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Tags: George Floyd Protests | Joe Biden | Kamala Harris | Law Enforcement | Rick Perry | chauvin | greenfield
Are We Led by Anti-Americans?
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate with 40 world leaders in the East Room of the White House April 22, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)
By Patrick Buchanan Friday, 23 April 2021 06:42 AM Current | Bio | Archive
How can America unite again to do great things if we are led by people who believe America suffers from a great sickness of the soul, an original sin that dates back to her birth as a nation?
After his long night of prayer for "the right verdict" to be pronounced — Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three counts — Joe Biden stepped before the White House cameras to tell us what it all meant.
George Floyd's death, said Biden, "was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism. . . that is a stain on our nation's soul --- the knee on the neck of justice for Black Americans."
Astonishing.
Biden is saying that when Chauvin knelt on the neck of George Floyd for nine minutes as the life drained out of him, the world, for once, was getting a good, close look at the diseased soul of America.
What Chauvin was doing to Floyd, said the president of the United States, is a reflection of the kind of justice America delivers to Black Americans.
This is no aberration, Biden was saying. This is the routine reality.
Biden was introduced by Kamala Harris, who said much the same:
"America has a long history of systemic racism. Black Americans and Black men in particular have been treated throughout the course of our history as less than human."
At Al Sharpton's National Action Network, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield delivered what The Wall Street Journal called, "a recitation of America's sins (that) could have come from China's Global Times."
Said Thomas-Greenfield:
"I have... seen for myself how the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles. . . . Racism is the problem of the racist. And it is the problem of the society that produces the racist."
What our diplomat to the world is saying is that our Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights are interwoven with white supremacy and that America, to this day, continues to breed racists.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at a Congressional Black Caucus event after the verdict, turned her eyes heavenward in gratitude:
"Thank you, George Floyd, for sacrificing your life for justice. . . . For being there to call out to your mom — how heartbreaking was that . . . And because of you . . . your name will always be synonymous with justice."
Implication: Floyd died to redeem America of her original sin of racism.
All in all, quite a commentary on our leaders.
For, again, our president and vice president are saying that this people and country still suffer from a sickness of the soul that dates back to its formative days.
The 1960s radicals who vilified our country as "Amerika" were rightly called "anti-American." Today, the difference between what they said about America and what our highest elected leaders are saying is hard to discern.
Our enemies have picked up on this. In Anchorage, Alaska after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Beijing out for repression in Hong Kong and "genocide" in Xinjiang, China's foreign minister was right back in his face.
You Americans should look to your own sins and clean up your house before lecturing the world on political morality, he said. Today, that Chinese foreign minister could cite Biden and Harris as his chief witnesses that America is a nation sick in its soul.
We hear our leaders' attacks on America.
Where is their defense?
What other nation has provided the same measures of personal and political freedoms and material blessings for 40 million Black people as has the United States?
If people of color are treated "as less than human" in America, as Harris says, why are so many people of color seeking desperately to get across our Southern border to build their future here?
What is the real truth about race in America that goes unmentioned in the mainstream media's endless hunt for encounters between Black men and white cops?
The main perpetrators of violent crimes against Black Americans — are other Black Americans. Black men, ages 16 to 40, are 3% of the U.S. population but commit roughly a third of America's violent crimes.
Defund police, restrict police, remove police and you will get more of what the police prevent — crimes, especially violent crimes, in your community.
When Biden and Harris spoke of "systemic racism" afflicting our society, they were not describing their enlightened selves.
And it was Hillary Clinton who identified the people the leftist elites have in mind:
"You could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. . . . The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic -- you name it. ... Some of those folks... are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America."
What Clinton, Biden and Harris are all saying is that, though the moral sickness of racism pervades our society, we are the vaccinated ones.
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of "Nixon's White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever." Read Patrick Buchanan's Reports — More Here.
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UNM Newsroom / News / UNM awarded $15.6 million NIH grant to hire biomedical faculty, boost inclusive excellence
UNM awarded $15.6 million NIH grant to hire biomedical faculty, boost inclusive excellence
By By Kate Cunningham, Advance at UNM September 20, 2022
Categories: Front Page Faculty News College of Arts & Sciences Latest News Research Advance at UNM
A substantial grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will boost inclusive excellence efforts at The University of New Mexico and support the hiring of nine diverse faculty in biomedical research in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The $15.6 million, five-year award to the University is part of the NIH Common Fund's Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) program. The award to UNM and four other universities was announced by the NIH.
"Through the FIRST program, these awardee institutions will build self-reinforcing communities of scientists committed to diversity and inclusive excellence through recruitment of early-career faculty who are competitive for Assistant Professor (or equivalent) positions and have a demonstrated commitment to promoting diversity and inclusive excellence," according to an announcement from NIH.
"The institutions aim to foster sustainable institutional culture change and positively impact faculty development, retention, progression, and eventual promotion," the announcement said.
At UNM, an all-female, interdisciplinary team of scientists from a variety of STEM fields will work closely with administrators from the College of Arts and Sciences on the hires and will focus on retaining and supporting current faculty.
The program, called UNM FIRST, specifically aims to promote sustained inclusive excellence through hiring of a diverse cohort of early-career faculty in the areas of neuroscience and data science.
The project leads are Jane Ellen Smith, a professor of psychology, and Irene Salinas, a professor of biology, who will co-lead the administration of the grant (# U54CA272167).
Salinas and Barbara Rodriguez, senior vice provost for Academic Affairs, will co-lead the faculty development component.
Katie Witkiewitz, a distinguished professor of psychology, and Julia Fulghum, director of Advance at UNM, will co-lead the evaluation arm of the grant.
Others working on the project include associate professor of Organizational Behavior Lisa Marchiondo, assistant professor of Population Health Shannon Sanchez-Youngman, and assistant professor of Psychology Margo Villarosa-Hurlocker. The project also involves an External Advisory Committee made up of six colleagues from across the country who have expertise in neuroscience or data science and who have been successful in obtaining NIH funding and mentoring underrepresented researchers in the biomedical sciences.
UNM Provost James Holloway said the grant will benefit UNM's research efforts in a variety of ways.
"This support from NIH is a huge plus for New Mexico and UNM," he said. "A diverse faculty generates more ideas and better ideas, and these ideas translate into the intellectual property that starts companies; the treatment methods that will address substance use; the tools of analysis that allow us to extract wisdom from data, and the concepts that explain the universe."
UNM vice president for Research Ellen Fisher said the project acknowledges the work UNM has done and will continue to do on faculty diversity.
"Strategically hiring within the broad field of biomedical sciences promises to transform the research landscape at UNM through innovative, cross-disciplinary research programs that will enhance our research infrastructure and provide students with hands-on experiences currently unavailable," she said. "Perhaps more importantly, the ability to hire multiple faculty members as an interdisciplinary cohort provides a built-in community that will promote and enhance collaboration and peer mentoring for success."
The hires will include two faculty members each in the departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology and one hire each in the departments of mathematics and statistics, physics and astronomy, and speech and hearing sciences.
The hires will occur over the next two years with hiring clusters focused on neuroscience and data science.
Arash Mafi, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said the award will expand opportunities for the university to support diverse faculty.
"This award enables UNM and Arts and Sciences to achieve the critical goal of having a more diverse faculty who can ask broader questions in their scholarship and reach a broader audience in their teaching and community outreach," he said. "In addition to hiring exciting new colleagues, the professional development plans in this award will bring new opportunities for current and future faculty. We look forward to supporting our new colleagues in developing productive and enjoyable careers at UNM."
Smith said she became interested in applying for the grant because the NIH encouraged the use of science-based approaches to recruiting and retaining diverse faculty.
The project also "emphasized the need to incorporate any promising findings into the university's overall culture so that UNM can sustain such hires in the future," she said.
"UNM has been committed to diversifying its faculty for some time now, and this grant offers outstanding additional opportunities for successfully doing so: a powerhouse of faculty to lead the effort with me and Dr. Salinas, a novel cluster hire approach to faculty recruitment, incredible financial support for setting up research labs, a series of carefully designed mentoring and training programs for the new hires, an exquisitely crafted evaluation process to determine which aspects of our strategy work, and a devoted group of UNM administrators who are 100% behind the effort."
Salinas said the combination of advancing neuroscience and data science while implementing institutional change is powerful.
She's elated about the project for several reasons, including that the team members are all women.
"The first one is to make sustained institutional changes that make UNM a diverse and welcoming environment for all faculty. I really want this change to permeate at all levels of our institution. We need to understand that academic success and scholarly legitimacy can happen in many shapes and forms. Under this award, we will celebrate exactly that, by recruiting, welcoming and promoting new biomedical faculty of diverse backgrounds," she said.
"This is a huge accomplishment for UNM, as very few awards were made, and I hope what we achieve is also huge, because it is our duty to serve a very diverse student body and we should represent all backgrounds. It is a statement that everyone belongs to STEM and that success in academia can come from diverse backgrounds. We are very grateful to contribute to the NIH mission of diversifying biomedical research and the NIH workforce."
This is the second round of awards for the program, which is funded by the NIH Common Fund. Other recipients of the funding include Northwestern University at Chicago; the University of California – San Diego; the University of Maryland – Baltimore and the University of South Carolina at Columbia. Funding for the grants totals more than $75 million over five years.
Although there is a pressing need to boost diversity at NIH-funded universities, "progress in accomplishing this goal has been seen mostly with trainee populations, leaving biomedical research faculty diversity as an ongoing, recalcitrant challenge," according to the NIH.
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Modi's East Asia visit: Attracting investments, counterbalancing China
by Ashok B Sharma on 12 May 2015 0 Comment
China still remains a difficult neighbour for India to tackle. Apart from border dispute the concerns over growing trade deficit with China and resolving the water issue of trans-boundary rivers, particularly the Brahmaputra, remains a formidable challenge. To offset the huge trade imbalance, India has sought more Chinese investments. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a six-day official tour of three East Asian countries – China, Mongolia and South Korea – from May 14 to garner investments for his ambitious 'Make in India' programme.
But apart from assurances on investments, what does he expects from China? Possibly Beijing's nod for India's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), without the former insisting upon its membership in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
China's growing influence in the Asia Pacific is a wake-up call for India to counter balance the move along with other regional actors. Mr Modi's scheduled visit to Mongolia and South Korea can thus be viewed as a move in right direction. His Buddha diplomacy is a right thought to garner support from Buddhist countries in the region. The prime minister had earlier visited Japan and Australia, maintained good relations with Vietnam and vouched for the centrality of ASEAN. India also supports Trans-Atlantic powers like US, Canada and European nations' presence in the region. But can all these strategies counter-balance Beijing's plans to extend its String of Pearls?
Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims that India-China has been peaceful after 1962, the intermittent Chinese incursions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) have raised doubts about Beijing's hidden agenda. India has inherited the borders defined by the erstwhile British colonial rulers and thus maintains its position in its official map. The Johnson Line demarcated the borders of Jammu and Kashmir with Tibet and on the eastern sector McMahon Line demarcated the border which extended to the edge of the Tibetan plateau. Officially India's northern boundary in the Ladakh region with Tibet extends beyond the Kuen-Lun (Kunlun) mountains up to Khotan and includes the Aksai Chin desert and links Demchok in the south with the 18,000 feet high Karakorum Pass in the north. This is popularly called the Johnson Line, drawn by WH Johnson of the Survey of India. It includes Shahidulla in far off Karakash valley, about 400 km from Leh.
China, however, refuses to accept the history and has been making further claims on 90,000 sq km in Arunachal Pradesh despite its illegal occupation of 38,000 sq km in Aksai Chin in the north and some areas across the McMahon Line. It is also in possession of 5,800 sq km of Gilgit-Baltistan illegally ceded by Pakistan in addition to its occupation of more than 15,000 sq km of Gilgit-Baltistan covering Shaksgam, Raskam and Aghil valleys, apart from a large chunk in Ladakh. After Chinese occupation of the Indian territory, the Line of Actual Control (LAC) came into existence.
However, both countries have wisely decided that the contentious border issue should not come in the way of bilateral ties. The border issue would be resolved through negotiations. But despite 17 rounds of negotiations between special representatives of the two countries no tangible results are in sight. It would be better to first resolve the varying perceptions about LAC and then attempt to settle the final boundary issue. There are, however, many areas where both the countries can cooperate without being bogged down by boundary issue.
India-China bilateral trade has crossed $65 billion, but India suffers from a trade deficit of $37.8 billion. According to trade analysts, if corrective steps are not taken in time, India's trade deficit is likely to widen to $58 billion by 2018. Apart from trade, India is also one of the largest markets for project exports from China. Currently, projects under execution are estimated at over $60 billion. As per Beijing's figures, cumulative Chinese investments into India till September 2014 were $2.63 billion while Indian investments into China were $0.55 billion.
What is the real cause for India's burgeoning trade deficit with China? India's competitive exports like pharmaceuticals, IT and IT-enabled services and agro commodities do not get market access in China due to non-tariff barriers. In China, Indian pharma companies face regulatory hurdles in the form of prolonged and unpredictable timelines for registering Indian drugs. China's drug regulator requires Indian companies to not only reveal the detailed process of manufacture but also conduct clinical trials within the country. Indian companies are therefore apprehensive of IPR violations. China should better allow import of cheap and time-tested Indian drugs and healthcare facilities to cater to the growing needs of the Chinese people. Similarly Beijing should give access to Indian IT and ITES.
President Xi Jinping during his last visit to India had promised an investment of $10 billion over a span of five years. Beijing feels that this assured investment will materialize earlier and fresh agreements amounting to $ 10 investment will be signed during Mr Modi's visit. China had promised to set up two industrial parks in Chakan near Pune in Maharashtra and near Ahmadabad in Gujarat.
While Chinese investment in India is at $2.63 billion, South Korean investment touched $3.8 billion by December 2014. South Korean investments have surged after the singing of India-South Korea Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement in 1996. South Korean majors like Hyundai, LG, Hyosung, KC Cottrell, R-Land, Shop CJ, Mirae Asset among others are present in India. Mr Modi's visit is likely to see the signing of Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty between the two countries and facilitating the South Korean steel major to get a mining lease to start operations in Odisha.
India and Mongolia have a defence agreement and the bilateral Nomadic Elephant military exercise is an annual event. India also participates in Khaan Quest along with Mongolia and US Pacific Command. India and Mongolia may upgrade their relations to a Strategic Level during this first-ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister. New Delhi is also likely to fulfil the Mongolian request for setting up an English-medium school. Mr Modi will also have the privilege of addressing the Mongolian Parliament.
One hopes the Prime Minister's visit helps in garnering investments for the Make in India programme, minimizes the trade deficit with China and counter-balances growing Chinese influence in the region.
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Using the medium of movement-based performance, I intend to work on a project I'm calling "the Welcome Table." I'm interested in using the lens of food, its preparation, its cultivation and the ways in which people, families and communities consume and dispose of it-as a way of telling black women's stories. I want to explore the ways questions of food justice, social justice and environmental justice all interweave in women's lives. I would come to the residency with a series of ethnographies based on recipes that come from my own family. I will use these as a source of movement score and performance text. While there, I am interested in engaging the local Senegalese community to continue to develop these foodways stories. I would work with the residency coordinators to make community connections and set up experiences where I would be the leaner. I would not be assuming the role of researcher wherein I am there to understand the culture of the people through a western lens. Instead, I am interested in working with women willing to teach me to prepare their signature dishes-and perhaps a few signature moves as well. I am open to the multiple and surprising forms this may take and the ways those experiences will lead me into movement.
I believe I was able to achieve my goals.
During the first part of my residency I was located at Ecole de Sables, working with Germaine Acogny, Irene Tassembedo, Flora Thefaine, and Elsa Wolliaston, four of the most prominent contemporary choreographers in West Africa. Artists from around the world attended the workshop, creating a rich and inspiring artistic community. We danced for 6 hours a day, digging deeply into Africanist dance techniques, engaging in individual research, sharing work, and ultimately working together to create a performance that was shared at French Cultural Center in Dakar. From there, I traveled to Sinthian via Tambacounda, to focus completely on my Welcome Table project. My regular practice involved morning solo movement rehearsals; afternoon cooking sessions with our resident chef, Angelique; and many evenings dancing with the local girls. I also had the opportunity to witness a performance rehearsal from the local school that included dance as well as spoken word. As part of that experience, I offered a brief contemporary dance class for interested students that I am hopeful was filmed! Another significant element of the residency was the opportunity to work along-side the other artists at Threads. In particular, composer James Smith worked with me on a music score for my choreography. We only crossed paths for a few days, but his collaboration proved to be a critical spark and I utilized the score we created for my work in progress showing of the piece April 6 and 7 in Boston, MA.
This was such a rich experience—the opportunity to experience several regions in Senegal, to work with artists from all of the world, and the time and space to work deeply on my solo practice was truly invaluable. As mentioned above, I created a solo during my time at Thread which I premiered at the We Create Festival in Boston, MA. I'll have a video of the piece soon that I'll happily forward."


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Home » Bollywood News » Toolsidas Junior: Dalip Tahil To Play The Antagonist In This Ashutosh Gowariker Production
Toolsidas Junior: Dalip Tahil To Play The Antagonist In This Ashutosh Gowariker Production
Dalip Tahil, who is not only known for his stellar performances in films but also theatre, will be seen as the main antagonist in Toolsidas Junior.
The ingenious filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker is currently immersed in his upcoming magnum opus – Panipat, but that has definitely not stopped him from expanding the AGPPL's horizon. Gowariker's production company has started shooting for their next film Toolisdas Junior, which has already garnered much attention and has piqued the curiosity of the movie buffs, especially because of its casting.
Directed by Mridul, the film marks the return of Rajeev Kapoor (Chimpuji) to Hindi films after a gap of 28 years and also features Sanjay Dutt in a cameo. Now it is learnt that the makers have roped in the extremely talented and experienced actor Dalip Tahil for a pivotal part in the film.
Dalip Tahil, who is not only known for his stellar performances in films but also theatre, will be seen as the main antagonist in Toolsidas Junior. The prolific actor, who has also sung and acted in a Broadway play titled – Bollywood dreams, is essaying an expert in the game of snooker in the film and the suave adversary to Toolsidas Junior.
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Comments Ashutosh, "Dalip is an actor who has played multiple characters across Films & TV and Stage, especially Broadway – it was great to see him perform in Andrew Llyod Weber's Bombay Dreams where he sang fabulously! He has done so much good work, and still, I believe he has so much more to give. I am very happy to collaborate with him on Toolsidas Junior!"
Produced by Ashutosh Gowariker and Sunita Gowariker under their home banner Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd, Toolsidas Junior is scheduled to release in 2019.
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The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program of the National Science Foundation assists universities and colleges in their efforts to increase underrepresented minority student recruitment, retention, persistence, and attainment of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees. It does this by the formation of alliances and carrying out specific programming to encourage student success in STEM.
LSAMP at Cuyahoga Community College provides students a series of academic and professional programmatic activities designed to increase their academic success and integration into their discipline.
Citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions.
Working on undergraduate majors in STEM disciplines (as defined by the National Science Foundation).
African-American, Alaskan Native, American Indian, Hispanic American, Native Hawaiian, Native Pacific Islander, or two or more of the above.
Attending Summer Institute - a two-week, summer bridge program that helps students refresh their math skills, learn resources available to them, and build a peer network.
Completing a transfer plan to continue education at a 4 year institution to ensure degree program and curriculum are consistent with goals.
Participating in a for-credit introduction to research course.
Taking part in peer mentoring and networking.
One of the benefits of Tri-C's location is its proximity to the NASA Glenn Research Center. Dr. Bilal Bomani runs NASA's Green Lab Research Facility and is an adjunct faculty member at Tri-C. He also runs Tri-C's eXtreme Green Lab, which exposes students to research in renewable, alternative, and sustainable green energy. LSAMP Scholars Yessica Jimenez and Mohamed Ag Almahamoud were research assistants to Dr. Bomani as they studied the variables that affect plant growth in different ecosystems.
LSAMP Scholar Monica Stevenson was selected to participate in the eight week National Science Foundation REU program in Costa Rica during the summer of 2018. Her research culminated in research poster "Impact of Neotropical West Forest Restoration on the Predatory Arthropod Community in Southern Costa Rica." Monica J. Stevenson and Jose–Cristian Martinez from the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Monica has presented her research poster at SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics in Science) in 2018 and at the Ohio LSAMP Alliance Conference in 2019, where she won best overall poster. Tri-C student Mohamed Ag Almahamoud also presented at the Ohio LSAMP Alliance Conference which was also attended by two other Tri-C students.
Over five years, ten Ohio colleges and universities will share a $3.5 million National Science Foundation grant to help increase underrepresented student success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The grant, awarded through the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program, establishes an alliance that will work to double the number of bachelor's degrees completed in STEM fields at partner institutions within five years. Diversifying the STEM workforce is one of the country's major challenges, and the LSAMP grant will provide comprehensive, integrative, and sustainable strategies for strengthening the nation's STEM talent pool.
The Ohio LSAMP Alliance is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, award number HRD-1304371.


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Vortex (Kings Island)
Vortex (Thorpe Park)
Vortex (software)
Tranan
Crane, Missouri
Crane (machine)
Vortex is a steel roller coaster at Kings Island located in Mason, Ohio. Designed and built by Arrow Dynamics at a cost of $4 million, the ride officially opened to the public on April 11, 1987. Vortex debuted as the tallest, full-circuit roller coaster with the highest drop in the world. It was also the first to feature six inversions.
Vortex occupies the same location in the park once held by The Bat, the world's first suspended roller coaster. Attendance at the park exceeded 3 million in 1987 for the first time in the park's history. With more than 38 million rides given, the roller coaster is one of the most popular attractions at Kings Island to date.
For the design and construction of Vortex, Kings Island turned to Arrow Dynamics, an industry-leading manufacturer at the time. Construction began in the winter of 1986 on the former location of The Bat, the world's first suspended roller coaster, which was removed after the 1984 season. Kings Island invested over $4 million on the ride, which required 750 tons of steel to construct. The line queue and train station from The Bat were reused for the Vortex. The ride opened to the public on April 11, 1987, and helped the park exceed 3 million visitors for the first time in its history. At its inauguration, Vortex briefly set a few records for full-circuit roller coasters. It was the tallest, featured the highest drop, and had the most inversions with six. All were surpassed the following year with the debut of Shockwave at Six Flags Great America.
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Vortex is a KMG Afterburner at Thorpe Park, an amusement park in Chertsey, Surrey, England. It was installed in the Lost City area of the park in 2001. It opened on 25 May, seven weeks after the opening of the 2001 season.
Riders sit in seats arranged in a circle facing inwards, there are eight gondolas with four seats on each. After the over-the-shoulder restraints have been lowered and checked, the platform lowers. The seats then begin to rotate, and after approximately one rotation the ride begins to swing. The ride swings back and forth, swinging up to a maximum height of 20 metres and angle of 120 degrees at 15rpm. After several full height swings, the ride then begins to slow before coming to a halt, the platform is then raised and riders fast track and single rider questions operate.
Vortex at Thorpe Park's Official Site
Vortex at Thorpe Park Mania
Vortex at Total Thorpe Park
Vortex at ThemeParks-UK
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Vortex is a high-fidelity, realtime physics engine developed by CM Labs Simulations that simulates rigid body dynamics, collision detection, contact determination, and dynamic reactions. Vortex adds accurate physical motion and interactions to objects in visual-simulation applications for operator training, mission planning, product concept validation, vehicle and robotics testing, haptics devices, immersive and virtual reality (VR) environments.
The Vortex C++ SDK has several modules that simulate physics-based particles, sensors, floating bodies, cable systems, grasping, and wheeled and tracked vehicles. Developers integrate their projects into 3D visualization frameworks such as OpenSceneGraph (OSG) and Vega Prime, and deploy them in environments that contain software-in-the-loop (SIL), MATLAB, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and motion platform components.
Vortex is developed by CM Labs Simulations Inc., a private company established in Montreal in 2001. CM Labs was created when the management of MathEngine Canada Inc. purchased a portion of the business from MathEngine PLC, the parent company in the UK. MathEngine Canada Inc. was originally the research and development team responsible for creating the Karma physics simulation engine for computer games.
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Tranan (English: The Crane) is a steel suspended roller coaster at the Skara Sommarland amusement park in Sweden. Opening in May 2009, the ride is S&S Worldwide's first and only Free Fly roller coaster.
On 1 July 2008, a patent was filed by Timothy R. Jacobi and Stanley J. Checketts for a "Longitudinally Spinning Suspension Roller Coaster". This concept was later revealed to be a new model of roller coaster by S&S Worldwide named the Free Fly.
Shortly after the filing of the patent, Parks & Resorts Scandinavia announced their plans to add new roller coasters at three of their parks in 2009. This announcement included Tranan at Skara Sommarland which was the world's first Free Fly roller coaster. After a period of construction from late 2008 through to early 2009, Tranan officially opened to the public on 29 May 2009.
Ride experience
The ride begins with a left turn out of the station. Upon reaching the top of the 57-foot-tall (17 m) chain lift hill, the train descends down a small dip into a series of helices and track inversions (one clockwise and one anti-clockwise). For the majority of the ride, the vehicles remain vertical with only slight banking occurring on various turns. Riders therefore do not experience traditional roller coaster inversions.On-ride photos can be purchased following the ride.
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Crane (formerly Hickory Grove) is a city in Stone County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,462 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The town now known as Crane, Missouri, had its beginning under another name. In the early 1880s the little group of homes, a general store or two, a mill, and a blacksmith shop was known as Hickory Grove. It nestled on the south bank of Crane Creek in the vicinity of the Christian Church, and took its name from a log school located on the ground just north of the church near the Dodge Hollow bridge. The community's children were gathered there under the watchful eye of John C. Hayes, one of the first teachers. The school also served as a meeting house and place of worship when occasional preachers came through and held meetings. A little cemetery was located farther east on what is now part of the Lockhart place. A great flood in the Summer of 1882 washed away wheat shocks in the valley and some of the graves, so the burial place was located back on higher ground. Among the earliest merchants were Tom Fought, who had the first general store, and James T. Moore; O. F. Douglas and a Mr. Rinker also ran stores. John J. "Cotton" Williams had a drugstore near where Raymond Dearing's home now stands. John Brown had the blacksmith shop. The mill was operated at different times by Lee and Wiley, and later by Uncle Ike Long. O. F. Douglas was also one of the community's first school teachers. The medical profession was represented in Dr. Wasson and Dr. Langston, who had come to minister to the little community.
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A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It is mainly used for lifting heavy things and transporting them to other places. It uses one or more simple machines to create mechanical advantage and thus move loads beyond the normal capability of a human. Cranes are commonly employed in the transport industry for the loading and unloading of freight, in the construction industry for the movement of materials and in the manufacturing industry for the assembling of heavy equipment.
The first known construction cranes were invented by the Ancient Greeks and were powered by men or beasts of burden, such as donkeys. These cranes were used for the construction of tall buildings. Larger cranes were later developed, employing the use of human treadwheels, permitting the lifting of heavier weights. In the High Middle Ages, harbour cranes were introduced to load and unload ships and assist with their construction – some were built into stone towers for extra strength and stability. The earliest cranes were constructed from wood, but cast iron, iron and steel took over with the coming of the Industrial Revolution.
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RTG may refer to:
Radeon Technology Group, who produces a brand of computer products, and is a division of Advanced Micro Devices
Radio Télévision Guinéenne, a public broadcaster in Guinea
Radioisotope thermoelectric generator, a nuclear electrical generator
Regular tree grammar, a formal grammar
Renal threshold of glucose, a factor in the medical condition glycosuria
ReTargetable Graphics, a device driver API for the AmigaOS operating system
RTG (trainset), a gas turbine-powered train from France
Royal Thai Government
Rubber Tyred Gantry crane
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Mi ĵus forviŝis enskribojn, kiuj ne temis pri la tradukado de LiveJournal. Kelkaj enskriboj temis pri esperanto ĝenerale; esperable la nova uzantinformo de ĉi tiu komunumo haltos tiajn enskribojn estonte.
Dum la venontaj semajnoj mi planas rekomenci laboron je ĉi tiu projekto.
I just erased any entries that didn't pertain to the translation of LiveJournal. Several entries were about Esperanto in general; hopefully the new user info for this community will stop such entries in the future.
During the coming weeks I hope to resume work on this project.


The Ministry for Economy of the Nizhny Novgorod region summed up the results of 2013. According to the ministry, the economic growth in the region exceeds the national average three times.
Thus, the GRP increased by 4.2 percent during the year, against 1.4 percent in the country in general.
The regional index of industrial production in 2013 was the highest in the Volga Federal District. The index of the physical volume of industry made up 105.2 percent. Investments in fixed assets maintain positive dynamics. In 2013, the growth made up 106.5 percent. Turnover has grown by 5.6%, which is directly linked to the increase in household incomes. Average wages increased by 113.6 percent.
According to preliminary estimates, all target indexes on the basis of 2013 have been met. In the future, special attention will be paid on the implementation of the decree on economic policies aimed at improving the efficiency of economy and budget efficiency to provide resources for th eimplementation of other decrees.
The ministry plans to increase labor productivity at least 1.5 times in 2018, and the share of high-tech and knowledge-intensive industries in GRP -1.3 times. The level of investment in fixed assets in 2018 should make up at least 30.3 percent of the GRP.
Noteworthy, according to Indem foundation, the volume of investment attracted annually to the Nizhny Novgorod region has grown increased 3.5 times since 2005 and reached the milestone of $1 billion. The volume of foreign investment increased nine times.


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Gianpiero Pugliese: Principal at Audax talks Medieval Modern & Human Architecture, shall we? They sure don't mak'em like they used to. Building cities in "super-blocks" as the Romans did way back in the day seems to be making a comeback. You see, Cities used to be built by pedestrians for pedestrians. They invented the whole "shop local" movement and Henry Ford ruined it all. Whatever you needed was literally steps from your front door. You worked, played and shopped where you lived.
204 – Richard Witt says that Toronto doesn't have any super-tall buildings – but should.


A section of the forum for members to show off their non-polo vehicles.
Greetings to all forum users. WELCOME to this new thread!
50.000 Miles in perfect condition. Interior still smells like new.
Still have the polo but this came up and couldn't say no.
Hello everyone, I need a bit of help with a Mini Cooper and I guess English people are the best to give me a good advise or help me.
I have a few toys and still have a polo.. Picked up a 2015 Polo GTi as my daily and the other toys are on weekends and track days.
Well after finding out I was gonna be a daddy just before Christmas, the task was set to move on from the 9n3 GTI.
Anyone gone for a New Golf?
I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice.
Yes, as most of you know, the lure of the 2.0TFSI, 4WD and the 6 speed DSG proved just too much for me to resist last year.
Its been a long time coming but I have finally managed to get some good shots of my Gti.


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require 'redmine_http'
require 'redmine/redmine_role'
require 'redmine/redmine_project'

module Redmine
  class RedmineMembership  < PresentationModel

    def project
      @project ||= gen_project
    end

    def roles
      @roles ||= gen_roles
    end

    def extra_hash options = {}
      {:project => project.to_hash(options), :roles => roles.map {|item| item.to_hash(options)} }
    end

    def repository_write_role? user
      ! roles.find{|x| x.repository_write_role?(user)}.nil?
    end

    def repository_read_role? user
      ! roles.find{|x| x.repository_read_role?(user)}.nil?
    end

    private

    def gen_project
      RedmineProject.new(data[:project])
    end

    def gen_roles
      return [] if data[:roles].blank?
      data[:roles].map {|item| RedmineRole.new(item)}
    end
  end
end


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Наджат Эль-Хакми (, ; род. 2 июля 1979, Надор, Марокко) — марокканская и испанская писательница. Лауреат Каталонской литературной премии имени Раймунда Луллия (2008), премии Улисса (2009) и премии Святого Иоанна в области прозы (2015).

Биография
Родилась 2 июля 1979 года в Надоре. В 1987 году, вместе с родными, иммигрировала в Испанию, где поселилась в городе Вик. Писать начала в подростком возрасте, рано осознав себя бикультурным человеком. Изучала арабский язык и литературу в Барселонском университете. Работала уборщицей, поваром, спортивным инструктором и посредником в делегации преподавателей.

В 2004 году дебютировала с книгой «Я тоже каталонка», которая была написана ею на каталонском языке и после переведена на испанский. В этом автобиографическом произведении, Эль-Хакми подробно описала личный опыт иммигранта, проблемы идентичности и ассимиляции в Каталонии, отношение к языку, религии, положению женщин.

В 2005 году она участвовала в мероприятии, организованном Европейским институтом Средиземноморья, наряду с другими каталонскими писателями иностранного происхождения. Во время Франкфуртской книжной ярмарки в октябре 2007 года, на которой каталонская делегация была почётным гостем, Эль-Хакми посетила несколько немецких городов. Выступая на конференциях, писательница предложила свой взгляд на современный каталонский язык и литературу.

Репортажи и статьи об Эль-Хакми часто появляются в средствах массовой информации, таких как  и газета «Авангард». В октябре 2012 года, в числе ста представителей каталонской культуры, она подписала манифест за сохранение Каталонии в составе единой Испании.

Сочинения
 «Я тоже каталонка» (, 2004)
 «Последний патриарх» (, 2008)
 «Человек, который плавал» (, 2008)
 «Охотник за телами» (, 2011)
 «Иностранная дочь» (, 2015)
 «Мать молока и мёда» (, 2018)
 «Они всегда говорили за нас» (, 2019)

Награды
В 2008 году Эль-Хакми получила одну из самых престижных наград Каталонии —  за роман . В нём повествуется история деспотичного патриарха, иммигранта-марокканца в Испании, вступающего в конфликт с дочерью, порвавшей с традиционными ценностями прежней родины, чтобы приспособиться к новой, современной культуре, в которой она оказалась. В 2009 году писательница получила за дебютный роман премию Улисса. В 2015 году Эль-Хакми получила премию Святого Иоанна в области прозы за роман «Иностранная дочь».

Примечания

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Currently play in Division 6 of the Two Counties League.
1st XI Vice-Captain Adam is a mainstay of the club, playing Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesdays and any other day there is Cricket on. Despite this his run rate has never risen past the 'dull' setting, batsman at the other end run themselves out in order to not have to watch him! Never-the-less he is a much loved figure and is very good at collecting match fees. Loves a Cruise ans an egg sandwich.
Laid back Charlie is taking on a new role this year. He's tried his arm as a bowler and a batsman, now he's a wicketkeper. Make of that what you will!
Another of the Bromley girls to have been selected to play at Essex, Beth hasn't been able to get many games at home this year. Someone tells me she's a batsman now? who'd have thought? Like her brother Tom, she eats, sleeps and dreams of Cricket and has bags of talent and enthusiasm. Always polite too!
He used to be a shy boy but now he downs pints like Nick eats pies!
He is a member of the Geoff Boycott appreciation society and bats accordingly. He falls over a lot in the field, sometimes near the ball.
Richard is as useful off the pitch as on it. His incredible hard work over the winter of 14/15 has seen the club transformed into a modern facility. Ok no-one is now alowed to sit down or take kit into the changing rooms but it looks lovely anyway! Richard is an elegant left handed batsman who loves a straight drive, usually aerial. He is a speciallist slip fielder too and never gets flustered... unless there's a football mark on his walls!
Accurate right arm medium pacer who doesn't mind living in the shadow of his younger brother. Rob rarely loses his cool unless its a Saturday and someones played a cut off one of his deliveries, then he loses it! Now he has added some runs against his name he could be described as an all rounder but for God sake don't tell him that.
Son of Colts manager and club legend Did, he is right handed but unsure if he is a bowler/batsman or batsman/bowler or maybe wicketkeeper? one thing he isnt is a fielder! He possess a sharp wit but missed the majority of the 2012 season due to commitments in his bedroom.


So, has anyone checked out this new TCG anime airing in Japan? It's only on the first season, episode 6 I think, but so far it's pretty cool (9 announced so far). Made by the same people in a collaboration between Akira Ito (Yu-Gi-Oh! R), Satoshi Nakamura (Duel Masters), and Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidan. It's actually based off the card game itself, rather than vice versa with most anime tcgs.
I've only finished the first two episodes so far, but the system seems interesting. I don't know about you guys but I think I'll be picking some up when it hits the US, or if I get tired of waiting, importing some cards.
Either way, if you've got time and a good enough net connection (who doesn't these days?), check it out. Just google it, you'll find a site.... It's certainly got some interesting mechanics.... And I want someone I can talk to about it with! Seriously I'm the only one I know, that knows about it! Kinda depressing xD.
i'll be busy visiting the Crocker and viewing their European master drawings instead, weeboos.
So we're the only two who's checked it out so far. Ah well, it just started last month so I guess that should be expected.... Hmm, question to ya. How badly are you expecting people to compare it as a yugioh rip off?


Once we're discouraged, we don't need to be tempted, or deceived or attacked. Discouragement depletes your energy, self-confidence and stamina. Discouragement can be so oppressive, you don't even want to try to find your way out. We are out of commission until we find our way back to the the face of God and his truth about us.
Can I get an amen? If that happens to you, here is how you can find your way back to hope.
Reach out to God and he will rescue you from that devil discouragement so you can get on with the all the great things He has for you to do.
Prayer: Father, find me in the depths of my discouragement and draw me near to you. Let me find fresh hope in your word, your presence and your people. Strengthen me, fortify me, remind me of my position in your kingdom. Amen.


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Bridget Limric1
F, #588841, d. 8 July 1802
Bridget Limric was the daughter of Reverend Paul Limric.2 She married Benjamin Sullivan, son of Philip O'Sullivan, on 3 January 1742.1 She died on 8 July 1802 at Ireland.1,3
From 3 January 1742, her married name became Sullivan.
Children of Bridget Limric and Benjamin Sullivan
Henry Boyle Sullivan2 d. 1783
Margaret Sullivan+2
Elizabeth Sullivan+2
Sabinia Sullivan2 d. 1784
Henrietta Sullivan2
Ann Sullivan2 d. 1840
Sir Benjamin Sullivan2 b. 23 Apr 1747, d. 12 Oct 1810
Rt. Hon. John Sullivan+2 b. 7 Apr 1749, d. 31 Oct 1839
Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan, 1st Bt.+2 b. 10 Dec 1752, d. 17 Jul 1806
[S6731] Rebecca Hamilton Garside, "re: Kennan Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 1 July2013. Hereinafter cited as "re: Kennan Family."
Sir Benjamin Sullivan1
M, #588842, b. 23 April 1747, d. 12 October 1810
Sir Benjamin Sullivan was born on 23 April 1747.1 He was the son of Benjamin Sullivan and Bridget Limric.2 He married Eliza Dent, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir Digby Dent, on 17 May 1790 at Madras, India.1,3 He died on 12 October 1810 at age 63.1
He was appointed Knight.1 He held the office of Puisne Judge [Madras] in 1801.1
Rear-Admiral Sir Digby Dent1
M, #588843, b. 16 November 1739, d. 15 February 1817
Rear-Admiral Sir Digby Dent was baptised on 16 November 1739 at St. Thomas, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.2 He was the son of Captain Cotton Dent and Catherine Bowerbank.2,3 He married Elizabeth Greentree. He died on 15 February 1817 at age 77 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.4 He was buried on 17 February 1817.2
He was appointed Knight on 16 May 1778.5
Child of Rear-Admiral Sir Digby Dent
Eliza Dent6 d. 13 Nov 1824
Child of Rear-Admiral Sir Digby Dent and Elizabeth Greentree
Commander Digby Dent+3 b. 1764, d. 1798
[S474] FamilySearch, online http://www.familysearch.com. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch.
[S6629] Michael Twist, "re: Heward Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 2 April 2013. Hereinafter cited as "re: Heward Family."
[S7995] Announcements, Manchester Mercury, Manchester, Lancashire, UK. Hereinafter cited as Manchester Mercury.
[S214] Honours List, The London Gazette, London, U.K.. Hereinafter cited as London Gazette.
Eliza Dent1
F, #588844, d. 13 November 1824
Eliza Dent was the daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir Digby Dent.2 She married Sir Benjamin Sullivan, son of Benjamin Sullivan and Bridget Limric, on 17 May 1790 at Madras, India.1,3 She died on 13 November 1824 at Clifton, Gloucestershire, England.3
From 17 May 1790, her married name became Sullivan.
Sir William Beversham1
Sir William Beversham married Dorothy Hewett, daughter of Sir Thomas Hewett, 1st Bt. and Frances Hobart, on 2 April 1666.1
He lived at Holbrook Hall, Suffolk, England.1
[S229] Burke John and John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England (1841, reprint; Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985), page 261. Hereinafter cited as Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England.
Dorothy Hewett1
Dorothy Hewett was the daughter of Sir Thomas Hewett, 1st Bt. and Frances Hobart.1 She married Sir William Beversham on 2 April 1666.1
From 2 April 1666, her married name became Beversham.1
Bridget Traherne1
Bridget Traherne is the daughter of John Rhodri Llewellyn Traherne and Lesley Mollie Odam.1
Henry Boyle Sullivan1
Last Edited=28 Oct 2012
Henry Boyle Sullivan was the son of Benjamin Sullivan and Bridget Limric.2 He died in 1783, unmarried.1
Margaret Sullivan1
Last Edited=2 Aug 2018
Margaret Sullivan is the daughter of Benjamin Sullivan and Bridget Limric.2 She married General Gordon Forbes, son of Nathaniel Forbes, 1st of Auchernach, in 1770.1
From 1770, her married name became Forbes.
Children of Margaret Sullivan and General Gordon Forbes
Isabella Forbes3
Colonel Gordon Elliot Forbes+3 b. 1783, d. Jun 1871
[S6448] Bram Sonneveld, "re: Oppenheimer Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 27 November 2012. Hereinafter cited as "re: Oppenheimer Family."
General Gordon Forbes1
General Gordon Forbes is the son of Nathaniel Forbes, 1st of Auchernach.2 He married Margaret Sullivan, daughter of Benjamin Sullivan and Bridget Limric, in 1770.1
He gained the rank of Colonel in the 29th Foot.1
Children of General Gordon Forbes and Margaret Sullivan


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In the California recall, votes can be used as weapons as well as rewards.
For years, political junkies have been stalking the slippery "strategic voter," someone who views elections more like chess than checkers. They vote against a candidate instead of for their favorite, pick weak opponents in open primaries and leave parts of ballots blank to make a statement.
But while this type of voter is considered rare, the two-part recall election is opening up new arenas for strategic thinkers. Rep. Darrell Issa, R- Vista (San Diego County), recently said Republicans should vote against the recall -- the one he funded with his own fortune -- if it looks like Democrat Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante is going to win. Lesser of two evils, he figured.
Although Issa later backtracked on his recommendation, he hit upon a dilemma for many voters faced with the unusual Oct. 7 ballot, which first asks whether Gov. Gray Davis should be removed from office, then lists 135 replacement candidates.
Voters who are thinking strategically may wait until the last minute before they make up their minds. Western Addition resident Chandler White, for example, said he originally was going to vote "no" on the recall and "yes" on Bustamante, but now is waiting to see what the polls show before election day.
White said he was turned off by Davis' recent political transformation and mea culpas about his first five years as governor, saying it looks like "in essence, Gray Davis has recalled himself." And he said Bustamante's large contributions from gambling interests and questionable campaign fund transfers soured his opinion of the lieutenant governor.
57. "I will hold my absentee ballot until the last minute, and I'll vote according to the numbers -- for the candidate who has the greatest chance of defeating Bustamante."
In the final week of the campaign, which begins today, Davis and Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger are likely to paint the recall as a two-way race between each other. That makes strategic voting much less of an issue: Pick one or the other, they will say.
But going to the polls Oct. 7, voters may face several questions in their own minds. What if the Republican-backed effort to oust the state's leading Democrat ended up electing the state's second most prominent Democrat? Should the GOP vote against the recall in that case, as Issa briefly recommended?
If Bustamante does well in the home stretch, will Democrats be more inclined to vote "yes" thinking the party is safe? Will hard-core Bustamante supporters be more likely to oust Davis, even though Bustamante is encouraging people to vote "no" on the recall?
Green Party members are familiar with these types of questions. Almost every election they face the prospect of either voting for a Green candidate who is undoubtedly going to lose and a Democrat who could possibly block a Republican candidate. The recall is no exception, but this time Democrats and Republicans are thinking that way.
Alameda resident Tom Billings says the state is in "deep yogurt" but plans on voting "no" on the recall because "keeping him in office would be less disruptive to essential governmental process than replacing him at this point."
"Beyond that, I will use my vote strategically to do my best to keep Arnold out of the state house," said Billings, 72. "My vote will go either to Bustamante or to McClintock, whoever appears to have the best chance of keeping Arnold in Hollywood if the recall succeeds."
Fresno resident Teresa Espana says she will vote strategically as well, even though her true choice is Green Party candidate Peter Camejo. She says she will vote "yes" on the recall and "yes" on Bustamante.
"Bustamante is a local guy who I've worked with on local campaigns, and it would be great to see a Latino in such a high office, even if he's not my first-choice Latino," Espana said.
The strategic possibilities are presenting a host of contradictory messages on the campaign trail, highlighted by Bustamante's "no-yes" strategy. The California State Firefighters' Association board of directors recently voted, for example, to endorse Arnold Schwarzenegger, but its membership voted to reject the recall and "endorse" Davis.
Most political pollsters don't think strategic voting plays a significant role in influencing elections, even if they enjoy the parlor games of the recall. When California used an open primary system in 1998 and 2000, many predicted voters would think strategically because the open primary allowed voters from all parties to cross over and influence other races.
But Republicans in large numbers didn't try to pick a "weak" opponent to then-GOP Attorney General Dan Lungren in the 1998 governor's race. Davis ended up beating Lungren by 20 percentage points. And there is little evidence Democrats tried to cross over and pick a weak GOP opponent for Sen. Dianne Feinstein in 2000, who trounced Republican Rep. Tom Campbell.
"If you tried to quantify it, it would be less than 1 percent of the voters who were strategically voting for someone other than their first choice in order to game the system," said Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field Poll.
San Francisco is attempting to jump into a whole new arena of strategic voting with its instant run-off voting system. The system presumably eliminates "wasted" votes from people who support third-party candidates. But by ranking the top three preferences on a ballot, voters still will have to think strategically about who they believe will win and who they really support.
California has never held a statewide recall election, so it's difficult to predict how voters will react to the unusual ballot make-up on Oct. 7. But Stanford University and a consumer marketing company, Knowledge Networks in Menlo Park, plan to survey voters this coming week on their strategic thinking in the recall.
Morris Fiorina, a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, says the group already has polled California voters but will begin testing to see "how people's behavior would change based on the information they get" up to the final week of the campaign.
The first survey shows something remarkable that is not appearing on traditional telephone polls. The Stanford study presented voters with the entire recall ballot -- all 135 candidates -- in a Web-based format. Telephone pollsters don't have the luxury of reading all 135 names.
The survey found that 14 percent of voters were picking "other" candidates, suggesting a large percentage of voters are either frustrated with the long ballot and are picking anyone down the line, or they are deciding to make a protest vote.
For San Francisco comic and voter Lisa Geduldig, the recall itself weirdly asks people who vote against ousting Davis to also pick a replacement candidate. What part of "no" don't they understand, she wonders? Her strategy, then, may be to make a statement with the second question on the ballot rather than pick the best alternative to Davis.
"I am so sick of the whole recall that I may vote for Angelyne or Gary Coleman just out of the absurdity of the whole thing," Geduldig said. "I'm not sure yet what I'm going to do. I seriously considered running because we didn't have a Jewish lesbian comedian on the ballot."
In the end, some voters may just go the route of John Koetzner, a teacher from Healdsburg. Koetzner says he didn't vote for Davis or Simon in 2002, but he has a strategy for the Oct. 7 recall.
"I will vote against the recall, and then I am voting for no one," said Koetzner, 48. "If we vote for no one, then anarchy can be the rule of the day. Perfect."