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Blag Magazine Collaborates with Tom Hardy on a Capsule Collection
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Blag magazine began as a real fanzine in 1992, founded by art student twins Sarah and Sally Edwards, who were both driven by a love of music and high-quality design. The word "blag" is British slang, and means "to get things by way of clever talk" which the Edwards sisters endeavoured to do. They filled the 'zine—and later, the fully-fledged glossy magazine—with big-name interviews which got coverage from other publications and earned the twins jobs scouting new talent for record labels.
When they did eventually produce the glossy Blag, they roped in some heavy hitting help; the award-winning Yacht Associates helped them design the pages for the magazine, bringing their world class design ethics to the table and keeping the magazine laced with high-fashion sensibilities; and artists like GZA, The Pharcyde, and The Roots' Questlove all gave interviews and graced the cover. By the third glossy issue, orders had exceeded 30,000 copies.
From the year 2000 onwards, the twins decided to throw their time and effort into the internet, and blagmagazine.com was born. Alongside their new online endeavour, they reinvented Blag as a brand-based original content concept, with brands funding their exclusive content, allowing them to create a hard-hitting music magazine with a heavy side of style thrown in for good measure. At this point, the twins had racked up an impressive list of cover stars, including André 3000, 50 Cent, Beastie Boys, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, N*E*R*D, Miike Snow and Slash. In 2012, they decided to restrict Blag to a deluxe annual coffee table edition, offering a premium and collectible version of the physical magazine.
Also in 2012, the twins teamed up with actor/producer Tom Hardy to work on a Blag clothing label, which they have already been releasing under the moniker Blag 'Black Label' and they are preparing to release a high-end line with London's Selfridges, called Blag 'Gold Label'.
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Massive Indianapolis explosion baffles investigators
Monday Nov 12, 2012 6:05 AM
Investigators believe a gas appliance may have been the cause of a powerful explosion that engulfed a middle class neighborhood in flames. NBC's Ron Allen reports.
By Charles Wilson, The Associated Press
With no hint of a problem in advance, in particular no tell-tale smell of a gas leak, authorities and residents in a southern Indianapolis neighborhood are trying to make sense of an enormous blast that obliterated two homes and made dozens more uninhabitable.
Fire officials expressed amazement that only two people died in the late Saturday explosion so powerful that the devastation spread for blocks from its epicenter. Hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate their Richmond Hill homes, some never to return. Windows and doors were blown in. The blast rocked several houses entirely from their foundations and was so loud it awoke people three miles away. A fire burned for hours, engulfing dozens of homes.
"We have done initial testing throughout the neighborhood and have not found any gas leaks," Dan Considine, Citizens Energy spokesman, told IndyStar.com Monday.
"We are still doing additional testing of the gas main and the lines to the homes on Fieldfare Way," he said. "We have not at this point found any problems with any external gas lines."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was also called in to help with the investigation.
Early Monday, Indianapolis public safety director Troy Riggs said forensic investigators were talking with utility companies and others as they tried to determine the cause.
"We need to make sure that we get some of the forensics back and that we follow where the evidence takes us," Riggs told WISH-TV.
U.S. Rep. Andre Carson, who represents the area, has said he had been told a bomb or meth lab explosion had been ruled out.
Deputy Fire Chief Kenny Bacon said investigators hadn't ruled out any possible causes.
Citizens Energy had received no calls from people in the area smelling the rotten eggs of a chemical added to natural gas, which is odorless, utility spokesman Dan Considine said.
"Most of the time when there's a gas leak, people smell it," he said. "But not always."
Carson said the National Transportation Safety Board and the federal Department of Transportation, which have oversight over pipelines, were sending investigators.
Riggs said police officers and investigators would continue to search and secure the neighborhood on Monday.
"It could take some time. We've asked people to be patient," Riggs told WRTV.
Dan Able, a 58-year-old state employee who lives across the street from the flattened homes, was puzzled by the blast.
"I'm wondering about all the possibilities it could be," he said.
Authorities set up relief operations at a school and church to shelter those displaced in the blast. Some moved in with friends and relatives. Others found hotel rooms.
Alex Pflanzer was sound asleep when the explosion blew out his windows and his wife started to scream.
"I didn't know what was going on," Pflanzer said. "I thought someone was breaking in the house, because the alarm was going off."
Pflanzer grabbed his gun and checked the house. Then he noticed the front door was open and saw a reddish glow flickering outside.
"I walked outside and all the houses were on fire," he said.
The Pflanzers and their two dogs found a hotel room, but they couldn't coax their panic-stricken cat out of a crawlspace.
"All the material things can be replaced, so I'm not worried about that stuff," he said. "People are a lot worse off than I am. People died, and so our thoughts and prayers go out to them first."
Officials have not released the identities of the two people killed. A candlelight vigil was held Sunday night at Southwest Elementary School in nearby Greenwood for second-grade teacher Jennifer Longworth. She and her husband, John Dion Longworth, lived in one of the homes destroyed in the blast. WTHR-TV reported that friends, family and colleagues of the teacher gathered at the school.
Deputy Code Enforcement Director Adam Collins said 80 homes were damaged including 31 that might need to be demolished. He estimated the damage at $3.6 million.
Some residents were allowed to return to their homes under police escort Sunday, but just to retrieve a few belongings. Others whose homes weren't as badly damaged were allowed to return, but officials said they would have to do without electricity overnight. And others, officials said, never will be allowed to go back inside their homes.
"There are houses that will have to be torn down," Bacon said.
He said the toll could have been much worse. "I know we're very fortunate that some of the people weren't home," he said.
Officials said at least two dozen off-duty police officers who live on the city's south side rushed to the scene to help with the rescue effort. More than 80 firefighters battled flames and searched the wreckage of homes for trapped survivors.
At the Southport Presbyterian Church shelter, tables were piled high with blankets, food, diapers, water and other supplies. An animal shelter on the south side of the city offered free boarding for pets whose owners had nowhere to take them.
Rev. Rob Hock said hundreds of congregants had shown up to help after he put out a call during Sunday morning services.
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The powerful nighttime blast shattered windows, crumpled walls and could be felt at least three miles away.
NBC News staff contributed to this report.
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The journey of our Surviving the Emergency Room series has reached its end. You've arrived, been triaged, and have seen the doctor. Now, the grand finale, what everything has been building to: just what are we going to do to you?
Your discharge won't include these. Probably.
Your disposition, that is, what we are going to do with you when we're done with our evaluation, is something we've been thinking about since you walked in the door. Getting patients out of the ER and into the appropriate aftercare environment is as important as treating their medical problems in many cases. Roughly 80% of you will be going home. The sprained ankle has been splinted, the laceration repaired, the abdominal pain found to be a bladder infection for which antibiotics have been prescribed. The remaining 20%, though, will need in-patient care.
The decision to keep you in the hospital is based on a number of factors: the severity of your illness, the need for surgery, the likelihood your problem will respond to out-patient treatment, the fact that your symptoms, though relatively minor, could represent a life-threatening condition and need to be closely monitored, (this is especially true if your complaint was "chest pain", you are middle aged or older, and have risk factors for heart disease, like diabetes, hypertension, a long smoking history, and family members with heart attacks), and whether or not you have a safe place to go. If you are elderly and living alone, you could be admitted for a day or so until arrangements can be made to place you in a supervised living environment until you are able to care for yourself.
You might disagree with our decision to keep you in the hospital. It is your right to do so. We are not the police, the ER isn't prison, and, provided you are competent to do so, it's ultimately your decision to make whether to stay or go. We can only give you our best advice. If you choose not to take it you will be asked to sign an "AMA" form, indicating you have chosen to leave the ER against medical advice after having had the risks of doing so clearly explained to you. By signing this form we are shielded, somewhat, from liability should bad things happen that could have been avoided or mitigated had you chosen to stay. Refusing to sign it isn't going to give you much of an advantage, because your refusal will be witnessed by another member of the staff and noted on you medical record.
It is also possible you will need to be transferred to a different hospital. Usually this will be for a "higher level of care", meaning the services you need are not available at our facility. Examples of this are the psychiatric patient needing admission to a psych hospital and the patient with an obvious heart attack needing to go to the place with a catheterization lab and cardiac bypass capability. Or maybe you cut some tendons in your hand and we don't have a hand surgeon on call. Whatever.
If you are one of the lucky 80%, it's time for you to go home. Before leaving you will be given an explanation of what just happened. This should include your diagnosis, your test results, and your aftercare instructions. Ideally this information is given to you by the doctor, but regardless of whom you are speaking with it's essential that you pay attention, understand what's being said, and ask questions if you don't. It's been a nerve-wracking experience, you are anxious to be done with it. Force yourself to focus for a few minutes longer.
And so at last we arrive at this. Congratulations, you survived the ER visit and you are recuperating from whatever it was that sent you there. The experience is fading into a vaguely unpleasant memory. Then, one day, a week or so after the visit, you go to the mailbox and find a bill. Over the course of the next few weeks you get more bills. Bills from the hospital, from the ER doctor, the radiologist, the pathologist and from whomever else consulted on your case that day. The amounts are staggering. Don't panic. Yet.
If there is no insurance company involved please refer to the earlier post on The Insurance Card. Contact the various entities and make a deal.
We hope you found this series entertaining and informative. An awareness of the concepts and procedures, the do's and don'ts, and some of the why's and why nots we've shared with you will definitely come in handy, should the need arise. Until then we wish you good health, good luck, and only happy accidents.
The Surviving the Emergency Room series can be found in its entirety on our blog. Thanks for reading, and feel free to send us whatever comments or feedback you might have.


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Emmanuel Kasarherou, a Kanak curator at the head of the Musee du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac.
29/05/2020 By Noelle Rathmell-Stiels
The former director of the Tjibaou Cultural Center in Noumea succeeds Stéphane Martin, who has been in office as president of the Parisian establishment since 1998.
By Roxana Azimi, Le Monde, 26/05/2020
Stéphane Martin's replacement process was been opened in January, then delayed by the COVID confinement. According to our information, the Kanak Emmanuel Kasarhérou will be appointed Wednesday, May 27th, during the Council of Ministers, to the presidency of the Musée du quai Branly-Jacques-Chirac, where he has held since 2014 the position of Director for the scientific coordination of collections .
This is a first : no Kanak has ever taken responsibility for a large mainland (French) museum. This is a strong symbolic act – the type that Emmanuel Macron likes and who in 2018 was the first President of the Republic to go to Ouvéa, thirty years after the deadly assault on the separatists holding gendarmes hostage. To heal this trauma, President Macron then planted a coconut palm, a symbol of life in Kanak culture and a sign of reconciliation. This spirit of harmony is embodied by Emmanuel Kasarhérou – a central figure in contemporary Caledonian cultural history. "He is a diplomat, a man of strength and restraint, praises Anthony Meyer, the Parisian dealer of Oceanic Art. He ( Emmanuel Kasarhérou ) likes to find solutions to issues and to work as a team. "
Born in 1960 in Noumea to a Kanak father and to Jacqueline de La Fontinelle, his French mainland mother – a linguist specializing in the Houailou language, the young Emmanuel Kasarhérou saw himself as the Indiana Jones of the Pacific. Passionate about prehistory and trained by the great oceanic archaeologist José Garanger (1926-2006), he participated in many archeological excavations.
Questioning the legitimacy of the collections
At the age of 25, in 1985 in the midst of the civil war (in New Caledonia), he became director of the museum of New Caledonia, in Noumea. Nine years later, Emmanuel Kasarhérou was caught up in a project as ambitious as it was political : the establishment of the Tjibaou Cultural Center, named after the founder of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), assassinated in 1989. The building, housing the immense oceanic cultural center and signed by the architect Renzo Piano, was inaugurated in 1998 as one of the last great political gestures by (President) François Mitterrand, as part of the Nouméa agreement, ten years after the Matignon agreement. Emmanuel Kasarhérou took over the direction in 2006, before becoming, five years later, chargé de mission for French overseas territories.
In 2013, he took his first steps at the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac by co-curating with Roger Boulay the exhibition "Kanak, art is a Statement", a cutting-edge and yet down to earth exhibition that became a landmark for Kanak art. Of absolute aesthetic perfection, and offering exhibiting 300 pieces, the event coincided with the fifteenth anniversary of the Noumea agreement, marking the end of the French protectorate imposed in 1853. At the time, Emmanuel Kasarhérou reminded Le Monde (the French newspaper) that Kanaks had been placed in reservations as early as 1868, "a unique fact in French colonial history, which created a specific relationship with the territory". However, the historian (Emmanuel Kasarhérou) is not "politically engaged, at least publicly," said his friend Roger Boulay. And the former collaborator of the Kanak Culture Development Agency clarified : "In New Caledonia, Emmanuel had the confidence of everyone, he always consulted the elders, the representatives of large chiefdoms or those who played a role in the revival of Kanak culture. "
The questioning and approach of Emmanuel Kasarhérou on the history and the legitimacy of the collections will be invaluable, as work continues on the circulation of cultural goods between the North and the South, after the Sarr-Savoye report (2018) on the restitution of stolen works from Africa. "Emmanuel thinks it is important to share the heritage of humanity without getting caught up in words. He does not tell fables that would simplify things, "confides a relative, suggesting that he would be in line with the policies of Stéphane Martin, recently appointed as cultural advisor in Japan. In the immediate future, the new president (of the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac) will have to oversee the progressive deconfinement of the museum, at the end of June-beginning of July, according to our information, and will have to find a successor to Yves Le Fur, the current director of collections, who will soon reach retirement age.
Roxana Azimi
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Iran's military adventurism and destabilizing behavior have reached an unprecedented level that could turn regional tensions into a conflagration. Tehran's stepped-up interference in Yemen is a direct threat to the Bab Al-Mandab strait and the security of neighboring countries. US officials say Iran is now providing cruise missiles to Yemen's Houthis.
In Iraq, Tehran is obstructing efforts by state and non-state actors to bridge Sunni-Shiite gaps. It seeks to control Iraq, and has started a widespread campaign to influence decision-making and secure a victory for Shiite groups in parliamentary elections.
In other Arab nations, Iran is trying to increase its influence by inciting instability and conflict. For example, the Saudi navy recently captured a boat with three members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) near the Kingdom's offshore Marjan oilfield.
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"The US and the international community should hold Iranian leaders accountable. This can be accomplished by a combination of political pressure, economic sanctions and force."
Iran's missile attack on Syria is a highly significant and perilous development, as it has repeatedly boasted that its ballistic missiles can reach any country in the region. They are also capable of carrying nuclear warheads; it is believed that this is Iran's intention.
It has been so emboldened that it is openly boasting about the missile attack, and Iranian generals have admitted on state television that it was a warning to enemies. "The Saudis and Americans are especially receivers of this message," said Gen. Ramazan Sharif of the IRGC.
Iran is beginning a new stage in its interventions in Arab countries via its ballistic missile capabilities. This will intensify sectarianism, radicalization and militarization of regional conflicts. If this is met with silence, Tehran will be further empowered and emboldened because it interprets silence as weakness.
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17-year-old Kevin March is having a bad day. After being being expelled from marching band, he's spending his before-school morning hours smoking out on a boulder that overlooks Lake Austin. All he has to do is smoke a bowl, chill a bit, and then take his little brother Johnny to school. Unfortunately for Kevin, none of that is going to happen.
Because the world is ending today.
"Within seconds, the sound became so loud that I coughed up the smoke and stood up on the boulder. Smoke wiped above my head. I faced west looking over Lake Austin… The sound came from the downriver direction, my left. And the sound now, though constant and siren-like, was the deep and mournful tone of what I thought were the sounds made by whales. Whales in extremis.
Whale sounds. In Austin, Texas.
More than whale sounds. Otherworldly sounds; countless whales not just moaning and sighing and singing, but crying out.
On this late October day, something has awoken and triggered a massive event. Every adult is dying horribly, suffocating from within. And those that don't succumb that way, end their lives with smiles on their faces. Other than Kevin, his girlfriend Kodie, and his best friend Bastian, the only ones untouched by this wave of madness are the children.
But for how long? Because whatever has happened to the world, the answer centers on the suddenly aligned children, and Kevin realizes that the threat he experienced early that morning may be nothing compared to the threat posed by his little brother… and the other tens of thousands of children, suddenly aligned and trudging towards a new world order that has little room for Kevin and his friends.
In the 1920s, HP Lovecraft created his Cthulu mythos, positing a race of gargantuan supernatural beings, uncaringly wreaking havoc on humankind. These giant, shadowy creatures were so terrifying that even a glimpse of them could send a man to madness.
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Told as a transcript of Kevin's dictated journey through this changing world, Falkin adeptly weaves his tale of creeping terror, layering mundane detail after mundane detail into something pendulous and foreboding. With his skillful storytelling, he manages to keep his tale vast and claustrophobic at the same time. Yes, the world is wide open. No, they can't get to it. They can barely even communicate outside of Austin, and even then, not for long. Just long enough to know that what's happened there… is happening everywhere.
Combined with his Lovecraftian elements, Falkin also weaves in generous references to Lord of the Flies, William Golding's classic story, giving his tale an even more chilling aspect. Like that story, it's the unseen shape that guides this book, drawing us deeper and deeper into the frightening mystery that may lurk inside us already. Drawing on these disparate, yet somehow linked, sources as inspiration, he manages to bring these timeless and terrifying elements together into a truly unnerving piece.


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A victim of a home invasion on Maui last week fired an AR-15-style rifle at one of three armed home invaders.
The trio hastily retreated, shooting back as they left the residence. The suspects are reported to have taken some cash.
The police reported that they recovered a firearm at the scene of the home invasion. It's not clear if the gun they "recovered" is shiny handgun reportedly used by the home invaders, or the AR-15 used by the home defender.
Hawaii has very restrictive gun control laws. Possession of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of "pistol" ammunition, which includes AR-15 magazines, is a misdemeanor.
AR-15 rifles make excellent home defense tools. Their mere appearance has significant deterrent effect. We do not know what sort of ammunition was used, or the composition of the home's walls, so speculation about over-penetration is moot. No one outside the home was reported as being wounded.
This is another case that shows the utility of semi-automatic rifles for home defense. The added difficulty of obtaining pistols legally in Hawaii is another reason for people there to use a semi-automatic rifle.
Duh. I got money says it was the defenders AR that was confiscated, leaving them defenseless tomorrow night.
This is why you always have a spare or two off site. So you can resupply if your primaries get got.
Plenty of other places, you may need to get creative.
Duh! Obviously in your high security, underground zombie & nuke-proof three level concrete bunker!
Seriously, I keep half my guns and ammo at my brother's house.
In some states, it's illegal for a customer to take a gun into a bank. I expect that, if it were well wrapped, no one would notice. However, you would still be legally vulnerable if it were discovered.
My range offers rental units for storage, and at a reasonable rate too.
Don't know if anyone saw this today but in regard to a safe deposit box, I don't think I would ever do that. Bank of America is in the news today for screwing with people's SD boxes.
Why in the world would it be illegal to carry a gun into a bank? That's just silly. For a business transaction I picked up $10,000 in cash at my bank. If somebody told me I couldn't bring a gun with me, I'd have mentioned he could KMA and promptly changed banks. As is, I have never asked, never been told.
The real trick is deciding the offsite location to keep your spares.
— It could take a while to get there.
— Someone could find them and take them.
— You could lose track of them and lose them permanently.
— A reliable waterproof container large enough for long guns is expensive.
Have any suggestions for offsite storage philosophy?
My solution is a small safe in a relatives garage. A relative I trust. And a small safe in a storage unit. I used to work a storage place and they aren't perfect but they are pretty secure.
Cheaper to get a badge as a volunteer officer / sheriff's deputy.
Joe. I prefer to answer to just myself. Being retired really is the Bee's Knee's.
I would think a 6″ or 8″ schedule 80 pipe with slip caps glued on the ends would be reliably water-proof and not too expensive.
Bury at least one in your backyard. Along with some ammunition.
I have thought about exactly that: using 8-inch PVC pipe and caps. The trouble is that 8-inch PVC pipe and caps are pretty darned expensive. It would cost me about $230 to fashion two storage tubes that were both five feet long with glued end caps.
A storage tube that is five feet long and 8 inches in diameter might hold three rifles/shotguns without scopes or pistol grips. Of course that same tube would hold a LOT of ammunition.
Something that would hold two rifles with scopes or modern sporting rifles with pistol grips would be nice — and I don't think an 8-inch PVC tube is it.
MTM makes a awesome under ground solution with o rings for around $50.00 each. It's cheaper than 8″ sch. 40 pipe unless you plumb for a living.
You can store a hand gun just about anywhere. I speak from experience when I say the inside a subwoofer is a great place to hide stuff you don't want found. A gun will need to be insulated from electrical currents. A broken cooking appliance can be disassembled and stuff stashed away into it.
No seriously… what the hell are cops going to do? Take your easy bake oven?
Hiding a gun, or several in your own house is pretty easy. Just get creative. But if you have kids, do so with a trigger lock, or in a locked handgun case.
good choices?…in the walls…heating ducts…appliances….get creative!
If I puncture someone a few times, it will not shock me to have the guilty firearm invited downtown. Any of my OTHER guns will require due process. Worst comes to worst, tomorrow morning I'll buy a new one! But I'm in Texas, not real scared of craziness on the part of cops. I will not open the safe for them, anyhow. It weighs 600 lbs and is bolted to the concrete slab, difficult to even reach (find?), I'm thinking they would arrest me first.
A reliable waterproof container is easy and inexpensive at Lowe's or Home Depot. PVC pipe sections, end caps, threaded adapter and threaded plug.
With the cap solidly bonded on one end and the threaded adapter attached and bonded on the other, stand the pipe vertically and put a pound or two in the bottom of the pipe. Place your guns in the pipe, padded for protection.
Put a candle just below the top inside the pipe. When the flame goes out the pipe is full of CO2 and all the water vapor, oxygen and such will be displaced.
Install the plug, with some thread goop.
Can be buried or if weighed can be sunk.
A place that the stash will be safe from thieves or the police is more difficult.
ARs for only $400 sounds good, much less than they were we the retail prices from Colt, the only source in 1966 was $267. But the a dollar was worth 50 cents then. Now a dollar is barely worth 2 cents.
If you have a crawl space under your house you can mount a waterproof container between the floor joists. As well, you can bury a 35 or 55 gallon drum with a removable lid and metal band that is lockable, under a storage building or under a car. I have a hidden door in the floor of my storage shed under a refrigerator – move refrigerator, access door, access barrel buried under shed – weapons, food, med supplies, etc. I have another one that is buried under my old farm truck, parked under a shed lean-to. Move truck, access barrel! Although these barrels are water-tight, I put a layer of cat litter or rice in the bottom as a desiccant.
What is WRONG with this person. Fired ONE round? A "near miss" counts for diddly squat. Even the dead dealin highpower AR needs a hit. Blow thru that 30rd (or pansy 10rd ) mag. What are you saving it for? A REAL problem?
My guess, or maybe it was too damn loud. I did like "almost struck", though. That is some fine reporting.
When you're restricted to 10 rounds or less, I suppose you get stingy.
Yet another brain dead Leftard heard from.
No countries active military that I'm aware of is using the AR 15 as a front line military arm,next brain dead Leftard.
That's gotta give 'em heart burn too.
You keep a gun in a trusted friends safe , and he one in yours . I also have a safe deposit box at the bank, yes limited hours but very secure . Or just hide one well in your house .
Perfectly sensible, if available. Is that why our honorable opponents propose laws which could put both you and your trusted friend in prison for years, and stop you both from ever again owning firearms legally? As in, common-sense UBC?
"Safe deposit box" – DUMB! Limited access is like NO access! There are plenty of places to hide one around your house or elsewhere.
Unless the AR used is chambered in 9mm/.45 auto etc. how is it .223 Rem/5.56×45 NATO is a "pistol" cartridge?
If you're judging the 5.56 by the 6.5 Creedmoor……….
I forgot about the mighty 6.5 Creedmoor, I must confess my sin to god Creedmoor and beg for forgiveness if I wish to live.
The same way 7.62×51 NATO is a 'pistol round' for which you can get a massive prison sentence if you sell surplus AP ball ammo.
I was visiting Classic Firearms' website last week, and they have several PTR "pistols" for sale in .308/7.62X51 chambering. Of course, it still had a 16″ or 18″ barrel so concealability would be an issue.
From what I've read, cops getting shot through their body armor with rifle caliber handguns doesn't seem to be an issue of pressing concern, but I suppose if the ATF has a giant hardon for you, they could make an exception.
Not an expert, I thought pistol barrels longer than 16″ were illegal. No?
Remember, they make AR pistols now so I guess it depends on which AR you're firing. If it has a stock it is a rifle round. If it has only a buffer tube or an arm brace it is a pistol round.
Despite what I've said before; I'm thinking of buying an AR for just such scenarios. A quality, well maintained AR should get though a 30 rd mag without a malfunction. And a magazine should handle most anything an intruder, or two could throw at me. And besides, if it's taken into evidence, or been stolen, it's only an AR. I wouldn't be happy about losing it, but really, I wouldn't loose much sleep.
I was stationed in Hawaii… I could walk into any tactical store around Honolulu or Waikiki and buy 30 round AR15 mags, among other tacticool gear. I had to buy my own Pmags back then because the USMC was too piss poor broke to issue me any. No one checked my ID, they weren't locked up behind a glass case. etc.
They've been banned since mid-1992, so that must have been a while ago.
Basically just got a taxi ride into town at some X-tactical store, I don't recall the name… someone mentioned they got mags there so naturally, we are about to go to ITX/CAX. Command keeps saying we will issue mags, we will issue mags… and they never did. ended up having to buy my own.
Then the idiot of a gunner, banned all Pmags, and non-isused mags, etc, probably because mothers of America or some other group was asking why their misguided children weren't issued the best of the best and having people buy their own equipment looks bad.
I'm stationed in Hawaii now, and I can confirm that everybody has 30 Rd mags for their ARs. They're on the shelf at my LGS, and I've never had trouble buying them there. There is at least one gun shop that will only sell them to cops, but if you go to Koko Head Shooting Complex (Oahu's only outdoor range, and a public one at that), you'll see that everyone with an AR fearlessly sports 30 Rd mags.
Sounds like a bit of "come and take it", or maybe nobody tells them its illegal.
Doesn't Hawaii have comprehensive firearm registration? If so, hiding a gun or 2 would probably not do much good, and they'd probably tear your house and property to shreds looking for it when you claim you "lost it".
It's not like you can drive out of state to stash it at your brother's house.
You are 100% correct. You cannot even walk out of the store with the gun without doing paperwork, that includes your address and your Social Security number, that goes to the state. You then have three days to register that gun with the Honolulu Police Department. They know exactly how many guns you have so hiding one or two of them will not do any good. I'd go so far as to say that if, for whatever reason, the authorities are at your house and they cannot account for all the guns they obviously know that you have, you are going to be in a wagon load of trouble.
Not every everyone follows the law… Excuse me… THUH LAWH! In present day that would be better known as the opinions of old people put to paper. Opinions which are then used to subjugate you with neither your input nor consent, by thread of fines, imprisonment, or death. Coercion, intimidation, etc. Sounds like a criminal gang to me.
Not to mention all gun owner control laws and gun control laws are unconstitutional to begin with. The COTUS makes no mention of duty to register. And ATM, the COTUS is one of the only documents I recall swearing allegiance to.
If you want an unregistered gun in Hawaii, you can get an unregistered gun in Hawaii. Making them in a machine shop is trivial, the local weed dealer might be able to source one, etc.
It comes down to risk vs reward. Not what someones opinion says.
Not if you don't register it.
Magazines if in the state BEFORE a cut off date are grandfathered legal. Can't remember when the magazine law happened but I believe during my first time in Hawaii.
EVERYTHING is registered on Oahu. You must also have a copy of your registration with the gun. I didn't have all my copies when I returned for work but by the MAGIC of GUN REGISTRATION and recordkeeping, they could give me copies for ALL the guns I ever owned in Hawaii ! !
Lucky for me, I buried my high capacity magazines so even though I didn't know I'd ever live there again, I had the original LEGAL magazines when I returned in '01 ! !
Had a new one to register [being the law biding law enforcement officer I am] when I returned in '01. Bam, instant registration. I then bought a pistol that was my duty issue type since I became an instructor a few months later. Well, even though I had over 15 pistols/rifles registered already, I needed to attend [free at least] a hunter safety class to buy a new pistol ! !
All of these FEEL GOOD I DID SOMETHING bullsh*t laws just make things difficult [ if not impossible ] for the law biding.
That's the whole idea, criminals pay no attention.
See section 17 of Hawaii's state constitution.
And it sounds like Hawaii has no duty to report if your handgun is lost or stolen….
When Alaska and Hawaii joined the Union in 1959 they copied the US BoR Second Amendment exactly with one comma.
The three comma version is incorrect. Worse than that it allows the anti-gunners to pretend that the state militia can be infringed.
fulfill the imperative in the Declaration of Independence to maintain freedom.
Obviously a tyrannical government is not going to charter a militia of citizens whose purpose stop a tyrant.
Of course since HELLER and McDonald Hawaii should interpret their state constitution exactly the same as the federal since it is a copy.
So Hawaii just pretends it doesn't exist. That seems to be rather tyrannical.
This article is incorrect in 2 ways. 1. Regular 30 round mags are legal for AR 15s because AR and AK pistols are illegal in Hawaii except for those that have a mag welded in place.
2. Possession of a handgun mag over 10 rounds is a misdemeanor except when it is loaded into the gun. If caught with a standard pistol mag in the gun it is a FELONY.
This is completely correct. Mahalo.
The Second Amendment is NOT about hunting or sporting.
so-called "assault weapons",semi-auto AR-15's,AK-47's,Mini-14's,etc,are today's modern MILITIA weapons,and thus should be be the most protected of arms under the Second Amendment.
Militia men were expected to appear to muster bearing weapons similar to and compatible with what the Regular military had in service at that time.
In US V Miller,SCOTUS asked if a short-barreled shotgun was in common use in the military,implying that arms protected by the Second would be those used by the military. Today that is M-16's,M-4's,AK-47s,etc,but we "compromised" and strictly restricted those automatic weapons (machine guns),leaving US citizens with the semi-auto versions for militia purposes.
Our Founders intended that our citizens have "weapons of war",militia arms for militia purposes,that include combat or self-defense.
Hawaii and other states "assault weapons" bans are NOT Constitutional.
And then almost immediately goes to try and head off any discussion about rounds passing through walls and endangering innocents. Gee, in my humble opinion, if they were really "excellent" tools for home defense that wouldn't be such a concern. There are times and places where AR-15s shine and truly are "excellent" for the purpose but only in limited circumstances would I consider employing one in a home defense role in an urban environment or with other family members in different rooms. There are MUCH better tools to reach for in such situations.
Last I heard many in the Military also carry side arms. I doubt whether they are shiny but it is a weapon and it is sometimes used in war.


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Snake and Columbia River Dams
Why breaching would do more harm than good
► Electrical Power Generation
► Irrigation for Agriculture
► Recreation
► What Happens From Here?
► Conclusion
BACKGROUND: The push for dam breaching
Since their completion between 1962 and 1975, the four lower Snake River dams in Eastern Washington have been controversial and the target of tribes, environmentalists and some fishing groups. These include: Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite dams. Without any scientifically proven evidence, dam opponents have said breaching these structures would increase salmon populations throughout the Pacific Northwest.
The Northwest Energy Coalition had funded and released a controversial study in April of 2018 that purported to show the feasibility of lower Snake River dams' replacement with wind, solar, energy efficiency, demand-response programs and storage. When, later in the summer, the death of a baby orca and its grief-stricken mother in the Salish Sea became a weeks-long featured local news story, advocates of dam breaching changed their narrative about the primary reason for dam breaching from restoring salmon to saving the whales. Within that same time frame, three orcas were discovered dead. It was announced that only 73 southern orcas remain, and that lack of available, adequate food is one of the three main threats to their survival, in addition to pollution and noise.
In the fall of 2018, the Governor's Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force said a stakeholder process was needed to investigate the impacts of removing or breaching the lower Snake River dams to provide more salmon for Southern Resident orcas to eat.
During the 2019 session, Gov. Jay Inslee advocated for and received $750,000 in the 2019-21 operating budget to pay for a study that would look at the benefits and impacts of breaching the dams.
The governor's study is contracted through a "neutral third party." No public comment will be taken at hearings being held in January in Clarkston and Vancouver, and another one in the Tri-Cities scheduled only after the governor received backlash that he was ignoring an area that would be severely impacted by dam breaching.
Gov. Inslee's team has also pointed out his study will be released just as an environmental impact statement (EIS) is being prepared by federal agencies under order of the U.S. District Court in Oregon, which could impact future licensing of the dams.
In October, the Yakama and Lummi tribal nations joined forces to call for removal of the Bonneville, The Dalles and John Day hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River as a method to increase salmon populations.
Why are the Snake/Columbia River dams important?
Snake River ports are critical economic drivers for their local communities and for the nation. Many modes of transportation come together at Northwest ports to provide efficient and safe movement of both commercial cargo and people. Each Snake River dam has a navigational lock that allows inland farmers access to international markets. In just nine months in 2017, more than 3.5 million tons of cargo were barged on the Snake River.
The Snake River is particularly important to our Northwest wheat farmers. Each year, the Snake River dams make it possible for nearly 40 percent of all U.S. wheat exports to move in the most fuel-efficient, safest, lowest emission type of cargo transportation — barging.
Port of Whitman County Commissioner Tom Kammerzell added removal of the dams would severely impact farmers in Eastern Washington. He noted replacement of barges with trucks to transport grain would require an additional 135,000 semi-trucks on Washington's highways annually or more than 35,000 rail cars. These cars and trains would add tons of additional carbon to Northwest skies.
"For farming, it would impact us by doubling the costs of transportation. It would triple the cost of using fossil fuels, increase emissions, and affect jobs and the economy of Eastern Washington as much as 150 miles away from both sides of the river," said Kammerzell. "These dams represent commerce, navigation, real people, real lives and jobs. It's not just a simple answer to a complex problem."
Barge loading wheat along Snake River
Deepest inland navigational system on the West Coast – 465 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the Port of Lewiston, Idaho.
More than 52 million tons of international trade in 2017.
More than 8 million tons of commercial cargo in 2017.
At least $21 billion in cargo value.
Nearly 10 percent of all U.S. wheat is exported through the Columbia Snake River System. Eleven states transport through our rivers, which moved more than 14 million metric tons of wheat in 2017.
More than 18,000 cruise passengers in 2017, with $15 million in direct economic benefits to the region.
More than 40,000 local jobs are dependent on this trade.
Barging is the safest method of moving cargo, with a lower number of injuries, fatalities and spill rates than both rail and trucks. It is also the most fuel efficient and has the lowest emissions.
ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION
Nearly 60 percent of the energy produced in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana is generated by hydropower dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. The majority (90 percent) of the Northwest's renewable energy comes from hydropower dams, which generate carbon-free electricity without releasing measurable amounts of methane.
The Snake River dams are part of a Northwest energy solution, producing between 1,700 to 2,000 megawatts of sustained peaking capability (ability to ramp up to meet peak demand) energy — enough for more than 1.3 million homes.
Wind and solar power, as suggested by dam breach supporters, cannot replace the always-available hydropower produced by the dams. That's because wind and solar are intermittent. As wind changes, so must it be complemented with other generation sources that can increase when the wind wanes or decrease when it blows harder.
Hydropower is an exceptionally flexible source of base generation (continual flow of electricity). Dam operators can start, stop or increase generation by hundreds of megawatts in seconds to minutes if enough water is available. This quick response time is important, because demands for electrical generation can happen in the blink of an eye — especially in winter months.
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is the region's largest supplier of energy. The electricity from the Federal Columbia River Power System is sold at-cost by the BPA to Northwest utilities. This results in a huge competitive advantage for business and affordability for ratepayers throughout the region. After tribes called for removal of Columbia River dams, The Seattle Times said: "While calls for removal of the four dams on the Lower Snake River have been heard for decades, the demand to knock out some of the region's larger main-stem dams is a first. How such a removal would even proceed, and what it would mean for energy or salmon recovery, has never been analyzed."
QUICK FACTS: Snake River power generation
The Snake River dams produce between 1,700 to 2,000 megawatts of sustained peaking capability (ability to ramp up to meet peak demand) energy — enough for more than 1.3 million homes.
BPA markets power from 31 federal dams, but only the 10 largest of these dams keep the federal power system operating smoothly through the use of automatic generation control. The Snake River dams are key components and keep the power and transmission systems in balance.
To replace the winter energy capability of the Snake River dams with solar energy would take thousands of megawatts of installed solar panels at a utility scale and would be extraordinarily expensive for consumers. (A 579-megawatt solar farm in California that serves 213,000 homes requires 3,200 acres of ground to site 1.7 million solar panels.)
It would cost as much as $2.6 billion to breach the dams, but the impact to the economy and loss of power generation would be considerably more.
IRRIGATION FOR AGRICULTURE
In 1943, Congress created the Columbia Basin Project in central Washington, the largest irrigation project to divert water from the mainstem Columbia River. The project is managed by the Bureau of Reclamation and the Interior Department. Today, about 5.1 million acres are irrigated with water from the Columbia River and its tributaries. This is a reduction from the historic high, which was 9.2 million acres in 1980.
The largest areas of irrigated acreage are in southern Idaho, eastern Washington and eastern Oregon. Nearly all the potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit, vegetables, and mint grown in the Columbia River Basin are irrigated, as are large crops of hay and grain. Water withdrawals for irrigation take water away from hydropower production. Irrigation is the largest non-hydropower use of water in the Columbia River Basin.1
Water-based recreation is an important economic activity on the Columbia River, where recreation is a specifically authorized purpose of several of the dams. Recreational use and development are authorized at all of the federal dams under federal legislation such as the Federal Water Projects Recreation Act of 1965 and the Flood Control Act of 1944.
Fishing and boating are the most popular forms of water-based recreation on the Columbia, but windsurfing, particularly in the perpetually windy Columbia River Gorge, is rapidly growing in popularity and economic importance to Gorge communities.2
How are the fish doing?
A false narrative is being spread in Olympia, Washington, D.C. and throughout the Pacific Northwest that starving Puget Sound Southern Resident orcas would be magically saved by removing the Snake River and Columbia River dams.
'No salmon recovery effort on a single river will bring about recovery of southern resident killer whales…'
Not a shred of scientific data exists that provides solid proof that salmon stock would increase if the dams were breached.
According to Laurie Weitkamp of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, downward trends for many salmon populations are largely due to unfavorably warm ocean conditions, and not due to a single river. Her report says, "No salmon recovery effort on a single river will bring about recovery of southern resident killer whales on its own." She notes that orcas consume a diversity of stocks throughout the year, not exclusive to Columbia stocks.
Southern Resident orcas spend most of their time in the coastal inland waters of the Salish Sea. As a result, a NOAA Fisheries analysis showed that Chinook from the rivers that feed into Salish Sea—not the Columbia or Snake rivers which drain directly into the Pacific Ocean—are the top priority salmon stock for Southern Resident orcas.
Huge investments in large-scale structures and operational changes have improved existing fish passage routes, as well as provided new, safe passage structures at these dams. These investments have resulted in a 25-year sustained increase in salmon populations.
Of the 13 salmon and steelhead stocks in the Columbia Basin listed under the Endangered Species Act, only four migrate through the lower Snake River dams. Survival through these dams for young salmon heading downstream to the ocean is 97 percent.
Since 2000, salmon and steelhead populations have been improving due to a combination of ocean conditions, better fish passage survival at the dams, improvements in freshwater habitat, harvest reforms, and predator control. However, warm ocean conditions coupled with high predator populations (growing numbers of seals and sea lions which feed on the fish) reduced the survival of juvenile and adult fish in the ocean. As a result, projected 2019 adult salmon and steelhead returns are below recent 10-year averages.
In two studies, NOAA concluded dam removal would not help Snake River salmon or orca recovery. It says hatchery production of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia and Snake systems would more than offset any losses of salmon from the killer whale prey base caused by the dams
WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE?
A four-year federal study is underway that involves all four Northwest states and 13 Northwest tribes and follows the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration and Bureau of Reclamation to evaluate 14 dams in the system, including the four Snake River dams.
These federal agencies have held 16 public meetings and two webinars to hear from residents and non-profit/for-profit groups across the region about dam operations, benefits and impacts.
The draft environmental impact statement (EIS) is scheduled to be publicly available in February 2020 and a final EIS completed in June 2020. According to Pacific Northwest Waterways Association Executive Director Kristin Meira, "We are nearing the end of a tremendously thorough science-based effort to work toward salmon recovery in the Columbia Snake River System. Federal agencies are already studying the river system, and that includes breaching Snake River dams. With findings expected in early 2020, it is prudent for all of us to keep our eyes on the prize — scientific-based salmon recovery — and not get distracted with advocacy reports that have the appearance of, but not the facts of, science."
Bonneville Dam on Columbia River
These are federal dams. Accountability rests with the federal legislative delegations in the region. Action to breach these dams would likely have to go through Congress, unless of course, opponents could find a federal judge sympathetic to their cause.
The 1980 Northwest Power Act defines the balance of the public interests in an affordable, reliable electricity supply, the navigation and recreation interests on the river, flood risk mitigation, irrigation, and the impacts of hydropower on fish.
If there is to be a re-balancing, the place to start is with the federal Northwest Power Act. Since 1980, Northwest ratepayers have funded $17 billion in habitat and wildlife programs to ensure that the region's hydropower is delivered in an environmentally sensitive manner. If the results aren't there, federal lawmakers should make reforms. Instead, we see litigants defining the future of the region in federal courts before unelected judges—for example in the multi-year Endangered Species Act (ESA) litigation over how the federal Columbia river system impacts ESA-listed salmon.
We need to ensure cost-effective, science-based policy approaches to the region's largest wildlife recovery effort – and not succumb to the notion that breaching Snake and Columbia river dams would provide the answer to saving orcas.
As Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, noted: "What if the dams are removed and they are wrong? What if not one orca is saved from the dam removal, not one additional salmon is spared? And now, the dams, their generating electricity, their capacity to allow billions of dollars of navigable trade, vanish — and they are wrong? What a detriment to our state, to our families, our economy, our electrical grid! What a sad waste!"
Inside the Ice Harbor Dam navigational lock — Snake River
General Information on Columbia River Basin irrigation. Northwest Power and Conservation Council, https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/columbia-river-history/irrigation ↵
General Information on Columbia River system recreation. Northwest Power and Conservation Council, https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/Columbia-river-history/recreation ↵
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A robot baseball player? It could happen
Imagine what would happen if this robotic arm was attached to a body on a baseball field. Move over, Babe Ruth?
Image credit: EPFL
Date:12 May 2014 Author: Alan Duggan Tags:Cynthia Breazeal, EPFL, robots
I've encountered many robots over the years, from relentlessly boring (and slightly intimidating) industrial machines that weld car bodies with monotonous precision to disconcertingly anthropomorphic characters that mimic human emotions, dance to rock music, ride bicycles, kick soccer balls and keep elderly people company when they feel neglected.
I like them, and not only because I grew up reading Isaac Asimov's books. I recall a conversation with a charming Japanese man in Barcelona many years ago – he was the genius behind the "face" of Honda's ASIMO robot – about the so-called "uncanny valley", defined by Wikipedia as "a hypothesis in the field of human aesthetics which holds that when human features look and move almost, but not exactly, like natural human beings, it causes a response of revulsion among some human observers".
He was emphatic that a robot should not attempt to replicate human features, but rather hint at them – that is, with a vaguely humanoid head, perhaps a vestigial mouth, and a more or less neutral "expression". However, clever and thoughtful people like Cynthia Breazeal disagree. At MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), she and her team are building robots with social intelligence that communicate and learn in the same way that people do.
Will Breazeal's work, and similar research being conducted in labs all over the world, change the way we live in the future, and the way in which we interact with intelligent machines? Short answer: yes, without a doubt. Is this a good thing? Absolutely. and if it means your rivals on the baseball field will grin at you in a disconcertingly machine-like way, then so be it. There are already robotic soccer tournaments, so a robot baseball player is entirely possible in the near future. Scientists have even developed a sensitive "skin" for robots, for heaven's sake.
Meanwhile, in a new breakthrough, researchers at the EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in France have built a robot that's capable of reacting without human intervention and grasping objects with complex shapes and trajectories in less than five hundredths of a second. With its palm open, the robot is completely motionless. A split second later, it suddenly unwinds and catches all sorts of flying objects thrown in its direction – a tennis racket, a baseball, a bottle.
The arm measures about 1,5 metres long and keeps an upright position. It has three joints and a sophisticated hand with four fingers. It was programmed at the Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory at EPFL and designed to test robotic solutions for capturing moving objects. It is unique and rather spectacular because it has the ability to catch projectiles of various irregular shapes in less than five hundredths of a second.
Says Aude Billard, head of the lab: "Increasingly present in our daily lives and used to perform various tasks, robots will be able to either catch or dodge complex objects in full-motion. Not only do we need machines able to react on the spot, but we also to predict the moving object's dynamics and generate a movement in the opposite direction."
The ability to catch flying things (once again, think robot baseball player) requires the integration of several parameters and reacting to unforeseen events in record time. "Today's machines are often pre-programmed and cannot quickly assimilate data changes," adds Billard. Consequently, their only choice is to recalculate the trajectories, which requires too much time from them in situations in which every fraction of a second can be decisive."
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Some of the most notable missions on NASA's scientific agenda would be postponed indefinitely or canceled under the agency's new budget, despite its administrator's vow to Congress six months ago that not "one thin dime" would be taken from space science to pay for President Bush's plan to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars.
Pasted below is the lead sentence to Reuters article on today's Congressional testimony by astronomers regarding NASA's budgets cuts for scientific missions. Underneath is a link to the entire article.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration's focus on big, expensive space missions is starving budgets for some of NASA's most productive small-scale science programs, astronomers told the U.S. Congress on Thursday.
Here is the letter that I sent to the three members of Congress who represent me.
I'm appalled that many of NASA's planned scientific missions are being scrapped to pay for the administration's ambitions to once again put men on the Moon and later on Mars.
Sending men to the Moon (been there, done that) and Mars are monstrously expensive stunts. That's all. Astronauts may have been necessary to explore the Moon over thirty years ago. Since then, clever American engineers have figured out how to explore the depths of the ocean and the bodies of the solar system with robotic devices. These tools are relatively inexpensive and can extend our senses far more safely, quickly and effectively than with the outmoded use of astronauts. Someday humans may colonize other planets. But that is in the far distant future. Today we can best pave the way into space for our descendents by exploiting our currently most effective means: marvelous American built machines.
It would be greatly appreciated if government officials (including the president and members of Congress) would do a better job explaining to the public that 21st century technology has made astronauts obsolete. Instead, we get demagoguery from the president appealing to early 20th century romantic notions of fighter pilots morphing into Buck Rogers type space explorers. Let's get realistic. If we're going to spend tax dollars on space exploration, let's do it with the awesome inventions produced by American ingenuity and not with daredevils performing pointless stunts.
My cousin, John Andelin, was the head of the science division of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. His agency was abolished as a "cost cutting measure". In reality, I suspect it cut too much pork. John told me 20 years ago that manned spaceflight is tremendously more expensive than that done with machines, mainly because of the cost of redundancy (or perfection as he called it) for maximum safety. That's not to mention the huge cost of life support systems. In testimony before Congressional committees, he stated that the International Space Station was feasible, but would he horribly inefficient and costly compared with mechanical alternatives. He has been proven right. Perhaps his agency should be reestablished so that it can provide wise counsel to Congress regarding the optimum methods for the future exploration of the solar system.
I welcome the use of my tax dollars for the scientific exploration of outer space with the use of robotic devices. I would hope that you will not join in a conspiracy to allocate a massive amount of federal funds for unproductive stunts by space cowboys.


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What is a saint according to the catholic church
How does one become a saint in the Catholic Church?
The BBC looks at the steps required for an individual to become a saint in the eyes of the Vatican. Step one : Wait five years – or don't. Step two: Become a 'servant of God' Step three: Show proof of a life of 'heroic virtue' Step four: Verified miracles. Step five: Canonisation.
What does the Catholic Church believe about saints?
According to the Catholic Church , a " saint " is anyone in heaven, whether recognized on Earth or not, who form the "great cloud of witnesses" (Hebrews 12:1).
Is a saint good or bad?
The Saints are not bad . They are our holy brothers and sisters that are already proven through acts and miracles performed during their lives to be living with God in Heaven. A medal or icon of Christ, the Mother or any of the Saints is meant to give you protection and wisdom in their holy knowledge.
Why do Catholics pray to saints?
Roman Catholic Church doctrine supports intercessory prayer to saints . It is good and useful suppliantly to invoke them, and to have recourse to their prayers , aid, and help for obtaining benefits from God, through His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Who alone is our Redeemer and Saviour."
Who is the youngest saint in the world?
The youngest saints canonized by the Roman Catholic Church in modern times are Francisco and Jacinta Marto , two Portuguese child witnesses of the 1917 Marian apparitions at Fatima, who died at ages 10 and 9 respectively in 1919 and 1920, victims of the 1918 influenza pandemic.
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How many miracles does the Catholic Church recognize?
two miracles
Why is it wrong to pray to saints?
It's wrong to worship saints because worship belongs to God alone. It's not wrong to pray to a saint for his or her intercession. It's no different from asking someone her on Earth to remember you in their prayers .
Why do Catholics make the sign of the cross?
Catholicism . The sign of the cross is a prayer, a blessing, and a sacramental. As a sacramental, it prepares an individual to receive grace and disposes one to cooperate with it. In the Roman or Latin Rite Church it is customary to make the full Sign of the Cross using holy water when entering a church.
Why do Catholics worship Mary?
Roman Catholic views of the Virgin Mary as refuge and advocate of sinners, protector from dangers and powerful intercessor with her Son, Jesus are expressed in prayers, artistic depictions, theology, and popular and devotional writings, as well as in the use of religious articles and images.
How do you explain what a saint is to a child?
A saint is a person who is believed to be especially close to God. Some saints are prophets, or messengers of God. Others are healers, doers of good deeds, or martyrs. A martyr is someone who is killed for belonging to a religion.
How do we know saints are in heaven?
So we know that canonized Saints are in heaven because the Church teaches that they are. neophyte: The Church does indeed make an infallible declaration on the matter. So we know that canonized Saints are in heaven because the Church teaches that they are.
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Who was the first saint in the Bible?
St. Stephen , (died 36 ce, Jerusalem; feast day December 26), Christian deacon in Jerusalem and the first Christian martyr, whose apology before the Sanhedrin (Acts of the Apostles 7) points to a distinct strand of belief in early Christianity.
Is Hail Mary in the Bible?
Holy Biblical source The prayer incorporates two greetings to Mary in Saint Luke's Gospel : " Hail , full of grace, the Lord is with thee." and "Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb." The word κεχαριτωμένη, (kecharitōménē), here translated as "full of grace", admits of various translations.
What are the 3 main Catholic prayers?
Catholic Prayers Sign of the Cross. Our Father . Hail Mary. Glory Be. Apostles Creed . Nicene Creed. Guardian Angel Prayer . Prayer to St. Michael. the Archangel.
Why do Catholics confess to a priest?
For the Catholic Church, the intent of this sacrament is to provide healing for the soul as well as to regain the grace of God, lost by sin.
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Percentage of americans who are catholic


One of the old and substantial business houses of Topeka is that now conducted under the style of Arnold Drug Company, an establishment which had been operated by father and son. This business was founded nearly forty-seven years ago by the late Andrew Arnold, who same here as a poor young man and subsequently advanced to a substantial position in business circles and to a leading place in civic affairs.
Andrew J. Arnold was born in 1845, at Columbus, the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, a son of Ephraim Arnold, whe was a pioneer of Indiana and prominent in politics at an early day. Ephraim Arnold married a Miss Perry, who was a near relative of Commodore Perry. After attending the public schools of Columbus, Andrew J. Arnold commended a course at the Indiana State University, but before be had completed his eduention enlisted, when yet but a lad, in Company G, Second Indiana Cavalry for service in the Civil war. He served gallantly with that regiment until captured by the enemy, when he was confined at Andersonville, and although he escaped from the stockade ou a number of occasions was always recaptured, and continued to be held a prisoner until exchanged. When his military service was completed, he returned to the university, from which he was duly graduated. Feeling that there were better opportnuities awaiting him in Kansas, the young man came to this state in the winter of 1869-70, and took up his residence at Topeka, where, in the early part of the latter year, he established himself in business as a druggist. His resonrces were not great and he was compelled to start in a small way, but through industry and strict attention he managed to build up a good retail trade, and at the time of his death be was the owner of a thriving business which bore an excellent reputation in drug circles. He early became actively identified with local affairs of a public nature, and, as a stalwart Democrat, wielded more than an ordinary influence in the ranks of his party. About 1892 or 1893, during President Cleveland's second administration, he was appointed postmaster at Topeka, and held that office for five years. Mr. Arnold's death oceurred March 30, 1899. He was an unusually likable man, liberal and charitable, and ever ready to extend a helping hand to the unfortunate and to deserving enterprises. Fraternally, he was affiliated with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and for many years he held membership in the local post of the Grand Army or the Republic.
Mr. Arnold married Miss Louisa Campbell, daughter of Matthew Monroe Campbell, for many years president of the Indiana Stato University and otherwise prominent in educational work in the Hoosier state. Mrs. Arnold, who died in 1913, was also related to General Campbell, who commanded the Continental forces at the Battle of King's Mountain, during the Revolutionary war. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold: Edith, who died in early childhood; and Edgar C.
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package se.avanzabank.trading.pu;

import org.openspaces.core.GigaSpace;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;

import com.avanza.astrix.provider.core.AstrixServiceExport;

import se.avanzabank.trading.api.Account;
import se.avanzabank.trading.api.AccountId;
import se.avanzabank.trading.api.AccountService;

@AstrixServiceExport(AccountService.class)
public class AccountServiceImpl implements AccountService {

	private final GigaSpace gigaSpace;

	@Autowired
	public AccountServiceImpl(GigaSpace gigaSpace) {
		this.gigaSpace = gigaSpace;
	}

	@Override
	public Account getAccount(AccountId id) {
		SpaceAccount spaceAccount = gigaSpace.readById(SpaceAccount.class, id);
		if (spaceAccount == null) {
			return null;
		}
		return toAccount(spaceAccount);
	}

	@Override
	public void registerAccount(Account account) {
		gigaSpace.write(toSpaceAccount(account));
	}

	private SpaceAccount toSpaceAccount(Account account) {
		SpaceAccount result = new SpaceAccount();
		result.setBalance(account.getBalance());
		result.setId(account.getId());
		return result;
	}

	private Account toAccount(SpaceAccount spaceAccount) {
		return new Account(spaceAccount.getId(), spaceAccount.getBalance());
	}

}


In every pregnancy, a woman starts out with a 3-5% chance of having a baby with a birth defect. This is called her background risk. This sheet talks about whether exposure to a statin may increase the risk for birth defects over that background risk. This information should not take the place of medical care and advice from your health care provider.
A statin is a class of medications used to treat high cholesterol levels. Some medications in this class are atorvastatin (Lipitor®), fluvastatin (Lescol®), lovastatin (Mevacor®), pitavastatin (Livalo®), pravastatin (Pravachol®), rosuvastatin (Crestor®) and simvastatin (Zocor®). These medications work by stopping your liver from making cholesterol, and helping your liver to remove low density lipid (LDL) cholesterol (known as "bad" cholesterol) from your blood.
How long do statins stay in the body? Should I stop taking my statin before I get pregnant?
You should not stop taking your statin (or any other medication) without talking to your health care provider first. Some statin medications are cleared from the body faster than others. The amount of time will vary with each medication and can vary from person to person. Your health care provider or pharmacist may be able to help answer how long it takes for your particular statin medication to be cleared from your body.
Can taking a statin during pregnancy cause miscarriage or birth defects?
A small number of studies have not found that statins would increase the chance of miscarriage. Most studies have not found a higher chance for birth defects when statins were used in the first trimester of pregnancy. However, not all statins have been studied. To learn if the medication you are taking has been studied, contact a MotherToBaby specialist. Healthcare providers might discuss stopping the medication during pregnancy because the developing baby needs cholesterol to form properly and the chance for health problems in the mother from stopping her statin in pregnancy are generally low.
I've heard about taking a statin for preeclampsia in pregnancy.
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy related disorder, which can lead to preterm deliveries and complications for the pregnant woman and her newborn. A major symptom of preeclampsia is high blood pressure. Small early studies have suggested that statins may help to prevent preeclampsia in some women. There are clinical trials currently going on to look at pravastatin use after 20 weeks gestation to prevent or treat preeclampsia during pregnancy. Since preeclampsia is a serious health concern for mother and baby, your health care provider might discuss statin use with you if you have or are at risk for preeclampsia.
Is it safe for me to take a statin while I am breastfeeding?
Talk to your health care provider or contact MotherToBaby by phone, email, text, or web chat to speak with an information specialist about your specific treatment. Be sure to talk to your healthcare providers about all of your breastfeeding questions.
What if the father of the baby takes a statin?
There is no evidence to suggest that a man's use of statins would affect his ability to conceive or increase risk to a pregnancy. In general, exposures that fathers have are unlikely to increase risks to a pregnancy. For more information, please see the MotherToBaby fact sheet Paternal Exposures and Pregnancy at: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/paternal-exposures-pregnancy/pdf.
MotherToBaby is currently conducting a study looking at high cholesterol and the medications used to treat this condition in pregnancy. If you are interested in taking part in this study, please call 1-877-311-8972 or sign up at https://mothertobaby.org/join-study/.
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