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April 16, 2021 by Phil Castle
In the ongoing evaluation of the pros and cons of writing fiction in which I engage, the pros always outnumber the cons.
It's not so much the fame or big piles of money, if you can believe that.
In all seriousness, I count myself among the fortunate few who've discovered something they enjoy and finagled a way to pursue their passions.
Granted, I haven't yet explored all the other possibilities. But I remain convinced there are few things more satisfying than the act of creation involved in writing fiction. You invent some characters, plop them into a setting and then ponder the implications of a question that begins "What if … ."
What if a reporter who's laid off at a Denver newspaper takes a job as editor of a small town weekly in northwest Colorado? What if a search for gold bars hidden a century ago in a mountain lake results instead in the discovery of a ghastly corpse lashed to rock?
Then the magic begins. Characters take on lives of their own and insist on doing things their way. Their story turns out differently than what you expected, but is all the more compelling as a result.
There's yet another pro to writing fiction, though. And that's the opportunity it affords to learn new things. Let me explain.
By definition, fiction involves imaginary people and events. It's possible to fabricate nearly everything. J.K. Rowling proved that in the wizarding world she built for her Harry Potter series. The most inventive fantasy and science fiction writers do.
I prefer in my own endeavors to write mysteries to mix fact with fiction.
That sort of approach requires research — but as a welcome byproduct, the collection of an eclectic assortment of information.
In the process of writing two novels featuring an investigative journalist and history professor, I've learned about transmountain water diversions, business incorporation filings and the factors that go into establishing time of death for corpses recovered in water. I've also learned about the outlaw Butch Cassidy, the Overland Trail in Wyoming and the operation of the San Francisco Mint in the late 19th century.
I've spent a lot of time recently researching dinosaur fossils and even dinosaur evolution. And, no, I'm not trying to write some sort of sequel to "Jurassic Park." Like I could even if I wanted to.
Realistic details and historical events help make the implausible seem not only plausible, but also likely.
In making characters more authoritative, they become more believable. If your novels feature a driven investigative journalist and brilliant history professor, then those characters better know what they're talking about and, especially, what they're doing.
Of course, a lot of what writers pour into their fiction comes from personal experiences. You really do write what you know. In that respect, every novel is autobiographical to a certain degree.
I chose my protagonist and setting in large part because I used to work as a small town newspaper editor in northwest Colorado.
I was excited as well to incorporate some of my experiences as a scuba diver into my latest work in progress. I know what it feels like to dive into a lake with poor visibility and nearly freezing water temperatures. Spoiler alert: It's mostly miserable.
Although I've covered some murders as a newspaper reporter, I've never solved one. Come to think of it, I've never found any treasure, either.
But that's where research comes in handy.
There are a lot of pros to writing prose. But if I've learned one thing from writing fiction, one of the best pros of all is the opportunity to learn new things.
Filed Under: Mystery, Scuba Diving, Writing
Dive right in, the water really is fine
October 7, 2019 by Thin Air
I have no memory of my birth. I was too young at the time, I suppose. Sixty years later, I can't help but wonder if birth was like another event in my life — only in reverse.
With birth, I emerged from the fluid realm of the womb and pulled into new lungs a first breath of air. With scuba diving, I returned to an aquatic environment and pulled through a regulator a first breath of air under water. There's a commonality, though: Just as birth heralds discovery, so does diving.
That's why it's been all the more rewarding to combine two of my passions in including scenes involving scuba diving in my second novel. I hope you'll enjoy following my two protagonists into a cold mountain lake in search for gold bars hidden there more than a century ago by outlaws. What they discover instead is a ghastly corpse lashed to a rock. My protagonists will have to get wet again before discovering the treasure or truth.
Unlike birth, I recall with clarity my first breaths under water — initially in a dive shop swimming pool, then the dark depths of the Homestead Crater in Utah and finally the warm and welcoming sea off Cozumel in Mexico. Each breath was a tentative one in a bigger universe and came with the growing realization of what a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus affords. That's freedom to explore the vast expanses of Earth accessible only to those with the right equipment — or gills. There's another benefit no less significant: the opportunity to share the adventure with family and friends.
Scuba diving is nothing if not varied. Each dive is unique with its own conditions, depth and time logged. One dive could be as warm and shallow as the next cold and deep. Visibility ranges from crystalline to murky, from hundreds of feet to mere inches. Calm waters invite leisurely investigation. Ripping currents provide a thrilling ride. A quick dip might take only 20 minutes. A longer foray could extend more than an hour.
Dive sites are no less varied. I've toured spectacular coral reefs off the Cayman Islands, giant kelp forests off Catalina and foreboding shipwrecks off the Florida Keys. I've plumbed the depths of flooded quarries in Illinois and Kentucky, roamed the halls of a submerged lead mine in Missouri and watched snaggletoothed sharks make the rounds in a massive aquarium in downtown Denver.
Nothing fascinates or rewards more than observing life under the sea up close and personal. Nowhere are the creatures more intensely colorful or more frequently bizarre. Angelfish and butterfly fish dazzle like neon signs with their ostentatious displays. Eagle rays soar as majestically as any bird. Conversely, stonefish blend in with their surroundings so masterfully they remain undetected to all but the most wary passersby. In a place where some animals look more like plants, anemones bloom like flowers and worms pop up like tiny Christmas trees. When small fish swarm in tightly packed schools, they can form gigantic bait balls that roil like storm clouds and blot out the sun.
Jacques Cousteau, the pioneering oceanographer who helped develop scuba diving, famously warned: "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever."
I say this: Let the net tighten.
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'Downton Abbey' star Jessica Brown Findlay weds actor boyfriend in secret ceremony
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15 September 2020, 7:05 am ·2-min read
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Jessica Brown Findlay poses during a photocall for the TV show "Harlots" as part of the 58th Monte-Carlo Television Festival on June 19, 2018 in Monaco. (Photo by VALERY HACHE / AFP via Getty Images)
Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay has wed her actor beau Ziggy Heath in a lowkey ceremony.
The Lady Sybil Crawley actor tied the knot on Saturday 12 September, two days ahead of Brown Findlay's 31st birthday.
Sharing a photo of her embracing her husband in their wedding attire along with a snap of herself jumping on a bed in a red dress to Instagram, she wrote: "♥ wins every time . A weekend of dreams. Small celebrations felt HUGE. And now what a birthday! X I love you."
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In other posts to her Instagram stories, she revealed more details of the happy day by sharing a picture of herself and Heath in a church as well as an ornately decorated cake from Lily Vanilli Bakery.
Jessica Brown Findlay poses for photographers upon arrival at the BAFTA Film Awards, in London, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
Brown Findlay claimed the pastel coloured wedding cake has been "devoured in seconds".
It appeared they had also hired an old Routemaster bus for wedding transportation as the newlyweds were captured kissing on the back of it.
They began dating three years ago after meeting while filming Harlots, a racy series about sex workers' struggle for survival in 18th century London.
A post shared by Lily Vanilli Bakery, London (@lily_vanilli_cake) on Sep 14, 2020 at 9:15am PDT
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We see them at every chowk, signal, outside every restaurant, park, tapping on our car windows and pestering us for some spare change. Many a times a thought passed in my mind of why don't these children get a job?, get productive?, do something with their lives?. But these were my thoughts, it never amounted to any help to the helpless.
Sarath Babu is a Railway clerk at the Nellore Railway Station. He has rescued, rehabilitated and improved the lives of numerous such individuals who are out on the streets and railway platforms begging for food and money.
Our protagonist started of by providing food and shelter to these children, soon he realized that the demand for rehabilitation was quite high and thus he approached the Gollapallem village in North Amulur Panchayat and put forward his plans of transforming a small piece of land in that village to a rehabilitation center. The villagers supported his cause and he took on this challenging task. The children were from very sad backgrounds, listening to their life stories was jaw dropping, all they knew was violence and begging, so rehabilitating them was a patient and strenuous task. However, Sarath Babu took on this task head on, initially rehabilitation was difficult and it looked like the chances of success were bleak, this raised a few questions from the villagers, but eventually looking at the efforts of Sarath and his team, the villagers supported him and encouraged him to continue working in the village. They donated 4.5 acres of land to develop the school and living space for the children, which came to be known as the CHILD ashram.
The Child ashram looks towards training and educating these small children onto the right path of life as to make them responsible citizens of the society. Sarath is a strong devotee of Shirdi ke Sai Baba and has completely given his life to the service and seva of these children. His efforts are far from futile, today, one of his children works at a national research institute as a scientist, another is a circle inspector, and yet another is a professor. Sarath's dream is to turn every child into another Sarath.
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Welcome to the Renault Grand Scenic review page.
As you can see, this page provides you with all our user generated reviews of Renault Grand Scenic cars. AA Cars provide our users with the best feedback on all car makes and models all across the uk to give you the best possible information, to help you make your decision when buying a new used car. We break each vehicle review down into five categories (preformance, running cost, comfort, reliability and space practicality) making it very easy to understand, giving you feedback directly form the vehicle owner. This provides you with all the information you need to make the decision of which car is perfect for you.
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Don't get seduced by the tables and cubby holes. Whilst they look to be a very practical family vehicle, you'll discover just how fragile the interior is when you install children in the back. Oh, and they're not the most reliable of things. We had ours for eleven years from new and many, many times wondered if we were certifiably mad for continuing to maintain and repair it when yet another electrical system failed. Now replaced with a Mazda 5 which has all the charm and reliability of a domestic fridge. Very pleased with it so far.
A comfortable, easy to drive, extremely roomy family car.
I selected this car to accommodate a wheelchair without having to fold it down into small pieces. The boot has lots of room and there is no lip on it saving my back! The doors to the passenger seats are nice and wide with no lips on the floor , so has easy access. The bonus is it drives beautifully, is very economical on town and country roads and the parking assist is magic.
When I bought this car it was a year old and I believed it would meet my needs - lots of space for people and luggage - I have sons, grandchildren, and we all enjoy Festivals and camping. In that respect, it's a good car - lots of space, carries a load well and, if necessary, can convert to a 7-seater (but only if those passengers have very short legs). However, it's main drawback is the horrendous cost of servicing, repairs, etc. I really feel I've been ripped off over the years by the Renault dealerships! I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else and I'm planning to get rid of it before it needs yet another super-expensive repair or service!
practical, good space, poor economy, average peformance / reliability, good comfort, my wife likes it!
60 plate, good car for space and seats, has had too many faults in first 3 years with water coming into floor space, fuel injectors falling off and electronic handbrake Control unit all needing to be repaired. Done on warranty, but annoying.
A really easy to drive, large family car. Has good visibility and so much boot space. Tough to change head lamp bulbs though.
The vehicle is spacious, comfortable and has a flexible internal space. The rear passenger floor pan is completely flat with good leg-room and 3 removable seats, good for carrying large items, and 2 extra fold-up seats in the back. We find these a great help when grandchildren visit. The parking sensors are a great help. As a front-wheel drive six gear automatic diesel it achieves about 39mpg over-all, given a mix of local driving and occasional longer journeys. Mileage is about 14000 a year and it is serviced at the nearest Renault main dealer at the recommended frequency. It is a long wheel-base vehicle and requires substantial tyres which last about 25000 miles at the front, 35000 at the rear. It has a power-operated clear sunroof which is not laminated like a windscreen and did in fact smash after being struck by a large stone. We like it and intend to keep it for as long as it is practical for us to do so.
This model is a well kept secret. The technology used is amazing. Keyless entry and door lock from any door or even the boot without having to touch a key. Also stopping and starting the car. Electronic self releasing handbrake. Airline tables on rear of front seats. Built in sun visors for children/ passengers in the rear. Double panoramic sunroof. Hard wearing beautiful comfortable interior. Practical and economical. We have owned and still own two for a total of approx 10 yrs now. This was very advanced at time of purchase and is still not common. Which have these cars poor reliability at the time but I used my own judgment based on what I saw with build quality etc and was right. I had problems with air con on one of the two cars. That was it. No other problems at all other than an occasional lightbulb. Excellent.
A very roomy, comfortable family car which can be converted quickly to give ample space to carry large items. The rear seats can be tilted, moved forward or even removed completely. There are also two extra seats in the boot which allows seven passengers to travel. It's not the faster car for acceleration but the sixth forward gear plus the cruise control make motorway driving very relaxing.
Very economical, spacious and comfortable. Irritated that have to take it to a garage to change the lightbulbs!
Renault Grand Scenic is an excellent car for large familes and long journeys for comfort and storage space inside. When extra back seats are raised the boot space is restricted to a narrow boot gap for small bags only (not easy for suitcases). As the vehicle becomes older fuel economy is not very good as an new model but very reliable in winter conditions. Scenic is fitted with hill assist and is a excellent aid to move off steep hills without rolling back. As car becomes older the only electrical problems are heater matrix starts to breakdown with fan speed becoming intermittent from one speed to fourth speed. Overall a good car for large famlies and very reliant.
Great car for family. Having the extra seats readily available in the boot is very useful. Great space in the boot for holidays. Concerned at first about the engine size, but the turbo kicks in and there are no issues, even when fully loaded.
i found my car is better than the ratings.
A great car but will be trading it in soon despite the fact this is my third one of this type it will not be replaced by the latest model as my nearest dealer / repair / service garage is 30+ miles away and I live in a city of 300,000+ people. Get a life Renault !!
An ideal car for a family. Lots of storage space & the extra 2 seats in the boot can come in very handy.


As Sri Lanka's Preparations and count down for under -19 World Cup commence, all eyes will focus on promising off spinner Raveen Sayer not so much for the right reasons but for the wrong reasons.
The former Trinity College Captain who finished with 96 wickets last season and 108 wickets in the previous season has been included in the potential 20 member World Cup Squad for the Pakistan tour which commences today. However as most wicket taking off spinners are experiencing today, Sayer's action was also reported by local umpires as Suspect and since then has undergone remedial measures under the guidance of his School Coach Sampath Perera.
Perera who has proved his credentials as one of the best Cricket Coaches today worked tirelessly for days and weeks with Sayer to re-model his action. Sayer returned to the side this year and has been amongst the wickets for his school leading Trinity to four wins in five games already in the current third term season. According to Coach Perera as a result of his re-modelled action Sayer has sacrificed turn but has managed to develop more variations in his bowling . "He now bowls the arm ball and the straight ball which has been very effective in addition to the regulation off break", Coach Perera, said.
However it will be interesting to see if Sayers re-modelled action will get the green light during the home Pakistan tour where top level Grade One umpires are expected to officiate. Speaking on grounds of anonymity a National Selector expressed doubts about the legality of the action. "It will be interesting to see his action how he performs during the tour we will be watching him very closely".
Since identifying suspect bowling action is very often difficult with the naked eye, The Sunday Times learns from reliable sources that Sayers action is to be videoed and closely scrutinised in order to ascertain the actual situation. He has been named in the squad for the second three day game at Hambantota. The first three day game commences today.
Sri Lanka has named a strong squad of 20 players for the two three day games which will be followed by five one day games, the first of which will be played in Hambantota and the next four in Colombo. The team is led by Richmondite Charith Asalanka with last year's Ananda skipper Sammu Ashan as his deputy. The squad is believed to be packed with a host of genuine all rounders and is expected to be a front runner at next year's world cup in Bangladesh.
Following the tour of Pakistan, Sri Lanka will be joined by India and England in December for a triangular in Colombo.


A month into the job, the new Auburn mayor and city council members are hard at work making changes for the city.
"My intent is that the city of Auburn sees us as a transparent government that represents them to the best of our abilities," said Auburn Mayor, Ron Anders.
A goal many of the new members had on their list was better communication between city officials and the community.
So, the new team added two time slots for public input during their bi-monthly city council meetings.
"We've created an opportunity for the public to communicate before the meeting on agenda items and after the meeting they'll have an opportunity to speak with us about anything to do with Auburn," said Anders.
Another change the council agreed on was creating a consent agenda. This will allow them to approve easy, non-controversial items all at once instead of going through them one by one.
Another goal Mayor Anders wants to focus on is the 2040 plan. In the future he said he'll put together a task force to plan for the next 20 years.
But for now, he has started four new task forces breaking up two city council members for each. Focusing on diversity and inclusion, student housing, short term rentals and boards of commissions-that task force is to create public interviews for Planning Commission and Board of Education applicants.
"Student housing is something we need to get our arms around, short term rentals and diversity. I've heard there are folks who feel like they are not cared about. We will spend time with them and be listening. We will also spend time gathering information and hearing what their life is like living in Auburn so there's no holes in our community," said Anders.
New city councilman for Ward Five Steven Dixon is heading up the diversity and inclusion task force with Ward One councilwoman Connie Taylor.
Dixon said he's excited to dive in and listen to what the community needs.
"Which is really, really important to the city of Auburn and to the residents here. This is what I heard constantly on the campaign trail is that some people don't feel like they've been heard and I want them to know this council is going to hear them," said Dixon.
It's the first time in nearly 20 years to have a brand new council. So, every member knows there will be growing pains and differences. But, with a few meetings in, they said they already feel like they are growing together for the better and will work hard to make the best decisions for their city.
"I want to make sure everything that we accomplish has a goal and has a good end," said Dixon.
"The key is for us to be respectful of how new we all are, but I believe we will form a good unit and work together for the best of Auburn," said Anders.


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          John Wesley Harding (1967)

          Nashville Skyline (1969)

        1970s

          Self Portrait (1970)

          New Morning (1970)

          Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. II (1971)

          Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

          Dylan (1973)

          Planet Waves (1974)

          Before the Flood (1974)

          Blood on the Tracks (1975)

          The Basement Tapes (1975)

          Desire (1976)

          Hard Rain (1976)

          Street-Legal (1978)

          Bob Dylan at Budokan (1979)

          Slow Train Coming (1979)

        1980s

          Saved (1980)

          Shot of Love (1981)

          Infidels (1983)

          Real Live (1984)

          Empire Burlesque (1985)

          Biograph (1985)

          Knocked Out Loaded (1986)

          Down in the Groove (1988)

          Dylan & the Dead (1989)

          Oh Mercy (1989)

        1990s

          Under the Red Sky (1990)

          The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 (1991)

          Good As I Been to You (1992)

          World Gone Wrong (1993)

          Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 (1994)

          MTV Unplugged (1995)

          Time Out of Mind (1997)

          The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)

        2000s

          The Essential Bob Dylan (2000)

          Love and Theft (2001)

          The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue (2002)

          The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall (2004)

          The Best of Bob Dylan (2005)

          Modern Times (2006)

          Together through Life (2009)

        2010s

          Tempest (2012)

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      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

This is called "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)".

       Darkness at the break of noon

       Shadows even the silver spoon,

       The handmade blade, the child's balloon,

       Eclipses both the sun and moon –

       To understand you know too soon that there is no sense in trying.

       Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn,

       Suicide remarks are torn

       From the fool's gold mouthpiece, the hollow horn

       Plays wasted words, it proves to warn

       He not a-busy being born is a-busy dying.

       Temptation's page flies out the door,

       You follow, find yourself at war,

       Watch a-waterfalls of pity roar,

       Feel to moan, but unlike before

       You discover that you'd just a-be one more person crying.

       So, don't fear if you hear

       A foreign sound to your ear,

       It's alright, ma, I'm only sighing.

       Some warn victory, some downfall,

       Private reasons – great or small –

       Can be seen in the eyes of those that call

       To make all that should be killed to crawl,

       Others say, "Don't hate nothing at all except a-hatred."

       Disillusioned words a-like a-bullets bark,

       Human gods aim for their mark,

       Make everything from toy guns that spark

       To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark –

       It's easy to see without looking too far that not much is really sacred.

       While preachers preach of evil fates,

       Teachers teach that knowledge waits,

       Can lead you to hundred-dollar plates,

       Goodness hides behind its gates,

       Even the president of the United States sometimes a-must have to stand naked.

       But, though the rules of the road have been lodged,

       It's people's games that you got to dodge,

       It's alright, ma, I can make it.

       Advertising signs, they con,

       Con you into thinking that you're the one

       That can do what's a-never been done,

       That can win what's a-never been won –

       Meantime life outside goes on all around you.

       You lose yourself, but then you reappear,

       You suddenly find you've got nothing to fear,

       Alone you stand with nobody near

       When a trembling, distant voice, unclear,

       Startles your ears to hear somebody thinks that they really have found you.

       A question in your nerves is lit,

       Yet you know that there is no answer fit

       To satisfy, ensure you not to quit,

       Keep it in your mind and don't forget

       That it is not he or she or them or it that you belong to.

       But, though the masters make the rules

       For the wise men and the fools,

       I got nothing, ma, to live up to.

       Old-lady judges watch people in pairs,

       Limited in sex they dare

       Push fake morals, insult, and stare

       While money doesn't talk, it swears,

       Obscenity – who really cares? – propaganda all is phony.

       While them that defend what they cannot see

       With a killer's pride, security,

       It blows their minds a-most a-bitterly,

       For them that think death––death's honesty

       Won't fall upon 'em naturally, life sometimes must get lonely.

       My eyes collide head-on with stuffed

       Graveyards and false goals, I scuff

       At pettiness, which plays so rough,

       Walk upside-down inside handcuffs,

       Kick my legs to crash it off,

       Say, "Alright, I've had enough, what else can you show me?"

       And, if my thought-dreams could be seen,

       They'd probably put my head in a guillotine,

       But it's alright, ma, it's life and life only.

Thank––1

         1

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Home Technology These cops should never have played Pokémon Go during a robbery
These cops should never have played Pokémon Go during a robbery
Kajal Gupta
It might surprise you, but some police officers play Pokémon Go like you. The problem is when the police in question play the game in augmented reality while on duty. This is exactly what happened in a police department in California.
The case surfaced on the sidelines of an appeal process. Two police officers challenged their dismissal in 2017. The latter maintained that they had been unfairly dismissed – but the judge finally upheld the dismissal, after consulting audio and video recordings captured inside the vehicle of the two agents.
Play Pokémon Go or prevent a heist?
These damning extracts indeed show that the two officers completely ignored a call for reinforcements while a robbery was underway not far from there. It must be said that the police, completely absorbed in the game, were about to capture a Snorlax – an extremely rare Pokémon at the time.
Later in the recording we hear the police discussing the capture of another Pokémon very rare at the time, a Togetic. In all, 20 minutes would have elapsed between the call for reinforcements, and the end of their game of Pokémon Go. Armed with the wall by the judge, the two police officers preferred to deny despite the evidence having played Pokémon Go for the service.
The latter even subsequently tried unsuccessfully to convince the magistrate that Pokémon Go is not really a game. The two agents were heavily condemned for their actions. It must be said that playing Pokémon Go while patrolling in a vehicle police and then making false statements to a detective of the American equivalent of the IGPN during the aftermath of the investigation is probably not the best thing to do to rally a magistrate to their cause.
"The recording shows that at approximately 18:09 […] Officer Mitchell alerted Officer Lozano that 'Snorlax' had just appeared at the intersection of 46th and Leimert. QAfter noting that 'Leimert does not go until the 46th' Lozano replied, 'You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to get off on the 11th and take Crenshaw. I know that this way I could reach it ", we read in the judgment report.
Officer Mitchell then suggests another path, before throwing to his colleague "on a quatre minutes". For the next 20 minutes, the vehicle's recording device captured the two officers talking about the Pokémon that appeared on their smartphones as they traveled in their company car. At one point we even hear them say "Wait, a Togetic has just appeared".
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The report goes on to deliver all the details of this famous Pokémon hunt likely to constitute serious misconduct. Obviously as you can imagine, the dismissal for serious misconduct of the two officers was confirmed on appeal. The two ex-police officers will have to find another job …
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A Transmission Spectrum of the Sub-Earth Planet L98-59 b in 1.1-1.7 μm
Damiano, Mario and Hu, Renyu and Barclay, Thomas and Zieba, Sebastian and Kreidberg, Laura and Brande, Jonathan and Colón, Knicole D. and Covone, Giovanni and Crossfield, Ian and Domagal-Goldman, Shawn D. and Fauchez, Thomas J. and Fiscale, Stefano and Gallo, Francesco and Gilbert, Emily and Hedges, Christina L. and Kite, Edwin S. and Kopparapu, Ravi K. and Kostov, Veselin B. and Morley, Caroline and Mullally, Susan E. and Pidhorodetska, Daria and Schlieder, Joshua E. and Quintana, Elisa V. (2022) A Transmission Spectrum of the Sub-Earth Planet L98-59 b in 1.1-1.7 μm. Astronomical Journal, 164 (5). Art. No. 225. ISSN 0004-6256. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac9472. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20221110-430367300.7
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With the increasing number of planets discovered by the Transit Exoplanet Survey Satellite, the atmospheric characterization of small exoplanets is accelerating. L98-59 is an M-dwarf hosting a multiplanet system, and so far, four small planets have been confirmed. The innermost planet b is ∼15% smaller and ∼60% lighter than Earth, and should thus have a predominantly rocky composition. The Hubble Space Telescope observed five primary transits of L98-59 b in 1.1–1.7 μm, and here we report the data analysis and the resulting transmission spectrum of the planet. We measure the transit depths for each of the five transits and, by combination, we obtain a transmission spectrum with an overall precision of ∼20 ppm in for each of the 18 spectrophotometric channels. With this level of precision, the transmission spectrum does not show significant modulation, and is thus consistent with a planet without any atmosphere or a planet having an atmosphere and high-altitude clouds or haze. The scenarios involving an aerosol-free, H₂-dominated atmosphere with H₂O or CH₄ are inconsistent with the data. The transmission spectrum also disfavors, but does not rule out, an H₂O-dominated atmosphere without clouds. A spectral retrieval process suggests that an H₂-dominated atmosphere with HCN and clouds or haze may be the preferred solution, but this indication is nonconclusive. Future James Webb Space Telescope observations may find out the nature of the planet among the remaining viable scenarios.
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We thank A. Youngblood for assistance with the HST observations. This research is based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope obtained from the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. These observations are associated with program 15856. Support for program #15856 was provided by NASA through a grant from the Space Telescope Science Institute. This work was supported by the GSFC Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration (SEEC), which is funded by the NASA Planetary Science Divisions Internal Scientist Funding Mode. The material is based on work supported by NASA under award No. 80GSFC21M0002. Part of the research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Aristotle: The Four Causes: Chance and Finality. Is the Universe Designed? Sec.2 2(3)
Change as Natural Tendency to Self-Realization
According to Aristotle nature is (a) a principle of movement and rest within a thing (all beings that have such a principle are "natural," they act by "nature"), (b) nature constitutes the essence of a "this something," (c) nature is the source of the tendency and action-movement towards actualization.
We already noticed that form contributes to a being its actuality, its essence, and it constitutes the being's internal finality. It is the final cause inside the thing. Aristotle identifies "nature" many times in his writings with "essence," "whatness," and consequently with form. "The term according to nature" is applied to all these things and also to the attributes which belong to them in virtue of what they are." 8 In another place he says "The form is 'nature' rather than matter."9
The nature of a thing is revealed in the process of growth (change) by which its complete fullness is attained. The internal movement is initiated by nature, but on the other hand, nature is attained, completely realized in that process. Then Aristotle expressly affirms: "But the nature is the end or "that for the sake of which."10 But "that for the sake of which" means what is best and the end of things that lead up to it.11
To confirm this further Aristotle stresses: "Now, the causes being four, it is the business of the physicist to know about them all, and if he refers his problems back to all of them, he will assign the 'why' proper to his science–the matter, the form, the mover, that for the sake of which. The last three often coincide for the 'what' and 'that for the sake of which' are one."12
Nature itself therefore plays the role of final cause. This identity is very clearly stated by Aristotle: "Therefore action for an end is present in things which come to be and are by nature."13 Both artificial and natural products are therefore for ends. Aristotle mentions animals other than man which make things neither by art nor after deliberation: spiders, ants. He also mentions plants.
If then it is both by nature and for an end that the swallow makes its nest and the spider its web, and plants grow leaves for the sake of the fruit and send their roots down (not up) for the sake of nourishment, it is plain that this kind of cause is operative in things which come to be and are by nature. And since "nature" means two things, the matter and the form, of which the latter is the end, and since all the rest is for the sake of the end, the form must be the same in the sense of "that for the sake of which."14
Aristotle concludes: "It is absurd to suppose that purpose is not present because we do not observe the agent deliberating."15 It is clear from the above quotations that for Aristotle all natural tendency is finally directed. Nature is operating for a purpose. Change as natural tendency is self-realization at which the transition aims. This "aim" or "end" is the actualizing or the full completion of the form, which, as Aristotle stated above, very often is identified with "that for the sake of which," the purpose, the goal: the final cause.
Finality therefore or purposiveness is rooted in the very nature of all natural beings. It can be stated that this is a fundamental principle of the entire universe. Aristotle affirms towards the end of the Physics that anyone who denies finality in Nature denies natures themselves.
Chance and Finality
Within the Aristotelian system Nature is radically pervaded by Telos. It can become intelligible only if we see it as a universe through and through teleological.
In Chapters 4 to 6 of Physics II Aristotle discusses the problem of chance and spontaneity, complaining that: "There are some who ascribe this heavenly sphere and all the worlds to spontaneity. They say that the vortex arose spontaneously, i.e., the motion that separated and arranged in its present order all that exists."16 The first thing Aristotle points out in this context is that chance cannot be the cause of what happens with constancy or for the most part.17 Constancy and determinateness cannot be caused by chance, for chance is the exact opposite to the latter. For Aristotle a thing comes to pass by nature or as a result of thought or by chance. The disjunction is absolute. Things which happen by nature or as a result of thought both belong to the class of things which are for the sake of something. 18 So chance is a name for incidental events which, however, are secondary by-products of actions by nature or deliberation. A per se cause by its nature is determinate, whereas incidental causes are indeterminable and indefinite.19 The incidental occurs and is possible only within the sphere of what happens by nature of deliberate intent. "It is clear then that chance is an incidental cause in the sphere of those actions for the sake of something, which involves purpose."20
So chance is really not a cause stricto sensu. It is rather an unintended intersection of different events which happen by their nature or are deliberately intended. Therefore, it is "contrary to rule,"21 and as such it is unstable and "none of the things which result from it can be invariable or normal." 22 Aristotle further explains that chance occurs only as the contrary of deliberate intention; hence it is possible only within the "moral sphere" or where deliberate intention is present, and thus he excludes it in inanimate things, lower animals, children. These cannot do anything by chance because of lack of deliberate intentionality in them. However, he grants to inanimate beings and animals spontaneity.23 Spontaneity results from an action "by nature" but one producing an unintended result under the influence of an external agent. Spontaneity connected with deliberate intention may result in "chance." Both chance and spontaneity are sources of change since "in this sort of causation the number of causes is infinite."24 Their effects remain always incidental and no incidental cause is prior to cause "per se." "Hence, however true it may be that the heavens are due to spontaneity, it will be true that intelligence and nature will be prior causes of this All and of many things in it besides."25
In the last statement we can clearly see that the universe is primarily caused by "intelligence and nature" and these two belong, as previously stated, to the class of agents which always act for an end, i.e., for "that for the sake of which." Finality reigns there.
The evidence for the priority of finality is, for Aristotle, constancy and determinateness. Both are rooted in the metaphysical structure of each being and here the form is the final cause. Prime matter, being their potency, does not contain determination of any kind. We mean prime matter as such, because there certainly exists a "sequence of forms" in nature, and prime matter already informed, actualized by some form, seems to be "disposed" rather to this form than that one. There remains therefore the form in beings which contributes constancy, determinateness and finality to Nature. Those few remarks are only logical sequelae of what has been said before on the role of form within the Aristotelian notion of finality.
We already mentioned that for Aristotle chance is incidental, not truly even a cause per se, indeterminate and, so to say, a secondary by-product within the sphere of what happens "by nature and deliberation." As such, chance can never be a source of finality in the universe in any sense whatsoever; it is by definition its very opposite and can be conceived only in reference to purpose and order. Direction towards ends is for Aristotle evident when works of nature are comparable to human actions whose purposiveness is obvious and cannot be denied. There exists a strong parallelism and similarity between human purposive activity and the activity of other beings in Nature. Aristotle says: "If, therefore, artificial products are for the sake of an end, so clearly also are natural products. The relation of the later to the earlier terms of the series is the same in both."26
In another place he emphasizes again: "It is absurd to suppose that purpose is not present 27 because we do not observe the agent deliberating." Deliberation is not necessarily present, for example, in art, though art is not thereby lacking purpose.
In any ordered series of steps in an action that tends to a completion, all earlier steps are for the sake of the last one. "Now surely as in intelligent action so in nature; so it is in each action if nothing interferes. Now intelligent action is for the sake of an end; therefore, the nature of things also is so. Thus if a house, e.g., had been a thing made by nature, it would have been made in the same way as it is now by art; and if things made by nature were made also by art they would come to be in the same way as by nature."28
In human works we observe the determination of the earlier steps in action by the later and ultimately by the "completion" the end, the purpose in an intelligent activity. The former steps become "means" to the later steps which lead to completion in the series. "Future" dominates the "now." The "now" is and is determined and produced for the sake of the "not yet" realized, but intended future achievement. The different elements of activity are united into a coordinated series and become members of a sequence of activities as means (moments in the whole flow of action) precisely because they are necessary and must exist in this and not in another sequence if the purpose is to be attained. So the very order and determinate sequence of realization, the ordering of many into a unified series of directed activities and the regularity with which this ordering necessarily occurs are leading to a purpose-completion. Directionality which is achieved through and by orderly sequence already defines the completion as future purpose. There is a similarity between human intelligent activity and activities that are accomplished by nature. If in human action the orderly relationship of the later to the earlier constitutes the finality of the whole activity it is clear that the same is done by works of nature.
This seems to be the core of the whole argument. Now since the activity of any being flows from its nature it reveals the purposive character of works of nature. Aristotle gives examples from the life and activities of birds and animals. Specifically he mentions spiders, ants; the way the swallow builds its nest, the spider the network, the ants their anthills. Later on he mentions plants, and seeds. Ultimately, since nature means primarily prime matter and form, the form remains the ultimate principle of action bearing the character of "that for the sake of which." This action, however, is purposive, as has been shown.
Aristotle does not even suspect that the above line of argumentation would be attacked as anthropomorphism. He simply points to the same elements in human intelligent activity and the works of natural beings, living and non-living outside of the human sphere. Since he does not see any difference between the two, his reasoning is for him conclusive: "It is absurd to suppose that purpose is not present because we do not see the agent deliberating." Thus he concludes firmly: "It is plain then that nature is a cause, a cause that operates for a purpose."29
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The Unforgettable legacy of St. John Paul II
The unforgettable legacy of St John Paul II by Michael Kelly
On the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's death, Michael Kelly reflects on his powerful pontificate
St John Paul II
I was privileged to live and work in Rome for the latter years of the papacy of a truly great man - Pope St John Paul II. It's hard to believe that it's 10 years today (April 2) since he passed in to eternal life. The memory of those last days are as vivid now as if they were yesterday.
I first saw John Paul II in 2000. I was 21, he was 80. I marvelled as he smiled through the parkinsonian mask that was becoming more and more evident with his declining years. "Do not give up on hope!" he told me and over two million young Catholics who had gathered in Rome for World Youth Day. John Paul II loved young people - he drew energy from them. I saw it time and again, he arrived at a ceremony frail and gradually strengthened by the presence and witness of young Catholics.
He was a captivating man and the final days of his earthly life had a profound effect on me. I vividly recall those days in Rome. I was working as a young reporter in the Eternal City and had become accustomed to the regular health scares around the ailing Pontiff. I, like many other colleagues, had spent endless hours outside Rome's Gemelli Hospital. But on every occasion, the Pope rallied and returned to the Vatican.
To us, he was almost invincible. Almost.
Late on the evening of Thursday March 31 news started to filter through that the Holy Father had taken another turn for the worse. But this was more serious. On this occasion, John Paul II and his doctors decided that he would not go to hospital, he would instead be cared for in the Papal Apartment.
It became obvious very quickly that the Pope was nearing his end after more than 26 years guiding the universal Church.
What followed was remarkable. St Peter's Square quickly became a shrine as pilgrims – most of them young people – came to pray. They too knew that the Pope who had led the Church during most of their lives was reaching the end of his strength. All eyes were peeled on the bedroom window on the Apostolic Palace. By the following evening, Friday, tens of thousands of Romans and visitors gathered in churches across the city to pray for their bishop. Meanwhile, the world's media descended on the Vatican as ever-more-sombre bulletins about the Pontiff's deteriorating health were issued.
Broke down
On Saturday afternoon, the chief Vatican spokesman Dr Joaquín Navarro-Valls said what we all knew when he broke down during a media update. "I've never seen him like this," the Pope's long-time aide said fighting back tears.
I was working on the English desk of Vatican Radio on Saturday afternoon when I was handed a communique to read out on air:
"The general, cardio-respiratory and metabolic conditions of the Holy Father are substantially unchanged and therefore are very serious.
"As of dawn this morning, the start of a compromised state of consciousness was observed. Mass was celebrated at 7:30 this morning in the presence of the Pope.
"Last evening the Pope probably had in mind the young people whom he has met throughout the world during his pontificate. In fact, he seemed to be referring to them when, in his words, and repeated several times, he seemed to have said the following sentence: 'I have looked for you. Now you have come to me. And I thank you'," the communique concluded.
I had a lump in my throat as I read it. I too had been one of those young people who had encountered John Paul II during World Youth Day in Rome in the year 2000. "Do not be satisfied with mediocrity," was his repeated call to us. My first encounter with the Polish Pontiff during that Jubilee Year had a profound effect on me as I saw how he radiated the love of Christ for everyone, particularly young people.
As darkness descended on Rome on Saturday evening thousands of sombre pilgrims made their way to St Peter's Square. All over the city, people waited for news of the Pope's condition. The faithful prayed the rosary in St Peter's Square as the lights in the Papal Apartment continued to burn. Inside, however, John Paul II was in his last moments.
Shortly after 9.45pm, Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, who had been leading the rosary interrupted the prayer with the simple words: "Our Holy Father John Paul has returned to the house of the Father…We all feel like orphans this evening."
Many pilgrims wept openly, or hugged one another for comfort. I was struck by the spontaneous round of applause.
I was with colleagues from RTÉ on a rooftop nearby when the news of the Pope's death came through. I quickly took off my tie and replaced it with a black one which I had been carrying around ready to go on air and discuss the legacy of the man who had led the Church through good times and bad for my entire life. There was work to be done: the job of a journalist is to tell a story, to enter into people's lives and homes at such important moments is a privilege. I was broadcasting with Miriam O'Callaghan with the Papal Apartment in the background assessing what can only be described as a truly remarkable Papacy. I was profoundly struck when, one by one, the lights in the Papal Apartment began to go out until it was in complete darkness. It spoke powerfully of how people felt.
News quickly began to filter out. At around 3.30pm, John Paul II spoke his final words in Polish, "Pozwólcie mi odejść do domu Ojca" (Allow me to depart to the house of the Father) and fell into a coma about four hours later.
The Mass of the vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday had just been celebrated at his bedside, presided over by Archbishop Stanisław Dziwisz and two Polish priests. Present at the bedside was a cardinal from Ukraine who served as a priest with John Paul in Poland, along with Polish nuns of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, who ran the papal household.
John Paul died at 9.37pm of heart failure from profound hypotension and complete circulatory collapse from septic shock, 46 days short of his 85th birthday.
I spent a lot of time around St Peter's Square that evening as pilgrims recited the rosary, each in his or her own language. The rhythm of the ritual soothed weary and sad hearts.
As I wandered home in the early hours of the following morning I reflected on what John Paul II had meant to the world. On what he had meant to Catholics in every corner of the globe and what he had meant to me. All over the city in restaurants, shops and bars signs were in the window: "Farewell Holy Father". The early-morning buses getting ready for their routs all had black flags. There too were the banners "Santo Subito" – make him a saint immediately. The Church had lost its Pope and Rome had lost its Bishop.
I thought of the words he uttered at his inauguration in 1978 and repeated in almost every country on earth: "Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ!" I thought about how my parents told and re-told me stories of the Pope's visit to Drogheda when I was just a few months old. How he had proclaimed in a strong voice "let history record that at a difficult moment in the experience of the people of Ireland, the Bishop of Rome set foot in your land, that he was with you and prayed with you for peace and reconciliation, for the victory of justice and love over hatred and violence". Yes, John Paul II came to be with us.
I thought about the many lives that John Paul II had transformed, at the many people whom he touched by his heroic witness. I thought of his childhood and adolescence marked by those cruel ideologies of Nazism and communism that sought to destroy his Polish homeland.
I thought about his great love for young people. His call for them to be ambassadors for a new civilisation of love. In 2002, he said in Canada: "I have seen enough evidence to be unshakably convinced that no difficulty, no fear is so great that it can completely suffocate the hope that springs eternal in the hearts of the young.
"You are our hope, the young are our hope," he said.
I thought about his declining health, about how his illness radically challenged the belief that older people, the sick, the dying are redundant. I thought of his last visit to Lourdes in 2004 when he spoke as a "sick man among the sick".
I shed a tear as I thought about the extraordinary gift that the man Karol Wojtyla had been to the world and to me personally. And I said a prayer that he would continue to lead and guide us from Heaven.
The greatest of great men had indeed returned to his Father.
St John Paul II, pray for us.
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Aristotle is the first philosopher in the Greek tradition who developed the full technical analysis of final cause. He is fully aware of that fact and expresses this awareness when he criticizes his predecessors for failing to understand the crucial value of final cause.for any serious philosophical explanation of reality.1 This philosophy of final cause is found mainly in the first book of his Metaphysics and the second book of Physics. Occasionally he develops the concept of final cause in other places within the body of his writings. The Aristotelian notion of final cause deserves a thorough examination on two counts: (a) he is the first one to give complete metaphysical analysis of final cause, and (b) he influenced in this respect very deeply the thought of Thomas Aquinas and many other thinkers in the West.
The Explanation of Change Through the Employment of the Idea of Act and Potency.
Without a clear knowledge of change (or motion) there is no understanding of the nature of things since by nature Aristotle understands that which is the origin of motion and change. "For those things are natural which by a continuous movement originated from an internal principle arrive at some completion, but always the tendency is towards the same end if there is no impediment." 2 The essential meaning of "nature" is for Aristotle "…the essence of those things, which have the principle of movement in themselves, insofar as they are this something."3
Nature therefore contains the following elements: (a) it is a principle, a metaphysical beginning or a source, (b) a principle of movement or change, (c) it is internal, constitutive of the essence of a being, (d) it is a tendency to a determined end, (e) it is a tendency towards a state of completion, perfection, actualization.
From the above it is clear that the analysis of change is the central focus of the Aristotelian Metaphysics and his Philosophy of Nature. Confronted with the Parmenidean monism of immutable being, on the one hand, and the obvious, omnipresent and real fact of change on the other, Aristotle gave a masterly metaphysical analysis of change and becoming in dynamical terms. Basic Aristotelian insight in this respect remains true even today. We shall also see that every natural change is intelligible to him only through the notion of final cause.
In order to solve the problem of change in general, Aristotle introduces the notion of potency. This notion of "potency" as correlative to "act" makes change intelligible. The thing which is changing is in the process of transition from one mode (terminus a quo), to another mode of being (terminus ad quern). There are two main types of such transition: one, called accidental, when one and the same being changes and acquires a new state retaining its proper nature; a second, called substantial, when the transition is from one nature to another, a different one. One being ceases to exist and a new one emerges. At this point we are interested in the first type of change. It occurs in beings composed of potency and act.
Potency as a metaphysical and internal component is openness, possibility, capacity for a being to move from one actual mode of existing to another, a new one. It makes newness intelligible. By newness here we understand the gradual transition to the "terminus ad quem." This transition is always a "transition toward," never something in itself, but it is a movement of something which itself changes. Something can be in the movement of change only insofar as it is actually not yet completed, not having yet what it can have, not completely realized. It cannot at "terminus a quo" be already what it becomes at "terminus adquem". The changing movement is therefore defined by Aristotle as realization of the potential as such.4
A being can exist in three possible modes: (a) it is not yet moving, (b) it is in the mode of complete realization, full completion; then it moves no more, (c) it is in the middle mode of movement-change, in the transition from one mode of being to another, to its realization.
Change, therefore, is a state of a being which does not yet fully realize all the potency of "this something" It still is in the position to acquire new "points of completion." Each natural change is an internal going towards its end perfection, or full realization: towards its final completion. Each natural movement is for the "where-for" or the "good" for which the movement occurs. Each natural movement has an aim. This, however, is the Aristotelian definition of final cause 5 proposed, e.g., in Metaphysics (Bk. XII, Chap. 1): "For final cause is (a) some being for whose good an action is done, and (b) something at which the action aims."6 Since we are considering here internal directionality towards final actualization, this actualization is precisely "that for the sake of which" and "that at which the action aims." Both are Aristotelian definitions of final cause.
It remains to show that the internal finality in natural beings is identical with the form as final cause. Form is the essence of "that which is coming to be."7 For it is clear that the Aristotelian notion of finality is rooted in the analysis of motion-change. This analysis, as mentioned above, makes the notion of "nature" very clear. As a matter of fact, for Aristotle both nature and internal final cause are identical.
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Spiritual reflection: "The Lord never tires of having mercy on us"
Pope Francis, Homily, February 2015
Dear brothers and sisters, the Lord never tires of having mercy on us, and wants to offer us His forgiveness once again — we all need it — , inviting us to return to Him with a new heart, purified of evil, purified by tears, to take part in His joy. How should we accept this invitation? St Paul advises us: "We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God" (2 Cor 5:2...0). This power of conversion is not only the work of mankind, it is letting oneself be reconciled. Reconciliation between us and God is possible thanks to the mercy of the Father who, out of love for us, did not hesitate to sacrifice His only begotten Son. Indeed Christ, who was just and without sin, was made to be sin (cf. v. 21) when, on the Cross, He took on the burden of our sins, and in this way He redeemed and justified us before God. "In Him" we can become just, in Him we can change, if we accept the grace of God and do not allow this "acceptable time" to pass in vain (6:2).
Please, let us stop, let us stop a while and let ourselves be reconciled to God. […] The call to conversion is thus an incentive to return, as the son in the parable did, to the arms of God, gentle and merciful Father, to weep in that embrace, to trust in Him and entrust ourselves to Him.
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Mike is a native Virginian and moved with his family to Santa Barbara in 1971. He is a graduate of Santa Barbara HS, Santa Barbara CC and UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor's degree in Business Economics. While working for two area CPA firms, Mike earned his CPA certificate in 1979. He started his own accounting practice in 1984 and it has evolved into serving over 100 area homeowner associations and 175 individual tax clients.
Mike bought a Goleta condominium in 1980 and served as Treasurer of his self-managed association for 5 years during the 1980s. He helped found the South Coast Homeowners Association (www.southcoasthoa.org), an educational group of 140+ HOAs, in 1988 and currently edits the newsletter. Mike has served on the planning committee for the California CPA Education Foundation's Common Interest Realty Association Conference since 1991 and has been a speaker at that conference for many years since including conference chair in 1995 and 2000.
Mike is also a charter member of the Rotary Club of Goleta Noontime, a Past-President (1995-96) and current Treasurer. Other professional memberships include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, California Society of CPAs, Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO), Community Associations Institute (CAI) and the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce.
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Mike resides in Goleta with his wife Brenda and sons, Rollin and Matt. Brenda provides critical administrative support for the practice. Rollin is a student at SBCC and a supervisor at Vons while Matt is a senior at Dos Pueblos HS and the webmaster for this site.
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New Jersey Council Meeting Disrupted by Anti-ICE Protestors
By J Thalmann on December 28, 2019
Essex County Freeholder President Brendan Gill (left) wins 2019 "Freeholder of the Year Award."
The Essex County Freeholders convened on December 11 to decide on two policy proposals. One involved spending on parks. The other proposal was for an oversight committee for the Essex County Correctional Facility. Unfortunately for the freeholders, they were unable to conduct their agenda in peace because up to one hundred activists and community members arrived to voice their outrage. The room's small capacity of sixty was unable to hold this crowd. Their main concern was Essex County's relationship with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Essex County is the signer of a multi-million dollar contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Immigrants are held in appalling conditions in the Essex County Correctional Facility, a prison that doubles as a concentration camp. ICE violates the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees by holding asylum seekers in camps like this one.
During the meeting, the Freeholders opened the floor to allow the community to respond to the parks spending proposal. "What I'd like to know about this ordinance and the 1.1 million dollars by the County of Essex for the construction of the riverbank park building. I would like to know exactly where that 1.1 million dollars is coming," asked Stacy Greg of the Resist the Deportation Machine Network (RDM). "Is that the blood money that you take from the Essex Correctional ICE contract? Is that the blood money coming off the backs of black and brown people that are being detained?"
Another member of RDM, Jay Arena, was next on the microphone. He reiterated Greg's concerns about where the money was coming from. He pointed out that Joseph DiVincenzo, the County Executive of Essex County, brags about the money he gets from his ICE contract, which is over $40 million. He went on to assert that the county should fund its parks, schools and hospitals by taxing the rich, not trafficking human beings.
The freeholders held a vote and passed the ordinance to create the park building. Next on the agenda was the oversight committee. This time, the crowd was divided. Although all the community members in attendance opposed the ICE contract, some supported the ordinance to create an oversight committee while others opposed it.
Jay Arena told the Phoenix why he opposes the ordinance: "We don't want a better managed concentration camp. We want it closed," he said. He went on to explain that the oversight committee was being "done in lieu of closing the camp." Arena explained that the Freeholder President, Brendan Gill, has the power to end the ICE contract but simply chooses not to.
In fact, Brendan Gill was a vocal critic of ICE before holding his current office. Arena held his phone to the microphone and played a recording of Gill calling for the closure of the camp. But now that he has the power to close it, he chooses not to.
Another speaker was Estaban, an activist and member of the immigrant community. He delivered an impassioned call for Gill and the other freeholders to have mercy. "When you guys are at your dinner table with your children and your grandchildren, there's going to be fathers and mothers who are in jail. And their kids are going to be eating dinner with that empty seat. Please have mercy on the families."
In the end the freeholders passed the ordinance. Instead of ending the ICE contract, they put an ineffective bandaid on the problem. This was done to secure their progressive image while profiting off of Trump's agenda. It was clear from the behavior of the freeholders that they were not concerned at all about the fates of ICE detainees. While speakers gave their passionate demands for humanity, the freeholders looked blank, bored and irritated. Some even played on their phones. It is clear that Democratic leadership will do all it can to support Trump's agenda while adopting the rhetoric of resistance.
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