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Freedom of Speech Is Not Important. Especially Yours.
The Dirty Tricks Squad doesn't think freedom of speech is important. Especially yours.
Lovers of the written word and enforcers of freedom of expression have a very grave paradox to deal with in American culture, and it is this: freedom of speech is destroying the quality and force of the written word and burying under avalanches of pointless and hollow expression the very brave and vital perspectives that necessitate the eternal struggle for freedom of expression in the first place. Simply put: there's too much stupid out there and not enough genuine, inspired and novel. With the explosion of the cyber world everyone in America now has a blog and a website where they are the star and are free to parrot whatever synthesis and regurgitation of cultural events is currently being shoved down their gullet. Recently I was invited by my butcher to visit his blog, which I had hoped would reveal some wisdom and unique insight into the art of butchery, which I must confess I know little about (at least the animal physiognomy). Instead I was treated to yet another in depth analysis of the current season of American Idol.
Freedom cheapens the value of freedom and obscures its rarity and absolute beauty. Freedom blunts the desire to contemplate the sacrifice and discipline necessary to maintain freedom. Like a cat who refuses to behold it's reflection one wonders if Americans are so fiercely in tune with the tragic misuse of our freedom that we hide behind our own banal, uninspired blogs and stubbornly refuse to behold our grotesque, bloated reflection. Has any civilization in history done less good with more resources than we have? Has any epoch in human history failed to produce more beauty and truth and reason to fight for the liberation of the human spirit than we have in the midst of the absolute freedom much better and truer minds suffered to provide us?
Freedom is enslavement. Only the keenest among us can accept this. Only the slave is a freedom fighter. All others are captors. We are the slave owners of the world. We are the ones who benefit from the enslavement of our fellow humans and do nothing. We are the ones with the gall and lack of irony to write incessantly about freedom and our greatness and goodness when we are neither and in fact quite the opposite: we are the weakest and the worst. Only enslavement can free us from our deep sleep. What Americans need is a great deal less freedom and a lot more opportunities to become freedom fighters.
Take these examples: in Stalin's Russia some of the great poetry of the 20th century was written. Beautiful, symbolic pleas for freedom and liberty. Poets like Anna Ahkmatova and Lamerntov wove the case for the individual's right to express human emotions and desires into poems that unfolded like birdsong: somewhat confusing if one doesn't know the language but undeniable in it's message: freedom. These poets wrote knowing full well to be discovered was to be brutalized and imprisoned in barbaric camps like Baba Yar, but they wrote and published anyway. They led lives of privation and died badly in prison for having the courage to demand freedom, not only for themselves, but for all.
You don't have this courage. Few Americans do. And it's an insult to those of us who have the balls to actually defend something to be deluged by your idiotic, unoriginal and cowardly banterings day after day. It's an insult to listen to rednecks and schills ape the old adage that our soldiers have died for our freedom throughout American history and we should thank them. Our soldiers have never fought for anything but the property rights of the elites and are pathetic victims of an evil ruling class. Indeed the only examples we have of our troops being used in the battle for freedom are in an effort to suppress freedom to benefit the ruling class. The labor movement where protesters and union organizers were murdered by American troops while attempting to champion fair wages, safe working conditions, the forty hour week and the abolition of child labor are one example. The Civil Rights movement, the Free Speech movement and each and every attempt to gain freedom and equality for an oppressed minority or unpopular principle were met with violence from American soldiers.
The worst insult is that we are told we should "Thank the troops for fighting for our freedom." The only people who owe the troops a thank you is the few who benefit financially from their occupation of a foreign country. My freedom has never been threatened by anyone but agents of the United States of America. It is the troops who owe those of us with the courage to challenge the system a thank you. We are fighting for their freedom and safety and a thank you would be appreciated.
The closest thing American history can offer to an actual freedom fighter is comic book creator William Gaines. Ya, I said it. At a time when anyone who wouldn't get in lock step with the current regime and anyone even suspected of entertaining ideas not endorsed by the elite was blacklisted and ostracized there were only a few people with the balls to say anything. It's not much different today. In fact in many ways it's worse.
Here's a few examples of the cowardly nature of the modern American and why I believe most of you haven't earned the right to express yourself freely and restriction of your freedoms would actually lead to more happiness for you. Some of you might remember there was a little incident in New York when "someone" knocked down a couple of building with aeroplanes. The culprits were quickly identified as Arab terrorists and an oil-rich nation was subsequently attacked. It was irrelevant to Americans that the terrorists identified couldn't possibly have planned or executed the terrorist attack and all evidence indicated that American elites had planned the attack in order to invade a nation that contained oil resources they desired. Then despite the fact that the county designated for attack was not even purported to have been involved in the terrorist act United States troops invaded and destroyed the country. Ironically, many people in the Executive branch profited greatly by having vested interests in the companies that produced the armaments used to destroy the country and also the companies that were awarded no bid contracts to rebuild the country. They also made a few billion dollars on the oil they now pumped out of the country.
Remember that? I do. Just like it was a few years ago. What I remember predominantly is that almost no one in America spoke out against the war or the invasion of Iraq or raised any questions about the actual perpetrators of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center or challenged the billions and billions of dollars of profit those who were in the Executive Branch made while American troops, primarily minorities and the lower classes, died to defend the oil fields.
Remember that? Virtually no one raised their voice to protest or demand accountability. I must admit a few hippies and greenies and generally weirdos did take to the streets but their protests seemed more like block parties than real protests. Ninety-five percent of the people agreed with the war and it was literally dangerous to disagree with this violent majority. I remember this clearly. People were adamantly convinced the war in Iraq was the right thing to do and if you disagreed you put yourself in physical danger.
I took the trouble to waste three paragraphs of your time to make the point clear: virtually no one spoke up after 9/11 or the invasion of Iraq to challenge the prevailing opinion. Recently that changed. It's all but impossible to find anyone who claims to have supported the war or now believes it to be a good idea. Now I'm no math genius but since I know 95% supported the war and that now no one claims to have supported the war someone is lying. Not lying about a golf score or their age or how much money they make but lying about surrendering their freedom and laying down to give the Elite the power and authority to 's sick. use the volunteer Armed Forces of the United States to invade a foreign country merely to make a profit for a small, inhuman elite.
That's sick. And cowardly. I refer to the American public not the Reptilian pigs who engineered the disgrace. They have never been anything but what they are now. They did this right in the open and with a near unanimous outcry of approval from the American people. No one said shit and those who did were shouted down, threatened and labeled un- American and unpatriotic.
Isn't irony a bitch? Four years later the stigma has been removed from questioning the war and now the floodgates of ignorance are open and the cowardly and gutless feel the entitlement to tell the few of us who resisted from the first how they always were on our side. I looked around briefly in 2003 to see who was on my side and I didn't see anyone. To have even questioned the Executive Branch in 2003 was thought of as treasoness, but four years later even the mainstream will now joyfully hop the bandwagon and join in the debate whether or not the American government bombed its own citizens in order to profit.
So, back to my assertion: the power of free speech is only as good those who have the courage, power and willingness to say something of value and uniqueness. We don't have that in America. We have an abundance of clever smartasses who can say something witty and culturally relevant about just about anything. We have 25 million bloggers explicating and interpolating on every topic from Global Warming to stand up comedy. We have 24 hour news networks and political pundits spouting at all hours of the day and the internet and Google and newspapers and websites and think tanks. What we don't have is a corp group of courageous and capable patriots and intellectuals with the balls to ignore the group think that has pervaded American culture and tell the people you're all full of shit.
Even if we did the voice of those patriots would be drowned out by the herd of sheep bleating out whatever position their captors force down their throats and spending their intellectual resources on debating who should be voted off American Idol this week. (Note to future generations: you'll have to Google American Idol to realize the full farce of how much time people wasted discussing it while their civilization withered).
So, free speech has become tits on a nun. I watched while the Executive branch and their Reptilian masters suspended your Constitutional rights one by one and I waited for all the self-avowed patriots and freedomsties to say something. I read the full provisions of the Patriot act and waited for someone, anyone, to stand up and protest. I must admit numbness when I heard that habeus corpus had been repealed and that the goons of the state could invade my privacy anytime and unwarranted. It didn't matter to me anymore. Do you know why? I'll tell you. I've always been the person who eventually lost his freedom to defend someone elses. I've always known and accepted it was incumbent upon me and those few like me to stand up and defend something. What I have trouble accepting is how the rest of you have shirked your responsibility to defend your own freedom and cowered before the will of the state and all but surrendered everything but your right to agree with whatever enslavement is forced upon you.
It is a shame that Americans continue to enjoy freedoms that they no longer deserve. America has proven that it doesn't value its freedoms enough to even speak up when they are taken away. The fourth Amendment can seem abstract until the morning you are awakened from sleep by agents of the state standing over you with guns drawn. After this the right to privacy tends to elicit a greater appreciation. The First Amendment can seem unassailable when everyone can spout out whatever thought comes to mind in forums and through technologies thought inconceivable only years ago. Consider the insulting possibility that what you are saying has neither the relevance, courage or gravity to merit even the passing disgust of another human being. Consider the stinging evaluation that at your best you pose no threat to the cabal of the elite. It will not be you who is forced to oppose the true enemies of freedom. It is not you who will be awakened in darkness. Go back to your computer and write something clever and innocuous about something clever and innocuous. Someone else will fight your battles.
Freedom is enslavement. Those of us who bear the greatest burden of freedom, the inability to lie, to say black is white and white is black, will continue to wander and babble among babblers in the largest of prison of all.
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Installation of monitoring systems for commercial companies in Togliatti, Samara.
Good afternoon. On the 20.11.2018, advice with no charge you can get by phone or e-mail specified in the header.
We are engaged in high-quality provision of transport monitoring services and reducing the risks of theft. Our main direction is the protection of rental vehicles from theft. On the basis of this and build a monitoring system. For each client we prepare a unique offer for his tasks. We don't just sell GPS GLONASS GMS monitoring equipment to transport, we are closing your challenges.
Tasks and problems of each client and we try to close them individually, from simple monitoring of transport by means of GNSS GPS GMS satellite tracker, tracking employees, and remote control of a stationary object (fuel Tank, pumping station, heating boiler, any electrical device). Depending on the technical specifications, our specialists form a ready-made solution. Yes, in areas that seem far from transport monitoring.
We offer our customers different equipment from different manufacturers, depending on the requirements for price and quality. On sale is GLONASS GNSS GPS GMS satellite equipment both European and domestic and Chinese production. For companies we offer complex solutions. The following is just a description of the minimum recommended settings, depending on the task that is required from transport monitoring.
The simplest solution is to install a Chinese satellite tracker, the cost of equipment 2500 rubles with its configuration on the server. The cost of installation from 1200 rubles, depending on the complexity of the installation. On the equipment of Chinese production and installation we give a guarantee of 180 days. You get the opportunity to know the location of the vehicle around the clock. Often for many this is enough. But we have developed integrations for our customers. And you can, in addition to working with the server via an Internet browser, monitor the machine from a mobile application. And to receive all notifications in VIBER or TELEGRAM, by e-mail, as well as by SMS, depending on your requirements. The system is designed not only to show mileage, speed, metabologia, but also to announce events with the car. Since the equipment is Chinese, the parameters of the car can be read a limited number. Remote engine blocking is not possible. The cost of monthly service is 300 rubles per month.
The optimal proposal for monitoring, as people, individuals, legal entities, is a set for 6700 rubles. Complete European equipment with the ability to remotely lock the engine. Just reading a larger number of parameters. So you'll know whether anyone climbs to the equipment, interference in the operation of the machine. Opening and closing doors. This is especially important to you if you are not in the car. Control individual operating parameters, such as ignition. Many companies need to control fuel consumption, but they do not want to put more expensive equipment. To do this, you can control the fuel consumption by average consumption or mileage rates. Also stop the work of the machine outside working hours or use it for personal purposes. Thus, introducing satellite monitoring systems to the delivery Agency in Togliatti, we received means of control and pressure on employees. Increased their discipline. Also, the management noted a decrease in fuel costs, now you will not fulfill the left orders and the left fuel checks will not help, the car is overspending. A special advantage is the reduction of costs for repair and maintenance of transport companies. So while reducing costs by 10-15 percent on the car. Our customers have won more than one employee salary per month. Additional functionality that can be connected allows you to define even more parameters on the technique. Whether it's a concrete mixer when you want to count fuel consumption. After all, under load the car consumes a lot of fuel, and without already 30-50 percent less than the driver uses to steal diesel fuel. And you also noticed that many who are associated with fuel drive cars with a diesel engine? I think these two facts are related to the theft of fuel and the attribution of fuel costs to the company. For frequent putting the fuel consumption control system for 15,000 rubles, you get not only the control of fuel consumption, but the psychological aspect when the employee realizes that he is being watched by his superiors, he works better. You can also punish employees for damage to the company. Such as the use of equipment for personal purposes, theft, draining diesel fuel from the equipment. Not qualitative or not timely execution of orders. And much more.
For companies that require enhanced control over fuel consumption at the enterprise, we have special systems for accounting of diesel fuel consumption at the enterprise. Fuel level sensors are used to monitor them. Fuel level sensor, then DUT. Allows the control of basic manipulation with the fuel, is the coming and the flow from the tank. So when pouring fuel, you can easily check the filling. So if the check driver hall Il 200 liters, and in fact 160, you will be able to punish him, as all the DUT have certificates, their testimony can serve as evidence in court, in the case of theft of the company's property or how it is better to say embezzlement. In addition to cash fraudulent checks and cards. You will be able to control and fuel drains. And most transparent expense. In any case, the driver can find a way to steal fuel. But the problem is solved, with the introduction of a weekly inspection technique. The cost of installation on a car with one tank 15,000 rubles, one DUT, with two tanks 22,500 rubles. If you have a car tank more than 400 liters, according to the requirements of GOST RF on such a tank is installed two fuel consumption sensors, for more accurate readings.
So on the example of the introduction of remote electronic fuel consumption, our customers in Samara were able to reduce fuel consumption by more than 30 percent*. So at the stationary tanks were delivered to the sensors was clearly visible, as brought and poured into the fuel storage and how many departed. On equipment, also means of control of the expense of diesel fuel were put. Now not a drop can be lost when refueling equipment in the enterprise. On the testimony of the DUT and hours, tracked fuel consumption and verified. Such a system without buying more expensive additional means of fuel consumption control allows to reduce fuel costs. It means to increase liquidity and payback of your business. Payback of GNSS GPS GMS systems for remote control of diesel fuel consumption is not more than three months. For a frequent result is visible immediately.
If you have any questions about transport monitoring systems, you can get a free consultation by phone or by writing to us by e-mail. Also if you want to get a commercial offer. You can send your technical specifications and details.


Planning a reception can seem overwhelming at times. There are so many decisions to make. One of the decisions involves deciding if you will serve wine. If you do plan on serving wine, how much do you need? What kind of wine is best for wedding receptions? Here are some tips regarding wine for wedding receptions.
When deciding whether or not to have wine, you may consider your own preferences, the rules for the venue, and what your guests may want. If a reception is held on church property, serving wine may be prohibited. Certain venues don't allow alcoholic beverages. Some religious families may be offended by serving wine.
If you decide to serve wine, knowing how much wine is needed can impact the couple's decision on the wine budget and the types of wine to be served. If less wine is needed, couples may be able to serve more expensive wines without breaking the wedding budget. A cheaper wine may be needed if more bottles of wine are necessary. Once you know how many bottles of wine you need, you can figure out what types of wine fit within your budget.
How much wine is needed for wedding receptions? A convenient formula is to take the number of guests and divide that number by 2.15. The answer is the number of bottles of wine that will be needed. In addition to weddings, this general formula works for all kinds of events. A standard wine bottle is 750 ml or 25 ounces. This means that each bottle holds five servings of wine that are five ounces each.
The types of wine that people typically drink is influenced by the season and whether the wedding is indoors or outdoors. Autumn through spring, people tend to drink about 50% red wine with sparkling and white making up the other half. For summer outdoor weddings, people tend to drink much more white wine if the weather is warm. White, red, and sparkling wines are more equally divided for outdoor wedding receptions.
Other things will affect the type of wine that people will want to drink such as the menu choices. If you serve only beef, more people will gravitate towards red wine. If chicken, fish, and seafood are being served, more people may choose white or blush wine. A champagne toast may add drastically to the amount of sparkling wine needed.
The length of the reception will impact the amount of wine consumed. The standard formula is often what caterers use for a wedding reception that is approximately two hours long. If the reception will last significantly longer, you may need to add more wedding reception wine. If you know that many people on your guest list do not drink wine, you can tailor your total accordingly. However, it's always better to have a bit too much wine rather than coming up short.
More helpful tips to plan a great wedding reception can be found on the Best for Bride blog.
Open bar is the name of the game for our wedding. There will be wine available as well, so that is nice.
This was a question that we had since day one. Pick up the bar tab in an open bar, OR just order a bunch of wine. At least now that we know how to calculate it, we can figure that part into the planning.


Heat vegetable oil. Add flour, stirring constantly, until dark brown on medium heat using a four quart pot. Then after roux is dark enough, add onions, celery and seasoning. Saute for three minutes on low heat, stirring constantly. Then add 10-12 cups of water and boil on medium heat for one to one and a half hours. Last 15 minutes, add two lb of crawfish, parsley, and corn. Lower heat to low. Do not over cook. Last, add gumbo file to taste.


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Louise Weber, född den 13 juli 1866 (alternativt 1869) i Clichy i Hauts-de-Seine och död den 30 januari 1929, var en fransk cancan-dansare som uppträdde under artistnamnet La Goulue (uttal: /la gu'ly/). Hon gjorde sig känd och populär genom sina uppträdanden på små klubbar runt omkring Paris. Från grundandet 1889 arbetade hon på Moulin Rouge, där hon bidrog till att popularisera den nya modedansen.

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Ramadan – a holy month for every Muslims. As we another Ramadan, everyone is hoping to have the prices of kitchen market to be within the affordability for the masses.
Notwithstanding the assurances given by traders at different meetings with the ministry of commerce and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) for keeping prices of essentials stable during the month of Ramadan, the early signs are rather alarming.
The week before the month of Ramadan, the kitchen market has already become jittery. A number of essentials most in demand during the month has registered price rise in defiance of logic. For example, onions — both local and imported varieties — which only two weeks ago were priced at Tk 32-35 and Tk 28-30 have suddenly experienced skyrocketing of price of the item up to Tk 48 or 42 respectively. Within just a week onions have become dearer by over 31 and 51 per cent for the two varieties, according to the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).


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A bibliometric analysis by geographic area of published research in several biomedical fields, 1995–2003
Matthew E. Falagas, Argyris S. Michalopoulos, Ioannis A. Bliziotis and Elpidoforos S. Soteriades
CMAJ November 21, 2006 175 (11) 1389-1390; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.060361
Matthew E. Falagas
Argyris S. Michalopoulos
Ioannis A. Bliziotis
Elpidoforos S. Soteriades
We summarized the findings of several studies of ours to compare the quantity and quality of published research from around the world for the years 1995 to 2003. We evaluated the number of articles published and their mean journal impact factor. We also studied the research productivity of various areas adjusted for gross domestic product (GDP) and population. We found that Western Europe leads the world in published research on infectious diseases–microbiology (82 342 articles [38.8%]) and in cardiopulmonary medicine (67 783 articles [39.5%]), whereas the United States ranks first in the fields of preventive medicine, public health and epidemiology both in quantity (23 918 articles [49.1%]) and quality of published papers. However, after adjustments for GDP, Canada ranked first, with the United States and Oceania following closely behind. All of the developing regions had only small research contributions in all of the biomedical fields examined.
Several investigators have conducted bibliometric analyses of research productivity of different world regions. However, comparisons between research output in different scientific disciplines are limited because of the different methodologies used.1–3 Also, not many researchers have looked at the association between potential predictors of scientific output and their interaction with geographic and population characteristics. Over the past 3 years, we have conducted a series of bibliometric analyses of several biomedical fields, including the evaluation of specific regions around the world during a 9-year period (1995–2003).4–11 In this paper, we present a comparative analysis of the research productivity of the 9 specified regions4–11 in 3 broad scientific disciplines: infectious diseases–microbiology (using the Institute for Scientific Information12 [ISI]'s fields for infectious diseases, microbiology, virology, parasitology, tropical medicine and mycology), cardiopulmonary diseases (including the cardiac and cardiovascular systems, respiratory and critical care medicine ISI fields) and preventive medicine–public health (including the preventive, occupational and environmental medicine, public health and epidemiology ISI fields).
The methodology we used has been described in previous publications.4–11 In order to present a comparative analysis of all of the fields for the same 9-year period (1995–2003), we collected additional data for the fields of infectious diseases and cardiac and cardiovascular systems for 2003 (our published work included the periods of 1995–2002 for the above 2 fields). The research productivity of each international region was further evaluated in relation to the population and gross domestic product (GDP) in standard 1995 US dollars, as provided by the World Bank.13
In Table 1 we present the scientific output from regions around the world. A large proportion of the data on the productivity of the various regions in specific research fields has already been published.4–11 When we added up the total published articles in all 3 broad scientific disciplines, multiplied by the impact factor of the individual journals in each broad category and then adjusted for the GDP of each region, Canada ranked first (total product per GDP 827), the United States ranked second (total product per GDP 639) and Oceania ranked third (total product per GDP 626).
Based on our findings, Canada had the highest research productivity (after adjusting for GDP) in most of the biomedical fields examined. Canada ranked first in the field of cardiopulmonary medicine and second in the other 2 broad categories analyzed. Also, after adding up the total product of all 3 broad categories examined and adjusting for GDP, Canada ranked first. These findings can be attributed to several factors, including the priority that has been given to research and characteristics of the academic environment in Canada. Oceania also ranked very highly in all categories when the same adjustments were made, and was closely behind the United States after adding up the total research published. Although Canada and Oceania represent positive examples of research productivity, absolute unadjusted indices may offer a different impression.
The United States leads the world in research in the fields of preventive medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, public health and epidemiology. This is not surprising, given that these areas of study have been given priority in the United States. On the other hand, researchers in Western Europe published more articles than those in the United States in the cardiopulmonary fields, as well as in 4 of the 6 infectious diseases–microbiology fields (i.e., microbiology, parasitology, tropical medicine and mycology). These findings may be explained by the long tradition of research in cardiopulmonary medicine and infectious diseases–microbiology in Europe. Unfortunately, the developing regions of the world contribute a very small amount of research to the worldwide biomedical research output. What is even more worrisome is that developing countries are low on the list of research productivity even after adjusting for GDP. Our analysis does have limitations in the interpretation of all of the results, as described in our original bibliometric papers.4–11,14
In summary, the fact that the scientific production of researchers in Canada is higher (when adjusted for GDP) compared with other regions around the world deserves careful attention by the worldwide scientific community, as well as by public and private funding organizations, to identify the key determinants contributing to the cost-effective research productivity of this country.
This article has been peer reviewed.
Contributors: Matthew Falagas conceived of the idea for the analysis and developed the methodology used with Ioannis Bliziotis and Elpidoforos Soteriades. Ioannis Bliziotis collected the data for the review. All of the authors contributed to the analysis and interpretation of the data and the writing of the manuscript and approved the final version.
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The River's Comeuppance
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This photograph shows the damage of the flood. (Photograph 1)
This post was written by intern John McDonald.
The long and oft-contentious relationship between Waterbury and the Naugatuck River came to head on August 19, 1955 during the epic natural disaster known as the Black Friday Flood, or simply the Flood of '55. The devastation first visited the Chase Metal Works, whose buildings stood on the northern edge of town. A series of photographs, taken soon after the flood waters receded, illustrate the extensive damage. The rail lines which connected the Chase Metal Works with the nearby rolling mills and the transportation network of the Naugatuck River Valley, were twisted, mangled, or undercut by the raging water and swept off their beds (photographs 1 & 2 show the damage done to the railroads). Debris and sediment were deposited in many of the buildings, which, at one point, were under fifteen feet of water (see Photograph 4) Days later, portions of the complex were still covered by shallow pools of water (see Photograph 3) No lives were lost in this confrontation but the financial losses incurred by Chase were considerable. Along with rest of the Brass Valley, Chase was forced to regroup and rebuild, chastised by the angry river's might.
Another image of the damage from the flood. (Photograph 2)
In order to gain a better understanding of the circumstances that led up to this catastrophic flood, it is necessary to consider the geology of the Naugatuck Valley region. In Western Connecticut, the rivers are swift and relatively shallow. They are hemmed in between high ridges, in from which numerous tributaries flow. The water drains from the uplands of gneiss and granite, which are largely unsuitable for farming, and into steep-sided valleys. The relatively precipitous gradient of the Naugatuck River and its tributaries was directly responsible for the industrialization of the region that would come to be known as the Brass Valley. The development of waterpower as the driving force of industry in the 18th and 19th centuries drastically changed these watercourses. Rivers and brooks were diverted, sequestered, and tamed. Mills sprang up in the narrow valleys, usually located close to the river banks.
In an 2011 article in the Waterbury Observer, Raechal Guest described how the relationship between Chase Brass and the Naugatuck River began around 1910, when Henry Chase purchased 25 acres of land in Waterville. On this relatively flat expanse by the river, Chase constructed a brass mill which began operations in 1912. The Naugatuck River was moved from its natural channel in 1914 to make way for an expansion of the mill. This was not the first major injustice to be done to the river, but the latest in a long line. For years, the river had been dammed, channelized, and put to work, first to supply water power, and then as a solvent for use in various manufacturing processes, and to transport waste products generated by the brass industry and the growing population of Waterbury. The latter practice had rendered the river nearly devoid of aquatic life forms by turning the once pristine waters into a chemical sewer.
Pollution was not the only consequence of the valley's short-sighted development plan. The early industrialists could not have foretold the many consequences of the rapid economic growth of the region, one of which was the process by which much of the valley was paved and built upon. As the hills themselves had proved, water runs fast from relatively impervious surfaces. This factor contributed to an increase in the the strength and number of floods, but due to a lengthy shared history, the people of Waterbury had made allowances for the river and did not give it its proper respect. Henry Bronson gives the account of first major blow the Naugatuck River dealt the settlers. "In Feb. 1691, happened the Great Flood, so called. Owing to rains and the sudden melting of the snows, the river left its banks and covered the meadows, rising to a height never known before or since" (111-112). This flood had the effect of chastening the settlers, but, over time, people became less cautious, and built extensively on the lower elevations. Destruction of buildings and other structures, including bridges, was commonplace, and photographs that portray earlier flood damages are easily found, indicating that the citizens of Waterbury knew well the wrath of the river in spate.
Days after the flood, the waters still pool in the complex. (Photograph 3)
Prodigious floods struck in 1875 and 1896, causing widespread damage, and a photograph of the 1924 flood shows the destruction of the Freight Street Bridge. The disaster of 1955 was unprecedented, however. The Waterbury Time Machine describes how Hurricanes Connie and Diane brought a combined total of over 20 inches of rain at the end of a wet summer. A flood timeline reveals that tributaries of the Naugatuck River overflowed on Thursday, August 18th, and at 1:57 a.m. on Friday, the Naugatuck River flooded its banks near the Chase factory. The rest of Waterbury lie to the south, essentially defenseless in the lower-lying areas. Twenty-four city residents would lose their lives before the river receded at 10 p.m. that night.
In the years following the flood, the Army Corps of Engineers began an ambitious dam building project in the Naugatuck River watershed that would ensure that a repeat of the 1955 disaster would never occur. Many of tributaries of the Naugatuck were impounded, and the main river is now held back by the Thomaston Dam, which was placed at a spot about six miles north of Waterbury. According to data kept by U.S. Geological Survey, the river has crested above flood stage from time to time since 1955, but these have been minor occurrences. The heavy rains that fell during Hurricane Irene in August of 2011 resulted in high waters that caused the USGS flood gauge in Beacon Falls to exceed the 14-foot Major Flood Stage rating, but the peak streamflow during this time did not exceed 20,000 cubic feet per second. In contrast, the peak flow during the 1955 flood was approximately 106,000 CFS. Key acts of environmental legislation and strong community support have enable the Naugatuck River to bounce back from near-death, and now it is possible to fish along much of the river's length.
The damage caused by the flood. (Photograph 4)
In contrast to the Naugatuck River, which has become an unlikely success story, the decline of Chase Brass was swift and steady in the years following 1955. The trend toward globalization of industry proved to be more devastating than the flood to Waterbury's brass industry, as one by one, the mills closed down and shut up shop, never to return. Recreational use of the Naugatuck River is a growing source of revenue, and an ideal scenario would be a time when this income would exceed that brought to Waterbury by metal manufacturing. This would be symbolic of the river's final comeuppance, and the closing of the book on a long, dark chapter in the history of the Naugatuck River Valley.
Raechel Guest. "The Big Three." Waterbury Observer. Waterbury. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 16 Oct. 2014. Web.
Waterbury Time Machine III. "Conclusion of the Vintage Images Tour of the Brass City – 1955 Flood." 2014. Retrieved 30 Oct. 2014. Web.
Naugatuck River. "Naugatuck River Flood and Flow Information." 2012. Retrieved 30 Oct. 2014. Web.
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Die Evangelische Kirche in Lixfeld, einem Ortsteil der Gemeinde Angelburg im Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf (Hessen), ist eine denkmalgeschützte Chorturmkirche. Sie wurde in den 1470er Jahren erbaut oder erneuert. Beibehalten wurde der wehrhafte Chorturm im Osten, dessen Chor aus dem 13. Jahrhundert stammt und der im Kern möglicherweise auf einen Vorgängerbau zurückgeht. Der Turmschaft über dem älteren Chor und der Helmaufbau wurden 1463/1464 fertiggestellt. Charakteristisch sind die vier Wichhäuschen am oktogonalen Spitzhelm. Eine westliche Verlängerung des Schiffs im Jahr 1977 hat der Kirche ihre heute maßgebliche Gestalt verliehen.

Geschichte
Lixfeld liegt an einem bei der Angelburg abzweigenden Seitenstrang der Marburg-Siegener-Straße, Brabanter Straße genannt, einer seit dem Frühmittelalter viel genutzten Fernhandelsstraße von Leipzig über Köln nach Antwerpen. Ungesichert ist, ob auf dem Kirchenhügel im 9./10. Jahrhundert eine Turmburg zu ihrer Sicherung errichtet wurde, die man im 13. Jahrhundert in eine Chorturmkirche umgebaute und weihte. In den Jahren 1321–1323 folgte vermutlich der Anbau eines kleinen Querschiffes an den Turm, das von Norden nach Süden verlief. Im Jahr 1334 wird erstmals ein "pastor in Lykisuelt" namens Wypertus Gysonis und 1358 eine Pfarrkirche erwähnt.

In spätmittelalterlicher Zeit unterstand Lixfeld dem Sendgericht von Breidenbach in Dekanat "Kesterburg" (Christenberg) im Archidiakonat St. Stephan innerhalb der Erzdiözese Mainz.

Über dem älteren Chor wurde von 1458 bis 1463 oder 1464 der Turmschaft mit dem Turmhelm errichtet. Das Kirchenschiff wurde auf den Grundmauern des Vorgängerbaus umgebaut und erhielt 1472 ein neues Dach. Diese Baumaßnahmen geschahen, nachdem Lixfeld 1462 von Hirzenhain getrennt und Oberhörlen zugeschlagen wurde.

Mit Einführung der Reformation wechselte Lixfeld zum evangelischen Bekenntnis. Als erster evangelischer Pfarrer ist um 1550 ein "Herr Ebert" nachgewiesen. 1540 und später ist Lixfeld mit Oberhörlen pfarramtlich verbunden. Zusätzlich wurden 1613 Frechenhausen und Roth eingepfarrt. Die Gemeinde führte im Jahr 1606 den reformierten Gottesdienst ein, um 1624 wieder zum lutherischen Bekenntnis zurückzukehren. Lixfeld gehörte von 1690 bis 1703 zu Simmersbach und bildete seitdem mit Frechenhausen eine Kirchengemeinde.

Im Jahr 1835 wurde der Glockenstuhl im ersten Turmgeschoss mit Unterzügen stabilisiert, 1839 die westliche Giebelwand erneuert. 1874 entstehende Neubaupläne wurden nicht realisiert. Nach einer zehnjährigen Ausbesserungsphase folgte im Jahr 1884 eine umfassende Renovierung, in deren Zuge der steinerne Altar durch einen aus Holz ersetzt wurde. Die Apostelbilder und andere biblische Darstellungen an den Emporen wurden beseitigt und der Fußboden der Kirche mit Holzdielen belegt.

1953 wurden fünf der acht Seiten des Helmaufbaus und 1954 das Kirchendach neu eingeschiefert. 1976/1977 verlängerte die Gemeinde das Schiff in Eigenleistung um sechs Meter, da die Kirche mit knapp 200 Sitzplätzen nicht mehr ausreichte. Die Kosten für den Umbau betrugen etwa 500.000 DM. Die Einweihung fand am 24. Juli 1977 statt.

Die Gemeinde gehört zum Dekanat Biedenkopf-Gladenbach in der Propstei Nord-Nassau in der Evangelischen Kirche in Hessen und Nassau.

Architektur

Die geostete Chorturmkirche aus unverputztem Bruchsteinmauerwerk ist am Nordwestrand des alten Ortskerns in Spornlage inmitten des rechteckigen Friedhofs errichtet. Sie besteht aus einem gotischen Chorturm und einem im 17. Jahrhundert angebauten Längsschiff, das 1977 in westliche Richtung um 6,50 Meter verlängert wurde, wie an der Baunaht erkennbar.

Der massiv aufgemauerte, wehrhafte, ungegliederte Chorturm auf quadratischem Grundriss ist an der Westseite beschiefert. Die Mauern sind 1,40–1,50 Meter dick. Die Turmhalle wird durch zwei Rundbogenfenster belichtet, die Erhardt Jakobus Klonk 1977 gestaltete. Das Südfenster stellt das Abendmahl dar, das Ostfenster die Auferstehungshoffnung anhand . Die Obergeschosse haben schlitzförmige Armbrustscharten, die typisch für das 13. und frühe 14. Jahrhundert sind. Unterhalb der Traufe sind kleine rundbögige Öffnungen eingelassen. Dem oktogonalen Spitzhelm sind an vier Ecken kleine Wichhäuschen aufgesetzt. Sie haben viereckige Schalllöcher und kleine Spitzhelme mit vergoldeten Kugeln. Zwischen den Wichhäuschen sind an allen Seiten Zifferblätter für die Turmuhr unter einem Dreiecksgiebel angebracht. Der vollständig verschieferte Turmhelm wird von einem Turmknauf, einem verzierten schmiedeeisernen Anzeiger für die Himmelsrichtungen und einem vergoldeten Wetterhahn bekrönt. Das Holz für den Dachstuhl des Turmhelms wurde entsprechend einer dendrochronologischen Untersuchung 1460/1461 und 1461/1462 in den heimischen Wäldern geschlagen. Der Dachstuhl mit der mächtigen Firstsäule, die vom Glockenstuhl bis in die Turmspitze ragt, wurde nach dem Abbund zeitnah im Jahr 1462 aufgeschlagen. Die Decke über der Turmhalle wurde bereits 1458 über dem wahrscheinlich älteren Chor erstellt. Nach dendrochronologischer Untersuchung wurde das Holz für den Dachstuhl des Schiffes zehn Jahre nach dem Turm, in den Wintern 1470/1471 und 1471/1472, gefällt und das Dach 1472 aufgeschlagen. Das umgebende Mauerwerk entstand jeweils zeitgleich. Die Glockenstube beherbergt ein Vierergeläut mit einer Stahlglocke aus dem Jahr 1920 von Rincker und drei Bronzeglocken aus den Jahren 1956 und 1978. Die große Glocke sprang in den Jahren 1708, 1826 und 1855 und wurde jeweils umgegossen, bis sie 1917 zu Rüstungszwecken abgeliefert wurde.

Im Inneren hat der Chor ein Kreuzgratgewölbe, das auf viereckigen Diensten ruht. Grate, Dienste und die Rahmungen der Laibungen weisen rote Quaderbemalung auf. In die Nordwand ist eine spätgotische viereckige Sakramentsnische mit vergitterter Tür und profilierter Rahmung eingelassen, über der ein Wimperg aufgemalt ist. Die schlichte viereckige Nische in der Südwand diente vermutlich als Piscina. Ein großer Spitzbogen mit roter Quaderbemalung öffnet den Chor zum Schiff.

Das Längsschiff wird durch ein hochrechteckiges Westportal unter einem verschieferten Vordach erschlossen. Darüber ist ein Rechteckfenster eingelassen. Das alte Schiff hat an den Langseiten je ein hochsitzendes Rundbogenfenster. Die Laibung des Südfensters ist mit Ranken bemalt. Unter dem Südfenster ist ein weiteres Rundbogenfenster eingebrochen. Der westliche Anbau hat an den Langseiten je ein hohes Rechteckfenster. Dem verschieferten Schopfwalmdach sind im Süden und Norden je zwei kleine Dachgauben aufgesetzt.

Ausstattung

Die Ausstattungsstücke im Chorraum sind modern und wurden 1977 einheitlich aus heimischem grauem Diabas gestaltet. Der Blockaltar im Chor wird von einer überstehenden Mensaplatte bedeckt, auf der ein Kruzifix des 17. Jahrhunderts steht. Links davon steht das Taufbecken mit einer Taube und einem Fisch und rechts der Ambo mit dem Zeichen Alpha und Omega. An den Wänden der Chorhalle sind sechs Weihekreuze aufgemalt.

Über dem Chorbogen ist ein hölzernes Kruzifix des Dreinageltypus in einer Rahmung aus Gitterwerk, Pilastern und flachgeschnitztem Rankenwerk angebracht. Es datiert aus dem zweiten Viertel des 15. Jahrhunderts und war ursprünglich ein Altarretabel.

Das Längsschiff wird von einer hölzernen Spitztonne mit Rechteckbemalung abgeschlossen. Im Norden und Westen ist eine barocke Winkelempore eingebaut, die auf vier viereckigen Holzpfosten mit Bügen ruht, die mit floralen Ornamenten verziert sind. Ein Sockel trägt eine Bauinschrift und ist mit der Jahreszahl 1609 bezeichnet. Die Westempore ist seit der Erweiterung 1977 tief und gestaffelt. An der Südwand ist ein Bibelvers aus der Zeit um 1700 aus  gemalt: "ICH WIL DIR DES HIMMELREICHES SCHLÜßEL GEBEN UND WAS DU HIER BINTEN WIRST DAS SOL ACH IM HIMMEL GEBUNDEN SEIN UNT WAS DU AUF ERDEN LÖSEN WIRST SOL AUCH IM HIMEL LOS SEIN".

Der hölzerne polygonale Kanzelkorb von 1595 ruht auf einem viereckigen Fuß und wird durch vier Streben gestützt. Das umlaufende Kranzgesims ist profiliert. Unter dem Fries ist eine bauzeitliche Inschrift zu lesen: "ANNO DOMINI 1595". Die kassettierten Kanzelfelder mit vergoldetem Profil haben hochrechteckige Füllungen, die mit zartem, blassgrünem Rankenwerk bemalt sind. In der Mitte ist eine Kokospalme dargestellt und darüber als Inschrift zu lesen: "VERBUM DOMINI MANET IN AETERNUM" (). Dies war der Mottovers von Philipp I., der in Hessen die Reformation einführte. Ein Schalldeckel ist nicht vorhanden. Den Zugang zur Kanzel ermöglicht eine moderne Treppe mit schlichtem Eisengeländer. Über der Kanzel steht auf einem flachen Podest eine Madonna mit dem Jesuskind.

Das hölzerne Kirchengestühl mit geschwungenen Wangen lässt einen Mittelgang frei. In der Südwestecke führt eine Treppe zur Empore. Hinter der Orgel befindet sich der Zugang zum Glockenturm.

Orgel

Bis 1889 leitete der Lehrer als Vorsänger den Gemeindegesang. Als er erkrankte, schaffte die Gemeinde ein Harmonium an, das später durch ein größeres Instrument ersetzt wurde. Von 1976 bis 1978 begleitete eine elektronische Orgel den Gesang. Die heutige Orgel wurde 1967 von den Gebr. Oberlinger gebaut. Sie war ursprünglich eine Interimsorgel für die Martinskirche Gladenbach und wurde 1978 nach Lixfeld verkauft und um den Oktavbass 4′ erweitert, nachdem dort die mehrjährige Restaurierung abgeschlossen worden war. Die Brüstungsorgel am Ende der Nordempore hat einen winkelförmigen Prospekt nach Süden und Westen mit zwei Harfenfeldern. Die Trakturen sind mechanisch ausgeführt. Die Orgel weist folgende Disposition auf:

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Literatur
 Günter E. Th. Bezzenberger: Sehenswerte Kirchen in den Kirchengebieten Hessen und Nassau und Kurhessen-Waldeck, einschließlich der rheinhessischen Kirchenkreise Wetzlar und Braunfels. Evangelischer Presseverband, Kassel 1987, S. 75.
 Georg Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I: Regierungsbezirke Gießen und Kassel. Bearbeitet von Folkhard Cremer und anderen. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3, S. 592.
 Hans Feldtkeller (Bearb.): Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Landkreises Biedenkopf. Eduard Roether, Darmstadt 1958. S. 29.
 Frank W. Rudolph: Evangelische Kirchen im Dekanat Gladenbach. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin/München 2010, ISBN 978-3-422-02288-1, S. 54–55.
 Gerhard Seib: Wehrhafte Kirchen in Nordhessen (= Beiträge zur hessischen Geschichte. Bd. 14). Trautvetter & Fischer Nachf., Marburg an der Lahn 1999, ISBN 3-87822-111-8.
 Helmut Stäger; Gemeinde Angelburg und Ortsbeirat Lixfeld: 750 Jahre Lixfeld 1238–1988. Ein Dorf an der Grenze. Auf den Spuren seiner Vergangenheit. 2. Auflage. Pulverich-Druck, Haiger 1988.

Weblinks

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Einzelnachweise

Kirchengebäude im Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf
Kirchengebäude des Dekanats Biedenkopf-Gladenbach
Martinskirche
Gotische Kirche
Gotisches Bauwerk in Hessen
Erbaut im 15. Jahrhundert
Disposition einer Orgel
Chorturmkirche
Kirchengebäude in Europa
Evangelischekirche
Evangelischekirche


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Mohali department owes Rs 8.5 crore power dues
The water supply and sanitation department tops the list of power bill defaulters in the district, owing Rs 8.5 crore to the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL).
Mohali: The water supply and sanitation department tops the list of power bill defaulters in the district, owing Rs 8.5 crore to the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL).
The PSPCL has put up a list of 110 defaulters on its office notice board as a name-and-shame exercise. The total dues amount to Rs 10.57 crore.
Sources said the water supply and sanitation department has not paid bills for past four months. The Greater Mohali Area Development (Gmada) owes Rs 32 lakh and the municipal corporation (MC) Rs 29 lakh. Civil hospital, Phase VI, is at the second spot in the list of government agencies defaulting on payment of electricity bills along with government schools, police stations and police posts.
The Mohali unit of vigilance department has not paid Rs 17 lakh electricity bills for two to three months, while police stations owe Rs 14 lakh and primary, middle and high schools of Manauli, Sohana, Kambala, Bhagomajra and Raipur Kalan Rs 7 lakh.
A senior official said, "Penalty and interest are added to the outstanding amount. If the dues are not cleared in stipulated time, power connection will be disconnected."
The issue of non-recovery of outstanding bills has been flagged in the annual audit report. Slamming the department for non-recovery of outstanding amount, the audit department has said that being a commercial organization, PSPCL cannot afford to allow accumulation of dues from the customers. Necessary steps should be taken to ensure arrears do not become bad debts or time barred, the audit department said.
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited
Punjab (region)
Greater Mohali