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Tropical Storm Katrina was a short-lived, weak tropical cyclone that produced minor damage across areas previously devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Forming out of a broad area of low pressure in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on October 28, 1999, the disorganized tropical storm made landfall near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) on October 30 before weakening to a tropical depression. The remnants of the storm persisted until November 1, at which time it was absorbed by a cold front on the northern end of the Yucatán Peninsula.

Throughout Central America, Katrina produced heavy rains, estimated up to  in mountainous areas, triggering mudslides and flash flooding. Unlike Mitch, little damage resulted from Katrina and no fatalities were reported. Due to the lack of damage caused by the storm, the name was not retired and was re-used during 2005 at which time it was retired due to catastrophic damage in the United States.

Meteorological history

Tropical Storm Katrina originated out of the remnants of a cold front tracking southward through the Caribbean Sea on October 22. By October 26, a broad area of low pressure, associated with disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity, developed over the southwestern Caribbean Sea. The following day, a surface low pressure became apparent after the system showed signs of rotation near the northern Panama coastline. On October 28, a hurricane hunter flight into the circulation revealed a well-defined low pressure system and resulting in the system being declared Tropical Depression Fifteen while situated roughly 175 mi (280 km) east of Bluefields, Nicaragua. The center of the newly classified depression was situated on the western edge of deep convection. The depression tracked slowly towards the northeast in response to the mid-level flow it was embedded within.

By the morning of October 29, a tropical wave, tracking towards the west, began to interact with the depression and leading to forecasters discussing a possible merger of the two systems. An upper-level anticyclone over the eastern Caribbean produced significant wind shear over the depression, preventing the center from moving under the deep convection. However, a large convective banding feature developed to the north of the system. Several hours later, hurricane hunters flew through the storm and recorded surface winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 999 mbar (hPa; 29.5 inHg), leading to the upgrade of the depression to a tropical storm. At this time, the storm received the name Katrina and peaked in intensity. By 0000 UTC on October 30, the center of Katrina made landfall near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua at peak intensity. Within three hours, the storm weakened to a depression due to interaction with the mountains of Nicaragua and convection was limited to a small area on the western side of the center of circulation.

Katrina continued to track over Central America for most of October 30 and began to accelerate. Roughly 24 hours after landfall, the depression moved back over water, in the Gulf of Honduras; however, by this time, there was no convection remaining around the system. The acceleration of the storm was due to a regeneration of the low-level circulation northward. Due to unfavorable conditions, the weakened system failed to regenerate convection before moving back over land near the northern Belize-Mexico border. Around this time, forecasters reported that the depression would re-intensify once in the Gulf of Mexico before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone. Although situated over land, the depression began to regenerate convection, leading to increased rainfall over the Yucatan Peninsula. By the evening of November 1, the depression weakened again and moved into the Gulf of Mexico; however, unlike previous forecasts, the circulation was absorbed by a cold front hours later.

Preparations and Impact

Despite being a very weak storm, forecasters were wary about Katrina, as Central America was devastated by Hurricane Mitch exactly one year earlier. There was considerable fear of additional flash flooding and mudslides across the mountainous region. Immediately after being declared a tropical depression, a tropical storm warning was issued for Nicaragua, and it was extended to the San Andrés islands of Colombia shortly afterward. Officials in Honduras evacuated 71 families from the district of Colón and another 17 families from other at-risk areas. Along the coastline of Honduras, a red alert was declared as torrential rains were anticipated to produce deadly mudslides in areas still recovering from Mitch nearly one year ago.

Overall, damage was minimal as a result of Katrina. Only a few small mudslides were reported, along with some minor flooding, as the storm tracked across Central America. It was estimated that between 10 and 15 inches (250 to 375 mm) of rain fell across parts of the region as a result of Katrina, with one report of 3.58 inches (91 mm) in six hours from the island of San Andrés east of Nicaragua. Roughly 1,200 people were evacuated to emergency shelters in Honduras due to flooding. At least five bridges sustained damage and the cities of Tocoa and Trujillo were isolated as the Aguán and Siline rivers overflowed their banks. The water pipes recently constructed after being destroyed by Hurricane Mitch, worth HNL 170,000 (US$9,000) were once again destroyed by Katrina. The most severely affected area in Honduras was the Valle del Aguán.

Between October 30 and November 1, the remnants of Katrina produced widespread moderate rainfall across the Yucatan Peninsula, peaking at  in Cunduacán. Moisture from the remnants of the storm enhanced rainfall across southern Florida in association with the cold front that absorbed the system. Already saturated by previous rains, the National Weather Service issued flood watches for the region as torrential rains were expected to fall in relation to the system.

Following the storm, the United Nations deployed field assessment teams to survey the damage caused by Katrina. The International Organization for Migration helped relocate affected families and construct at least 300 new residences for victims of Katrina and Hurricane Mitch the year prior. The Pan American Health Organization also deployed assessment teams to survey the area for the possibility of post-storm diseases. Due to the lack of any significant damage, the name Katrina was not retired and was re-used in the 2005 season; however, due to the catastrophic damage caused by the storm, it was retired in 2006 and was replaced with the name Katia.

See also

1999 Atlantic hurricane season
Tropical Storm Matthew (2010)
Hurricane Nate

References

External links

 NHC's Preliminary Report on Tropical Storm Katrina

1999 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricanes in Nicaragua
Hurricanes in Honduras
Atlantic tropical storms
Hurricanes in Belize
1999 in Belize
1999 in Honduras
1999 in Nicaragua


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1) Insult any group of people. Because then you're an as*hole.
2) Refer to a woman as a girl. Because you might be perceived as sexist.
3) Talk about the zombie apocalypse. Because it ain't gonna happen, and the fad is over.
4) Use hashtags. Because they're best left to Twitter and Instagram.
5) Include external links. Because then you're putting extra work on your prospective match.
6) Mention your ex. Because then you're not over him or her.
7) Reference a "new beginning" or a "fresh start" or "getting back on your feet." Because then you have baggage.
8) Use "etc." at the end of a list of your interests. Because it's not informative in any way.
9) Double space between sentences. Because it makes you look as outdated with technology as you are.
10) Refer to your readers as "you" (unless a prompt set it up that way). Because it's creepy.
11) End! Every! Or every other! Sentence! With an exclamation point!! Because overeager is just as unattractive as apathetic.
12) Make cheesy, corny, romantic statements. Because it's...well, cheesy and corny.
13) Fill your profile with rhetorical questions. Because one is enough.
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15) Employ lists in every section or paragraph. Because too many are boring to read and don't give enough detail.
16) Write, "My friends say that I'm..." Because you're more self-aware and confident than that.
17) Make blatantly sexual references. Because it's gross and conveys the wrong message.
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19) Mention your student (or any) debt—or talk explicitly about money at all. Because it's too personal.
20) Reveal details of your medical history. 'Nuff said.
21) Use more than one emoticon :). Because you should be able to use your words, not punctuation, to convey your mood.
22) Wax poetic about...anything. Because no one cares.
23) Say that you're looking for a "drama-free" relationship. Because you've clearly been part of a drama-filled relationship.
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Offspring - Alot Like Me
Tuning: EADGBE (Standard E)
This song is definately a highlight on the album.
I'm pretty sure this is fairly accurate, the only parts
that took a lot of revising were the "lead" sections. Enjoy :)
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Intro (Piano)
E|---------9------10---------------------------------|
B|-12--------------------17-------15-------14--------|
G|----11-----11-------------14-------14----------16--|
B|-------9------9--------------14-------14----14-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
Chorus Rhythm
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Chorus Lead
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
G|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
Played with two guitars, but this is how they sit together
E|---------9------10-------------------|
B|-12----------------------------------|
G|----11-----11------------------------|
B|-------9------9------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|---------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
B|-17-------15-------14--------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|----14-------14----------16------------------|
B|-------14-------14----14---------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Post-Chorus Riff
"Cause you look a lot like me"
E|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
Bridge Lead
B|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s7-7---|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4s6-6h7-|
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-8--8--7--7--|
The ending is basically a fade out with the piano thing,
and the chorus chords
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The Offspring (sometimes referred to simply as Offspring) are a popular and influential[8] American punk rock band from Garden Grove, California formed in 1984. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Dexter Holland (lead vocals, guitar), Noodles (lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals) and Greg K. (bass, backing vocals). Their current drummer is Pete Parada, formerly of Face to Face and Saves the Day, who has been with the band since 2007.
Since the release of their 1994 album Smash, which is the best-selling independent label album of all time,[9] The Offspring have achieved commercial success over five albums, with singles such as "Come Out and Play", and "Self Esteem". The band's next three albums, Ixnay on the Hombre, Americana and Conspiracy of One, were also successful, reaching platinum certification and gold status respectively.[10][11] Longtime drummer Ron Welty left The Offspring in early 2003, and was replaced by Atom Willard. Later that year, the band released their next album, Splinter, to moderate sales and fairly warm reviews. In 2005, The Offspring released a greatest hits album and toured in support of the compilation. Their next album, titled Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, will be released on June 16, 2008 in Europe and a day later in the United States [12]; it can be streamed for free online, as well.[13]
To date, The Offspring have released eight studio albums, one compilation, four EPs and three DVD's[14], selling over 38 million albums worldwide[9], making them one of the best-selling punk acts of all time.[15] The band is credited, along with fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid, with reviving popular interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s.[16]
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Plutocrats for Education or Education for Plutocracy?
by Jim Miller on December 5, 2011 · 7 comments
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by Jim Miller and Jonathan McLeod / Special to the OB Rag
Last week the California Community College Board of Governors met here in San Diego to address the results of their task force on "student success." While much ink has been spilled detailing the ongoing efforts to impose corporate style "reforms" on education at the K-12 level (see Diane Ravitch's fine work , little attention has been paid to the reform efforts in higher education.
There is a kind of creeping academic Taylorism that comes with the movement toward "student learning outcomes" in higher education that can only be understood if one recognizes the long history of American corporate interests seeking to discipline and, in turn, profit from institutions of higher learning, whether it be plutocrats railing against "dangerous" ideas in the academy or business leaders seeking to transform American colleges into narrow job training factories that provide them with skilled workers without the accompanying bother of having to foot the bill for this service in the form of paying their fair share of taxes.
With the release of the California Community College Board of Governors Task Force on Student Success's report we see yet another push by some "system representatives" and their "external partners" to advocate for a dumbed-down, totally instrumental view of the mission of community colleges that focuses nearly exclusively on making them more efficient machines in cranking out workers for business. The latest stalking horse is "completion," with all the requisite hand-wringing and intellectually disingenuous bracketing off of the larger socio-economic forces which make it harder for our students to complete their degrees. It's all about the students' success, they remind those of us who teach in these schools, as if we had somehow forgotten them on the way to collecting our fat paychecks and gold-plated pensions.
In sum, the report recommends a comprehensive revamp of community colleges noting that, "Taken together, these recommendations would reboot the California Community College system toward the success of its students." The "re-boot" metaphor says it all about the ideology behind the report: it's mechanistic with an open bias toward a technocratic business model that favors reductionist measurement systems over the failed human judgment-based system of old. It's time to stop allowing students to "wander" through the curriculum and track them more efficiently. If only we do a better job of tracking and push our lax, waste-filled system with more accountability measures, all will improve despite a historic budget crisis, the largest gap between the rich and the poor in modern history, and the legacy of systemic racism.
The end game of all this is, of course, funding based on these mechanistic "outcomes," but the report doesn't take us there quite yet. As the authors note, they were "split" on whether this was the solution at present:
After considerable review, the Task Force was deeply divided on the topic of outcome-based funding. A vocal minority supported implementing some version of outcome-based funding, while the majority of Task Force members did not support such a proposal at this time due to various concerns, some of which are noted above. For many Task Force members, the lack of evidence demonstrating that outcome-based funding made a positive impact on student success was an important factor in their decision to reject implementing outcome-based funding at this time. While some states have identified positive impacts, others have not and have terminated implementation of their outcomes-based funding models. The Task Force suggested that the Chancellor's Office continue to monitor implementation of outcomes-based funding in other states and model how various formulas might work in California.
Of course, those of us who work in community colleges know what the replacement of funding based on enrollment with funding based on completion would mean—even deeper cuts and scarcity and a "streamlining" of the community college system that would limit access and eliminate many programs and classes that don't accommodate the academic Taylorist party line.
Not surprisingly, in addition to the "system representatives" the report received help from the Lumina Foundation and other corporate funded "external partners." And these sorts of "external partners" are far from being neutral players with a high-minded interest in the public good. They are, in fact, part of a larger network of influential groups interested in privatization, union-busting, pension reform, and more. As Eric Kelderman noted in The Chronicle of Higher Education:
The Lumina Foundation for Education has become one of the best-known higher-education philanthropies in the country, spending nearly $50-million annually on projects to improve college completion . . . the foundation is shifting its focus away from giving money to new projects to develop policy ideas. Instead, Lumina will work to enact the changes needed to drastically improve college graduation rates . . . Still, Lumina's change in focus doesn't mean that the organization will be spending less money, he said. In fact, the foundation will expand its efforts by convening business leaders, lawmakers, higher-education groups, and faculty members to build consensus on specific policy measures . . . In addition, he said, Lumina will draft model policies for states, including legislation. The group is already working with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative-leaning organization, to write and introduce bills in statehouses.
But Kelderman's characterization of ALEC as "conservative leaning" soft-pedals the significance of this group to the point of completely missing the significance of the connection between Lumina and ALEC. Fortunately, John Nichols, in The Nation, has a much keener eye. In a recent piece on ALEC, Nichols outlines their origins and history:
Founded in 1973 by Paul Weyrich and other conservative activists frustrated by recent electoral setbacks, ALEC is a critical arm of the right-wing network of policy shops that, with infusions of corporate cash, has evolved to shape American politics. Inspired by Milton Friedman's call for conservatives to "develop alternatives to existing policies [and] keep them alive and available," ALEC's model legislation reflects long-term goals: downsizing government, removing regulations on corporations and making it harder to hold the economically and politically powerful to account. Corporate donors retain veto power over the language, which is developed by the secretive task forces. The task forces cover issues from education to health policy. ALEC's priorities for the 2011 session included bills to privatize education, break unions, deregulate major industries, pass voter ID laws and more. In states across the country they succeeded, with stacks of new laws signed by GOP governors like Ohio's John Kasich and Wisconsin's Scott Walker, both ALEC alums.
So when Lumina joins forces with ALEC it means more than just a move toward influencing legislative policy; it means they are part of a larger network of monied interests pushing our country further toward plutocracy and corporate domination. That is why there is nothing about creating educated citizens for our democracy in the CCC Board of Governors Task Force report because that is simply not part of their agenda. Corporate interests collaborating to impose the business model on public higher education want efficient workers trained to follow top-down orders, not critical thinkers who might question their agenda or buck up against the slow creep toward "outcomes based funding" that would serve as a Trojan horse for privatization.
It is in keeping with this agenda that the Draft Recommendations of the California Community Colleges Student Success Task Force would, "Encourage students to declare a program of study upon admission and require declaration by the end [of] their second term" (Recommendation 2.5). To those who seek to cut waste out of government expenditures on public education by eliminating the temptation students have to explore intellectual horizons and to learn about diverse vocational fields, this requirement compelling community college students to compartmentalize themselves in narrowly defined majors, soon after admission to college, seems entirely justifiable, notwithstanding that students in four-year universities have until their junior year to declare majors. In an effort to discourage frivolous intellectual experimentation, the report asserts, "Declaring a program of study is much more specific than declaring an educational goal. Doing so sets incoming students on an educational pathway and builds momentum for their success." To that end, "A student who is unable to declare a program of study by the end of their second term should be provided counseling and other interventions to assist them in education planning and exploring career and program options." And, for the rebels, "If these interventions fail to meet their desired end, students should lose enrollment priority after their third term."
How to deal with students whose curiosity might get the better of them, even after committing, on cue, to a program of study? Recommendation 3.1, on enrollment priorities, reveals one hammer: "Continuing students should lose enrollment priority if they do not follow their original or a revised education plan." Woe to the career tech student who might venture to take a course in geography, philosophy, or fine arts! What is the utility of radiation technology or mathematics students enrolling in political science to learn about legislative processes or the impact of free-trade agreements on the national economy and labor force demand? Recommendation 4.1 certainly would eliminate that option for working-class students stretching to meet the costs of community colleges: "Under this recommendation, students having the course in their education plan would pay the credit enrollment fee, while students not having the course in their education plan would pay a fee covering the full cost of instruction" or market value. No allowance for the pursuit of interdisciplinary knowledge in this model. Straight and narrow utilitarianism only. The prospects for reducing public education expenses in running course sections in dangerous majors, such as history and sociology, or literature seem almost endless.
As Jim Miller wrote in "This is What Plutocracy Looks Like," ALEC's agenda is part of a larger, nationwide trend toward deepening inequality and corporate rule. What is most disturbing about the role of ALEC and elite interests in the current war against public education is that it has the potential to undermine a century's worth of democratization in American education. If people don't start asking questions about whose interests are being served by the business model they are seeking to impose on our educational system, from top to bottom, we may wake up and find out that only some of us still have access to the kind of education that gives students not just skills to get a job, but the ability to think critically about the world they live in and their education helps shape. One need not be sacrificed in the service of the other.
To review ALEC's activities on a state by state level, see where their money comes from and which politicians are part of the organization, see : www.alecexposed.org. In particular go to the privatizing education page and scroll down to the find the "treating universities like manufacturers" link.
Jonathan McLeod teaches History at Mesa College.
RB December 5, 2011 at 10:14 am
We do seem to have a disconnect between what the public, taxpayers, and students want from a JUNIOR college and what the liberal/progressive/socialist faculty wishes to teach. I would suggest we need to have training classes for the faculty on how to develop a customer focus.
There are many great liberal arts colleges and universities were one can develop the ability to think critically without ever considering a job. Of course, these colleges may not wish to select the remedial students we produce in our K-12 California schools with low SAT scores and checkered transcripts or may not choose to hire JUNIOR college teachers just based upon their left leaning politics.
Shane Finneran December 5, 2011 at 1:45 pm
"liberal/progressive/socialist faculty" Hey, you forgot commie! And pinko! Maybe even gay!
But your comment is dumb for other reasons. Like implying that you know "what the public, taxpayers, and students want from a JUNIOR college." As if there is one thing that all those different constituents have in mind. LOL.
Then there's the sloppy shot at "the remedial students we produce in our K-12 California schools with low SAT scores and checkered transcripts." The angry bitterness practically drips off of that one. Does somebody have a case of the Mondays?
RB December 5, 2011 at 2:18 pm
We have had two years of the whole country asking, demanding, and pleading for jobs. Where have you been? Only you and the JUNIOR faculty at the our JUNIOR colleges don't understand that students are interest in jobs, training, or a path to the U.C. for professional careers. Students don't go to JUNIOR colleges to join self absorbed teachers in a play pen without accountability.
"Only you and the JUNIOR faculty at the our JUNIOR colleges don't understand that students are interest in jobs, training, or a path to the U.C. for professional careers"
In the last few years, I personally have taken more than a half-dozen courses at San Diego community colleges. I already have a degree and a job, so this whole time, I thought I was attending those classes because I wanted to learn what was being taught. But thanks for setting me straight LOL
malcolm migacz December 5, 2011 at 12:50 pm
PHD in Finger painting
Congrats on your degree, malcolm!
Jeremy December 7, 2011 at 7:56 am
I'm a student of Jim's, the only reason I'm in his class is because previously I had taken a class completely unnecessary to my degree. That class was part of an overall shift in perspective for me, which became the turning point in selecting a new major. In fact, that pivotal class is one that seems less and less important to people and especially administrations who are hell bent on creating "workers."
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Q: How can I assign input A or input B to the same command I am trying to make a light inventory system for some practice to attempt to get better in C#, I am showing my user a range of metals and asking them what they would like to do
(expecting the result "take metal" or "pick up metal")
How would I go around doing this?
I am currently doing
If UserInput = "Pick up metal" or "take metal" then invt=worth.metal

However, this does not work, the script for some reason crashes saying I am attempting to set "take metal" as a boolean
I could solve this by doing two separate lines
(If input = "pick up metal" invt = worth.metal
if input = "take metal" invt = worth.metal)

However this would over complicate the code when I get to accepting 10+ user inputs.

A: First of all, the equality checking operator is ==, not =. The second one is the assignment operator. Secondly, you can perform two checks using the || (short-circuit OR) operator. Try:
If (UserInput == "Pick up metal" || UserInput == "take metal")
{
    // do what you need
}

I assume that UserInput is a string variable. By the way, the code you presented doesn't look like valid C# to me.

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Damn your concessions
Edentubber 60th anniversary oration
Today, as in years past, we again gather to pay tribute to the memory of five republicans, who made the ultimate sacrifice here in Edentubber, as a result of a premature explosion on this lonely mountainside in the early hours of Monday, 11th November, 1957. While later tragedies would sadly eclipse it in number, at the time this would be the single biggest loss of life incurred by the IRA since the bitter counter-revolution of 1922 – 23.
A newspaper at the time, the Newry Reporter, would describe a sad and devastating scene in the aftermath of the explosion: "As the early morning mists cleared from the rocky defile abounding in that area, the grim gaunt evidence of the earlier hours was visible. The blast was heard over 5 miles away. Little remained of the building, but a heap of scattered rubble. A small portion of one wall was still standing. Wood splinters and masonry and parts of shattered furniture littered fields up to 150 yards away. Four Thompson sub-machine guns and ammunition were found among the wreckage."
The four IRA Volunteers, assisted by Michael Watters, were preparing for an expedition that would take them across the border. This was to be another chapter in what we republicans remember as the Border Campaign of 1956 – 62, to the members of Oglaigh na hEireann, it's codename was of course, Operation Harvest.
Operation Harvest would take place against the backdrop of great economic hardship and mass emigration across the two partitioned states in Ireland, and would be the first armed campaign in the 20th century by Oglaigh na hEireann to focus exclusively on the occupied six counties. After Oglaigh na hEireann's repeated repression by successive Free State governments since the counter-revolution of three decades before, in 1948, an IRA Convention issued General Order No. 8, prohibiting "any armed action whatsoever" against the 26-county state, thereby focusing their attention to the north-east.
In that same year, the Free State parliament had passed legislation that arrogantly renamed this state the 'Republic of Ireland'. In 1949, the IRA Army Council issued a statement to clarify its position to this development, and we would do well to remember how these words are still true The statement reads as follows: "By an act of British Parliament passed at Westminster in 1920, in a deliberate absence of the entire Irish representation – and through the acceptance of the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty, the Irish Republic, proclaimed in arms Easter 1916 – and ratified in 1919 by the elected representatives of the people of all Ireland – was prevented from functioning, and in its stead two Partition Parliaments were set up to govern Ireland.
Thus Ireland was forcibly partitioned by England and has remained partitioned since. Any attempt to give the 26 county area a new status by representing it as "the Republic of Ireland" does and cannot alter this fundamental fact.
England still retains direct control over six counties of Irish territory, and maintains within that area an army of occupation. While that position remains Republicans cannot concede the claims that Ireland's centuries-old struggle for freedom is ended."
Operative Harvest would begin in earnest at midnight, 12th December, 1956, and the offensive would be launched across the occupied six counties with the intention to draw the British army out of their bases, only attack the RUC and B-Specials in self-defence and ultimately destabilise the institutions of northern state. While of course they did not outright achieve all of this, the IRA had still caught the governments in both jurisdictions by surprise, returning to revolutionary activity most dramatically in incidents that night in Armagh, Enniskillen, Newry and Derry. The tail-end of 1956 into the months of 1957 would see the brave men of Oglaigh na hEireann step up their bold campaign of sabotage and armed actions in the northern state.
On this lonely hillside in 1957 4 IRA volunteers where planning their own contribution to Operation Harvest, and we remember them with pride here today.
Volunteer George Keegan came from a family with a proud republican tradition is his native Enniscorthy, Wexford. Keegan was descended from a rebel executed in the 1798 rebellion, and also had a very important link to the 1916 Easter Rising: His father, Patrick, was among the last group of Volunteers in the country to surrender, as they did in Enniscorthy at the end of Easter Week.
Patrick Keegan would go on to be commandant of the IRA's North Wexford Brigade during the Tan War. Following in the revolutionary path of his father, George had been on the run for some time at the beginning of Operation Harvest. When he made the supreme sacrifice for his cause here, he was 29 years old.
Volunteer Paul Smith, from Bessbrook, County Armagh, was only 19 years old. Yet, at the time of his death he held the rank of adjuntant in Oglaigh na hEireann, and was said to have a flair for leadership and responsibility. For over six months, Paul lived with a price on his head by the Stormont authorities due to his activities as an IRA Volunteer. The eldest of a family of seven, he was an architect's apprentice before dedicating his life to the cause, and is recalled as a young man of a happy and carefree nature.
Also on the run in this time and would also meet his tragic end here, was Volunteer Oliver Craven, from Newry. Also 19 years old, Oliver was a labourer and driver before joining the ranks of Oglaigh na hEireann. Though a quietly spoken young man, he was noted by his comrades for his cool headedness. It is said before his death, he had avoided capture by the colonial forces several times.
Volunteer Paddy Parle, 27 years old, was from William Street, in Wexford Town. A founding member of his local GAA Club, Paddy was also a member of Congradh na Gaeilge. It is said he held a special affinity for the writings of James Connolly and the cause of the Irish working class.
At the outset of Operation Harvest, Paddy, along with several Wexford men, became an organiser and member of the Vinegar Hill Column. While arrests put an end to their activities, Paddy himself avoided capture and continued to be a dedicated soldier of Oglaigh na hEireann.
Also today, we also remember Michael Watters, the 50 year-old forestry worker who lived alone in the cottage that stood near this spot where the four soliders of the Irish Republican Army were preparing to head over the border that on fateful night. Though not a member of the IRA, Michael Watters followed in the tradition of countless, often forgotten ordinary men and women down through the decades. who helped in any way they could for the cause of a free Ireland and the soldiers who would fight for their country. In this instance, he provided his home in what he surely believed was a safe base for them to operate. Men and women who provided shelter, food and safety for IRA volunteers were the backbone of the Republican movement and we must never forget their contribution, without it the IRA could not function.
While we must never doubt the bravery and commitment of those who fought on in the Border Campaign therafter, by 1962, with mass imprisonment, divisions within the movement, lack of support and often poor strategies, Operation Harvest would ultimately end in failure. It's then-chief-of-staff, the great Ruairi O'Bradaigh, would write a statement that would call off the campaign, his words encouraged republicans to reflect on these developments pragmatically, one segment reading as follows that "the situation obtaining in the earlier stages of the campaign has altered radically and is convinced that the time has come to conserve its recourses to augment them and to prepare a more favourable position. The policy of not taking aggressive military action within the 26-country area remains unaltered, and the movement takes its stand against any attempt to foment sectarian strife which is alien to the spirit of Irish Republicanism."
Today we are in a situation not unlike the Border campaign period, fundamentally we have to be honest - we too have divisions within our movement, mass imprisonment, and a poor strategy for gaining support, we must like the patriots of Operation Harvest have the maturity to reflect pragmatically on our failures and address them. We must take the lessons of history. We all stand here today as proud and unrepentant Irish republicans, however this is not enough, we need to work together to secure our independence, we cannot lose sight of that goal. We cannot deny that the last few decades have served a severe body blow to our cause, successive sell outs and factions have immeasurably damaged morale, and how can we unite a Country if we cannot even unite ourselves in a movement of people, ready for radical change?
We have very real immediate issues that we must focus on, we have Irish Republican prisoners by the hundred, the British Police continue to raid homes and harass people, we have internment still alive and kicking with Tony Taylor interned now for nearly 2 years, in the 26 counties an onslaught of IRA membership charges have taken dozens of Activists off the streets, all of these things and more are designed to crush any last remnants of opposition to Occupation, couple that with the enormous normalisation project going on all over Ireland, the attempted rehabilitation of the British Army, the GAA running recruitment adverts for the RUC, the shameful wall at Glasnevin commemorating British Army along with our patriots and honestly the list goes on and on.
We must oppose it all and we must stand together and do it, we must make Republicanism a force to be reckoned with once more. For too long now we have been consigned to the fringes, for the general public genuine republicanism has been pushed to the history books, our job now is to ensure that Republicanism is revitalised for a new generation, and that with the help of future generations coming up, we will one day finally see the establishment of our declared Republic.
The next few years will see many changes not least because of Brexit, the fears surrounding Brexit for Irish people seem to be centred on the border, scare mongering abounds while the Politicos in Stormont try to exploit it to their advantage. The idea that there could be border posts is a shock for many people; this reminds them that we still live in a divided and occupied Country. As Republicans we do not need this reminder, we are all too aware of the very real British occupation that is ongoing. The People who are deluding themselves that everything is ok in Ireland as long as there is no physical border perhaps needs this little wakeup call!
The Edentubber Maytyrs goal was to eradicate British rule in this Country, and we know what the volunteers in the 50's did with Customs huts on the border back then, not that I would advocate that now!!
One year after the beginning of Operation Harvest, the IRA Army Council issued a statement on 12th December, 1957 – little over a month after the deaths of these five great patriot men here at Edentubber. It was a statement to encourage it's volunteers to continue the fight, and there is one paragraph in it I feel that has direct relevance to our own continuing republican struggle today. It reads:
"We must recover for the Irish people possession of the natural resources of our country. We must win for the Irish people the ownership and control of our nation. We must secure for the Irish people democracy, unity and sovereignty. To achieve these objects we must end forever interference in our affairs by an outside power. We must drive from our shores the forces of this outside power. We must establish national independence."
Comrades, six decades have passed since George, Paul, Oliver, Paddy and Michael gave their lives for Ireland not far from where we stand. They left us a heroic legacy that we, the faithful few, will always continue to commemorate and be proud of. As republicans, while our strategies and the means available to us may greatly differ then those employed by the volunteers of Operation Harvest, we share their same goal: That of a free and united Ireland. Let their memory inspire us always and may we never be dissuaded from the path of restoring the true Irish Republic of which our martyrs dreamed.
An Phoblacht Abu!
good speech cait despite -as you said- been long ;)
one thing i may add, faith is really important, in the individual and collective, because sometimes doing and saying the right thing is unpopular or unfashionable even within people of the same general way of thinking. but if its right is right. like the truth, unpleasant will be had to be said.
some people talk about modernization. too much modernization have brought us here. too much forward without deep critical, human and natural thinking. I would say be careful, because to go modern is to go to the enemy fields. Of course other thing is to update some tactics, some approaches. this with without touching the core. and the core of irish struggle is centuries old and in writing (tone, mccraken, emmet, pearse,connolly, mellows and many more and so on). for the means available, that is important question but for that we humans have brains, for thinking, for trying to resolve issues, to replace or found adequate substitutes
(i try to find a email to send you this long comment - sorry- but did not see one )
Cáit Trainor 14 November 2017 at 10:37
agree entirely with your comment a chara, we must ensure when we are taking forward steps that they are sure footed and right, marching forward without knowing where we are going and calling it progress can only lead to an unsure and perhaps negative conclusion. Thanks for taking the time to read this, I know it was a very long speech unusually for me tbh
Sorry I express my self badly. No complains, actually for me this is not so long, but as you said it was so … ; ) Sometimes a long thing can't be made short. And it is an enough special historical event to take your time to express yourself, talking about the cause, the context and the 5 martyrs involved. Imo trying to short every thing making everything simple – not easy, simple- making all like fast food, fast politics, fast ideological debates and so does not help, actually harms. Is part of their game.
And by the way, very good points in the shampoppy article. I like what you said of fair enough wear the poppy if you want… but don't publicize it massively, wear it AND in top of it try to sell it like …even like is something similar to the significance of the Lilly. You know, drop by drop they go from their pool of shit
Many thanks for your comments, much appreciated :)
Billy McKee - A life dedicated to Ireland (Pictures)
The great Republican leader Billy McKee has sadly died today.
He lived a long life and was known and loved by many.
Do not be sad that Billy has died, he lived to the ripe old age of 97, be glad that he ever lived and has left for us a wonderful legacy that will continue to inspire Republicans for generations to come.
There are many people, more qualified than me to write his history, I could not possibly do it justice, so please enjoy below a number of wonderful Photographs, provided by Jim McIlmurray (Lurgan)
Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam dílis
Former Prisoners and Republican activists under attack, it could be you next!
Britain's new counter-terrorism bill, which came into effect on 12th April 2019 is an outright attack on freedom of political expression and opinion. The new laws enacted should be of particular concern to political activists here in Ireland. Three of the key points are listed below:
"extends the 'offence' of inviting support for a proscribed organisation to cover expressions of support"
This is open to blatant abuse, what constitutes expressions of support in the British Governments eyes can and will be legitimate political expression. In the last few years we have seen a number of political activists in Ireland be arrested for giving political speeches or conducting political interviews with media, they have subsequently been found to have no case to answer in court. This new law now makes it easier for the courts to convict such activists and was included no doubt due to the failure to previously convict Irish Republicans.
"It is an office to display in a public place an image wh…
We stood up and won, DO NOT sit back down!
It should come as no shock to Republicans that the Fine Gael led Free State Government intended on commemorating the RIC, which comprised the black and tans.
The announcement today that this has now been 'deferred' has been met with great enthusiasm and indeed a sense of victory from the people.
The opposition to this commemoration came in thick and fast and from some surprising quarters, today is the first time I can say that I have seen social media have a tangible positive effect on politics. Largely led by the ordinary person on social media platforms, the protests against this commemoration could not be ignored and so it was announced that it was 'deferred'.
I believe the word 'deferred' was used decisively by the State to try and save face, but as far as everyone else is concerned, this event is cancelled.
Speaking on RTÉ news Free State Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan stated that he was "determined" that a commemoration would happen at another time. The use of his word de…
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5 facts about guns in America
On Tuesday, an 18-year-old crashed his truck, exchanged fire with police officers, entered an elementary school, and murdered 19 children and two teachers with a semi-automatic rifle. The dead are not statistics.
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The incident in Uvalde, Texas took place days after another 18-year-old killed 10 people with a similar weapon in Buffalo, New York. In the first 145 days of 2022, there have been 213 mass shootings, defined as an incident where four or more people are shot or killed.
"Evil will always walk among us," Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R) said of the massacre. That is true. But only in the United States does evil have virtually unfettered access to military-style rifles. These weapons are not designed for sport or self-defense; they are designed to kill many people very quickly.
The Uvalde shooting demonstrates how the law can limit access to guns. The shooter bought a semi-automatic rifle on his 18th birthday, when it became legal for him to do so. If the age limit for purchasing a rifle in Texas was 21, yesterday's massacre may not have occurred.
The country could change the catastrophic status quo without infringing on the Second Amendment. Indeed, many such reforms are immensely popular. But a few dozen Republican Senators continue to stand in the way. In the meantime, the death toll mounts.
Here are the key facts about guns in America, pulled from Popular Information's previous reporting on mass shootings.
There are more guns than people in the United States
According to a 2018 Small Arms Survey, the latest data, there are more civilian-owned firearms in the United States than people, with more than 120 guns for every 100 Americans.
The number of guns sold has increased dramatically in recent years. A record 39,695,315 guns were sold to civilians in 2020. By comparison, there were 15 million guns sold in 2011 and 9 million in 1999. 18.9 million guns were sold in 2021, the second-most annual gun sales on record.
Remarkably, this spike has occurred as the number of people interested in owning guns has declined. In 1977, more than 50% of all households in the United States owned a gun. By 2018, just 34% of American households reported having a gun in the home. Gun manufacturers have made up for this decline by selling a larger number of more deadly firearms to a smaller number of people.
More guns = more mass shootings
A 2018 study of 171 countries from 1966 to 2012 found "firearm ownership rates appeared to be a statistically significant predictor of the distribution of public mass shooters worldwide. Many of the nations in this study that ranked highest in firearm ownership rates also ranked highly in public mass shooters per capita."
The author of the study, University of Alabama professor Adam Lankford, concluded that the "United States and other nations with high firearm ownership rates may be particularly susceptible to future public mass shootings, even if they are relatively peaceful or mentally healthy according to other national indicators."
In other words, the United States has a lot of mass shootings because it has a lot of guns. According to the research, reducing the prevalence of guns might reduce the number of mass shootings in the future.
Policies to reduce the number of guns are very popular
A 2018 poll by Guns Down America, a gun-control advocacy group, found that 67% of Americans support stricter gun laws. More striking is that overwhelming majorities, including a majority of Republicans, support positions that are often described as out of the mainstream. This includes support for requiring a license to purchase a handgun (89%), a limit on monthly gun purchases (80%), and a voluntary government gun buyback program (79%). These are all provisions that, taken together, could reduce the number of guns in circulation.
The poll found that advocating for fewer guns in America is a popular political message.
There is also strong support for background checks (94%), and a ban on semi-automatic weapons (78%).
The federal government has safety standards for toy guns, but not real guns
Nearly every product — from toasters to lawnmowers to teddy bears — must comply with standards set by the government to ensure the item is safe for public use. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regulates household goods and recreational products. The Food and Drug Administration regulates food and prescription drugs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulates motor vehicles. But there is one category of products that is not regulated for consumer safety by any government agency: guns and ammunition.
The Second Amendment has been in place since 1788, but the consumer protection exemption for guns came much later, in 1972. A law passed that year explicitly forbids the CPSC from evaluating the safety of guns. As a result, there "is not a single federally mandated safety standard or child-proofing requirement for firearms made in the United States."
The exemption means that the CPSC can regulate toy guns but not actual guns. The agency can mandate a recall of a doll, due to safety concerns, but not a semi-automatic rifle.
The gun industry received special legal protections in 2005
"Most people don't realize, the only industry in America, billion-dollar industry, that can't be sued, exempt from being sued, are gun manufacturers," Biden said in April 2001.
That is not precisely true. But Biden is referring to the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), signed into law in 2005, which does provide sweeping legal immunity to the gun industry. The PLCAA prevents gun manufacturers from civil liability resulting from "the criminal or lawful misuse" of firearms or ammunition.
But there are a few exceptions to the law, including an "action for death, physical injuries or property damage resulting directly from a defect in design or manufacture of the product, when used as intended or in a reasonably foreseeable manner." You can sue a gun manufacturer civilly if the gun malfunctions. But, in nearly every circumstance, you can't sue if the gun functions properly and kills people.
Prior to the PLCAA's passage, in 2000, New York City and 30 other localities sued gun manufacturers, alleging the "industry's selling practices create a public nuisance by allowing guns to be sold in an illegitimate secondary market where they fall into the hands of criminals."
Had the lawsuit been successful, the gun industry would have to be much more careful about how firearms are marketed and sold. It could have curtailed firearms that are "designed and marketed primarily for killing people, with military-inspired features and advertising."
But the PLCAA was passed to end New York City's lawsuit and others like it. The lawsuits were thrown out of court. While civil litigation has prompted significant reform in the tobacco and pharmaceutical industry, the gun industry is able to continue with business as usual as the body count mounts.
Jeff T
Cigarettes are the only product that, when used as directed, will likely result in disease and death. Guns (auto and semi-auto) when used as directed, can be used to kill or maim scores of innocents within seconds. After decades of lies and political grift, big tobacco finally had a reckoning, and the public is safer as a result. We need to do the same with guns.
Joseph Mangano
The irony of the NR-freaking-A not allowing guns during Donald Trump's speech at their conference.


Good Medical Service or Government Control Gone Mad? The Mosquito Police are checking householders to see if they have any mosquitos on their property.
This is not a hoax report, as was confirmed by a recent TV documentary. The Mosquito Police in Singapore is literally responsible for verifying that there are no mosquitos in private households. Regular checks in search for breeding grounds are made on roofs, balconies and other parts of the house. Drainpipes, washing facilities and balconies are typical place where the little insects lay their larvae.
If the Mosquito Police find a breeding ground, then the householder is issued with a warning. We didn't find out what happens if he is unable to eradicate them.
Certainly, mosquitos are a potential problem for the business traveller and other frequent travellers, as well as for residents in mosquito areas. However, one cannot help asking the question whether this is the case of an excellent public health service or Government control gone mad?
So if you are travelling to Singapore and planning a long stay, then do not buy property but rent it. At least then, you can move if the mosquitos stay!
Here is link for useful information on mosquito related health care for travellers.
We know that mosquitos can be very annoying and rob one of valuable sleep. In case you have forgotten your last experience, here is an amusing account of an evening that a Brummie living in China spent fighting kamikaze mossies. (Not so amusing for him though!) Mossies = English slang for mosquitos.
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The L-30 Green 100G Shockwatch is a precision impact detection device that senses and indicates a magnitude of shock. Non-mechanical and non-magnetic, it features a tiny liquid filled glass tube housed in a self adhesive label. (Optional High Visibility Companion labels are also available. Please see related items below.) If a carton with a Shockwatch attached is dropped, the liquid in the tube will change from clear to bright red.


Comberton CC has a Saturday XI that play in Cambridgeshire Cricket Association Junior 4 South and a Midweek XI in Cambridge Business House Division 3. New members of any ability and experience are always welcome.
So Comberton Cricket Club would like to welcome new players for the upcoming season. We run one Saturday team in the CCA Junior League and a midweek XI playing in the Business House League.
If you fancy a game please contact Oscar Swift on 07794 381211 or Tom Preece on 07954 356783.