All Star Adventures will keep you and your family or group entertained and amused for hours. To learn more about the exciting attractions, just look below. You'll learn a little bit more about the fun we have at the park every day!
Visit our Hours & Directions for details. Safety and height restrictions apply to all attractions. Attractions may close due to weather, repair or maintenance.
Get in the swing of things by playing either of our two uniquely themed, 18-hole miniature golf courses designed exclusively for All Star Adventures. Throughout the courses you will find several themed structures including a pirate ship, windmill, and a huge castle. Enjoy the look and sounds of the numerous fountains and spectacular waterfalls.
Make a splash and see if you can play through the big Water Wheel! Shoot a hole-in-one at the Victorian Course by putting your way straight to victory! Swing your way through the Pirate Ship or the Castle to become the champion of Mini-golf world. Whatever your skill level, both of our mini golf courses are designed to captivate, both young and old, and challenge your goofy golf greatness!
It's truly an Adventure in fun! Our lush landscaping and flourishing foliage make your mini golf adventure a sporting success for all ages! Don't forget to visit the 18th Hole Lodge to wrap up your mini-golf championship.
The driving range offers serious golfers the perfect atmosphere for practicing. The range itself has several targets scattered throughout. It also has marked distances all the way through with the farthest marking of 229 yards. A second front entrance connects the driving range pro-shop to the parking lot. For hot summer days, the stalls are covered to provide plenty of shade. Driving range tokens may be purchased at the pro-shop during the peak season, otherwise they can be purchased at the ticket office inside the arcade.
The snack bar offers a huge menu full of drinks, candy, and pizza. Just what anyone needs after riding the go-karts, playing mini-golf, or just hanging out.
Start your engines on our three-quarter mile, over-under bridged Go Kart track for 5 minutes. Race your friends, family or teammates on our turbo-charged, twisting Go Kart track.
Go full-throttle around our thrilling hairpin curves and exhilarating straight-aways to test your driving skills and speed performance against the clock! Just think - the more you race, the faster you will get! There's no time for a Pit Stop on our superspeedway Go Kart track -this is as close to a NASCAR®adventureas you can get!
Double Seat: Drivers 56" tall and 18 years old & Passengers 36" tall and 4 years old..
Don't forget, our "Kiddie Go-Karts" are available for younger drivers!
This feature is especially geared for our youngest guests. It features small and safe (and slower) Go Karts that will provide grins from ear-to-ear for those children who are at least 36 inches and 4 years old. This secure and controlled Go Kart environment offers young racers everything they need to develop their racing skills!
For the younger children, these are smaller go-karts on a separate track. These cars are also replicas of the adult go-karts and each ride is 5 minutes.
Watching your children race like their favorite NASCAR® Pro will provide a lifetimeadventurememories.
Drivers must be at least 36" tall & 4 years old. Appropriate Footwear Required for Rider and Driver. Closed Toe Shoes Highly Recommended for Your Safety.
Located in the Kiddie area of the park (separate from the big rides), the Kiddie Coaster is a fun roller-coaster for younger children that goes up and down and in circles. There are enough cars available for many to go at the same time. Perfect for that birthday party group!
Height Requirement: 33" tall with adult, 44" tall without adult. 1 amusement ride ticket.
You can be your own Captain on thisadventurecruise. Our BUMPER BOATS are a great way to escape the heat while you bump, dodge, and splash your way around the Bumper Boat Pond! Each Bumper Boat can circle, surprise, and twist into other drivers to add to your bumpin' action!
Bump your way through a supersoaking battle at the helm of your own bumper boat. Cool off with your entire family on this classic ride.
Rider must be 48" tall and 8 years old.
With over 85 games to choose from, players of all ages can test their gaming skills on some of the hottest games in town! "Slam-A-Winner," "Pac-Man," "Ski-ball" and "Big Bass Wheel" are just some of the games at our interactive video game mega-arcade. Our state-of-the-art arcade offers players a wide variety of exciting and challenging games. Compete with your favorite sports heroes, race in a grand prix or become a super crime fighter! Playing in an arcade has never been so intense!
Try your luck at any of our ticket redemption games for a chance to select prizes from our topnotch redemption center. Players of all ages can drive, blast, and dance their way to high scores and premium prizes for hours of exciting entertainment! You can win tickets on our skill games and take a prize home from one of America's finest prize centers.
With new games arriving all the time, you won't want to miss out on this great gaming adventure!
Located in the Kiddie area of the park (separate from the big rides), this fun attraction lets small children drive electric cars in a fun atmosphere. The cars are in different colors and easy to drive!
Height Requirement: 30" tall. 1 amusement ride ticket.
Located in the Kiddie area of the park (separate from the big rides), the Clown-A-Round is for smaller children to have safe fun. This ride turns circles and cycles up and down at the same time. Perfect for those who are too young for the bigger rides!
Height Requirement: 36" tall. 1 amusement ride ticket.
The Adult Swings are a classic carnival attraction that has chairs on chains in a circle that swings you in cirlces. Always a fun time for those who enjoy carnivals!
Height Requirement: 42" tall. 1 amusement ride ticket.
Located in the Kiddie area of the park (separate from the big rides), this miniature version of the Adult Swings (see above) is perfect for those too young or short for the real thing. This one is perfectly safe and offers just as much fun!
Located in the Kiddie area of the park (separate from the big rides), the Kiddie Copters resembles the bigger ride of the park, Paratrooper, with smaller helicopters that turn in circles and go up and down. Fun for those who want to fly!
Located in the kiddie ride area of the park, the bumble bees are guaranteed fun for the little ones! Each bee flies up and down while going in circles. Come check it out!
The Rock-o-Plane, another HUGE and HIGH ride, is a fun ferris-wheel type of attraction but with one twist...you! Each Pod swings in complete circles with the wheel's own movement and makes for tons of fun! Try it out to get a new perspective!
Height Requirement: 42" tall with adult, 48" tall without adult. 1 amusement ride ticket.
Just next to the adult stock-karts is the roller-coaster style Himalaya. This round ride is fun for people of all ages and seats up to 2 per car.
Height Requirement: 36" tall with adult, 54" tall without adult. 1 amusement ride ticket.
A classic in its self, All Star Adventures has a huge carousel fun for all ages with different animals to ride, This wonderful attraction is guaranteed fun for all who ride it!
Height Requirement: 36" tall without adult. 1 ride ticket.
The Turbo Slide, located next to the Paratrooper, is a huge slide that allows guests to use potato sacks to slide down on. It has varying aisles and you can really have a fun time picking up speed going down this giant!
Height Requirement: 36" tall without adult.
Located close to the Turbo Slide, the Paratrooper is a HUGE fun ride that has ten pods that swing at an angle and go sideways with the spin of the ride. Guaranteed fun for those who like going high!
Height Requirement: 48" tall with adult, 54" tall without adult, 1 amusement ride ticket.
Come test your strength with this carnival-style game where you take a large sledge hammer and hit a surface as hard as you can to ring the bell at the top. Fun for all ages! Only open during larger group events.
Like a mini-roller coaster, the dragon coaster is a fun and exciting ride that takes riders for an exciting ride on curves, dips, and quick turns. Come check it out for a thrill!
Height Requirement: 36" tall with adult, 48" tall without adult, 1 amusement ride ticket.
Another classic in its self, the Tilt-a-Whirl is an attraction that swings spinning seats of people close to each other safely and with as much fun as possible! The Tilt-a-Whirl never lets you down!
Height Requirement: 46" tall without adult.
The Spider, located near the Carousel, is a ride that spins in varying circles with separate spinning seats that also go up and down. This ride is great fun and a thrill for all who ride it.
Hit a homerun at our batting cages! We have 7 professional styled batting offering various speeds of baseball and softball pitching that will give you a competitive edge - both for fun and for practice. Whether you're in tee ball, softball, or on your way to the majors, you can be a baseball champion in our state-of-the-art batting cages. Challenge yourself or challenge your friends as you head to home plate and bat your way to hall-of-fame greatness!
Swing your way out of the dugout and practice your stance, load, timing, pivot and more. Our cages offer slow, medium, or fast pitches for your perfect swing. Practice your bunts or find your sweet spot; either way our winning fastballs will make you the next MVP!
Attention Teams and Coaches: Call us today! We have team rentals available. Please call for reservations.
When you get done bumping around outside at the bumper boats, come inside to the arcade and do it again on the bumper cars! This air-traveling way of bumping offers a fun new way to have fun. Each bumper will seat one and lasts four minutes. It is located directly in the middle of the arcade, so you can't miss it!
This is family fun at its best! In addition to the Arcade games, a two-lane bowling game called "Bowlingo" is available. It works much the same way regular bowling goes, only without special shoes! Each bowler gets a 10-frame game, and the computers accurately keep scores. It's a great way to spend some quality time together that everyone will enjoy.


Codgers. Thackeray says, "The Cisterciau lads call the poor brethren of the Charterhouse codds," adding, "but I know not wherefore." (Turkish, kodjah, an old man or woman.) We say "Well, old boy," without referring to age.
"I say, do you know any of the old codds …? Colonel Newcome is going to be a codd."—Nineteenth Century, October, 1893, p. 589.


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Home 2019 March West Papua Military operations in Papua problematic
Military operations in Papua problematic
West Papuan elected leaders who criticise Indonesian military operations in Papua province risk prosecution, according to Indonesian security officials.
However humanitarian concern is growing for villagers displaced by conflict between the military and the West Papua Liberation Army in the Highlands .
Johnny Blades reports.
Indonesian military and police operations intensified in the Highlands after the Liberation Army massacred at least 16 road construction workers in Nduga regency three months ago.
As military operations ramped up, thousands of villagers fled to the bush or neighbouring regencies such as Jayawijaya.
The impact of this displacement was seen by Peter Prove, a member of a delegation from the World Council of Churches which was last month permitted to visit Papua.
"And in particular in Wamena we met with a group of more than 400 children and adolescents who were displaced, and who were being provided with refuge in the compound of the Roman Catholic Church there. And we heard very alarming stories about the circumstances under which they had fled from their territory, including indications of a very strong-armed military response."
The concerned governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe, recently called for Indonesia's president to withdraw troops to allow villagers to return home and access basic needs.
His call was echoed by local parliamentarians, customary leaders, church and civil society organisations who continue to press for a de-escalation of military operations in the region.
However Indonesia's military spokesman in Papua, Colonel Muhammad Aidi, warned that the governor had violated state law and should be prosecuted. His words are translated:
"A governor is an extension of the state in the region and is obliged to defend the sovereignty of the republic of Indonesia. A Governor must support all national strategic programs. But on the contrary the Governor through his statement actually inhibited the national development process."
A West Papuan anthropologist based in Australia, Yamin Kogoya, worries that telling the truth in his homeland has become an act of treason.
He says by practically labelling Governor Enembe a supporter of the Free West Papua Movement, Colonel Aidi has added to the sense of threat over this leading elected official. who is already being investigated by Indonesian anti-corruption investigators
"This is a very, very harsh statement by the military spokesperson in Papua against the governor of Papua province who has every right to express his concerns and worries about the welfare of the people under his care. He never ever expressed publicly that he support the independence of Papua."
Indonesian police and military posts are common in every town and most villages throughout Papua.
From his observations in the region, Peter Prove says the increasing militarisation and security approach in Papua has only exacerbated the problems there.
"There are many accusations and counter-accusations as to who is responsible for specific instances of violence. But I think the military approach to securing and stabilising the territory evidently hasn't worked not in terms of improving the human rights situation in the region."
Meanwhile Colonel Aidi has confirmed an extra 600 military personnel have been deployed to Nduga region to secure the peace for construction of the Trans Papua road to proceed.
But Papuan parliament member Laurens Kadepa has expressed fear that this will only add to the trauma of local communities.
This is Johnny Blades.
Source: RadioNZ
Filed in: West Papua Tags: Bloody Nduga, military operation, TNI

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Do you think they'll ruffle a few feathers?
It was only matter of time.
While there was an I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! shaped hole in our hearts last night, we slept well knowing how much we love this year's campmates.
While they all seem to be getting on unusually well so far, it is only a matter of time before producers stir things up a bit.
If previous years are anything to go by, this is often done in the form of two new additions to the jungle.
Yesterday, it was speculated that Made in Chelsea star Stephanie Pratt may be on her way in but it has been confirmed today that this is not the case.
According to Daily Mail, Homes Under The Hammer presenter Martin Roberts will be heading in on Thursday.
Speaking to the Sun, Martin discussed his preparation for entering the jungle, stating "They do a medical on you and you have to do that. But then you have to have an hour and half's conversation with the team's psychologist to check whether you're mentally stable enough to go into the jungle."
He stated "She asked 'I've got to ask you this—I know it's a bit strange, but have you ever felt like you're possessed or controlled by aliens?' it was a genuine question."
Radio Dj and comedy writer Danny Baker is also reported to be joining him as the second of this year's late arrivals.
Both had preiously been linked to the show, but Danny denied any involvement.
I'm a Celebrity.. Get Me Out Of Here! continues tonight at 9pm on UTV.


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Brennan Kevin
My Story (versione in eBook)
From Foster Care to Footballer
di Brennan Kevin, Mark Bright
'Inspirational' Sunday Express 'Moving and forthright' Mirror 'Like so many of the stories in his book, Bright's account of meeting his father for the first time in more than 20 years is told with brutal honesty' Guardian With a foreword by Gary Lineker Mark Bright's 1990s partnership with Ian Wright at Crystal Palace earned them legendary status with the club. Bright played top-level football for most of his career, after starting in non-league while working as an apprentice engineer. He appeared in FA and League Cup finals, played abroad and experienced the change which swept through the game with the introduction of the Premier League. But this book is not just about Bright's time in the game. This is the story of someone who battled against the odds to achieve his dream. It is the story of a boy coping with the bewildering and frightening circumstances of being taken into care with his brother when both were very young. It is the story of his fractured family with a father who arrived in England from the Gambia, met a girl from Stoke-on-Trent, and then very quickly disappeared from his children's lives. It is the story of a mother who was unable to take responsibility for the boys she had given birth to, and it is the story of how a young Mark and his brother Philip found comfort and security after being fostered by a caring, loving white family whilst having to endure racism throughout their childhood. Above all, it is the story of a boy who had an unshakeable belief in his own ability to succeed in one of the most ruthless and high-profile professions in the world of sport. My Story explores Mark's life both on and off the football pitch, containing material he has never spoken of or addressed in the past. It delves into the highs and lows he experienced as a player and as a human being.
He writes candidly about the racism he encountered, about the game itself, about those who work in it, about the way in which football has changed, the money it now generates, and about the characters he met along the way.
Acquista My Story in Epub: dopo aver letto l'ebook My Story di Brennan Kevin, Mark Bright ti invitiamo a lasciarci una Recensione qui sotto: sarà utile agli utenti che non abbiano ancora letto questo libro e che vogliano avere delle opinioni altrui. L'opinione su di un libro è molto soggettiva e per questo leggere eventuali recensioni negative non ci dovrà frenare dall'acquisto, anzi dovrà spingerci ad acquistare il libro in fretta per poter dire la nostra ed eventualmente smentire quanto commentato da altri, contribuendo ad arricchire più possibile i commenti e dare sempre più spunti di confronto al pubblico online.
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Dirty brake pads are by no means a good symbol. You can typically tell that there is something incorrect with the brake pads when they grip or jerk while you are applying weight to the pedal.
By Fantastic Writer: Paresh Gordhan.
Contamination is caused by dust getting between the brake pads and brake discs with normal everyday driving. As the dust builds up it scratches the face of the brakes and wears away pads to a point where braking is difficult and requires more use of the emergency brake.
When cleaning the brake pads you can gently wipe away any residue that you can see using a soft cloth. Apply copper slip to the components to seal the damage. Copper slip is used in mechanisms and machines on static parts that should not move. Moving parts include bearings where lubrication is required. Copper slip also helps to prevent the squealing sound when you apply the brakes. It also helps to prevent a seizure. This can damage the system badly causing you to have irreparable brakes and discs.
Needing good brake pads on your automobile is significant. Hydraulic compression from the brake system is used to shove the brake pads against the brake rotor. This compressing strength is used to progressively halt the tire and wheel from rotating, which carries the car to a stop.
By Article Writer: Mia Bevacqua.
Having good brake pads on your vehicle is important. Hydraulic pressure from the brake system is used to push the brake pads against the brake rotor. This clamping force is used to gradually stop the tire and wheel from spinning, which brings the vehicle to a halt. Brake pads are basically just friction material and a metal backing. The three basic types of brake pads are organic, semi-metallic and ceramic.
Be careful not to over-tighten the bolts. If you have any question as to how tight they should be, consult the factory repair information for the torque specifications. Then, torque the bolts down with a ?" torque wrench. Common symptoms of failing or bad brake pads include noisy brakes, a pulsating brake pedal, or poor stopping response.
Always be mindful of any matters your car may need. It might not appear as a large problem at the time but over a time you could finish up having a busted car with smashed car chunks. Don't take noises your car makes light heartedly as it could be a larger problem than you ponder. And for your body repair needs we at Guanella will take care of it for you.
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February 17, 2015 -- Locke Lord LLP Partners Don Glendenning (Dallas) and Rory Radding (New York) have been selected for BTI Consulting Group's "2015 Client Service All-Star Team," a prestigious group chosen by corporate counsel in an independent study identifying lawyers who are recognized in delivering the absolute best client service. Radding was also named an MVP All-Star for the second year in a row.
This year, 354 lawyers around the world were cited as All-Stars -- named after nearly 320 in-depth, independent interviews with legal decision makers at the world's leading organizations. Corporate counsel noted six key factors in driving exceptional client service: superior client focus, innovative thought leadership, unmatched business understanding, legal skills, outsized value and outstanding results.
Glendenning is Co-Chair of Locke Lord's Corporate and Transactional Department and Managing Partner of the Firm's Dallas office. He has extensive experience in a broad range of corporate and securities matters and transactions, and regularly advises on private equity and venture capital transactions, senior and subordinated debt financings, asset and stock acquisitions, going-private transactions and divestitures, spin-offs and corporate mergers. Glendenning is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and in Chambers, which refers to him as "brilliant and one of the most client-service oriented lawyers out there."
A member of Locke Lord's Intellectual Property group and former head of the predecessor firm's ITC practice, Radding has litigated diverse patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret cases, acting for both plaintiffs and defendants on issues involving – among other items – LED lighting and lighting systems, plastic manufacture, electrochemical devices, ring laser gyroscopes, avionics, medical devices, communications, and pharmaceuticals. He also is well known for developing global IP strategies. He has been recognized in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, The International Who's Who of Information Technology Lawyers, The Who's Who Legal: Technology Media & Telecommunications Lawyers, New York Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. Radding serves on the board of directors of the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw), where he previously was chair of the IP Committee for three years.
Locke Lord LLP and Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP approved combining the two firms effective January 10, 2015, creating a firm of approximately 1,000 lawyers working from 23 offices that can better meet clients' needs around the world. The new Firm, Locke Lord LLP, will be among the 50 largest firms in The American Lawyer's "AmLaw 100" annual rankings of top U.S. law firms. In addition to a greatly enhanced domestic and global footprint, Locke Lord now has a stronger team of lawyers with the ability to represent private equity and venture capital clients across a broad spectrum of industries including energy, telecommunications, technology, real estate, health care and life sciences. The combined Firm also experienced a significant increase in the depth of its public finance, health care, insurance, reinsurance, intellectual property, financial institutions and fund formation teams.


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Mormonism and history/Boyd K. Packer's talk: "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect"
< Mormonism and history
Boyd K. Packer's talk: "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect"
Summary: Elder Packer gave an address to religious educators called "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect." The following quote is a favorite of critics who wish to demonstrate that the Church wishes to suppress its history and independent thought: "There is a temptation for the writer or the teacher of Church history to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith promoting or not. Some things that are true are not very useful."
Question: Why did Elder Boyd K. Packer state that "Some things that are true are not very useful"?
There is a temptation for the writer or the teacher of Church history to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith promoting or not.
Some things that are true are not very useful.
—Elder Boyd K. Packer, "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater than the Intellect"
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Elder Packer was giving an address to religious educators called "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect"
Elder Packer gave an address to religious educators called "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect."[1] The quote shown above has become a favorite of critics as a way to demonstrate that the Church suppresses truth or intellectual thought.
Critics state that Elder Packer was telling Mormon historians to document only faithful history
A common criticism of Elder Packer's remarks is represented by the following quote from D. Michael Quinn:
Elder Packer demands that Mormon historians demonstrate and affirm that "the hand of the Lord [has been] in every hour and every moment of the Church from its beginning till now."
— D. Michael Quinn, "On Being a Mormon Historian," 80.[2]
Elder Packer was not speaking to Mormon historians, he was speaking to members of the Church Educational System (CES)
This does not accurately reflect Elder Packer's remarks, however, since Elder Packer was not speaking to "Mormon historians"—he was, rather, speaking to members of CES, the Church Educational System. Elder Packer makes his intended audience clear:
You seminary teachers and some of you institute and BYU men will be teaching the history of the Church this school year. This is an unparalleled opportunity in the lives of your students to increase their faith and testimony of the divinity of this work. Your objective should be that they will see the hand of the Lord in every hour and every moment of the Church from its beginning till now.
CES consists of Church employees who have been hired by the Church to teach its doctrine and promote faith in its young people
CES consists of Church employees who have been hired by the Church to teach its doctrine and promote faith in its young people. Surely it is well within the Church's purview to insist that the perspective on Church history taught in its religion classes will be supportive of, and not destructive of, faith? Surely the CES's study of history is not merely an academic exercise, but also has a spiritual goal?
Risks and warning
Elder Packer's worries about the actions of some historians were made clear in a letter to the First Presidency:
On several occasions I have expressed in our council meetings my concern for some projects being undertaken by the Church Historian's Office and some of those who have been engaged to work on the projects. May I state with emphasis, as I have in our meetings, that my concern does not deny in any way that these brethren are active members of the Church.… I think our brethren in the Historical Department are wonderful men. It is the principle that concerns me.
It is a matter of orientation toward scholarly work—historians' work in particular—that sponsors my concern. I have come to believe that it is the tendency for most members of the Church who spend a great deal of time in academic research to begin to judge the Church, its doctrine, organization, and history, by the principles of their own profession. Ofttimes this is done unwittingly, and some of it perhaps is wholesome. However, it is an easy thing for a man with extensive academic training to consider the Church with the principles he has been taught in his professional training as his measuring standard.
In my mind it ought to be the other way around. A member of the Church ought always, particularly if he is pursuing extended academic studies, to judge the professions of men against the revealed word of the Lord.
I do feel, however, and feel very deeply, that some tempering of the purely historical approach needs to be effected. Otherwise these publications will be of interest to other historians and perhaps serve them well, but at once may have a negative effect upon many. Particularly can they affect our youngsters, who will not view the publications with the same academic detachment that a trained historian is taught to develop. [3]
A "purely historical" approach will not do for the seminaries and institutes of the Church. That this would concern Elder Packer is unsurprising, since his early work with CES required that he confront a number of teachers who had become wholly secularized, leading to substantial problems for teachers and students. [4] One would expect the Church, after all, to teach religious history in its seminaries and institutes, which is distinct from secular history. Elder Packer's concern is with what happens in Church institutions, not with what happens in non-Church venues in which historians may participate.
It is not merely Elder Packer who might conclude that Quinn does not understand the problems at issue. For example, David Bohn noted:
It has nothing to do with saving the Church from embarrassment or sanitizing its past. It has to do rather with deep and complex issues that Quinn has never confronted. It explores the way historians use language to constitute the past and the limit of the claims that can be made for their accounts. Above all it opposes revisionism which for us is the recasting of the Restoration in language that explains the sacred in naturalistic terms, making genuine belief impossible. Revisionism is not simply "getting the details straight," or "the facts right." Actually, every generation of Mormons will necessarily "represent" their common past differently than those who went before. They will struggle with different issues and different questions; they will in some measure write a different script. But it will, nevertheless, work within the shared conviction that the Church was restored by God's power....
It is...the present generation of professional historians who advance such air-tight distinctions, believing as they do that scientific rationalism—and in particular that variant found in the social sciences—has given us a mode of discourse-a new meta-language-that can assure neutral and objective historical accounts. It is revisionist historians and their friends who have scoffed at treatments of our past worked out in believing language. It is they who label it "bolstering, uncritical, and pollyannaish." It is they who have found Hugh Nibley and others "outrageous" because these writers did not shrink from framing the Mormon past in faithful terms. [5]
That Elder Packer spoke his critique in more spiritual terms while Bohn frames his in the language of academia in no way diminishes their relevance. Warned Elder Packer:
If we are not careful, very careful, and if we are not wise, very wise, we first leave out of our professional study the things of the Spirit. The next step soon follows: we leave the spiritual things out of our lives. [6]
First caution
Elder Packer observed:
There is no such thing as an accurate, objective history of the Church without consideration of the spiritual powers that attend this work. [7]
A historian who rejects the existence of spiritual things a priori might disagree with this. Even a secularist, however, ought to admit that an objective history of the Church that does not acknowledge and treat seriously the idea that the early members sincerely believed in such spiritual things would be incomplete.
Again, though, we must remember the audience—Elder Packer is addressing CES personnel, and Church employees who presumably believe in things of the Spirit should not exclude them simply because they want to be considered "objective" by some academics.
Second caution
Elder Packer then made some remarks that have been particularly vulnerable to misrepresentation, and opportunity for considerable derision:
There is a temptation for the writer or the teacher of Church history to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith promoting or not. Some things that are true are not very useful. [8]
This has been portrayed by critics as an invitation to hide the truth or unsavory facts. But again, critics often omit the context. Here Elder Packer does address himself to historians, saying:
Historians seem to take great pride in publishing something new, particularly if it illustrates a weakness or mistake of a prominent historical figure. For some reason, historians and novelists seem to savor such things. If it related to a living person, it would come under the heading of gossip. History can be as misleading as gossip and much more difficult—often impossible—to verify. [9]
Elder Packer is not objecting to such things because they are true—but, because one may (as discussed earlier) use a "true" statement (e.g., some person said X about Joseph Smith) in such a way or context as to give a misleading or even false impression. Note that he emphasizes that such things can be "impossible...to verify"—thus, the full, more global truth cannot be established. But, one can use one truth to give a false impression about the larger (and more important) "global truth."
This interpretation is made clear by Elder Packer's discussion of a historian who, he felt, had committed this error:
Some time ago a historian gave a lecture to an audience of college students on one of the past Presidents of the Church. It seemed to be his purpose to show that that President was a man subject to the foibles of men. He introduced many so-called facts that put that President in a very unfavorable light, particularly when they were taken out of the context of the historical period in which he lived.
Someone who has not theretofore acquainted with this historical figure (particularly someone not mature) must have come away very negatively affected. Those who were unsteady in their convictions surely must have had their faith weakened or destroyed. [10]
In this case, the historian may well have used true statements ("so-called facts"), but he focused upon them. He chose to include some material and exclude other material. And, most importantly, he did not adequately prepare his audience, since he did not ground them in a proper understanding of "the context of the historical period in which he lived." Thus, true statements can be made to serve the cause of misrepresentation. Thus, Elder Packer's criticism is grounded not in a desire to "suppress" the truth, but an insistence that proximal truth telling not distort the broader, over-arching truths of Church history.
Elder Packer's claim that "some facts are not very useful," has come in for particular ridicule. However, this statement is virtually self-evident. Facts about the price of rice during Ming Dynasty China surely is not very useful for teaching Church history. Unsubstantiated gossip by Joseph Smith's neighbors may likewise be of little use in discussing the foundational events of the restoration, though it may illustrate attitudes toward the Smith family. [11] For any truth to be useful for teaching any subject, it must be verifiable, and one must have the time, ability, and audience preparation to allow adequate contextualization. Since all class time is limited, any subject will have true matters related to it which simply cannot—or should not—be mentioned to avoid either leaving a misleading impression that cannot be dispelled without further work or ignoring material of equal truth and greater importance.
For example, should an introductory physics class digress into adjusting for friction in all its calculations? Friction is certainly "true," and it is important. Indeed, one cannot do real-world physics without it. But, other vital concepts might be short-changed, ignored, or made confusing beyond recognition if friction is introduced every time it applies. [12]
Elder Packer also points out that one leader told him "how grateful he is that a testimony that the past leaders of the Church were prophets of God was firmly fixed in his mind before he was exposed to some of the so-called facts that historians have put in their published writings." [13] And, given that the goal and mission of CES is to develop testimonies, is it any wonder that Elder Packer wants his audience to focus first on helping students gain that testimony?
Elder Packer makes this point explicit:
That historian or scholar who delights in pointing out the weaknesses and frailties of present or past leaders destroys faith. A destroyer of faith—particularly one within the Church, and more particularly one who is employed specifically to build faith—places himself in great spiritual jeopardy. [14]
Again, we note the emphasis that his audience consists of those "employed specifically to build faith." And, Elder Packer's opprobrium is directed at those "who delight...in pointing out the weakness or frailties of present or past leaders." These then, are not motivated solely by a desire to "tell the truth," but to use the truth to focus on only one facet of it: weakness, failure, or frailties. This is a bias and misrepresentation—though usually an unadmitted one—as much as an apologetic or unreservedly-celebratory history is.
Third caution
In an effort to be objective, impartial, and scholarly, a writer or a teacher may unwittingly be giving equal time to the adversary....Some of our scholars establish for themselves a posture of neutrality. They call it "sympathetic detachment." Historians are particularly wont to do that. If they make a complimentary statement about the Church, they seem to have to counter it with something that is uncomplimentary. Some of them, since they are members of the Church, are quite embarrassed with the thought that they might be accused of being partial. [15]
Elder Packer recognizes what some historians ignore, but which everyone from scientist to historian should have recognized long ago: there is no such thing as a truly "neutral" or "unbiased" history. Some bias will always be present. [16] Yet, this pretended "objectivity" can, in fact, lead to even greater misrepresentation. As in Elder Packer's example, one may feel inclined to balance every positive statement with a negative statement—yet, the negative evidence may not be as compelling as the positive. Or, negative statements may require greater contextualization to be understood. This issues simply must be grappled with, but Elder Packer is routinely caricatured and attacked for suggesting their consideration.
Elder Packer observed further that:
President Joseph Fielding Smith pointed out that it would be a foolish general who would give access to all of his intelligence to his enemy. It is neither expected nor necessary for us to accommodate those who seek to retrieve references from our sources, distort them, and use them against us. [17]
Again, Elder Packer points out that is concern is not with the facts or the documents, but the misrepresentation of them. It is difficult to argue that the Church has not repeatedly been the victim of such misrepresentation—as many of D. Michael Quinn's works demonstrate, among others.
Fourth caution
Elder Packer concludes:
The final caution concerns the idea that so long as something is already in print, so long as it is available from another source, there is nothing out of order in using it in writing or speaking or teaching. Surely you can see the fallacy in that.
The fallacy is obvious, but many have not grasped it, so we will here make it explicit. Elder Packer's concern is the use of facts, documents, or "truth" to distort other, perhaps greater, truth. It does not matter whether one is the first, second, or hundredth person to use a particular fact or statement—each use can potentially distort if one does not prepare the appropriate context, narrative, and audience. A fallacious or distorted use of the truth is no excuse just because it has been done before.
Elder Packer endorses President Benson, who said:
You must realize that when you purchase their writings or subscribe to their periodicals, you help sustain their cause. We would hope that their writings not be on your seminary or institute or personal bookshelves. We are entrusting you to represent the Lord and the First Presidency to your students, not the views of the detractors of the Church. [18]
We note again that Pres. Benson was here addressing CES teachers: he emphasizes that the reason for their employment is "to represent the Lord and the First Presidency," and "not the views of the detractors of the Church." As the employer of CES, surely the Church can tell them what it wishes to be taught, and how to do it?
Elder Packer's hopeful and merciful conclusion is often ignored by critics of this address, and so we include it here:
Now, what about that historian who defamed the early President of the Church and may well have weakened or destroyed faith in the process? What about other members of the Church who have in their writings or in their teaching been guilty of something similar?
I want to say something that may surprise you. I know of a man who did something quite as destructive as that who later became the prophet of the Church. I refer to Alma the Younger. I learned about him from reading the Book of Mormon, which in reality is a very reliable history of the Church in ancient times.
You are acquainted with the record of Alma as a young man. He followed his father, the prophet Alma, about, and ridiculed what his father preached. He was, in that period of his life, a destroyer of faith. Then came a turning point. Because his father had prayed for it, he came to himself. He changed. He became one of the great men in religious history. [19]
See also: One Nation Under Gods: Boyd K. Packer on the truth
↑ Boyd K. Packer, "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect," Address to the Fifth Annual CES Religious Educators' Symposium, 1981; see also Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1991), 101-122; see also Boyd K. Packer, "'The Mantle is Far, Far Greater than the Intellect.'," Brigham Young University Studies 21 no. 3 (Summer 1981), 259–278. PDF link Later references to this address refer to the BYU Studies reprint, since the PDF is available on-line. It starts on page 1.
↑ The essay from which the footnote comes is derived from Quinn's Fall 1981 lecture to the BYU Student History Association. The first publication was, unsurprisingly, by the Tanner's anti-Mormon press (without Quinn's permission: see p. 89 of his account): "On Being A Mormon Historian," Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm Co., 1982. The source here cited was from the reprinted version (with some additions) in D. Michael Quinn, "On Being a Mormon Historian (and Its Aftermath)," in Faithful History: Essays on Writing Mormon History, edited by George D. Smith, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 1992), 76 n. 22.
↑ Boyd K. Packer, Letter to the First Presidency, 24 October 1974; cited in Lucile C. Tate, Boyd K. Packer: A Watchman on the Tower (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1995), 243–245.
↑ See That All May Be Edified (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1982), 45-46, 206; see also Teach Ye Diligently 208-218; see also his frequent reference to J. Reuben Clark's "The Charted Course in Church Education," cited on pp. 361-378, which was given during a period of similar difficulties in the CES.
↑ David Bohn, "The Larger Issue," Sunstone 16 no. (Issue #8/45) (February 1994), note 22. off-site (italics added)
↑ Packer, "Mantle," 3 (in all cases, emphasis has been added to this address; all italics are in the original).
↑ Packer, "Mantle," 3.
↑ See, for example, a demonstration of the falsehoods on objective grounds of the Smiths' purported laziness in Donald L. Enders, "The Joseph Smith, Sr., Family: Farmers of the Genesee," in Joseph Smith: The Prophet, the Man, ed. Susan Easton Black and Charles D. Tate Jr. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1993), 213—25. For more detail see Wiki: Lazy Smiths?.
↑ Elder Packer uses a similar type of analogy in his discussion of prerequisites, Packer, "Mantle," 5-6.
↑ Peter Novick, That Noble Dream : The "Objectivity Question" And the American Historical Profession, Ideas in Context. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
↑ Ezra Taft Benson, The Gospel Teacher and His Message, Address delivered to Church Educational System personnel, 17 September 1976, 12; cited in Packer, "Mantle," 11.
↑ Packer, "Mantle," 13.
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Corse per la Legnano, l'Augustea, la Carpano e la Molteni. Le principali vittorie da professionista furono una tappa al Giro d'Italia 1956 e una tappa alla Parigi-Nizza 1958, corsa in cui vestì la maglia di leader della classifica generale per le prime quattro giornate.

Palmarès
1953 (Legnano, due vittorie)
1ª tappa Giro dell'Umbria (Terni > Perugia)
Classifica generale Giro dell'Umbria

1954 (Legnano, due vittorie)
6ª tappa, 1ª semitappa Giro del Belgio indipendenti (Remouchamps > Virton, a cronometro)
6ª tappa, 2ª semitappa Giro del Belgio indipendenti (Houffalize > Virton)

1955 (Arbos, due vittorie)
10ª tappa Tour du Maroc (Port Lyautey > Casablanca)
7ª tappa Vuelta a Asturias (Mieres > Mieres)

1956 (Carpano, una vittoria)
13ª tappa Giro d'Italia (Grosseto > Livorno)

1958 (Carpano, una vittoria)
1ª tappa Parigi-Nizza (Parigi > Auxerre)

Piazzamenti

Grandi giri

Giro d'Italia
1955: 70º
1956: 33º
1957: 60º
1959: ritirato

Tour de France
1958: 34º

Vuelta a España
1959: ritirato

Classiche monumento

Milano-Sanremo
1950: 93º
1954: 93º
1955: 74º
1956: 105º
1958: 10º
1959: 35º

Parigi-Roubaix
1954: 43º

Giro di Lombardia
1953: 33º
1955: 11º
1956: 55º
1959: 112º

Collegamenti esterni

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Today, we had a 7 Years war game, with Rhys joining us for the first time, we had a fierce little battle!
Today we had 3 games of AI tanker, and had a very eventful day!
Today, we tried What a Tanker on the Eastern front, and had a lot of fun hunting Russians!
Today, we had several games on at the club, several Napoleonic games, and ACW game (Fire and Fury) and our game, a Coastal Forces battle.
Today, New York, tomorrow, the World!


Our salted caramel banana cake was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It looked beautiful, tasted incredible and our team celebrating our lovely Barbara's 65th retirement morning tea were so excited to be able to share it with her.
I've given your details to about 5 people now … and all are looking forward to ordering with you in the future!


After watching Abducted in Plain Sight, it seems that a normal review will not reflect how this one-part documentary has affected all those who've seen it. In an attempt to do it justice, we have reviewed not only the film itself but people's response to this truly unforgettable story.
Just when you think you've seen it all, you haven't. AIPS is about a young girl (Jan Broberg), part of a church-going family in 1970's Idaho, who is manipulated, abused and betrayed. As the events, described mainly by Jan and her family, gradually unfold, you're left in utter disbelief as to how something so bizarre, disturbing and downright sick was able to happen. Pointing the finger to who's responsible for Jan's abuse becomes increasingly difficult, as her parent's shocking ineptitude becomes more and more apparent.
After watching The Ted Bundy Tapes, I'd have thought there's literally no crime documentary out there that's more twisted or absurd. Granted, Bundy's murders are among the most heinous in history. Jan's story, however, is unique in that it really questions the strength and integrity of family values; particularly in a faithful, American Christian community. It contains paedophilia, adultery, blackmail and much more, most of which shatter the Broberg's competency as not only parents but as decent people, too.
To say any more would remove the shock-factor; which this Netflix documentary has in huge quantities. You can expect some redemption towards the end which, although satisfying, isn't quite enough to dissolve the frustration that the majority of it could have been prevented.


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Turkey: Another Egypt?
Andrey Areshev
On many occasions the «Turkish-style» political system has been viewed as an example for Egypt to follow after the «Jasmine Revolution». Visiting Cairo in 2011, Prime Minister Recap Tayyip Erdoğan, who is also the chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), tried to look as someone who has won victories without actually going to war and a leader who has succeeded in getting back the lands lost by the Ottoman empire, the process revived under the new historic conditions. He strongly praised the performance of his country, which has really reached telling economic and foreign policy achievements in the 2000s.
But things do change and the Middle East is a volatile region. Now the events in Turkey are acquiring increased similarity with what took place in Egypt, where peaceful protestors filled the Tahrir square in Cairo. The Prime Minister appears to have somewhat overestimated the country's resources and capabilities. The local protest spurred by ambitious construction plans in the area of Taksim square has grown into a nation-wide mass unrest with dozens, or even hundreds, of protestors hitting the streets. The calls for ecology protection have turned into political slogans. The key demand is the resignation of Erdogan and his government. The protest keeps on spreading to encompass new areas and walks of life. Fierce clashes between protesters and police (it's not without reason some units are viewed as Erdogan's «private guards») take place in Istanbul, Ankara and other large provincial centers (like Izmir and Konya), the offices of ruling party being smashed up. Even soccer fans of rival teams have gotten together against police violence. The Turkey's Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK) has joined the protests. Some say in case strikes expand across the country, the Padishah's position will become really shaky. Of course, Turkey has not been immune from crises before, but the armed forces intervened any time it happened. Today they are destitute of such functions; the ruling party has effectively crashed on the military to eradicate any attempts of conspiracy adding to confusion and uncertainty in its ranks. (2)
As previously in Egypt, the unrest movement has thrown up no leader (or a group of leaders) and social networks have an important role to play uniting over 8 million people. More than two million massagers highlighting the Turkey events were sent by Twitter users in just 24 hours. Around 90% of posts came from inside the country, half of them from Istanbul. Approximately 88% of massages were in Turkish language leading to the conclusion that it was the internal audience the messages were addressed to.
The are other signs telling the activists of unexpected unrest are perfectly prepared for information warfare, while the powers that be appear to be on the defensive and at a loss in mass media and Internet (unlike the police facing the protesters on streets and squares). According to the Guardian, Mr. Erdogan blamed foreigners and attacked Twitter saying, «Now we have a menace that is called Twitter. The best example of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society». The role of media in the modern world is well known, so making similar statements is the shortest way to acquire the image of «oppressor of freedom» and a «dictator». No wonder, there is no de-facto support for the Prime Minister from the West: the media and politicians lash out against the Turkish police being too tough quelling the unrest. For instance, US Secretary of States John Kerry expressed concern over the anti-government demonstrations in Turkey calling for restraint. This statement is in line with the one made by Brussels on the same occasion.
Obviously not each and every political group or informal organization, whose activists hit the streets of Istanbul, Ankara and other cities, is liberal and West-oriented. The radical participants of Occupy Taksim movement include Erdogan's opponents from all political specters, including ultra-nationalists, who despise him for starting a dialogue with Kurds, and left-wing groups opposing his excessively «pro-capitalist» social and economic policies, as well as the support of Syrian anti-government militants. (3) In case the unrest goes on, the most steadfast forces, which follow coherent plans of action and are ready to go to any length to achieve strictly defined goals, will be the ones to gain.
Evidently, the insight into the events of such gravity and scope requires having a look at the whole range of internal and external causes. The situation could be caused by surfaced tensions between «soft» (gradually becoming hard) Islamism of Erdogan and the sentiments spread in the ranks of secular oriented part of society. These are the very same tensions that one way or another have been a specific feature of the Ottoman caliphate and the Cembalist Republic after 1923. No matter the Justice and Development Party has won a string of elections; the Westernization has gone too deeply into the fabric of Turkish society. Even in such traditionally conservative cities as Konya, the Western influence has taken deep enough roots. Erdogan would hardly be able to substitute secular legal system with Islamic laws, but he insists on the priority of religion-oriented values and symbols. For instance, the recently adopted law restricting alcohol consumption. Defending the expediency of the measure, Erdogan said he liked his people and wanted to protect them from bad habits. But many people don't want to live under the watchful sight of caring father. (4)
Thus, there is a civil division, or even, a cultural and civilization split reflecting the vibrant and contradictory social, economic and political processes going on in the country. The Turkey's NATO membership and it's standing in the Middle and Near East is no less important bringing the country into focus of the recent West-led geopolitical experiments. The country's destructive role in the Syrian crisis is evident. Those who follow the events closely have paid attention on unprecedented pressure the United States has exerted on Turkey. Let me recall that Hosni Mubarak, the former leader of Egypt, was also seen as a reliable US partner. Not long before the overthrow he had started to display some certain degree of independence…
Talking about the near future forecasts, it is quite possible Abdullah Gül, the President of Turkey, will take conciliatory steps. Formally an Erdogan's political fellow traveler, he keeps some distance away from Prime Minister's unwavering course and has a reputation of a moderate politician. One of possible outcomes could be gaining strength by some political elite groups. The glaring example is Fethullah Gülen, who went into self-imposed exile in 1998 and resides in Pennsylvania. He enjoys strong support back home. A spiritual leader of the Hizmet global movement, which comprises media outlets, schools and charitable organizations (to large extent it is funded by entrepreneurs based in Anatolia), the Muslim scholar has significant political clout in Turkey, as the Economist reports. (5) Many (if not the majority) of those, who vote for the ruling Justice and Development Party, are the supporters of Fethullah Gülen and his Hizmet network, no wonder his opinion on a wide range of issues (the emerging dialogue with Kurds, for instance) has fundamental importance. (6)
On May 31 he met Ahmet Turk, the leader of pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), who was visiting the United States. (7). Before that a meeting between him and Erdogan's Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc had taken place. (8) Perhaps it's all not about the Kurdish issue only. Reading a sermon in the middle of May, Gülen came out with veiled criticism of Erdogan's vanity (9). No doubt, it reflects the Erdogan's style. Some reporters of Zaman, the newspaper closely linked to his movement, have also made critical remarks about the Prime Minister's arrogant attitude. (10) The Gülen's followers, who have acted as the ruling party's allies recently (but more friendly to the West), may take a more definite stance if the unrest continues. On the other hand, other parties and groups, including those who are rather on the radical side, may intensify their activities too.
All of it is hardly surprising. Let me recall the «hard work to go from a tyranny to a democracy», a sway from long time support for dictatorships to bolstering democracies as a fundamental principle of foreign policy outlined just a few years ago by President Bush Jr., when his tenure was nearing the end. (11) Other actors, who maintain kind of «competition/cooperation» relations with Washington, may pursue their own interests. The voices have already been raised calling the situation in Turkey a «milestone turn of events» to promote more mature «Turkish democracy». It's quite evident. The matter is that in concrete terms the emergence of this type of democracy will entail further fragmentation of Turkish society (taking into consideration its historically complex ethnic composition and rather complicated character of relationship with the neighbors) influencing the ties with all adjacent states in the future.
(1) Main trade union backs Turkey's anti-govt protests // http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=59209
(2) Moreover, the rumors are going around in Istanbul that the secular oriented military have refused to meet the police requests to lend a helping hand in quelling the unrest, the protesters have even been reported to be given gas protection masks in military hospitals – Dorsey J. Tahrir's Lesson For Taksim: Police Brutality Unites Battle-Hardened Fans – Analysis // http://www.eurasiareview.com/04062013-tahrirs-lesson-for-taksim-police-brutality-unites-battle-hardened-fans%E2%80%8F-analysis/
(3) After the May 11 blasts a few thousand protesters hit the streets of Reyhanli discontent with the government policies, not Syria, which the Erdogan's cabinet tried hard to lay the blame on. Earlier in 2012, Faruk Logoglu, deputy chairman of the opposition Republican People's Party, said the events were a direct result of the government's policy on Syria. One can hardly put into question the competence of former deputy Foreign Minister, an experienced diplomat, involved in preparation of many important events (including those related to Syria and the Middle East in general).
(4) Mustafa Akyol. How Not to Win Friends and Influence the Turkish People.
(5) The Gulenists fight back. A Muslim cleric in America wields surprising political power in Turkey // http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21578113-muslim-cleric-america-wields-surprising-political-power-turkey-gulenists-fight-back
(6) Is Gulen Movement Against Peace With PKK? // http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/gulen-movement-peace-process-pkk.html
(7) Ahmet Türk Fethullah Gülen'le görüştü iddiası // http://www.timeturk.com/tr/2013/05/31/ahmet-turk-fethullah-gulen-le-gorustu-iddiasi.html
(8) Bülent Arınç: Fethullah Gülen'le 3 saat görüştük // http://www.sabah.com.tr/Gundem/2013/05/23/bulent-arinc-fethullah-gulenle-3-saat-gorustuk
(9) Tahrir's lesson for Taksim: Police brutality unites battle-hardened fans // Tahrir's lesson for Taksim: Police brutality unites battle-hardened fans
(10) As Turks Challenge Their Leader's Power, He Tries to Expand It // http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/world/europe/turkish-protests-raise-questions-on-leaders-rule.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
(11) Vladimir Avtakov, expert on Turkey, offers a glance at the history of Arab states setting the instances of the waves of unrest bringing to surface the people with the images of «popular» or «Islamists» leaders, while in reality they were lock, stock and barrel dependent on the United States of America. Turkey: Managed Chaos and Police Instead of Military. http://www.iarex.ru/articles/37353.html
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I then created a .app out of the script and made an alias in the _source folder (contains the raw blog posts). Now I just double-click to make a new post, edit the file and then double-click my other alias to publish the blog.
To avoid having to type in my password each time for Rsync I set up SSH keys (extremely easy instructions for DreamHost).
If you don't find writing code and scripts fun you may want to use Wordpress instead. It has 100x more functionality and is much easier to use!


Before you even read this post, let me make something clear: This is a very geeky project that will not be even remotely interesting to most of you. Save yourself the trouble and skip it.
Still with me? Okay, let's get started.
This is a project I completed recently as a pure proof of concept. I wanted to see if I could do it and how hard it would be. The answers are "yes" and "surprisingly easy." Here's the idea: set up a dedicated PC somewhere in your house with a webcam that automatically takes snapshots every so many seconds and uploads them directly to an FTP server. There are many reasons why you might want this, from home security to pointless fun.
Personally, I wanted it for use with WorldTour, the Android app I mentioned in my previous post. This app automatically pulls an image from a webcam every 30 minutes and sets it as your homescreen wallpaper. I thought it might be cool to have my wallpaper display a current image from looking out the window at home. So my wallpaper would always be displaying a view out the window, as if I were at home. Nice idea, eh?
To get started, you'll need a webcam and a computer. If you can use an existing computer, all the easier, skip to the webcam section below. Almost any computer will do, even an old one. I'm using an old Pentium 4 system with only 256MB of RAM running XP. All it really needs is a USB port for the webcam and a way to connect to the Internet. I used an old PCI WiFi card I had in my box of parts (finding the XP drivers for it was a little harder).
You can use a desktop or laptop, of course...just whatever you have laying around (most of you who are still reading this probably have an old computer in a closet somewhere). If you don't have one already, you can buy older systems quite inexpensively. Here's one for only $115.
Set up the computer wherever you want your webcam view. Remember that this system will be running 24/7, so pick a spot where it won't overheat or be annoyingly loud. Also, since it will be running constantly, do whatever you can to decrease its power use. My system, for example, doesn't have its own monitor...I just move my regular monitor into that room when I need to work on it. Also, don't leave a USB mouse or keyboard plugged in, even when not in use they draw small amounts of power.
The type of webcam you need depends on where you intend to set it up. Even the cheapest of the cheap will work nicely for still image capture, depending on lighting. If it will be in an area that's brightly lit 24/7, then even this $12 one from Walmart will work. The cheaper cameras suffer in two areas: video streaming and low-light performance.
If you're looking for a camera to stream video rather than taking still shots every few seconds, or one for setting up in an area that gets dark at night (like out the window), then you'll want a higher quality one. This $27 Microsoft Lifecam will work well but still not break the bank.
If you need a camera that can perform in total or near-total darkness, then a night-vision IP camera is a much better choice and this whole setup is unnecessary (skip to the IP camera section below).
There are lots and lots of free/paid programs available for both Windows and Mac that do basic webcam monitoring. Google is your friend when it comes to researching the various options available. For Windows, though, I recommend Yawcam. It's totally free and supports streaming/still image, FTP uploading at various intervals, local image storage, and even motion detection. I've been using it with my setup and it's easy to install, easy to set up, and works perfectly.
One of the most important steps in this project is the server. FTP servers are (very unfortunately) not free. However, a project like this does require one to be truly useful. I use Hostica and have had no problems with their service. They're a full-featured domain/web hosting company and they have hosting plans starting at only $12 per year. That's the plan I have and it works perfectly for this project (and lots more!). Heck, a dollar a month is less than I pay for coffee (and I buy my coffee at Walmart in bulk cans).
This is by far the simplest option and negates pretty much everything I've already said. IP cameras work by connecting directly to the Internet (wired or wireless) and giving you a secure URL to view your camera feed. These cameras often feature very cool options like infrared night vision, remote pan/tilt/zoom control, etc. Of course, that comes at a price, but not unreasonable...here's one for $85.
My whole point in tackling this project was primarily to see if it could be done without spending any money. All the components (including the old computer), were things I already had on hand. And it turned out brilliantly for being a zero cost project. Any of you reading this who are thinking, "now that's just cool" know exactly what I mean.
Sure there are better ways of doing it (like the IP cameras I mentioned), but you just can't beat free. And there's definitely something to be said for doing a project like this "just because."
So what do you think? Will you be setting up an always-on webcam this weekend? Do you already use one? Let's hear about it in the comments.


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By Ellis Washington
Note: This column is based on an excerpt from "Great Books of the Western World, Vol. 1: The Great Conversation – The Substance of a Liberal Education" by Robert M. Hutchins.
"A man without the proper use of the intellectual faculties of a man, is, if possible, more contemptible than even a coward, and seems to be mutilated and deformed in a still more essential part of the character of human nature."
~ Adam Smith
Apart from John Dewey, the so-called father of the modern public schools and today's progressives, up to about 1900 it was self-evident that the majority of academics, intellectuals, even educators, politicians, lawyers, judges and literary writers held that education through serious, systematic reading and study of the literary canon – the "great books" and the "liberal arts" – was ipso facto the finest education for the few. Yet my thesis here is: Could it be the best education for the many if the many have not the capability to seize it?
"Ellis, are you crazy? This is the 21st century, the age of the Internet where at the touch of a computer key any student virtually anywhere on the planet can not only read the Classics, but access entire libraries in virtually any language they desire." Indeed, yet this begs the question: If it will maximize culture and societal intelligence for everybody to be educated, if it is in society's best interest that the State provide everybody with "access" to a good education, then is not the question of ultimate concern: Can everybody get it [a good education]? This is the most essential question in education. Possibly it is the most essential question in the world.
Perhaps this is a rhetorical question that cannot be answered. Now, it can be argued, that we are living in one of the few times in history when everybody has the ability to get a liberal education, yet why are dozens of millions in America so functionally illiterate, incapable of even rudimentary inductive/deductive reasoning, let alone critical thinking? We can, nevertheless, examine the choices and the consequences of education vs. mis-education. If relaxation, idleness and political power are objectives for liberal/progressive education, then everybody in America now should possess this life-goal. Therefore, should everybody where democracy and progress exist ultimately demand this "good" education?
This is the Holocaust scenario: What if We the People have been so dumbed downed by decades and decades of mis-education by the State, that the State can more efficiently enslave and manipulate the masses to vote for this party or that party, vote for this entitlement or that entitlement in the name of "freedom" or "choice"? Aren't we then incapable of attaining the education that a responsible democratic republic mandates of all its citizens? If the answer is yes, then democracy is doomed, America's republic de facto dead.
America spends more per student than any other nation in the world, yet are we the best educated in the world? No!
The economic question is of ultimate concern and can be explained that liberal/progressive education is worthless to a man who is in poverty, or in the words of Adam Smith to the man whose mind "seems to be mutilated and deformed." Nevertheless, progressives teach us that the first obligation of man is to contribute to society through work, by learning and appreciating the value of work furthering society through work and earning. The First Education Model was from Adam and Eve up to Darwin. The Second Education Model (c. 1860s-present) replaced the Judeo-Christian worldview with an evolution atheist one openly hostile to and possessing a venal hatred of God, family, tradition, freedom, capitalism, natural law, natural rights and American exceptionalism. The ubiquitous question for this Neo-Pagan Age is this: Whose side are you on? – i.e., C-O-N-T-R-O-L. The State is now aggressively fostering to enslave as many millions of new recipients to embrace the welfare state or entitlement mentality worldview as ever before.
Adam Smith proclaimed the case over 200 years ago: "A man without the proper use of the intellectual faculties of a man is, if possible, more contemptible than even a coward, and seems to be mutilated and deformed in a still more essential part of the character of human nature." He argues that this is the state of nature of "the great body of the people," who, by the division of labor are shackled in their employment "to a few very simple operations" whereby the worker "has no occasion to exert his understanding, or to exercise his invention in finding out expedients for removing difficulties which never occur." The consequence, according to Smith, is that "the torpor of his mind renders him, not only incapable of relishing or bearing a part in any rational conversation, but of conceiving any generous, noble, or tender sentiment, and consequently of forming any just judgment concerning many even of the ordinary duties of private life."
As early as 1857, the year the National Education Association was founded, this egalitarian rhetoric of "education for all, from childhood to the grave" was propagandized to the nation. Yet, two years later the advent of Charles Darwin's evolution atheism with the 1859 publication of his "On the Origin of Species" would begin to systematically replace Western civilization's Judeo-Christian worldview, first in Europe, next in America and now throughout the entire industrialized world, with a militant, intolerant, evolution atheist worldview.
Nevertheless, what has 160-plus years of "free public education" given the world? Certainly not the education utopianism and egalitarianism, neither the apotheosis of the "New Man" John Dewey promised, nor an overall more literate society, but just the opposite. We have become a nation of mis-educated slaves. Through the Internet and tens of thousands of public libraries, we are able to literally possess the Classics at our fingertips; however, most children (and adults) choose to become obsessed with watching trash TV or posting some strange picture on Facebook or tweeting some inane babblings of a monkey to friends and strangers across "cyberspace."
It is that modernization pushing society into the abyss? It is that modernization that has both the tendency to devolve a man into a robot, yet also provides the economic foundation, leisure and idleness that will empower him to seize this elusive and paradoxical liberal/progressive education? Indeed, this is the paradox. Absent a serious, systematic study of the Classics over many years (including the Bible), will this "good education, this "modern" education make him truly a man, or will this liberal/progressive "free" education turn him or her into an unremarkable, uncreative, mis-educated cog in the Leviathan machinery called the State?
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What flooded Bhaktapur?
Published On: July 17, 2018 01:00 AM NPT By: Rajaram Prajapati, Bhesh Raj Thapa and Rocky Talchabhadel
Rajaram Prajapati, Bhesh Raj Thapa and Rocky Talchabhadel
Prajapati is Chief Executive Officer at SmartPhones4Water Nepal (S4W-Nepal), Lalitpur, Thapa is associated with International Water Management Institute (IWMI)-Nepal Office, Lalitpur and Talchabhadel is associated with Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan
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What will happen if 260 mm rainfall like that of 1990 occurs now? The cities and roads will be waterlogged for days, causing immense suffering to people
On the morning of July 12, precipitation stations in Bhaktapur recorded the highest amount of rainfall ever documented in the last decade. The intense rainfall that had started from Wednesday night had caused Hanumante River to swell up and flood like never before. Places like Jagati, Barahisthan, Radhe-Radhe and Thimi were engulfed in flood. The whole transport system was affected leaving local pedestrians and vehicles in total disarray.
Flooding has become the major problem in Bhaktapur in the recent years. Including the most recent one, there have been two big flood events within the last four years, the first one occurring on August 27, 2015. Four precipitation stations have been installed in Changunarayan, Nangkhel, Nagarkot and Bhaktapur (near Suryabinayak) by Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM). But there are no hydrological stations to measure water level and discharge within the watershed of Hanumante River. Flooding is not a new event for Bhaktapur. Inability to monitor it has remained a persistent problem.
According to SmartPhones4water-Nepal (S4W-Nepal), which has been studying different climatic and hydrological factors in Nepal, different regions in Kathmandu valley, particularly Bhaktapur, had received over 100 mm of rainfall on Thursday. Based on the precipitation recorded by DHM stations and S4W-Nepal stations, a high rainfall pocket was observed in eastern region of Bhaktapur district. The pocket drains the water into Hanumante River.
Except in Changunarayan, different precipitation stations have recorded over 100 mm of rainfall in Bhaktapur: Nagarkot (113 mm), Tathali (140 mm), Sipadol (135 mm), Bhaktapur Nagar (115 mm) and Thimi (113 mm).
Both Thursday's event and that of August 2015 was triggered by 10 hours long incessant rainfall. Although Bhaktapur and Madhyapur received less than 50mm rainfall in 2015, the surrounding landscapes of Hanumante stream were completely inundated. The intense rainfall in upstream headwater of Hanumante watershed had drained to the river.
The highest rainfall ever recorded in Bhaktapur was in 1990 when there was 260 mm of rainfall. Over the last five decades, the average one-day extreme precipitation in Bhaktapur has been around 80 mm. In the year 2001, 2002, and 2015, there had been over 100 mm of rainfall in this region. High-intensity rainfall in a very short interval triggered water-induced hazards like floods and landslides.
Causes of urban flooding
River water level and discharge increase with rainfall. This is normal. But not all rainfall causes flooding. It has become a burning issue these days owing to its increasing impact on the life of urban dwellers. They faced such situations in the past too, but impact used to be minimal.
The traditional settlements of Newars did not have to bear with devastating impacts in the past because human settlement was concentrated on highlands and agriculture was concentrated on lowlands. So the flood didn't reach the human settlement, but instead supplied nutrient-rich sediment to lowland floodplains. But the situation has changed drastically in the recent decades. Thousands of people enter the valley every year and they never leave the city of their dream.
According to a study, 10,000 new houses are being built each year in the valley. If this rate continues, raindrop won't infiltrate into the natural ground after 30 years. The population growth rate of Bhaktapur district is 2.96 percent. With this, land use pattern is also changing steadily.
According to ICIMOD's land-use map (see the figure below), more than 60 percent of agricultural land has been converted to haphazard settlement in the past three decades. While the government lags behind in implementing proper land use policy to control unbridled settlement, people's desire to have at least a house in the valley turns all floodplains and agricultural field into unsafe human settlement. This has virtually turned the green beautiful city into the concrete jungle.
According to Nawaraj Gelaal, Chief of District Coordination Committee Bhaktapur, the width of Hanumate stream used to be six to ten meters in 1964, now it has shrunk to two meters. As per the Department of Water Induced Disaster Management, Hanumante needs 50 meters width to pass flood. Constructing river corridors and constricting the stream width will be costly.
Another cause of flooding in these streams is insufficient width and freeboard of bridges. This was witnessed at the bridge at Radhe-Radhe along Araniko Highway and another one near Siddhi Memorial Hospital. This is the situation in almost all the bridges.
The land mafias are making the situation worse by land pooling, encroaching upon the streams and their waterway. Unplanned settlement without proper drainage has turned the area into a waterlogged area. We are threatening our own lives by encroaching upon natural waterway of rivers. We are inviting the disaster ourselves.
To find the solutions of flooding we need to first find reasons of flooding. For this, we can delineate flood hazard zone at different return period of rainfall by incorporating hydro-meteorological data obtained from satellites and ground. It acts as one of the effective non-structural measures to mitigate the impact of water induced hazards.
We can also develop a forecast based early flood warning system with appropriate lead time and develop a dissemination mechanism to the concerned authorities. Observations are important for this. Therefore it is very important to continuously acquire hydro-meteorological data by installing adequate numbers of stations.
Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) has a major role to monitor all hydrological and meteorological activities in Nepal. There should be strong collaboration between central and local bodies to effectively design the network of stations.
British scientist Lord Kelvin once said, "You cannot manage a resource, you don't measure." Data collection is one of the most important aspects of scientific research. Without good sets of a database, scientific research findings will not be reliable. The essence of hydro-meteorological data has more significance in a country like Nepal where water-induced hazards are more frequent.
A limited number of hydro-meteorological stations installed by DHM will be insufficient to capture the local rainfall and river flow pattern. Even the satellite data are of limited resolution and they also cannot capture local weather and river features. DHM has failed to install a sufficient number of stations to capture local weather and river flow patterns probably due to lack of resources.
This is where citizen science approach can be useful. It is one of the effective alternative ways to fulfil this data gap in both space and time for a common citizen can also contribute to the scientific research.
For the last two years, SmartPhones4Water Nepal (S4W-Nepal) has been conducting research activities in the field of water resources in Kathmandu valley. It has been measuring rainfall in more than 50 stations, stream water level and the flow in 15 stations and groundwater level in 40 stations within the valley with the active involvement of more than 100 citizen scientists and young researchers. It has also started rainfall measurement in Pokhara, Hetauda, Dharan, and Biratnagar from this year. This innovative method should be expanded across the country.
Since both the government and people are responsible for what happened in Bhaktapur both parties should be responsible for solving the problem. Central and province level government should immediately focus on preparing and strictly implementing proper land-use policy including land-use zoning, protecting the natural water way of streams and rivers and providing alternatives for refugee settlements in flood plains among others.
Under federal setup, authority has been devolved to local levels. Thus it is not wise to rely on the central government and (DHM) for hydro-meteorological study. Local governments should put hydro-meteorological monitoring, early flood warning system and rescue and relief operations on top priority by collaborating with DHM and other government and non-government organizations.
What will happen if 260 mm rainfall like that of 1990 occurs now? The situation will be more disastrous than we have imagined. The cities and roads may be waterlogged for days, depriving people of safe drinking water causing water related epidemics.
Furthermore, if the 1993 equivalent cloudburst event happens again in Kathmandu valley with one day rainfall of around 540 mm, the extent of flooding and inundation would be unpredictable. We must do something to save our cities from floods. Time is running out.
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