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100 Flying Birds
100 FLYING BIRDS: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight
ADVANCED READING FOR CHAPTER: 1 EAGLES
A good article on the constellation Aquila can be found here:
Plotner, Tammy. 2016. "The Aquila Constellation." Universe Today, March 18, 2016.
https://www.universetoday.com/19592/aquila/ (accessed January 21, 2019).
Benjamin Franklin's letter to his daughter Sarah Bache appears on page 567 in the following volume:
Franklin, Benjamin. 1834. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin Written by Himself and Continued by His
Grandson and Others. His Epistolary Correspondence, Philosophical, Political, and Moral
Letters and Essays, Diplomatic Transactions as Agent at London and Minister
Plenipotentiary at Versailles. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: McCarty & Davis.
The complete text of the relevant passage from the letter, reproduced below, indicates that reference to the turkey emerges based not on his preferred choice of bird for the Great Seal (as some have suggested) but on the appearance of the Bald Eagle on an insignia for the "brave and honest Cincinnati of America." Franklin thought that this organization – The Society of Cincinnati — came too close to the kind of hereditary privilege that he had sought to shed by adding his signature to the Declaration of Independence.
Wikipedia contributors, "Society of the Cincinnati," Wikipedia, The Free
Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Society_of_the_Cincinnati&oldid=940622333 (accessed January 21, 2019)
To Mrs. Bache.
Passy, January 26, 1784.
MY DEAR CHILD,
Your care in sending me the newspapers is very agreeable to me. I received by captain Barney, those relating to the Cincinnati. My opinion of the institution cannot be of much importance: I only wonder, that when the united wisdom of 0ur nation had, in the articles of confederation, manifested their dislike of establishing ranks of nobility, by authority either of the congress or of any particular state, a number of private persons should think proper to distinguish themselves and their posterity, from their fellow-citizens, and for an order of hereditary knights, in direct opposition to the solemnly declared sense of their country.
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Others object to the bald eagle, as looking too much like a dindon or turkey. For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character: he does not get his living honestly: you may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself; he watches the labour of the fishing hawk; and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him, and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case, but like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward: the little king bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the king birds from our country; though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers d' lndustrie. I am on this account, not displeased that the figure is not known as a bald eagle, but looks more like a turkey. For in truth, the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America. Eagles have been found in all countries, but the turkey was peculiar to ours; the first of the species seen in Europe, being brought to France by the Jesuits from Canada, and served up at the wedding table of Charles IX. He is besides, (though a little vain and silly 'tis true, but not the worse emblem for that) a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British guards, who should presume to invade his farm yard with a red coat on.
AKAN INTERNATIONAL CRANE CENTER
There is an image of the scene I described on the following web page:
Hokkaido Kushiro – Lake Akan Travel Guide. n.d. "Akan International Crane Center Grus."
Accessed September 23, 2019.http://en.kushiro-lakeakan.com/things_to_do/3780/
GEORG WILHELM STELLER (1709–1746)
Steller was a man of many talents: botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer. At the age of 28, he married the widow of a former naturalist colleague, and seems to have "inherited" the man's scientific papers of studies in Siberia. He is said to have been the first non-native to set foot on Alaska in 1741.
Wikipedia contributors, "Georg Wilhelm Steller," Wikipedia, The Free
Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georg_Wilhelm_Steller&oldid=932788850 (accessed February 1, 2019.
BALD EAGLE MORTALITY
Details of the life of young Bald Eagle chicks are contained in this U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service posting:
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. n.d. "Eagle Facts." Accessed February 2, 2019.
https://www.fws.gov/uploadedfiles/region_5/nwrs/central_zone/montezuma/eaglefacts.pdf.
WHITE-TAILED SEA-EAGLE REINTRODUCTION IN ENGLAND
A news account describing the release of six White-tailed Sea-eaglets is here:
Barkham, Patrick. "White-tailed eagles return to southern Britain after 240 years." The
Guardian, August 22, 2019.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/22/white-tailed-eagles-southern-britain.
CULLING GOLDEN EAGLES IN NORWAY
Details of, and a rationale for, the plan to cull 200 Golden Eagles in Norway in order to protect sheep and reindeer are reported here:
Berglund, Nina. 2016. "Protests fly over new eagle hunt." News in English: Views and News from Norway, June 7, 2016.
https://www.newsinenglish.no/2016/06/07/protests-fly-over-new-eagle-hunt/


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After more than a decade of collaboration among the hydropower company that owned the river's dams, state and federal officials, conservation groups and the Penobscot Indian Nation, the Great Works Dam and the Veazie Dam, have been removed. A bypass around the Howland Dam also has been completed. This will improve access for migrating salmon, and open the river for river herring, sturgeon, striped bass, shad and other fish for the first time in generations.
The restoration of the Penobscot River is the largest dam removal project that TU has been involved in. It is the last best chance for the recovery of wild Atlantic salmon in the United States.
The removal of the dams will improve access to more than 1,000 miles of river to endangered Atlantic salmon and 10 other species of ocean-going fish.
The Penobscot River drains roughly 9,000 square miles in Maine, or about one-third of the state. Maine is home to the last remaining wild Atlantic salmon in the nation, and the Penobscot holds the state's largest population of Atlantic salmon, with annual salmon runs estimated at 50,000-70,000 prior to 1830.
TU, along with the Penobscot Indian Nation, American Rivers, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Audubon, Natural Resources Council of Maine, working with the U.S. Department of Interior, the State of Maine, and PPL Corporation, the dam owners, negotiated a final agreement that will redefine the Penobscot River. The Nature Conservancy joined as a full partner in 2006.
Resolve longstanding disputes and avoid future uncertainties over the regulation of the river.
PPL Corporation to improve fish passage at four additional dams.
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As you have surely noticed by now, the theme as of late has been food gifts. I made a chocolate basket of sweet happiness for my grandparents this Christmas (including two previous posts), and this is yet another sweet jumble from that gift.
I had the good fortune of using Havana Club Rum, but since most of my readers have not traveled to that forbidden paradise, I'll suggest you use any rum of your choosing. The recipe calls for dark rum, but I say use whatever (excepting a spice rum, of course, that might be a little funky). The recipe is all in weight, so hopefully you have a kitchen scale. Sorry, I prefer not to post this way so as not to scare anybody off, but hopefully the approximations I've included will make it less intimidating.
Chop up 175 grams of the milk chocolate into small pieces (about 6 oz).
In a double boiler, heat heavy cream until hot to the touch. Remove from heat and add chopped chocolate and butter, mixing until melted.
In a mini food processor or blender, process rum and raisins until finely minced. Stir into chocolate mixture. Set aside at room temperature for at least 6 hours or overnight to cool. It will become almost like a heavy mousse in consistency.
Scoop balls approximately 1″ diameter and place on a sheet lined with parchment paper.
Chop remaining chocolate and place 3/4 of it in a small microwave safe bowl. In 20 second increments, heat and stir, repeating until chocolate is smooth and shiny. Then, stir in the remaining 1/4 of the chocolate. As it melts, it will reduce the temperature of the chocolate. It should register 85-59 F on a candy thermometer.
With two spoons, pick up each truffle and cover it with the melted chocolate. (Or use your hands!) They don't have to look smooth. Return to parchment sheet and let them sit at room temperature to harden. Enjoy!
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JMG Engineering
Pasco board approves nearly $200,000 for design work
April 6, 2021 By B.C. Manion
The Pasco County Commission has approved $198,500 for design and permitting work for site refurbishment of the East Pasco Transfer Station.
The task order will be accomplished by JMG Engineering Inc., according to agenda background materials for the county board's March 23 meeting.
The East Pasco Transfer Station, at 9626 Handcart Road, in Dade City, was constructed in 1991 to support the transfer of municipal solid waste from the east side of the county to the county's Waste-to-Energy Facility located at 14230 Hays Road, in Spring Hill.
The county began expanding the East Pasco Transfer Station in 2017, to increase the overall size of the facility to support the rapid volume of waste growth, driven by development, on the eastern side of Pasco County, the background materials say.
For instance, in fiscal year 2020, the transfer station processed more than 92,800 tons of garbage, up over 25% from the 74,000 tons it processed in fiscal year 2015.
The expanded transfer station enables the facility to handle the increase in tonnage, but the facility also needs to be refurbished, according to county documents.
The structure has experienced wear and deterioration through its many years of operation, and
its refurbishment must meet current codes and operational standards.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) requires that the proposed improvement design work be under the direction of a licensed professional engineer.
JMG will perform the design and permitting work necessary to allow the county to put out public bids to refurbish the facility.
Improvements to the site and facility will include:
Constructing a new access road that will reduce queuing of vehicles on Handcart Road, which services the transfer station
Modifying the stormwater system to support the proposed roadway changes and improve the overall site drainage
Designing drawings and specifications to replace the tipping floor pit and metal framing
Evaluating the facility roof and exterior walls
Designing drawings and specifications for repair and/or replacement, modification, and permitting of the facility's leachate collection system
Evaluating the fire system and developing specifications needed to update the system to the current Florida Building Codes
The scope of work also includes obtaining all applicable permitting and handling any zoning modification that are required.
The refurbishment will allow additional area to handle waste and will provide space for recyclables collection, increasing the efficiency of the county's collection of recyclables by allowing waste haulers to deliver recycling to the eastern side of the county.
JMG is expected to begin the task this winter and complete it within a year.
Construction is expected to begin in the Spring of 2022 and be completed in Winter 2023. Funds for the construction will be included in the 2022 budget year.
Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Dade City, East Pasco Transfer Station, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Handcart Road, Hays Road, JMG Engineering, Pasco County Commission, Spring Hill, Waste to Energy Facility

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I am having a problem. Please see a screenshot. I am sure you will recognize a problem. Onfortunatly I don't know how to even query for this behaviour, so I couldn't search here. Sorry If this is reported not the first time.
This happens when I try to do path to gcode second time. I noticed that this happens after I modified initial design (and remove layer from previous gcode generation. Not sure if this is relevant, but I do some transformation to my design: I remove all the splines "Flatten Beziers" and then add more points to all those small lines.
I am playing around with inkscape, your gcodetools plugin and a mill to cut 2D profiles into wood.
When I processed filigrane structures I found that the total milling time for areas is often dramatically increased by the raise and pierce in process after every cnc - path. In commercially available products it is possible to fill areas with "single lines" to reduce this waste of time. To explain the challenge i attached an .svg file with different area filling approaches and possibilites to solve or improve it. It is not enough to connect all paths because there could be collisions, accordingly there has to be a more intelligent way how to connect a lot of pathes along one main path or sth like this. Maybe the solution is already implemented somewhere in inkscape or your tool but I couldn't find it.
Does anybody have a good idea or a hint where I should look for a more efficient way to generate milling paths?
the lower improvements would increase the total milling time a lot.
I'm new in using Inkscape and Gcode plugin and I'm trying to find an option to get max 3 decimal places instead of 6 - I'm working in wood with a CNC milling machine and I don't need such a accuracy, second thing: it's a good and simple way to reduce the end file size which can be critical if you have "limited" memory volume in your machine.
Can you please give me a tip..
Gcodetools cuts twice. The code goes thru all steps twice. Any suggestions?
How do I avoid the variable z cuts shown? They are either going in the opposite direction, or the maybe conical bit is entering too soon?
I have tried various combinations of path reversing and it still ends up spoiling the areas I want to be left uncut.
I am a printer (letterpress=Gutenberg printing techniques, popular until 1960 commercially) artist and trying to cut printing blocks out of wood, like a woodcut, a common fine-art printmaking technique.
Ok, I had openSCAM tools incorrectly configured. So everything works!
This is really a terrific thing you put together, thanks!
Regarding the tangent knife tool.
Is there any way to enable a retract/lift action for the z axes if the angle between two points is greater than a certain degree. In my case 45 degrees would be a start so that I don't break my blades?
I'm trying to help someone use your Gcode tools extensions in Inkscape. We're both using version 0.92.1 and both on Windows. I'm on Windows 7 and they're on Windows XP.
We're using your tutorial which is attached PDF. We're confused about Step 6. Could you please explain the following?
Then go to Area tab, and fill in Area radius."
There seems to be something missing between "Gcode tools ..." and "Fill in Tool diameter...." Which dialog should we open?
I did find Area extension dialog which does have an Area tab. But there is no option or setting called "Area radius". There is "Area Width". But most people think of width being equivalent to diameter. And mathematically, diameter is twice the radius (radius times 2).
We can figure out the Area Radius ok, using your instructions (which come after the quote above). But do we multiply the radius by 2, and enter in Area Width? Or else, where do we enter the Area Radius?
What about filling in Tool Diameter? I find that the Area dialog does have a Preferences tab. But there is no option or setting called "Tool Diameter".
We already found the tool diameter, using Tools Library dialog > Cylinder. But we don't know where to put it.
Or maybe Area dialog is not where the Area Radius and Tool Diameter need to be entered? If not, where to put them?
Also, near the bottom of Step 6, it says to choose "Calculate Area curves" and click Apply. But I can't find anything about "Calculate Area curves" in Area dialog, or in any of the gcodetools extension dialogs. How can we complete Step 6?
Hhm, this is very strange. I've never seen anything like this before! It must have something to do with the translation?
I was not able to log in here using my usual browser, which is Firefox. But I can log in with IE, and yesterday posted a message.
When I visited today, I was using Firefox, just to look and see if there was any reply yet. I saw a typo, so I opened IE and logged in so I can....well, it doesn't look like we can edit messages. But I was going to make another reply, to correct the error.
Here's the strange part. When I read the message using Firefox, I see a slightly different message than what I see when I use IE. Please see attached screenshots. I've highlighted the different text with yellow. When I look at the message with IE, it's the same message that I posted. But if I look at the message with Firefox, it's a different message.
So you can see that in one place in the Firefox message, there's an extra word - "not" which is a pretty important word! It says "I did not find...." instead of "I did find...."! And in another place, parts of the text is missing. I highlighted the extra text and the missing text in yellow.
Should I make a screenshot of the whole correct message, to make sure you can read the correct info? Or should I try re-posting the message?
Edit - So it looks like we can edit a message soon after it's posted. But the next day must be too late. Anyway, even with this message that I just posted, it looks different in Firefox! Very, very strange!!
Well I have to admit, I didn't read closely other recent messages which have been posted here. Because this address is given as "support forum" in the Gcodetool extensions, and which I've referred countless Inkscape users here (from Inkscape forums and mailing list) I just assumed we could get support here. But it looks like requests for support over the last year or so, are not being answered anymore.
Would you please let us know where we can get support, if you aren't providing it here anymore? I can spread the word in all the Inkscape forums, mailing lists, and IRC.
I know a lot of people are grateful for the Gcodetools extensions which you've provided for Inkscape, and sometimes I wonder if you realize how popular they are? We get a lot of questions in Inkscape forums, which we can't answer. So it would be very helpful if you could refer us somewhere we can get help.
I just want to say thank you to Nick and the others for a wonderful tool set. I am very interested in the engrave feature and I'm trying to use it to cut holes of varying diameter to create a stipple effect art work. I have been able to produce gcode using the engrave tutorial but it doesn't use the varying width of the V cutter to make the different hole sizes by plunging to different Z heights. Instead, it plunges and then moves in a start pattern to expand the diameter.
Please could the developers or anyone else help / explain how I can ensure the hole width is controlled with different Z depths for a V bit, rather than the radial XY moves? This is making the file take much longer to execute than is necessary.
Michal_K писал(а): I'm trying to find an option to get max 3 decimal places instead of 6 - I'm working in wood with a CNC milling machine and I don't need such a accuracy, second thing: it's a good and simple way to reduce the end file size which can be critical if you have "limited" memory volume in your machine.
I actually use 2 decimals here as I don't believe my machine has 0.01mm precision.
Now save (this is why you needed to open the text editor in administrator mode).
If you want to edit the GUI pop-up, you can do this by changing "4" to "3" in the relevant parts of the file [highlight=]gcodetools_path_to_gcode.inx[/highlight] in the same Inkscape extension folder. Now, if Inkscape is already open, save your work and restart it. If not, just open your file in Inkscape.
and click under the dropdown for Post-processor. You want to select the option which says Round all values to X digits (where X should be either 4 or 3, depending on whether you changed the .inx file).
Carry out the rest of your workflow as before and you should get reduced decimal places in your gcode .nc or .nce files.
I am a total newbe to inkscape and gcodetools. I recently got a Lumipocket LT 3d printer that is capable of laser engraving.
The manual of the printer was suggesting to use Inkscape to draw engraving and then transform those to gcode for the printer using Gcodetools extensions.
I started trying to draw a very basic grid, 60x60mm with crossing lines in the middle (at 30mm).
I followed thoroughly the instructions about setting the right parameters to obtain the gcode.
Orientation points, 2 points mode, setting the Z depth at "-0.1".
Chosing a Tool, the Cylinder.
Changing the diameter to "0.1" in the Cylindrical cutter box.
Then Path to Gcode: biarc interpolation 1,0; max splitting depth 1; subp to subp; depth f d, sort paths.
In Options Scale along Z 1,0; Offset Z 0,0; seletc all paths;minimum arc 0,05.
But when it is transformed to gcode, the measures range from 0 to 16mm instead of 60mm.
What's wrong? where are my 60mm lines?
I installed inkscape and gcodetools extension today for my laser engraver. I am a newbie.
Gcodetools extension doesn't work. I tried also jtech potonics laser extension. I get errors like this in entension-error text file.
Extension "About" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "Area" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "Check for updates" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "DXF Points" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "Engraving" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "Graffiti" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "Lathe" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "Orientation points" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "Path to Gcode" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "Prepare path for plasma" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "Tools library" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "J Tech Photonics Laser Tool" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
What is the problem? I made some searches and found some links. But i don't know what to do.
Could you help me please? Thanks!
seems connected to something about Python.
Maybe you have not installed Python on your PC.
inkscape 0.92 has wrong dimensions with gcodetools . Y axis is always bigger. I cant not find anywhere a clear way to fix this.
Seems ok with 0.91 .


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Phuket | Pollsters intimidated by government
Pollsters intimidated by government
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BANGKOK (AFP): A Thai polling organisation accused the government of intimidation this morning, saying police and military swooped on its offices and seized documents after its most recent survey showed flagging support for Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. "Special Branch police came here yesterday and warned us that we should inform them in advance both before conducting new surveys and releasing the results," a senior official at ABAC-KSC Internet Poll told AFP. On Febuary 11, the ABAC Poll released to mark the one-year anniversary of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's term in office found that the premier and some of his ministers need to overhaul their image. It also reported that voters were becoming concerned over conflicts of interest within the government, and its failure to make good on an election promise to revitalise the flagging economy. The ABAC official said the independent pollsters were frustrated with the government's heavy-handed tactics, but vowed they would continue their work and said the government should be aware of the public's views. He said that apart from visits by Special Branch police, interference also came from military personnel and the University Affairs Bureau, which oversees both state-run and privately-run universities. The University Affairs Bureau claimed that the ABAC-KSC Internet Poll was wrong in calculating its results on percentage of actual respondents, saying it should be based on the total sample. "On this topic, it was a very open-ended question and there were some 500 responses which we could analyse, while the rest of the 700 sampled were not able to be used," the director of the survey, Noppadon Kanikar, said. "Overall, we are confident that our method was accurate and represented the views of the whole sample," he added. Noppadon said the events after the February 11 poll marked the first time the authorities had interfered with pollsters' work in Thailand. "The ABAC-KSC Internet Poll does not agree with the actions of the authorities to interfere [with] and distort the [work of] pollsters to please some group of people at the top," the organisation said in a statement.
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Wolves & Urchins is an exhibition about the stories we tell ourselves about the dangers and lure of the forest, the cave, the mountaintop, the swamp, and by extension the bushes in the backyard and the weedy ditch by the side of the road. Hayley Barker, Wendy Given, and Anne Mathern all make works that pull at the guts of our relationship with the wild or marginal. In one way or another, like children and the adults they become, they not only observe, they pretend.
Wendy Given's series The Wilds is made up of large-scale photographs of wild places. However, upon closer inspection one begins to notice that these seemingly empty landscapes are inhabited. Given is interested in an aspect of visual perception called inattentional blindness, or the inability to see things that are present. Her photographs subtly encourage us to overcome that blindness and take notice. They also awaken memories of sensing the presence of something unseen.
Hayley Barker's monsters emerge out of the shadows and confront us head on. Even so, we are hard-pressed to know exactly what we face. She describes them as conglomerations of bird, insect, human, plant and sea life. They may also be strange predators, malignant growths or recurrent nightmares. Barker's choice of gouache, ink, and pencil for this body of work allows her to conjure monsters that materialize, threaten, slip away and return.
Bruce Conkle and Marne Lucas are two Portland-based artists known for their Blinglab collaborative performances at PICA's 2006 Time-Based Art Festival. For this exhibition in the Art Gym, the two artists have coined the term "eco-baroque." They seek to combine a sensibility to the natural world that includes acknowledgment of many of its baroque, over-the-top manifestations that are not unlike the excesses of the Baroque era. If you imagine the Palace of Versailles crossed with the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, you will be ready for Warlord Sun King.


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Pierre-Edouard Stérin
Founder, CEO
After graduating from Paris-Sorbonne University and EMLYON Business School, Pierre-Edouard began his finance career in 1998 at Société Générale and Exane. After working there as a sales manager and analyst, he followed his entrepreneurial passion to launch his first venture: BlackOrange. The online software sales and video game company posted €3 million revenue in its first fiscal year before it was sold in 2001.
Next, he focused on a gift box concept that he discovered in Belgium. The adventure began in 2003 as a franchisee named Smartbox. After delivering very high growth during the first years of operations, Smartbox acquired his franchisor with the support of financial sponsors. Nowadays, Smartbox is the leading player in its industry, operating in 11 countries and posting business volumes of €500m. Setting his sights on other ventures, Pierre-Edouard handed over the leadership to a new operating team in 2013. He currently holds the title as chairman and majority shareholder.
Aside from his Smartbox venture, Pierre-Edouard invested in several startups, the most notable of which being LaFourchette, a restaurant-booking platform. He supported the company from 2009 to 2014, as it grew into a €15 million revenue company in France, Spain and Switzerland. LaFourchette was sold to TripAdvisor in 2014 for $150m and the transaction was unanimously acclaimed as one of the most successful cash exits that occurred in France by that time.
A tenacious entrepreneur and philanthropist, Pierre-Edouard has poured his ambition and optimism into every project to better support his charitable endeavours. Pierre-Edouard currently resides in Belgium, where he oversees, as its CEO, Otium Capital as an investment vehicle pursuing investment opportunities in line with his ambition.
Mélodie de Pimodan
Growth & LBO Investments
Mélodie started working for Otium Capital in early 2017 and acted as Managing Director between 2019 and early 2022. She now leads the Growth & Buyout investment strategy and acts as Board member of Smartbox Group and of Otium Capital.
She has spent the past eight years working in investment funds in France, holding roles as director at Capza and more recently director at Vendis Capital. Mélodie has sound experience in LBO and mezzanine transactions with specific expertise in the food, consumer goods and health industries. Mélodie has previously worked in M&A for DC Advisory and Societe Generale (Paris and London) and in Leveraged Finance for Merrill Lynch.
She graduated from Solvay Brussels School.
Charles Briand
Charles Briand joined Otium Capital as principal in 2017.
Charles previously worked at Weinberg Capital Partners as an Associate on the LBO team. He started his career at Eight Advisory as an analyst within the transaction services department.
Charles is a graduate of EMLYON business school.
Jérémie Bordier
Venture Investments
Jérémie is a serial entrepreneur with a strong background in tech and acts as Otium Capital's advisor for venture investments since 2019. Having launched successful products reaching worldwide audiences both on B2B and B2C markets, Jérémie has a great understanding of early stage strategies to take a business from 0 to 1. Jérémie started his career at Exalead where he ended up in the strategic committee (acq. by Dassault Systèmes for 130m$ in 2011).
Jérémie has specific expertise in the Gaming, E-commerce, Online Marketing and Hospitality industries.
Jérémie graduated from EPITECH in Paris.
Aurélie Bessière
Leisure Investments
Aurélie Bessière joined Otium Capital as a venture partner in January 2021.
She is based in New York, USA. She acts as co-Head of Otium Leisure and invest in the consumer, retail and entertainment fields in the US. Previously, she co-founded and scaled a beverage brand in the US (DTC, hospitality and retail), and made the brand one of the top 5 nationwide. She had previously worked at Total for 5 years, in business development first, then in Investor Relations.She started her career learning sales at Xerox, audit at PwC and marketing at L'Oreal.
She holds a Master's Degree from ESCP Europe (France) and Aston Business School (UK).
Yann-Henri Grynfogel
Yann-Henri GRYNFOGEL joined Otium Capital in November 2018 as part-time CFO.
Yann-Henri is an experienced CFO, very business oriented. In 2018, he founded Peregryne, a consulting firm providing financial support and HR services.He held strategic positions both in groups like Publicis and Fiat, and in fast-growing companies under LBO.
Yann-Henri is graduated from EMLYON business school.
Nathalie Sozansky
Accounting & Administrative Officer
Nathalie worked within the Transport and Logistics sector for ten years occupying various support functions. Nathalie also has an experience of twenty years in start-ups, small independent structures or French subsidiaries of international groups in various business sectors where she was involved in the creation, structuring, takeover, reorganization or upgrading of administrative, HR, accounting and financial functions.
Nathalie has a diploma in "Organisation et Méthodes Administratives".
Jérémy Letovsky
Operating Partner
Jeremy Letovsky is the CEO of Otium Leisure a leading operator of retailtainment in Europe.
Jeremy benefits from an extensive experience in worldwide retail management over the last 20 years. He has been the active leader of the international growth of Retail groups like Etam and Fast Retailing Group in Europe and in the US. Jeremy has lived in France, USA and Singapore where he opened and run more than 300 retail locations in 35 countries.
Thomas Owadenko
Thomas Owadenko acts as operating partner for Otium Capital.
Thomas is an entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the digital space. After working for Deloitte he created a group buying website (Akabi), worked for Pixmania (E-commerce retailers), a video guide for hotels (Trivop) his last venture Octoly became the largest intermediary between brands and micro-influencers on social networks in the beauty space.
Thomas Owadenko graduated with DECF.
Louis-Antoine Roullier
Louis-Antoine Roullier acts as operating partner for Otium Capital.
Louis-Antoine benefits from extensive experience in majority investments over the last 20 years, holding managing roles with various PE Funds such as 3i, Bridgepoint and E. de Rothschild. Prior to joining Otium, Louis-Antoine served as Executive Chairman of Mediprema Group, the leading French medtech in premature baby care and is also a successful entrepreneur in Education as founding chairman of an alternative school.
Louis-Antoine graduated from Paris-Dauphine in Business Law & Finance.
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6.8mm Remington SPC ammo is designed to excel at urban combat with close range performance superior to that of the default 5.56 NATO chambering. The "SPC" in the name stands for "Special Purpose Cartridge".
Bullets fired by 6.8mm SPC cartridges are relatively heavy at 115-120 grains and produce a muzzle velocity of 2,510 feet per second. A lot of shooters who buy 6.8 SPC are firing an AR-15 rifle that has been converted to this caliber simply by swapping upper receivers and magazines.
You'll find 6.8 SPC ammunition for sale here that is produced by many American manufacturers including Federal, Remington, and Hornady as well as the Czech company Sellier & Bellot. Soft point bullets (notably Federal's Fusion hunting series) are available in addition to FMJs for range use. Czech ammunition producer Sellier & Bellot offers a polymer-tipped load designed for taking deer and other game and many hunters have relied on the 6.8 cartridge successfully for years.
The 6.8 Remington SPC is a newer round, invented by Remington and the United States Army in the early 2000's to bring the AR-15 and rifles like it the energy and efficacy of the 30 caliber while retaining much of the speed and light weight that the conventional rounds have. With these new rounds, you have longer range, better accuracy and trajectory, and much more power, making it phenomenal for match shooting, self defense, and hunting.
Remington has been around for two whole centuries, making it the oldest and most respected firearms and ammunition manufacturer in America. These metal cased, 115 grain, brass cased, boxer primed rounds from Remington UMC give you everything you need for range training. Accurate, reliable, and firing at 2625 feet per second, you will be staying at the range shooting this round for ages.
Developed out of a coalition of Remington and the United States Army, the 6.8mm Remington SPC is designed to give the AR-15 platform the incredible performance of the 30 caliber due to the measly performance of the normal rounds used in the AR-15. With the 6.8mm Remington SPC, you get better range, much more energy, and higher efficacy, making these newer rounds phenomenal for hunting, self defense, and competing in shooting competitions.
For two hundred years, Remington has been one of the best and most respected firearms and ammunition manufacturers in the United States. With ammo from America's oldest guns and ammo manufacturer, you have all the reliability and accuracy you need. These 115 grain, metal cased, boxer primed, brass cased rounds fire at 2625 feet per second, designed specifically for all your range training needs.
In the years since its founding, Sellier and Bellot have dedicated their company to providing the best, most innovative ammunition they can. Their quality control team works arduously to assure their bullets are manufactured to the proper specifications before they ship out their ammo to hunters, law enforcement officers, competition shooters, and military armories.
6.8 Remington SPC was developed as a coalition between the US Army and Remington to create a 30 caliber round with features of both their current 5.56mm round and the popular 7.62mm round. They succeeded in creating a round that flies farther and straighter than the 5.56mm. If you are looking to do some tactical hunting or some range training, these polymer tipped spitzer rounds are just right for you.
Designed by a coalition of America's oldest ammunition and firearms manufacturer, Remington, and the United States Army, the 6.8mm Remington SPC was developed in order to combine the power and efficacy of the 30 caliber with the speed and light weight of the 223 Rem and 5.56mm. With this new round, you have better range, phenomenal trajectory, incredible power, and amazing accuracy, giving you everything you need for hunting, competing in a shooting match, defending your family, and practicing at the range.
Hornady has been around since the end of the Second World War, crafting some of the most effective and innovative ammunition the world has seen in years. With these Hornady Custom, 120 grain, SST, brass cased, boxer primed rounds, firing at 2460 feet per second, you have the fantastic expansion, incredible accuracy, and phenomenal trajectory you need to defend yourself from any situation that might arise.
Sellier and Bellot's mission is to provide the best ammunition possible for hunting, law enforcement, military, range training, and match shooting. Their quality control team insures that their bullets are designed with the appropriate structure, whether it be fragmentation, expansion, or a solid bullet. With this state of the art ammo in your gun, you will not be disappointed.
The 6.8 Remington SPC was developed as a coalition of Remington and the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, United States Special Operations Command. Why was this done? The US Army was experimenting to see if they wanted to replace their current 5.56mm round with a 30 caliber round with features similar to both the 7.62mm and the 5.56mm. Is this round effective? You bet. Able to travel farther and flatter than the 5.56mm, this round is a great innovation. If you are looking at doing some range training or deer hunting with your tactical rifle, these polymer tipped spitzer rounds are perfect for you.
The 6.8 Remington SPC was developed out of a collaboration between Remington and the United States Army as an effort to produce a new round with much of the speed the light weight of the 5.56mm and that can be used in the AR-15 and other rifles like, while giving it the energy and efficacy of the 30 caliber. The result was an amazing round, perfect for military use, as well as self defense, hunting, range training, and competing in matches.
Hornady has been around ever since the end of World War Two, crafting some of the most innovative and effective firearms in the world. With these Hornady Custom, 120 grain, SST, brass cased, boxer primed rounds, firing at 2460 feet per second, you have perfect expansion, amazing accuracy, and hard hitting power you need for a highly effective, self defense or hunting rounds.


In response to increasing security challenges worldwide, the international donor community is placing greater emphasis on citizen security programming. Citizen security can be defined as "the process of establishing, strengthening and protecting democratic civic order, eliminating threats of violence in a population and allowing for safe and peaceful coexistence." As one example, the U.S. government strategy for addressing security threats in Central America, known as the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI), experienced a 1,250 percent increase in funding over an eight-year period — from $60 million in fiscal year 2008 to $750 million in fiscal year 2016. After all, for the average citizen, security is a quality of life issue and influences nearly every aspect of our daily (and nightly!) actions. For those vulnerable groups who suffer disproportionately from crime and violence, this reality is even more evident. Programs that are comprehensively designed from the outset are more likely to have greater impact in solving this complex problem and will provide a better return on donor investment.
Below are the first three out of eight considerations that can be used not only for citizen security programs, but can be incorporated into economic development, education, health, and environmental management programs where addressing crime and violence is a factor. For all eight considerations, read the full paper.
When taking those first few steps to design a program, component, or cross-cutting theme that aims to address crime and violence, here are the first three factors to consider.
Walk through any city and it is evident that the environment is not the same block after block, street after street. Some blocks have more houses, apartment buildings, or businesses; some streets are better lit; some neighborhoods have more foot traffic or car traffic. Assumptions about crime and violence cannot be generalized across an entire city. Collecting quality data that provides details on places, groups, and behaviors helps build a territorial profile of crime and violence. It may be that some types of crimes are more frequent than others or that violence occurs more often during certain times of the day than others. Once analyzed, this information can then be used to develop targeted strategies and evidence-based programming for improving citizen security.
When one thinks of government addressing crime and violence, the first thought is likely the local police department. However, the security system is just that — a system. Like any system, it encompasses a broad range of actors. In addition to law enforcement, citizen safety also relies on justice institutions and management and oversight bodies. And like any healthy, well-functioning system, coordination between different parts of the system is key. When each institution understands and respects the others' roles and the interrelationships among them, the groundwork is laid for a collaborative approach to governance of the security sector.
We must not forget citizens themselves within the security system. If we think of them as merely recipients of security services, we miss the opportunity to include them in joint efforts to identify problems and implement solutions. Of course, the best way to deal with crime and violence is to avoid them in the first place. Prevention requires that law enforcement understand what is going on in a neighborhood. And nobody knows the local conditions and priority needs better than the residents who live there. The success of citizen security programs depends on the system's legitimacy and mutual trust between communities and their government.
It's not enough to know where crime and violence is occurring, who the players are in a security system, and what they do. It's also important to understand why and how these actors operate — both the dynamics of their behavior and their capacity to fulfill their mandates. Why institutions behave the way they do and what motivates them is driven by a number of factors, such as power relations, social underpinnings, and incentives. Complementing this is an awareness of the technical and management capacity of an institution to deliver citizen security services effectively. Put more simply, can and will an institution do its job to protect citizens? Citizen security program design must examine actors' political and social motivations, as well as their abilities, systems, and the legal and institutional frameworks that govern their mandates.
To learn more about these three elements as well as the other five — public policy; allocation of resources; strategies, methodologies, and tools; accountability; and monitoring, evaluation, and learning — read the full paper.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to combating crime and violence because each country, city, and neighborhood contexts differ. Their particularities will also determine how much weight is placed on each factor. Nevertheless, taken together these considerations have proven crucial in building an integrated strategy when developing programming to improve the safety and security of communities and vulnerable groups.
Read the full paper, Citizen Security Programming 101: What to Consider, for more information.


Cut the monkfish into 12 large chunks. With the back of a knife, stretch out the bacon a little, then cut in half. You just need it to be long enough to wrap around the fish, but you don't want it to be thick. Take a cocktail stick, then wrap a sage leaf then a bacon rasher around the fish and secure with the stick. Repeat until you have wrapped all the monkfish chunks.
If you have fired up the barbecue, you can cook these in a frying pan on it. Heat the olive oil and cook the kebabs on all sides until the bacon is nicely browned. At this point the fish will be cooked through. (If you are using scallops, they will cook much faster, so the bacon should be nice and thin – cook them until just white.) Add a knob of butter to the pan and a squeeze of lemon juice, plenty of black pepper and serve immediately.


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The CW, Netflix, and Amazon Net Big Golden Globes Wins
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1 POSTED: 12 Jan 2015 13:30
This awards season isn't just same old, same old -- or at least it isn't all same old, same old.
If you can't get enough of awards season, you're in luck! Though 2015 has only just begun, we're already well into prime award show territory for movies and television (which will continue through February's Academy Awards). Last night's Golden Globe Awards weren't even the first award show of the year, with the People's Choice Awards having aired last week. Last night's winners' circle featured a number of predictable wins, with critics' favorites Boyhood, Birdman, and The Theory of Everything all taking home prizes in the film categories.
But there are more surprises amongst the nominees and winners in television categories -- especially when compared to the Emmys, where the same shows seem to take the same prizes every year. (We're looking at you, Modern Family and your fifth win in a row for best comedy -- there are other comedies out there, we're pretty sure.) The TV categories brought in a number of new shows and included more diversity than you'd typically see while channel surfing. Of particular note is The CW's first major award since the network launched in 2006, with Gina Rodriguez taking home a best actress prize for Jane The Virgin. Streaming services also had a good showing, with Kevin Spacey winning best actor in a TV drama for Netflix's House of Cards and best TV comedy going to Amazon's Transparent.
But no matter what you think of this year's Golden Globes winners, there's one thing we can all agree on: The LEGO Movie (which lost to How to Train Your Dragon 2) was robbed. The list of winners is below for your perusal.
Best Motion Picture, Drama: Boyhood
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Michael Keaton (Birdman)
Best Animated Feature Film: How To Train Your Dragon 2
Best Foreign Language Film: Leviathan
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Best Director - Motion Picture: Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo (Birdman)
Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory Of Everything)
Best Original Song - Motion Picture: "Glory" from Selma
Best TV Series, Drama: The Affair
Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama: Ruth Wilson (The Affair)
Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama: Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Transparent
Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Gina Rodriguez (Jane The Virgin)
Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
Best TV Movie or Mini-Series: Fargo
Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie: Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Honorable Woman)
Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie: Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo)
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie: Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey)
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie: Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart)
harpere:
But no matter what you think of this year's Golden Globes winners, there's one thing we can all agree on: The LEGO Movie (which lost to How to Train Your Dragon 2) was robbed.
Hey...I just made a post about winner for best animated pic. :D
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.868704-Poll-Best-Animated-How-to-Train-Your-Dragon-2-or-The-Lego-Movie-Or-Other
And I'm totally not plugging!
I hindsight Lego probably did deserve it more than Dragon, but I don't really mind it winning either. I quite liked that film too despite its flaws.
Anywho it was such a good year for film so I'm not surprised by any of the wins really.
RedDeadFred
I'm sure I'll be saying this after pretty much any award show that involves TV but.... HANNIBAL!!!! Not even a nomination?!
It is a tough category though so I can't be too disappointed.
Also, while I liked Fargo, True Detective was the better miniseries to me in pretty much every way.
Shocksplicer
Tatiana Maslany= actual Best Actress in a TV series. Absolutely egregious that the Golden Globes still haven't recognised her for her work on Orphan Black.
Other than that... Eh, seems about right. Oh yeah, LEGO Movie too.


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Crotch-fire explicitly allowed to fly.
Drips and drabs.
George Washington notices that the U.S. State Department explicitly allowed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's fiery crotch to fly.
The State Department didn't revoke the visa of foiled terrorism suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab because federal counterterrorism officials had begged off revocation, a top State Department official revealed Wednesday.
Patrick F. Kennedy, an undersecretary for management at the State Department, said Abdulmutallab's visa wasn't taken away because intelligence officials asked his agency not to deny a visa to the suspected terrorist over concerns that a denial would've foiled a larger investigation into al-Qaida threats against the United States.
"Revocation action would've disclosed what they were doing," Kennedy said in testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security. Allowing Adbulmutallab to keep the visa increased chances federal investigators would be able to get closer to apprehending the terror network he is accused of working with, "rather than simply knocking out one solider (sic) in that effort."
Even if this account were true, wouldn't some undercover agents have accompanied the suspected terrorist on the plane and beyond? Instead, we are to believe a suspected terrorist was explicitly unattended and some heroic Flying Dutchman had to wrestle him down.
ACTION: Stop the Extradition of Marc Hall to Iraq
By jimstaro in Iraq, War
US military plans to extradite stop-lossed Iraq war vet to Iraq for court martial over protest rap song
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Fort Stewart, Ga. – The US military plans to extradite a stop-lossed Iraq war veteran to Iraq "within a few days" to face a court martial for allegedly threatening military officers in a protest rap song he made.
Spc. Marc Hall has been jailed in the Liberty County Jail near Fort Stewart, Ga., since Dec. 11 because he wrote a song called "Stop Loss" about the practice of involuntarily extending military members' contracts.
"It is our belief that the Army would violate its own regulations by deploying Marc and it would certainly violate his right to due process by making it far more difficult to get witnesses. It appears the Army doesn't believe it can get a conviction in a fair and public trial. We will do whatever we can to insure he remain in the United States," said Hall's civilian attorney, David Gespass. >>>>>>
Afghanistan, Court Martial, extradition, Involuntary Extension of Service, LTC Eric Bloom, Marc Hall, Occupation, Rap Song, Stop Loss
Original v. Cover — #11 of a Series
By curmudgeon
This week's featured song was co-composed by two great songwriters, at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where Martin Luther King, Jr. would later be murdered in April, 1968. This week's featured song was first performed in 1965 and released on vinyl in 1966, rising to #1 on the R&B charts and #21 on the Billboard Top 40 charts. Despite this rather inauspicious beginning, it has survived and become even more popular over the years. Most of the available cover versions sound mostly like the original, except for a few played at a faster pace, which seems to lose something in the translation, in this writer's opinion.
This week's feature song is ranked at #134 on the Rolling Stone list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, one of two songs that the performer would place on the top 500 list. This number was also designated as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Acclaimed Music ranks this week's selection as the 89th greatest song of all time, as well as the seventh best song of 1965.
Several cover versions mentioned in the associated wikipedia article looked to be quite interesting, however, it doesn't seem that some of these were to be found on the youtube site. These performers include Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, The Doors and Van Morrison's Them band at the Whiskey A Go Go (1966), The Chambers Brothers and Buddy Guy. The Grateful Dead also regularly performed their cover version of this song, however, this writer was unable to locate one on youtube which represented much of a departure from other versions, or in some cases, the sound/video quality seemed to be lacking. A group called Cross Country apparently had some success with this song, their version reaching #30 on the Billboard Top 40 charts in 1973. Again, a youtube version of their performance appears to be nonexistent.
Geoff Atchison, In the Midnight Hour, The Commitments, Tom Jones, Wilson Pickett
1 Ten Americans face jail in Haiti after kidnapping charge
by M.J. Smith and Clarens Renois, AFP
Thu Feb 4, 6:40 pm ET
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) – Ten American Christians were Thursday facing a long time in police detention in quake-hit Haiti as they await trial on charges of child abduction and criminal conspiracy.
But the country's Justice Minister Paul Denis insisted they should be brought before Haitian courts, instead of being returned to the United States.
"It is Haitian law that has been violated," Justice Minister Paul Denis told AFP. "It is up to the Haitian authorities to hear and judge the case. I don't see any reason why they should be tried in the United States."
I Still Believed In My Dreams
By Rusty1776 in Politics
Can you remember who I was? Can you remember what I once stood for?
I gave America the New Deal, I gave America Social Security, I gave America the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and Medicare. I had vision, I had courage, I had integrity. I was the Democratic Party. I stood there boldly, sweating in the sun, felt like a million, felt like number one.
The height of summer, I'd never felt that strong . . .
Like a rock.
I was the party of working Americans, the party of the middle class, the party of social justice. Long ago, before Baucus and Conrad, before Landreau and Nelson, before NAFTA and Blue Dogs and Harold Fucking Ford, I was the Democratic Party.
My hands were steady,
My eyes were clear and bright.
My walk had purpose,
My steps were quick and light.
And I held firmly to what I felt was right . . .
In the days of your parents, in the days of your grandparents, in the days of FDR and Truman and JFK, I was the Democratic Party. I led America through the Great Depression, I led America and her Allies to victory over Fascism, I rebuilt the shattered nations of Europe with the Marshall Plan, I defended the Constitution, I upheld the rule of law, I hauled Richard Nixon's thugs into the Watergate Hearings and shut down that freak show he called a Presidency.
I was the Democratic Party.
I was strong as I could be.
Nothing ever got to me.
You wouldn't know it now . . .
But I was something to see.
Bob Seger, Democratic Party, FDR, JFK, Like a Rock
No mas d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d !!!
On the topic of extra-judicial assassinations of Americans by CIA hit squads, Glenn Greenwald writes:
…government officials often abuse their power and/or err and therefore must prove accusations to be true (with tested evidence) before they're assumed to be true and the person punished accordingly.
I wonder what he's talking about.
Veronica Bowers, 35, and her seven-month-old daughter, Charity, were killed when their Cessna was mistaken for a drug plane in 2001…
…A cockpit video tape obtained by ABC News shows how a CIA spotter plane sneaked up behind the Cessna and wrongly identified it as a drug plane. CIA operatives then called in the Peruvian Air Force.
assassination, CIA, extra-judicial killing, Glenn Greenwald, peru
Jenny Sanford's Field Guide to Biking the Appalachian Trail
By AmericanRiverCanyon
Jenny Sanford, the soon to be ex- wife (divorce filed and pending) and campaign manager of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, has written a book, called "Staying True."
Governor Sanford, who completely disappeared for five days last summer, for a side trip to Argentina to get it on with his mistress, leaving aides with the alibi of "he's hiking the Appalachian trail" says that he has not read the book yet.
"I know anything Jenny does, she does well, so I look forward to reading it along with everybody else," he said, according to The Sun News.
Per Tim Rutten's review in the LA Times, "Staying True"
is a memoir of a marriage that only can be described as the Contract With America meets Southern gothic.
/snip
In fact, by the time we get to the affair late in the book, it's a bit of a relief, since this is about the first normative impulse either of the Sanfords seems to have had during their marriage.
As Sanford informs us elsewhere in the book, "Women were made for sacrifice."
And boy does she sacrifice . . . over and over and over. What's never clear from her extended exercise in score-settling is why? The man she describes is driven, self-absorbed, pathologically cheap and 360-degrees weird. She runs his political campaigns, puts up with his habitual absences and bears him four sons.
http://www.latimes.com/feature…
Hiking the Appalachian Trail, Jenny Stanford, Mark Stanford, Republican, Republican Culture, South Carolina
Walk On Your Lips Through Busted Glass
By keirdubois
Envy is the religion of the mediocre. It comforts them, it soothes their worries, and finally it rots their souls, allowing them to justify their meanness and their greed until they believe these to be virtues. Such people are convinced that the doors of heaven will be opened only to poor wretches like themselves who go through life without leaving any trace but their threadbare attempts to belittle others and to exclude-and destroy if possible-those who, by the simple face of their existence, show up their own poorness of spirit, mind, and guts. Blessed be the one at whom the fools bark, because his soul will never belong to them.
My brother's voice slices through the fermented air with muted authority. He always did love deploying the righteous wisdom.
Obama: Congress might screw the pooch on Health Care
By MinistryOfTruth in Barack Obama, Congress
At a DNC fundraiser last night, President Obama had an interesting exchange with a Democratic organizer about health care reform, wherein he appeared to suggest that Congress could drop the ball and fail to pass a bill–and that voters should judge them harshly if they do.
"[I]t may be that — you know, if Congress decides — if Congress decides we're not going to do it, even after all the facts are laid out, all the options are clear, then the American people can make a judgment as to whether this Congress has done the right thing for them or not," Obama said.
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com
More below the fold
Democrats, elections, health care reform, in good faith, jobs, negotiating, President, Republicans
HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq & Afghanistan/Pakistan – January 2010
April 5, 2009 Dover 'Old Guard'
Dover 'Old Guard' team shoulders heavy burden
Afghanistan, Honor, Honoring the Fallen, IGTNT, January War Dead, Killed in Theater, Military, Occupation, OEF, OIF, Pakistan, ptsd, suicide, veterans, Wars of Choice
Culture And War
By wilberforce in Iraq
The first thing to go out the window when an aggressive, warlike nation starts a war (other than the truth) is whatever culture understanding may have existed before.
For instance: what was the American pop culture 1960's view of middle eastern culture? Belly dance and music, beautiful architecture, snake charming, funny hats. Even children's story's like Ali Baba.
Conversely, what was the 1960's view of Vietnam? Sub human dirty gooks.
Today, there's a piece in the NYT about the beautiful ancient art of Vietnam, which surely never would have occured in the war years:
see more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02…
Before we blew up all the minarets in Bagdad, it was necessary to remove them as objects of beauty, as expressions of humanity — we had to remove the ME from our cultural radar. How many American children today know about Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves? And how many worry about hook nosed terrorists?
To know a culture –even a Mickey Mouse pale imitation of the real thing — is to understand the humanity, that there are real children, real families there at the other end of the gun-sights; different from us, yes, but real nonetheless.
Afghanistan, Vietnam


Give mundane breakfasts the boot, and try out this simple and easy gluten-free Oaty Waffles alternative instead!
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It sets you up for the day ahead, gives you the burst of energy that's so important to get going, and recharges your batteries.
It can also be the one meal that we seriously overlook!
We all make lovely meals for dinner, often go out for lunch, but totally neglect the very first meal of the day.
More often than not, we get into a rut of the 'same old cereal' or a classic bowl of porridge - but even this is easy to jazz up, with various fruits and additional toppings of chia seed/ ground nut (if you can tolerate them) and so on. Or how about the Overnight Oats that we shared as part of the meal plan?
So, for the final instalment of our IBS Awareness Month meal planner, I thought I would share one of my go to recipes that I've given a little twist to.
When it comes to special breakfasts, pancakes are always a winner, as is French Toast, but what about waffles? They are ridiculously quick to make, and the mixture can even be made the night before to be even quicker.
They are so easy to make from scratch, and taste delicious!
For these beauties, I've used Free From Fairy flour, simply because it's the only flour I now use. Not only is it the worlds first rice free gluten-free flour, it's also nutritious too. Perfect for those of us looking to get a good balance in our diets.
I've also used my favourite a2 Milk™as it is kinder on my tummy than 'normal' milk. For any of you wondering whether dairy could be causing issues with your IBS symptoms, then I really recommend trying out a2 Milk™ as it has helped me immensely! If you want to find out more about a2 Milk and the science behind it, take a look here.
For this particular recipe, I chose to use bananas and blueberries, but you can top with any fruit for a lovely variation.
Add the flour, oats, baking powder and eggs to a large bowl and stir until well combined, being careful not to overmix.
Pour the a2 Milk™ into the bowl, along with the caster sugar and vanilla essence, and stir quickly to combine – this will help to prevent lumps!
Then carefully stir in the oil, and leave to settle for around 10 minutes.
Place the cooked waffles on a plate, with some fresh fruit and a drizzle of maple syrup or honey.
Question: Which recipe would you add to the meal plan and why?
Huge hamper of gluten-free goodies!
wow a delicious bundle of fab goodies!
I would add a breakfast omelette filled with mushrooms and tomatoes because it's high protein and will keep you full for longer, it's quick and easy to make and you get vitamin c from the tomatoes and vitamin d from the mushrooms.
I love the Oaty Waffles recipe for breakfast.
Great competiton and great site, I'd love to win this!
Use egg replacer and non-dairy milk to make them vegan.
Any soup recipes, they're my fav!
A nice chicken salad would compliment perfectly.
Yummy prize. Definitely be good for my poor tummy!
I've never had waffles for breakfast-think I might give it a try. BTW, I've tried A2 milk and it has helped my (usually bloated) stomach.
apple pie or birthday cake or something really comforting that you can offer to guests without needing to even tell that it is gluten free!
Some gorgeous recipes, thanks for sharing. I must try the Broccoli & Cauliflower Crumble!
What a fab prize! I always wonder about gluten free products but always find them a bit out of my budget range. Would be lovely to try.
I'd add some oaty flapjacks with raisins.
Brilliant prize! Looks sooooo amazing!
I have a gluten intollerance so this prize would be great thanks!
Great breakfast ideas. One of the hardest meals being a ceoliac.
Oooh lovely, I love eating healthily.
Lovely - I love healthy food.
Such a fabulous giveaway! Will be trying out these oaty waffles too!
The pizza looks amazing, as do the waffles!
a simple omelette with red and green sliced papers to add colour and taste - nice and filling!
This is great especially as I have IBS and have only been recently diagnosed. I'd add sausage casserole - I like to nake it with gluten free stock and sausages.
Fab prize! I'd give the lasagna a go most probably this week! One of those rare meals we all agree on in this house and me trying to "treat" my IBS is means we're all mostly eating something different!
Chocolate brownies.... Because I love chocolate brownies mainly!
I love Homemade GF Blueberry American Pancakes with Clotted Cream Ice Cream and Syrup. My usual breakfast of GF Cornflakes is boring but easy to do in a rush so pancakes are a nice occasional treat.
I would add a lentil shepherd's pie - made with orange lentils instead of lamb - I still add chopped tomatoes/carrots etc and top with mashed potato. It's SO cheap to make!
i'm always looking for a reliable pancake recipe i can keep going back to with plenty of fresh fruit, i don't eat enough!
Great range of gluten free products!
Fabulous prize, thank you for offering.
This is a wonderful prize. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I would add waffles to a full English breakfast in place of toast.
Gluten free bread recipes would be really useful.
I've just gone GF, but my local supermarket has a limited range. This would be great to try.
Waffles are the kings of breakfast. Always need more waffles!
I recently found out I have a food intolerance to gluten! Would love to win this hamper to kick start me into my new diet. Looks great!
I'd love to win these for my gluten-free colleague!
What a great choice of gluten free goodies. When my husband was diagnosed over 45 years ago there was only bread in tins, no flour and no choice of bread. its great to have so much choice.
I would add them to my recipes once a week with chocolate blueberries, bananas and strawberry all with wanilia ice cream -just because chocolet make me happy !
Porridge with banana and oats.... nice, healthy and filling!
Great prize, waffles look so yummy!
These look yummy! I have a friend who I hang out with every weekend who can't eat gluten and I never can find any good snacks to bring that we could both enjoy!
I would make. A gluten free lasagne as it's always a winner and most Havant had a decent lasagna in decades!
I would give this to my daughter if I won it as she has to have gluten free. She's a whizz at cooking so not sure what she would make.
I am Coeliac and follow an extremely strict gluten free diet. I really miss chocolate profiteroles filled with cream.
I would add the delicious recipe for soda bread developed by the wonderful Free From Fairy. Her flour is a godsend, I love it.
I would add a middle eastern orange cake - it is made with oranges and ground almonds, so there is no need to substitute anything in it to make it gluten free. It is lovely eaten with greek yoghurt and a few blueberries.
I'd add a hearty vegetable soup to the meal plan.
I would add waffles, as they are lovely.
I would add your crumb crusted cod to my meal plan, it looks and sounds delicious!
Lovely recipe and great competition, thanks.
Lovely re Joe and a great competition, thanks.
would love to win this so I could try to bake some gluten free cakes for my cousin who is gluten free.
I do find things like gluten free pastry so hard to make. I tend to end up making crumbles!!!! i use a little gluten free porridge oats and almond flour .
I am a huge fan of waffles!
This would make a fab present for my friend!
I'd add a vegeterian curry because I don't eat meat and I love Indian food.
GF Jam doughnuts- I've not seen a recipe anywhere for them yet!
I used to make GF waffles and they were fantastically filling but I think for speed I would add GF pancakes using a splash of A2 milk which I am getting on great with!
So yummy , I eat gluten free too...Great prize, fingers crossed.
I'd add a banana pancake recipe :) could be modified in many ways to make them "free from" lots of different things - most simply they can just be made with eggs and bananas, so very gentle on the tummy.
Oh I love waffles and blueberries!
I love making pizzas on gluten free mini naan breads with vegan cheese. I'd add this as healthy comfort food!
I would add my favourite gluten-free soup recipe, Butternut Soup with Sage & Apple Croutons - it's absolutely scrumptious!
What a lovely and healthy treat. Thank you.
I would add a good gluten free pizza, tuna, onion and tabasco sauce. Yum.
I would add a Flapjack - lovely.
Banana and Blueberry pancakes because i can just imagine how delicious they would be!
Those waffles look soooooooo good!!
Thank you. I add sliced bananas to everything!
I've read through the comments, and one idea jumped out. Deffo FLAPJACKS. Yum.
Lasagne as it is one of my favourite meals.
Lots of food for thought!!
I'd love a vegan French toast (eggy bread not cinnamon type) that doesn't use egg replacer (i.e. can be made from scratch rather than just substituting egg).
thank you for the chance at a fab prize. fingers crossed.
Awesome hamper! My hubby and my daughter are gluten free due to allergies and conditions they have.
I'd add a veggie packed omelette / frittata recipe yum!
Am a bit of a novice, but really want to learn more and practice as my sister in law and niece both are gluten intolerant.
I would add flapjacks with raisins! Yum!
These waffles look lovely although i can't eat oats, not just the gluten. Is there a replacement that would work? it is so hard to replace the stretchy gluten material!
Great giveaway. The waffles look great.
My own personal fave being gluten free and FODMAP and having IBS is one I invented today - tin tuna, dollop mayo, dbl cream, wilted spinach and pinhead oatmeal - mix then top with mashed sweet potato and sprinkle with cinnamon - bake in oven for 30mins @ 180C - delish fast fish pie using up some leftovers!
Gluten free foccacia bread would be on my list!
What a magnificent bundle. I would love to have waffles without ending up with a bloated achy stomach.
I would add pancakes - delicious, quick and healthy.
I'd add the coconut four for blueberry pancakes! Amazing!
Pancakes - delicious, quick and healthy.
American pancakes because they are easy to make.
I'd add a bolognese as it's my sons favourite although he doesn't tolerate pasta very well, even our special ones so we usually pair with salad or veg!
I'd add a gluten free pizza as they're quick to make and even fussy kids love them.
I would add a gluten-free pasta bake.
There is some really great gluten free food around these days - I'm really enjoying trying more of it.
Special k at the moment, trying to lose a few pounds !
It's simple to get the group, featured etc bits, year.