spiritual, eternal, but likewise and necessarily historical,-realized and manifested in time,—should be shown forth as accordant, or rather as one, with ideas of reason, and the demands of the spiritual and of the speculative mind, of the heart, conscience, reason, should all be satisfied and reconciled in one bond of
This is said in regard to the Bible in the Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit, p. 8.
peace. See what has been said of the labors of Mr. C.'s latter years in the Preface.
I am not aware, however, that he, at any time, altered or set aside the doctrine of Schelling put forth in the present work on Nature and the Mind of Man, with their mutual relations; or, indeed, that he discovered any positive error or incompatibility with higher truth in such parts of his system as are adopted in the Biographia Literaria, and which he believed himself in the main to have anticipated.
In the Table Talk he is reported to have said, "The metaphysical disquisition at the end of the first volume of the Biographia Literaria is unformed and immature ;—it contains the fragments of the truth, but it is not fully thought out. It is wonderful to myself to think how infinitely more profound my views now are, and yet how much clearer they are withal. The circle is completing; the idea is coming round to, and to be, the common sense." (2d edit., p 308.)
Some little insight into the progress of his reflections on philosophical subjects, and on the treatment of those subjects by Schelling, will perhaps be derived from his remarks on several tracts in that author's Philosophische Schriften, which I have thought it best to place at the end of the first volume. S. C.
A Chapter of digression and anecdotes, as an interlude preceding that on
the nature and genesis of the Imagination or Plastic Power--On pedantry and pedantic expressions—Advice to young authors respecting publication—Various anecdotes of the Author's literary life, and the progress of his opinions in Religion and Politics.
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· ESEMPLASTIC. The word is not in Johnson, nor have I met with it elsewhere." Neither have I! I constructed it myself from the Greek words, eis iv rdártoi, to shape into one ;' because, having to convey a new sense, I thought that a new term would both aid the recollection of my meaning, and prevent its being confounded with the usual import of the word, imagination. this is pedantry!" Not necessarily so, I hope. If I am not misinformed, pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time, place, and company. The language of the market would be in the schools as pedantic, though it might not be reprobated by that name, as the language of the schools in the market. The mere man of the world, who insists that no other terms but such as occur in common conversation should be employed in a scientific disquisition, and with no greater precision, is as truly a pedant as the man of letters, who either over-rating the acquire. ments of his auditors, or misled by his own familiarity with technical or scholastic terms, converses at the wine-table with his mind fixed on his museum or laboratory ; even though the latter pedant instead of desiring his wife to make the tea should bid her add to the quant. suff. of thea Sinensis the oxyd of hydrogen
[Ist das Band die lebendige In-Eins-Bildung des Einen mit dem Vielen. If the bond is the living formation-into-one of the one with the many. Darlegung, pp. 61-2. Schelling also talks of the absolute, perfect In-Eins-Bildung of the Real and Ideal, towards the end of his Vorlesun. gen über die Methode des Academischen Stud. P. 313. S. C.]
saturated with caloric. To use the colloquial (and in truth some. what vulgar) metaphor, if the pedant of the cloister, and the pedant of the lobby, both smell equally of the shop, yet the odor from the Russian binding of good old authentic-looking folios and quartos is less annoying than the steams from the tavern or bagnio. Nay, though the pedantry of the scholar should betray a little ostentation, yet a well-conditioned mind would more easily, methinks, tolerate the fox brush of learned vanity, than the sans-culotterie of a contemptuous ignorance, that assumes a merit from mutilation in the self-consoling sneer at the pompous incumbrance of tails.
The first lesson of philosophic discipline is to wean the student's attention from the degrees of things, which alone form the vocabulary of common life, and to direct it to the kind abstracted from degree. Thus the chemical student is taught not to be startled at disquisitions on the heat in ice, or on latent and fixible light. In such discourse the instructor has no other alter. native than either to use old words with new meanings (the plan adopted by Darwin in his Zoonomia);' or to introduce new terms, after the example of Linnæus, and the framers of the present chemical nomenclature. The latter mode is evidently preferable, were it only that the former demands a twofold exertion of thought in one and the same act. For the reader, or hearer, is required not only to learn and bear in mind the new definition ; but to unlearn, and keep out of his view, the old and habitual meaning ; a far more difficult and perplexing task, and for which the mere semblance of eschewing pedantry seems to me an inadequate compensation. Where, indeed, it is in our power to recall an appropriate term that had without sufficient reason become obsolete, it is doubtless a less evil to restore than to coin anew. Thus to express in one word all that appertains to the perception, considered as passive and merely recipient, I have adopted from our elder classics the word sensuous ; because sensual is not at present used, except in a bad sense, or at least as a moral distinction ; while sensitive and sensible would each convey
· [Erasmus Darwin's Zoonomia, or Laws of Organic Life was published Lond., 1794-6, 2 vols. 4to. There was another edition in 4 vols. 8vo. in 1801. S. C.]


The foundations of historical education and science at the University of Plovdiv were laid in 1993 by introducing the course in 'Bulgarian Language and History' and the establishment of the Department of History in 1995. Their development and successful implementation are due to the efforts of the first Head of Department – Assoc. Prof. Iv. Djambov, as well the members of the Department who joined him later on – Assoc. Prof. V. Petrova, Assoc. Prof. V. Petrusenko, Assist. prof. R. Komsalova, Assist. prof. D. Mitrev and Assist. prof. T. Radev, including professionals in related fields of the humanities and managers at various levels of the university structure, among whom the names of Prof. Iv. Kutsarov, Prof. N. Balabanov, Prof. O. Saparev, Prof. A . Kartalov, Assoc. Prof. I. Chobanov, Prof. D. Petkov should be mentioned.
The degree course in 'Bulgarian Language and History' is available both as a full-time and a part-time mode of study. Initially, the training lasted for five years and graduates of the programme received the degree of 'Master', but after changes in the then-operating regulations concerning Higher education, the training in the discipline was reduced to four years and successful graduates receive the degree of 'Bachelor'. Our curricula are in compliance with the state standards and include training in all basic and fundamental historical disciplines. In this respect this relatively young major is supported by the Faculty of History at the University of Sofia and the University of Veliko Turnovo.
The successful development of the degree stimulated the Department to initiate another major project – the establishment of a BA degree in 'History'. To this aim, in 2002 the Academic Council at the University of Plovdiv launched the procedure for an initial assessment of the prospect of opening the new degree before the NEAA. The Accreditation Council at the NEAA gave a positive assessment of the project submitted and as a result the degree received its initial accreditation. Thus, Plovdiv, which is one of the oldest cities in the Balkans and Europe, got the opportunity to develop a degree entirely dedicated to history. Parallel to this, the Department of History became the initiator for the establishment of another programme – 'Balkan Studies'. The popularity and prestige of the historical trend is evidenced not only by the large number of graduates, but also by those who have already realised their potential in society. A rather significant number of our graduates have made careers in research as assistants and PhD candidates, not only at the University of Plovdiv but also in the most prestigious research units of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Alongside the establishment of history education the Department has also been recruiting a growing body of staff members specializing in all the necessary fields of different historical disciplines. Within the first ten years of its existence the Department of History has been transformed from a minor unit into an important university structure which already comprises: one professor, five associate professors, three chief assistant professors (including one 'doctor of historical sciences' and 7 who have obtained their PhDs). A. Kuzmanova L. Spassov and K. Markov have joined the Department. In order to enrich the learning process, several of the leading specialists in Bulgarian history have been contracted as visiting staff, among whom: Professor. DSc P. Angelov, Prof. DSc D. Bakalov, Prof. DSc J. Nikolov, Prof. DSc C. Tapkova-Zaimova, Prof. DSc St. Petkova, Prof. DSc G. Stoyanov, Prof. R. Kusheva, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Pl. Pavlov and many others. It should be especially noted that the maintenance of academic records, the overcoming of technical difficulties and successful communication within the Department are due largely to the secretaries of the unit – Vladislava Georgieva (1995-1998) and Sen. Exp. historian Valentina Stefanova (from 1998 onwards). The Department of History is actively involved in training graduate students in various fields of historical science. In the period since its establishment the Department has supervised the work of four regular and two part-time PhD students, in addition to three PhD candidates on self-study basis, of whom five have successfully defended and obtained their PhDs – D. Borisov, M. Marinova T. Bistrashki, R. Pendzhekova and D. Arnaoudov. The prestige of the unit and its teaching potential are a good basis for successfully raising the qualification profile of its members. Four habilitat studies have been carried out (followed by promotions to 3 associate professors and 1 professor), two procedures for obtaining the degree of 'Doctor of Historical Sciences' and another two for obtaining PhDs.
The Department of History has also developed a wide in scope research programme. The Department has been the initiator and participant in national workshops with international participation, organized with the support of 'Open Society' Sofia and the Institute 'Open Society' – Budapest. It has also been the co-organizer of the international conference in Byzantine Studies held in 2001 in Plovdiv, the Jubilee Conference in Karlovo (2003), among others. Its members actively participate in various international academic meetings in Greece, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Hungary and Austria. In 2005, in connection to the tenth anniversary since the establishment of the Department, a Jubilee international scientific symposium was held, which welcomed more than 90 participants from leading research centres in the country, as well as scientists from Italy, Greece, Turkey, Russia, among other countries.
The Faculty of Philosophy and History was set up in 2004, with the Department of History and its teaching staff playing a significant role in its establishment. The new structure administrative arrangement, in which the Department of History is an integral part, allows for more specialized training and extensive opportunities for the development of education and research in history. The historical-archaeological field in the faculty begins to assert itself as a highly respected and sought after educational centre for the training of good specialists. In order to strengthen the positions of the Department, since 2004 two new associate professors (Il. Petkova and B. Belegov) and four senior assistant professors (Pl. Slavov, S. Katzarov T. Bistrashki, St. Popov) have been employed.
In order to ensure the quality of training and the development of scholarly potential in the direction of 'history and archaeology', in 2008 two new departments were formed – 'General History and Archeology' (led by Assoc. Prof. Ivan Djambov) and 'History of Bulgaria' (headed by Assoc. Prof. Vesselina Petrova-Tchompalova).
Archaeological field training has occupied an important place at the University of Plovdiv for a number of years. Ever since the foundation of the major in 'Bulgarian Language and History', archaeological excavations have been conducted led by Assoc. Prof. Djambov and always with the active participation of students. Several archaeological excavation sites can be shown as an example – the objects in Anevo Fortress and Hisarlaka near the town of Sopot; the fortress in Borovitsa near the dam of Kardzhali, the excavations near the village of Iskra, Purvomai municipality and many more. An integral part of this activity is the organization of annual exhibitions under the heading 'Archaeological summer.' The interest in archaeology has prompted the members of the Department to set up a new course in 'Archaeology'. Another major reason is the archaeological and cultural-historical wealth of Thrace and its main centre – Plovdiv. Thus in 2008, the first class of students in Archaeology was accepted. The establishment of this major was the first challenge for the new Department of General History and Archaeology, which is an important step towards the affirmation of the historical and archaeological orientation of University of Plovdiv.
Since May 2012 the two departments 'General History and Archaeology' and 'History of Bulgaria' have been united in a common Department of History and Archaeology whose faculty consists of 18 full-time lecturers.
The Bachelor programmes administered by the Department are 'Archaeology' (full-time) 'History' (full-time and part-time), 'Bulgarian Language and History' (full-time and part-time) and Master's programmes in 'History and Civilization of the Old and New World', 'Diplomacy and International Relations', 'Archive Studies and Documentaries: Informational Security', 'Bulgarian History in Balkan and European Contexts' and 'Institutions and State Traditions'.
From 2015 begins reception of candidates for the Master`s program "Archaeology and archaeological heritage" - for specialists and for non-specialists.


Another week has past, and instead of spending time to keep writing my second novel, I'm finding I want to write here a bit first instead. Maybe I won't get to writing anything else today anyway?
It's been another normal, unpredictable and busy week in Russia.
Last Sunday morning, due to a combination of different things, we saw 62 people at our morning meeting. These included 50 adults! Twenty up on the week before. Numbers were up so much (bearing in mind its only our 8th Sunday morning meeting since starting in September) because Nadia, our translator, was announcing her engagement, which brought in 8 visitors. Also, another church were not able to meet on Sunday so a crowd of about 15 turned up to ours...plus we had 7 visitors of our own not related to these two other groups. So we ran out of chairs and space very quickly. Oh Lord, what joy it is to serve you!
Last weekend we also helped host the church in Kolpena through two evenings, once on Saturday for a seminar on the prophetic and then at their church meeting on Sunday evening, where we were able to pray for many sick people and had a few of them give testimony there and then on the spot, saying that power or heat had passed through their bodies! Amen, more Lord.
It was a great time of seeing what God was doing, all the same time as I was realising that it's the work of the Holy Spirit that is so vital, and nothing from ourselves. As I was standing on the main doors on Sunday morning, welcoming people in, in the moments between anyone arriving (there were lots as I'm there for 30 minutes) I was just singing the phrase "It's all about Jesus!"
It's so hard to keep dying to yourself, to keep laying down your dreams, hopes, abilities even. To serve in such a way that just allows Jesus through the Holy Spirit to meet directly with the people you are reaching, because what they most need IS Jesus....not you! So when things were going wrong in the set up on Sunday, when I couldn't load the presentation onto the computer that I'd been working on in the week and it made me frustrated, I had to come back to the thoughts that its just about Jesus.
I soon face a long time out of Russia as we travel back to England to have our second (& last!) child before returning home to Russia in April 2010. The thought of being away for so long is hard. It also reminds me of the fact that its not my work, but God's. We've invested so much here already, that to leave for a season you can tend to feel things are linked to you in someway. And while relationally that is indeed the case, the mantle for His church in St Petersburg has always been God's, and therefore nothing is changing in that regard, as God is going nowhere! And thank God for that!
Next week is set to be a week of a couple of 'firsts'. On Thursday, I am teaching my first English class, having sat in with Hansie last Thursday in preparation for covering his class this coming week while he is away. It'll be a good experience but pushes me out my comfort zone. And then next Sunday, even more out my comfort zone, I'm preaching for the first time at Hope church and in Russia! Agh!
Dave Henson has likened preachers bringing 'beef steaks' when they have preached in the past. I do fear more about being just a side salad! But yet again, thank goodness it's not about me! All I intend to bring next week is the wrapping paper. I can bring words, bring description, explain things, but I'm only ever going to be the wrapping paper, and if God doesn't turn up in power to confirm the word I felt He put on my heart, then it'll be wrapping paper WITHOUT a present in the middle! The Holy Spirit is the one who'll bring the gift, so my prayers and planning this week are going to focus very much on asking God to be there in power next Sunday, so that He does a work in the hearts of those there that I just will not be able to do.
I've had a hard week Russian wise....actually, I've probably had a hard week in general. But I seemed to hit a point on Wednesday when it felt like my brick tower of understanding came crashing down so that I forgot it all rather than just the last brick. It all seemed muddled up. The teacher then suggested a different approach, which does seem to be helping, so that Thursday lesson was a lot better. But I feel under attack. The enemy certainly wants to over load me. If it's not through my Russian (or lack of..), it's about my writing. Or if not through that he's throwing temptation my way, so much that I have to swim through the stuff sometimes.
All these things remind me therefore of the fact that God is doing something right, and very powerful, in St Petersburg. With this, and with his amazing help, I can push through, stand my ground, and see the enemy flee.
I'm not really sure that much what this post has been about? It's a muddled entry on various things, but that reflects life in Russia, where routine, or even normality, is a thing you leave at the airport (eg Heathrow) on your way out because they just don't function in the same way here...so you just kind of need to get used to it....which you never can, because its never the same....lol...it's kind of just acknowledging that an unroutined, changing lifestyle is actually the normal standard routine...if that makes any sense.
Oh well, I've had my time and think I've not said very much. Be blessed anyway, Tim.


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Robert Rielage
Speaking of Fire
When the DIY homeowner attempts a photovoltaic system install
How firefighters should handle a fire in a suspected non-certified building with solar panels
Photovoltaic technology surrounds us every day. At my home, we have outdoor convenience items – a light illuminating the American flag in our front yard, decorative lighting in our gardens, and lights on an umbrella on the porch.
There's no doubt that with the increasing emphasis on alternative energy sources, we will continue to see a greater use of photovoltaics, primarily solar panels, in our everyday life.
Photo 1: A typical residential system in the garage area with battery storage and shutoffs.
Most photovoltaic installations are done by trained electricians who follow the National Electric Code (NEC); however, two recent examples highlight the exception to this rule – and what can go wrong.
To be clear, I'm not criticizing do-it-yourself (DIY) efforts, especially those residents who take the time to get the proper permits and inspections to ensure the safety of their end product. I'm concerned with the people who don't take the time to get an inspection or who believe that the knowledge of these integrated electrical systems that they gained via YouTube video is equivalent to the knowledge of a licensed electrician. Let's consider two examples.
Fire attack 1: Solar for stargazing
We were dispatched to a structure fire in our western area where rolling hills lead down to the Great Miami River basin. Our residential fire response is four engines, two ladders, a medic unit, a battalion chief from our department, and another BC from the closest automatic-aid department. This address was atop a hill, and the fire involved a single-car detached frame garage about 20 feet from the residence. The first-due engine pulled two 1¾-inch hoselines between the home and garage, but the fire had already taken the garage and about 12 feet of wooden fence that separated the structure from the neighbor's property.
Investigators learned that one of the residents was an avid astronomer, and the garage was used as his observatory. The location would have been ideal, as this area was far from any city lights or even streetlights that would affect the clarity of his celestial stargazing. He also indicated that he had lost a very expensive telescope in the fire.
Amid the debris, the investigation found a battery that may have been attached to a small solar panel. The resident indicated he used this to power a small space heater to keep himself and the telescope warm, as well as a series of red lights used to save his night vision. Following the investigation, the space heater was thought to be the most likely cause. It was also my introduction into the use of a solar panel for an ad hoc DIY purpose, such as providing lights and heat to an outbuilding.
Fire attack 2: Crews pulled from unsafe structure
The most recent and more serious example of DIY use of solar panels occurred in a neighboring community, the City of Forest Park, with which we have an automatic-aid agreement at dispatch.
We contributed an engine, ladder and a BC to the initial structural assignment. On arrival, the first-due Forest Park BC marked it a working basement fire with heavy smoke visible on the Charlie side of the structure. The Forest Park fire chief, Alfie Jones, recognized the address as one where they had a previous fire in an outbuilding that housed a generator, and remembered that the resident had been working on the installation of solar panels.
Photo 2: A self-designed and installed residential system post-incident. (Photo/Robert Rielage)
After completing his 360-degree assessment, the BC set up a transitional attack from the Bravo-side windows into basement. The ladder officer reported numerous solar panels on the residence and adjacent outbuilding in his roof report, and advised no one should go onto the roof.
The fire took several minutes to knock down, and no one was permitted to go into the basement until the smoke cleared. What could be seen through the Bravo side windows was a large number of individual wires running into what appeared to be a make-shift room approximately 6 x 8 feet on the Charlie side of the structure. At least one time, the fire flared up and had to be knocked down again.
Only after several additional minutes, a crew in full PPE and SCBA, protected with a hoseline, thermal imaging camera and gas monitor was allowed to do a reconnaissance. What they found in the room were over 40 large nickel cadmium (Ni Cd) storage batteries and wires hanging free or in chase pipes. A large breaker box on the Charlie side showed heavy damage, both internal and external.
The homeowner indicated that there were three switches on the Charlie side of the basement that would deactivate the system if they were turned off. However, that did not fully shut down the system, nor did it stop the solar panels from producing electricity. Shortly thereafter, a firefighter's helmet came in contact with one of the hanging wires and a distinct spark was seen, causing the officer of the crew to order everyone out of the basement.
The crew also reported to the incident commander that several of the Ni Cd batteries were damaged and leaking. The homeowner indicated that he could shut down the entire system if he were given a chance to enter the residence, and while he was accompanied twice back in, he failed to alleviate the power problem. (See Photos 2, 3 and 4.)
Photo 3: Breaker panels and inverter/converter. (Photo/Robert Rielage)
The local electric energy company was called and indicated that they could not help, as the resident had taken his house off the regular energy grid. Fire companies remained on the scene for several hours, and the fire chief declared that if a fire reoccurred, it was to be a defensive only attack.
Eventually, the home was declared an "Unsafe Structure" and returned to the property owner.
The next day, the owner covered all of the solar panels with dark heavy plastic in an attempt to stem the flow of electricity out of those panels.
A subsequent electrical inspection of the home found 14 issues with the 2017 edition of the National Electric Code (NEC), including the lack of any inspection certificates for the photovoltaic system (solar panels) or the generator.
Photo 4: At this fire, crews found more than 40 large nickel cadmium (Ni Cd) storage batteries and wires hanging free or in chase pipes. (Photo/Robert Rielage)
How to manage DIY solar install incidents
This incident begs the question, how many other installations fall into this uncertified DIY category? Further, what should you do if you suspect a fire in a non-certified building with solar panels?
First, familiarize yourself with how an approved/certified solar-powered home or business system should look, including the control boxes mounted on the outside of the business or in a residence, most likely in the garage. (See Photo 1.)
While the newest edition of the NEC requires a single "Rapid Shutdown Switch" to shut down the internal systems, older versions of the NEC allowed multiple shutoffs to be thrown to de-energize the house, but in all instances, the solar panels will continue to feed electricity to the inverter/converter under any external lighting conditions (e.g., sunshine, streetlights, even emergency lights on a department vehicle). The NEC also requires labeling of all the shutoff junctions, but again, even after switching them off, there are the solar panels that continue to produce electricity.
Currently, the NEC indicates that bundled or individual wires coming from solar panels must be red in color and may not be run farther than 36 inches from the edge of a solar panel. This means firefighters should not operate within three feet of any panel surface, especially attempting to open a roof.
The only way to de-energize solar panels is to cover them with a heavy dark tarp or plastic that will cut off any light source from hitting the photo-voltaic panel material. This would be difficult to say the least during a fire.
Additionally, always consider how these solar panels are fastened to the roof. If you choose to ventilate a roof, even on the opposite side of the panels, the act of cutting the roof might affect the existing structural integrity.
When operating a hose stream onto a roof with solar panels, firefighters should use a fog pattern stream, preferably with Class A foam or CAFS, and be standing at least 20 feet from the building to avoid the potential of an electrical shock.
If there are any doubts about a system, the best advice is to use a transitional or defensive attack. Don't commit firefighters, especially into a basement, with any photovoltaic system that cannot be fully de-energized at least within the house or building.
Finally, both the UL and the NFPA have a series of interactive educational sessions that may help regarding training to spot the hazards that can be encountered even with a fully certified solar energy system.
On-Demand: Energy exposures: Simple steps for residential solar panel, ESS fire attack
Captain Richard Birt shares a bread-and-butter approach to mitigating residential structure fires involving solar panel and energy storage systems
Chief Robert R. Rielage, CFO, EFO, FIFireE, is the former Ohio fire marshal and has been a chief officer in several departments for more than 30 years. A graduate of the Kennedy School's Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard University, Rielage holds a master's degree in public administration from Norwich University and is a past-president of the Institution of Fire Engineers – USA Branch. He has served as a subject-matter expert, program coordinator and evaluator, and representative working with national-level organizations, such as FEMA, the USFA and the National Fire Academy. Rielage served as a committee member for NFPA 1250 and NFPA 1201. In 2019, he received the Ohio Fire Service Distinguished Service Award. Rielage is currently working on two books – "On Fire Service Leadership" and "A Practical Guide for Families Dealing with a Fire or Police LODD." Connect with Rielage via email.
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Selection of plant species suited to tolerate the varied conditions common to green infrastructure is essential for the success of a planting plan. A plant's ability to tolerate flood conditions is further correlated to its age, adaptation to the site, and condition. A well-established plant has greater reserves to withstand flood events. While it is recommended to leave the LID practice offline until plants become established (one to several years), in most instances this may not feasible. Measures incorporated into the LID practice such as erosion and sediment controls and pre-treatment cells can moderate flows enhancing survival potential. In all cases, soil surfaces must be stabilized prior to allowing flow to enter the LID facility.
==Native, Introduced and Rare Plants==
The goal of planting design for LID practices is to achieve a sustainable vegetation community that is tailored to the ecological qualities of the site and the aesthetic considerations of the landowner. Plant selection for LID practices is predicated on the principle of 'right plant for the right place'. Many LID practices are carried out within a highly urbanized context that poses unnatural stresses on plant growth and survival. This guide provides general recommendations to direct species selection. Landscape professionals should use this information to generate specific plant lists that are tailored to the conditions prevalent on site while addressing surrounding urban and natural land uses.
===Native and Introduced Species===
Native plants have co-evolved with the local ecosystems and natural processes. They are genetically better adapted to local climate, soils, insects and diseases of the area, and may require less maintenance to ensure health and survival. Working with native plants helps protect local native biodiversity, allows the LID feature to function ecologically while creating a more diverse, naturally-beautiful, landscape.
Where conditions for growing native plants are inhospitable, diversifying the planting palate with introduced species may have a more successful result. In addition to native species, many introduced plants are grown in nurseries and garden centers and are readily available to landowners.
===Rare Species===
Some of the native plants in the LID plant list are 'rare' and/or 'uncommon' within the Region of Peel / Credit River watershed, the Greater Toronto Area and/or the Province of Ontario . CVC and the TRCA do not support the incorporation of rare native species in planting plans and designs unless locally sourced material can be obtained and there is little to no threat of escape into naturally occurring populations. Genes from plants adapted to other areas can inadvertently introduce harmful traits that weaken the ability of the native population to thrive. Rare species are not always appropriate for LID practices depending on the project objectives or the characteristics of the site, especially in situations where rare species may be planted near natural communities. In these situations, the opportunity for genetic contamination of native populations is higher and the planting of rare species is unadvised.
Some of the native plants in the LID plant list are 'rare' and/or 'uncommon' within the Province of Ontario . STEP do not support the incorporation of rare native species in planting plans and designs unless locally sourced material can be obtained and there is little to no threat of escape into naturally occurring populations. Genes from plants adapted to other areas can inadvertently introduce harmful traits that weaken the ability of the native population to thrive. Rare species are not always appropriate for LID practices depending on the project objectives or the characteristics of the site, especially in situations where rare species may be planted near natural communities. In these situations, the opportunity for genetic contamination of native populations is higher and the planting of rare species is unadvised.
Some native species are rare because they require specific habitat conditions in order to grow which may not exist or be able to be restored easily. The benefits to landscaping with native, common plant material is that plantings may be better adapted to a wider range of conditions, and may tolerate more disturbance. A higher success rate and lower maintenance requirement may be achieved.
The method and collection of native plants is an important consideration when sourcing rare plant material. Ecologically responsible methods of seed collection and propagation ensure that wild populations are not overharvested and that they have the ability to keep adapting over time. Seeds should not be collected or existing plants relocated from the wild for use in LID practices. When sourcing material from growers and nurseries, the plant material origin should be confirmed as well as its method of collection and propagation.
The method and collection of native plants is an important consideration when sourcing rare plant material. Ecologically responsible methods of seed collection and propagation ensure that wild populations are not over harvested and that they have the ability to keep adapting over time. Seeds should not be collected or existing plants relocated from the wild for use in LID practices. When sourcing material from growers and nurseries, the plant material origin should be confirmed as well as its method of collection and propagation.
Recommendation: In areas containing, adjacent to, or within a linkage to an existing natural heritage feature, common native plants should be used exclusively. In areas regulated by a watershed authority such as the CVC or TRCA, rare species are not suitable for planting unless the local source/provenance is documented and approved. Rare species should only be used sparingly when there are no suitable common species available and reasons for selection should be provided. Where rare species are included in a design, it should be ensured that the plants are procured from locally adapted seed sources. Biologists, botanists and ecologists can help guide the sourcing and selection of plant material. Nurseries that specialize in native plants should be contacted to source material.
Recommendation: In areas containing, adjacent to, or within a linkage to an existing natural heritage feature, common native plants should be used exclusively. In areas regulated by a watershed authority
rare species are not suitable for planting unless the local source/provenance is documented and approved. Rare species should only be used sparingly when there are no suitable common species available and reasons for selection should be provided. Where rare species are included in a design, it should be ensured that the plants are procured from locally adapted seed sources. Biologists, botanists and ecologists can help guide the sourcing and selection of plant material. Nurseries that specialize in native plants should be contacted to source material.
==Natural Processes==
A plant community is not a static entity; rather it is always growing and changing in response to natural processes and disturbance events. When utilizing a plant community as an analogue for design, it is essential to understand the role of agents that affect the composition of the plant community over time. Designers and managers may need to mimic or compensate for the natural processes in a management plan. Consideration should be given for the impact of natural processes and disturbances to the long term vision of the LID landscape design. Natural ecosystems develop and are maintained through natural changes such as the onset of shading, and disturbance events such as:
*Seasonal storm events / flooding outside the design norms


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Transfers. We've already created a MyBB board on a free hosting service (byethost) for testing and development purposes. Our original plan was to upgrade to their paid package once we opened and the site had grown sufficiently, but having done further research into the host we've decided not to use them at all. So now we have a mostly complete site that we need to move. Will that be possible without too much trouble? There are no posts to transfer, only plugins, settings and the custom theme.
Adult Content. Our site will have - among other things - a roleplaying section. This is the only place on the board where we'll be allowing adult content. What we'd like to know is; Is a stickied message at the top of the page(s) inside the rping forum stating something along the lines of; "By using this forum I confirm that I'm 18+" enough of a disclaimer? It will also be included in our rules. To be clear, the entire site will not be 18+, only the rping section. We will have younger members using other sections and features of the site. Will that be in keeping with your rules?
Awh man, I used to use ByetHost back in the day. Surprised it's still around.
As far as content goes, as long as you do your warning stuff where it should be done, and make it clear what they're getting into if they choose to, you're pretty much golden.
Thanks @Arceus, that clears it all up. Onwards with the move, then!
Hey guys, so I've applied for hosting and was just wondering how long it usually takes to hear back about it? I'm excited to get started.
It looks like you got it setup a few days ago. It should be already setup @Demimonde You should be able to access it via Store > Manage Purchases > Manage button (on the right) of the purchase.
Thanks @Morrigan. Like a damn amateur I didn't read the documentation.


(Kitco News) - Gold prices are modestly lower in early-afternoon U.S. trading Monday. However, prices have moved well up from daily lows in late action. The safe-haven metals continue to suffer from a lack of turbulence on the geopolitical front that would provide some demand for them. June gold futures were last down $3.30 an ounce at $1,291.80. May Comex silver was last up $0.007 at $14.97 an ounce.
Asian and European stock indexes were steady to mixed in quieter dealings overnight. U.S. stock indexes are weaker in midday action. There are presently no major geopolitical issues in the world marketplace to rattle the markets and trader and investor attitudes remains generally upbeat, as evidenced by most world stock markets trending sideways to higher at present.
A sell off in the U.S. Treasury bond markets recently has been a bit bearish for gold, as the rising yields on those securities make a better return for fixed-income investors.
The key outside markets today find the U.S. dollar index slightly weaker. Meantime, Nymex crude oil prices are lower and trading around $63.35 a barrel.
May silver futures prices closed nearer the session high after hitting a 3.5-month low early on today. The silver bears have the overall near-term technical advantage. A seven-week-old downtrend is in place on the daily bar chart. Silver bulls' next upside price breakout objective is closing prices above solid technical resistance at the April high of $15.31 an ounce. The next downside price breakout objective for the bears is closing prices below solid support at $14.50. First resistance is seen at $15.065 and then at $15.215. Next support is seen at today's low of $14.795 and then at $14.75. Wyckoff's Market Rating: 4.0.
May N.Y. copper closed down 110 points at 293.50 cents today. Prices closed near mid-range today. The copper bulls have the overall near-term technical advantage but trading has been choppy and sideways at higher levels, suggesting that a market top is in place. Copper bulls' next upside price objective is pushing and closing prices above solid technical resistance at the April high of 298.85 cents. The next downside price objective for the bears is closing prices below solid technical support at the March low of 283.45 cents. First resistance is seen at last week's high of 296.20 cents and then at 298.85 cents. First support is seen at today's low of 291.65 cents and then at 290.00 cents. Wyckoff's Market Rating: 6.0.