Does this mean no more Dragunovs?
For more than 50 years, the Russian army has fielded a beastly semi-automatic sniper rifle called the Dragunov. Now the rifle's developer has pulled back the curtain from its potential replacement, the SVK, at a major Moscow arms show.
The rifle is ambidextrous and has an inverted, U-shaped steel receiver, according to the company. The SVK's stock is a polymer, unlike the classic Dragunov's wood — but modern versions of that famed rifle use polymers, too. The new rifle has a foldable buttstock for easier carrying.
The SVK's piston— which enables the rifle to cycle a fresh round into the chamber after each shot — is a short-stroke gas system … similar to the Dragunov. But the model on display in Moscow is still a prototype.
The biggest departures from the Dragunov (besides look) appear to be ergonomic and an all-around modular design. The SVK is certainly more compact than its spindly predecessor. Kalashnikov claims the new gun can handle 20-round magazines, more than the Dragunov's 10-round boxes.
Keeping with the modular approach, the SVK comes with integrated Picatinny-style rails, allowing the rifle to fit a variety of high-powered scopes. And Kalashnikov is developing it in two versions so it can fire 7.62 x 51 NATO and 7.62 x 54R rounds — the latter also fired from the Dragunov.
These rounds have different sizes and performances, and developing the SVK for both means the company is aiming for the export market, as the former cartridge is more common abroad.
Mechanically, there is nothing revolutionary here. Modern firearms have progressed so much in recent decades, there's not much room for improvement. Enthusiasts of classic, distinct Russian rifle design might bemoan the SVK's physical resemblance to the U.S.-made SCAR family.
The SVK even has a similar piston system to the SCAR, which reduces recoil and makes for a more stable weapon. Although short-stroke systems are relatively complicated, with more moving parts, than long-stroke pistons.
Kalashnikov also unveiled a modular, bolt action and long-range sniper rifle called the VSV-338, which the company claims is accurate up to 1,500 meters. The Russian army has not adopted either, and the SVK is currently undergoing factory trials.
Kalashnikov developing new sniper rifles should come as no surprise. The Kremlin has invested heavily in the specialty, part of a broader modernization of the military that accelerated after 2011. The Russian army has trained hundreds of dedicated snipers, sending dozens of them at a time to a remote training site in Armenia.
Russian snipers have an uneven history. They played an outsized role during the World Wars, and the Red Army further mythologized their exploits in highly propagandistic accounts. They still proved devastating to the Wehrmacht.
Their importance declined during the Cold War, according to Lester Grau and Charles Cutshaw writing in Infantry magazine. Envisioning large-scale conventional assaults in Europe, the Soviets shuttered their dedicated sniper schools in 1952 and introduced the Dragunov in 1963.
Because of the Dragunov's smaller size and its mechanisms, it has a shorter range than a true sniper rifle. However, the Dragunov can fire faster, thus more effectively forcing enemy soldiers to keep their heads down. This suited Soviet doctrine which envisioned snipers supporting infantry on the attack.
Soviet marksmen also trained to pick off important people such as officers, artillery observers and soldiers manning crew-served weapons. They even practiced aiming for the cockpits of helicopters flying too low.
But the wars in Afghanistan and especially Chechnya were wake-up calls for the Soviet and Russian armies. Instead of masses of NATO troops, Russian soldiers encountered guerrillas with radically different tactics characterized by the pervasive use of snipers.
In Chechnya, rebel fighters grouped up in three-to-five-man teams armed with sniper rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. The job of the machine gunner was to distract the Russians and draw their fire — leaving them and their vehicles open to the sniper and RPG gunner, who stayed hidden.
Chechen snipers left wounded Russian soldiers alone, waiting until rescuers appeared in the open … before opening fire.
However, these changes did not render Dragunov-style weapons obsolete. After all, Chechen rebels fought with the same guns. There is still a role for marksmen carrying shorter-range, semi-automatic rifles with large rounds and high-powered scopes.
But since that war, the Russians developed and adopted several different longer-range rifles specifically to make up for those shortcomings.
Now with Russian troops increasingly active, there are more snipers trained and ready to fight, with more new weapons — of different varieties — on the way.
The bugger is one fugly hunk of plastic.
Looks like any number of existing weapons out there... But proof will be in the performance.
Yes and the Chinese have done the same using a 5.7mm round for theirs....just an FYI the Chinese have delegated all their SVD's to police and internal security forces. In addition, no joke here, they have 100% discontinued the production of the NDM PSO scopes now too.


Soil and frogs poured into their hands! Imagine the excitement. From potting plants to frogs in a split second, our unit study theme changed in an instant!
In my K-1 class we had been planting seeds to watch them grow to maturity and pick their fruits. The children loved planting, watering, measuring and recording the results in their science journals.
We were about to start growing some new plants. The children had decided on planting cherry tomatoes but I didn't have enough potting soil at school so I brought in an opened bag from home.
All of the children were looking forward to planting tomato seeds so we went out back to fill our flower pots with soil. I picked up the bag of potting soil and began to pour it into the sensory table. Suddenly one of the children spied something hopping. She squealed with delight. A frog was hopping out of the soil! Then another one. A third one! Soon there were too many to count.
We found dozens of tiny toads in the potting soil!
The day we tipped the toads into the sensory table began our obsession with learning about toads, frogs and other amphibians. The kids still wanted the tomatoes to grow but they were even more interested in finding out about the toads that arrived in the bag of soil. Do toads and frogs come from soil? Do they grow like plants? How did the toads get into the bag?
Thus began our unit study about frogs and toads. We created a space in the sensory table for the toads to live, very carefully making sure that all the toads were in the tub and not buried by the soil. We then carefully placed the plexiglass cover over the tub so that the toads couldn't escape and moved the table into the classroom so that it wouldn't overheat.
Our unit study evolved into an entire year of learning. We discovered that frogs and toads have different needs depending on the time of year and the weather. We learned about what they eat and where they live. While learning about these fascinating amphibians, the children learned to read and write. They learned mathematical concepts as well as history and science. The classroom looked like a frog pond because of our focus on frogs and toads. Rather than the usual textbooks and desks, the children were learning through hands-on activities. Reading and writing were the means for researching and sharing that research. Math was the means for gathering and recording data.
Have you ever held a tiny toad in your hand?
How to hold a Tiny Toad!
Have you ever held a tiny toad? None of my students had. Their small fingers itched to hold them but I feared that they might accidentally squish them without instruction so once the cover was on the sensory table I had all the children sit down so that we could talk about what had just happened. We talked about how toads come from eggs and not from seeds in the ground. We talked about how toads would not be found in a bag of soil but rather that since I had stored the open bag of soil in my backyard, the toads had moved in when they discovered what a great shelter it was.
Then we began to talk about how to hold a tiny toad. We talked about how toads are fragile. Holding a toad too tightly could harm it. I passed around a cotton ball so that the children could experiment with a delicate touch. Then we tried to toss the cotton ball and catch it to imitate catching a jumping toad.
Once I felt that the children were able to hold the cotton ball safely, we talked about the toad's skin. Amphibians breath through their skin so it is very important that our hands be clean before touching the toads. The children washed their hands and thoroughly rinsed them and sat back down in the circle.
Finally I took out one tiny toad and showed the children how to hold it and gently pass it from one to another. What a thrill! That was the first day of the beginning of our unit study on Frogs and Toads. It actually continued on for the rest of the year. I included activities that I had done when homeschooling my children as well as activities that I had discovered elsewhere over the years. As you visit my other articles about frogs, toads, and salamanders you will be sure to discover dozens of fun activities you and your children will enjoy.
When we poured out the potting soil tiny frogs poured out with it!
Learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide with frogs.
We spent quite a while observing the toads, talking about them, watching they way they hopped etc. In the end, we let them go to live out their lives in the wild where all animals belong.
I find little ones like that in my New Hampshire yard. So cute and you made excellent use of that learning opportunity.
I lived in San Antonio for many years and kept potting soil in a bag on my balcony. One day I reached in to get some soil out and the soil was full of fire ants! That sure hurt! But pouring rubbing alcohol on the bites took the sting away. I've never seen such tiny frogs as yours, but have seen frogs living in some water in a ditch.
It sure was CherylsArt, Dozens of tiny frogs or toads hopping out of the bag of potting soil into the sensory table.
I do imagine it was the experience of a lifetime. Thank you, Katiem2, for stopping by to read the story.
The law of life - My view about life and what we can do to help others around us.


Maryland's Democratic party may have to change its primary symbol from a donkey, which is often read by the Fredneck Republicans as a jackass, to a shark given their apparent recognition of the badly wounded partisans of that particular affiliation that are the local elephant. A Western Maryland Democratic summit meeting ensued recently at Rock Gap, and a recent poll declared O'Malley the winner over Governor Ehrlich in 2006.
The electorate is stirred in ways unfathomable to National Republicans, on the environment, on Social Security, and healthcare for uninsured workers, and a host of other issues. State-wide they turned their sights on slots to no avail and much consternation and sniping, that's a winning strategy? Now how to play the blame card? Careful to check your own true colors before firing the charge boys!
The story of the year, misread by much of the usual press suspects, is that Speaker Busch played upon the substance of opposing slots and became a symbol of slots himself. The hero of opponents, he then seemingly reversed himself by allowing a merely symbolic vote by majority of one, with several legislators proclaiming that they'd not vote in favor of any revised bill, forming it into the substance of blocking any progress on that unprogressive slots movement. Ah yes, classic bait and switch, you've got to admire that, I assume that even Senate President Miller is licking his wounds and sharpening his claws.
Now polls show that O'Malley would beat Ehrlich at the polls. The voters feel that Ehrlich communicates his message well, they just don't like what he says and does.
We have the best seat in town on Friday when both O'Malley and Ehrlich come to town for fundraising dinners. Expect the governor to pull a larger crowd, after all it's Frederick, we've explained before in this column why the newcomers have not been kind to changing local political imbalances, that era is not over yet. The lessons of the world would have us believe that self interest, money and privilege and being around folks that look and think exactly like ourselves are the way to live, and a lot of folks buy into that mentality.
Ah, it is refreshing to put it all into context!
On another front, Duncan is the no show candidate of Frederick, probably sensing little warmth and favor locally. Yet his legislative representative stated that he was running around all over the state? Dude, we're not your agricultural reserve! We have honest liberal voters out here who don't all think that Montgomery County is the Russian Republic to our little partisan outpost. Et tu, Fredru?
The desire to eat one's own apparently extends beyond the animal kingdom, perhaps more proof of conservative's views on intelligent design!
I bow to Delegate Weldon for his personal choice on this matter, and I will defend his voting his conscience until my dying day.
And lastly we turn to Mr. Lenhart, whose expected departure from local politics, if not from the area, is somehow one of the most glorified bye-bye's of the season. What exactly made the man so important to us all? That he created waves, which is what passes for news in this town? That he could hate the Mayor and block her with his compadres on the Board? And had ties to the 'county' as he said, or to Bartlett and Mooney?
His greatest flaw was not what he believed and fought for, but that he fought blindly, without compromise, and thus he lost all in the end.
There's a lesson there for us all. Is politics dirty? Of course, sometimes it is; but we need to remember who we're fighting, and it's our own brother, even ourselves. Sometimes the other side wins too, and should if their cause is just, thereby we all win together. Too often, we all lost in Lenhart's partisanship, and we all could've gained by an atmosphere of agreement.
Things are accomplished when opposing parties cross boundaries and work together, like last year's budget, when Aldermen Baldi and Ramsburg agreed on a laundry list of changes. Public position and public service are two distinct matters. One does not necessarily begat the other.
And speaking of Mooney, what of the great beached whale of conservative Frederick politics, who cannot pass a bill, or compromise on anything that the local delegation agrees on…well, at least he didn't actually block any needed legislation this year? Should we be thankful?
There are rumblings of discontent, and a sign that the silent mass of citizens may be heard from again in the near future, you see the look in the eye of the self interested greed mongers who tend to manage local politics, they hear footsteps coming up behind them, and they're worried that regardless of the money and advertising, and force of their arguments, that they won't find the people, or the politicians responsive to their claims and demands.
The problem for the populace is, how do we turn that power into action that benefits all, how do we attend enough meetings to win the war and not just the battle, how do we translate voting into our interests and not just the interests of the few?
Too many times, we got fooled again as the song goes…we must not allow that to happen this time, for the future of the county is hanging in the balance, a twist of the APFO, a few more regional plans that comprise twenty years of growth and basically ignore the greater values of the Comprehensive Plan, and we end up with nothing good for our efforts and concerns.
We smell the blood in the water, but we must be careful, a wounded animal is the most dangerous, and it could soon be our own blood if we aren't cautious, and determined to finish the job of killing off the forces that deny us our best interests.


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Actuaciones destacadas
Cine y otros
El Retablo de Maese Pedro
La historia de un soldado
el pequeño deshollinador
Pedro y el lobo
©Jean-Francois Leclercq
Per Poc ha col·laborat amb diferents Teatres, Auditoris i Festivals
Wiener Konzerthaus, Groben Saal (February 2001-February 2011)
Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin (December 2013)
Grafenegg Festival, Austria (June 2022)
Festival NOMUS, Serbia (October 2022)
Auditorium Maison de la Radio, Paris (September 2016-October 2016)
Teatro Verdi de Florencia, Italy (October 2013- March 2020)
National Music Children Theatre Natalia Sats in Moscow (June 2002)
Festival Internacional de Música Castell de Peralada (August 2001- August 2002)
Teatro Real de Madrid (April 2009)
Gran Teatro del Liceu de Barcelona (May 2009- May 2010)
Nacional Concert House in Taipei-Taiwan (August 2009)
Palau de la Música Catalana, in Barcelone (June 2007)
Grec Theatre in Barcelona (July 2007)
Festival Musiques au Palais Perpignan-France (July 2007)
Festival Mozart de La Coruña (May 2012)
International Music Festival of Canary Islands (February 2015)
54 Festival de Música de Pollença (July 2015)
Cairo Opera House (October 2015)
Paul Klee Foundation in Bern, Switzerland (December 2016)
Festival Ópera en el Parque, Bogotá (October 2013)
XIV Ciclo de Música Contemporánea de Málaga (January 2008)
Gran Teatro Nacional de Perú (February 2018)
Auditorium Nouveau Siècle à Lille, France (April 2018- May 2022)
Teatro Mayor de Bogotá, Colombia (October 2018- March 2022)
Spring Arts Festival Kaohsiung, Taiwan (June 2019)
L' Auditori de Barcelona (January 2021)
Auditorio Nacional de España (December 2022)
NOSPR Auditorium in Katowice, Poland (January 2022)
Great Amber Concert Hall in Liepaja, Latvia (December 2015)
Dadong Arts Center, Kaoshiung, Taiwan (June 2019)
Directors musicals
Mikko Franck, José Luis Gómez, Paul Mann, Kynan Johns, Brandon Keith Brown, Pablo González, Gwennolé Rufet, Jordi Bernàcer, YANG Chih-Chin, Gottfried Rabl, Claudius Traunfellner, Edmon Colomer, Domonkos Héja, Ahmed Hamdy, José Miguel Rodilla, Jesús Amigo, José Luis Castillo, Eduardo Carrizosa, Sadao Muraki, Mihnea Ignat, Àlex Sansó, Ricardo Casero, Xavier Puig, Arturo Díez Boskovich, Francisco Valero-Terribas, Benjamin Levy, Fernando Bustamante, Maximino Zumalave, Diego García, Anthony Lafargue, Elisenda Carrasco, José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana, Juan Luís Martínez, Pablo Sabat, Dylan Corlay, Toni Blasco Lambies, Pablo Urbina, Virginia Martínez, Lorena Escolar, Aarón Zapico, Josep Vicent, Aleksandar Kojic, Azis Sadikovic, Luis Toro, Lionel Bringuier, Kaspars Adamsons.
Orquestres
Orchestre Philarmonique de Radio France (Septembre 2016-October 2016)
Orchestre National de Lille, France (April 2018-May 2022)
Tonkünstler Orchester, Austria (June 2022)
Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín, Colombia (September 2022)
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Belgique (October 2022)
Orquesta y Coro Nacional de España (December 2022)
Opera Orchestra of the Serbian National Theatre (October 2022)
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Latvia (December 2019)
Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan (August 2009)
Rundfunk Simfonieorchester Berlin (December 2013)
Wiener Kammerphilarmonie (February 2001)
ORF Radio-Symphonierorchester Wien (February 2011)
Orchestra della Toscana, Italy (October 2013- January 2020)
Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan (June 2019)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (July 2008)
Orquesta de Extremadura (January/ October 2004– January 2005– December2007/January2008- January 2010- April 2011- November 2016)
Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (April 2009- September 2009- February 2010- February 2011- February 2014- February 2021)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao (May 2009- June 2010- February 2012- April 2013- April 2016- March 2023)
Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga (January 2008- February 2009- December 2009- October 2010- April 2012)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi (February/March 2007- February 2012- February 2022)
Real Filharmonía de Galicia (April 1998- March 1999- October 2001- January 2005- October 2007- December 2011- January 2014- November 2018- January 2020)
Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès (October 2006- June/July 2007)
Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia ( May 2002– February 2004– March 2005– February 2006- January 2008- May 2009- February 2010- September 2019)
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Panamá (May 2008)
Orquesta Joven de Santo Domingo (Rep. Dominicana) (March 2003)
Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá (April 2011)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León (January 2012- April 2013- February 2023)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (May 2012)
Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears (October 2016- October 2019)
Orquestra Simfònica de Cadaqués (November 2012- March 2013)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Córdoba (October 2013)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Albacete (January 2006- January 2008)
Cairo Symphonic Orchestra, Egypt (October 2015)
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra in Ankara, Turkey (February 2017)
Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas, Venezuela (April 2017)
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Juvenil Bicentenario, Perú (February 2018)
Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra (March 2019)
Ensemble Paul Klee, Berna, Suïssa (December 2016)
Ensemble Barroco de Bogotá, Colombia (March 2022)
Banda Municipal de Pinto (March 2011- October 2013)
Banda Municipal de Gran Canaria (February 2011)
Banda Departamental del Valle del Cauca, Colombia (October 2018)
Banda Municipal de Madridejos (January 2019)
Banda Municipal de Palma de Mallorca (February 2020)
Banda Municipal de Barcelona (January 2021)
Banda Municipal de Bilbao (October 2022)

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Mexico issues advisory for Arizona
Mexico's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday issued an advisory to Mexicans living and working in Arizona following the signing of a controversial law to stem illegal immigration in that state.
In Arizona "there is a negative political environment for migrant communities and for all Mexican visitors," the advisory states.
The new law requires Arizona police to determine whether people are in the United States legally if there is a reason to suspect they aren't.
Although the new law doesn't go into effect until 90 days after the close of the state's legislative session, the Mexican government advised its citizens in Arizona to begin carrying all immigration documents with them immediately "to avoid needless confrontations."
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, signed the controversial legislation into law Friday. Supporters say it is needed to control illegal immigration.
The advisory points Mexicans in Arizona to the state's five Mexican consulates for legal advice if they feel they have been subjected to abuse by authorities.
"As long as no clear criteria are defined for when, where and who the authorities will inspect, it must be assumed that every Mexican citizen may be harassed and questioned without further cause at any time," the advisory states.
Filed under: Arizona • Immigration • Mexico • World
Tigerfan
If you are in this country legally you do have something to worry about–that is you do if you look Hispanic. Within our own country Americans do not carry around documentation that proves our citizenship or even that we are here legally. What we carry is a driver's license. You don't have to be citizen or in some cases in the country legally to obtain a driver's license. Persons from other countries visiting the US should carry documentation. The problem arises when Americans who look Hispanic are targeted.
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chris in Calif
People have been migrating with the herds, the agriculture and the seasons for 100's of thousands (probably millions) of years. People migrate east and west all over the world. Get used to it. Just because you put up a fence and say you have a government does not give you the right to haraass people on the move. That's rude and arrogant.
contentarizona
honestly, if its only bothering illegals, why all the hoopla? let them feel the fear, they are breaking the law.
There is NO racial profiling in this law! NO. NONE!
For instance, everyday the police sees a bunch of brown people that look like migrant workers that are at the corner of 7-11 being picked up by the van.
The police will not ask them for papers because there is NO REASONABLE SUSPICION that they are illegal aliens. Being brown and loading a van full of brown people do not make them illegal aliens.
The right way to approach this is the police will have a mexican-migrant-looking undercover police that will hang out with these guys to see what the heck is going on. Now once the undercover police finds out that he is being paid under the table and the others are illegal, then the search for papers will begin.
The police will not walk up to a brown person and search for papers. That will NOT happen. That is a violation of the 4th amendment. If the police does this, then sue their a$$e$$ because they are infringuing on your freedom.
People should be able to walk freely in the streets without being searched for papers. If not, then that is a violation of the 4th amendment.
Now, if only the remaining states would follow Arizona's lead.
Illegal immigrants are not "Americans" as our government so wrongly states. They are hear illegally and should be sent back.
Perhaps what the Mexican governmen should do is begin to create an organized country where their own people will be able to work and thrive.
Hats off to Arizona for doing what our government has refused to do!!!
Mike in MN
Hurray for legalized racial profiling. Anyone who doesn't think it will happen is crazy. The cops have to suspect that you are in the country illegally, I'm pretty sure they aren't going to be suspecting those of us who are white.
This country was made of immigrants who came here illegally. I do not think that the Native Americans had a welcome sign for the people coming from England, Asia, Ireland or what ever other country that decided to come the America. Let's just add the other fact that the immigrants decided to take the Native Americans their land. So who is kidding who?
The other issue is who is going to do the work that the immigrants are doing in Arizona, the legal citizens? Yea right. When was the last time that any Arizonan took a drive throughout the new constructions sites, Who is doing the hard labor jobs? Latinos, who is doing the landscape, Latinos, who is fixing your cars? Latinos.
Since a lot of bloggers are in agreement with this law, I encourage all Hispanics and Latinos to leave the State of Arizona to show this governor how the economy would be affected.
Sincerely, a U.S. Citizen who is ashammed of what has happen in Arizona, oh maybe the state should change its name to something more English sounding.
Buzz lIghtyear, I'm a democrat and I support this law, does that make me an idiot also??? The law is a good start to solve our illegal imigration. People forget that a Drivers licence or state ID card is proof of citizenship. This isn't a racial profiling law, its an immigration law.. get it straight folks.
On that fateful day, Davy Crockett woke up and walked from his bunk on
the floor of the Alamo up to the observation post on the west wall.
William B. Travis and Jim Bowie were up there already. The three gazed at
the hordes of Mexicans moving steadily towards them.
Davy turned to Bowie with a puzzled look on his face and said, "Jim, are we landscaping today?"
Here's a thought. Every single American, be they white, black, hispanic, asian, etc., etc, etc, we ALL have to give up roughly 25% of our income every year in taxes. Now. Depending on which number you go by, there's 15-20 MILLION people living in America that aren't legal citizens. So do the math. The rest of us, again, white, black, hispanic, asian, etc., etc., etc, part with easily $10,000 a year if not more, while 15-20 MILLION don't have to? So hey, if those 15-20 million people want to contribute to the funds THEY'RE USING, then who cares. But until that changes, adios! At the very least we're talking about $150 BILLION in funds that could go back into our bankrupt country. The only part of this that really matters is the lose of money. Whether or not an illegal immigrant is Mexican is irrelevant. Throwing a race tag on this is profoundly primitive and simply stupid!!! The only thing that it accomplishes is exactly what's happening in Arizona. Taking an already divided, anger nation and just making it even worse.
i am from Houston born and raised TEXAS
peopl r just racist natvie americans were here first (aka mexicans r the tru owners of this country whites jus took it)
Jorge Schwartz
"It is time to end the WHITE oligarchy in our Latino countries (THE MOST CORRUPT PEOPLE in Latin America).. It is time to take change our destiny in the US and rise up against the oppressive class (WHITES)"
Sorry, but your fleet of junk-collecting pickup trucks will get steamrolled by our tanks.
I recommend everybody to watch a movie made in the 1980s called "Born in East LA". Its a hillarious movie. The incident shown in the movie, I forsee it happening a lot in Arizona now.
I am curious, If a policeman does stop somebody who is legal but has forgotten his papers at home, what will be the procedure? Will he be taken to the border right away. Will he be detained? will he need to place a bond? will the local police call USCIS and hand that person over to them. Arizona as a state has implemented this law but will Feds (USCIS) have enough manpower to deport people gathered by Arizona police, mind you lot of these people might be legal who may have forgotten their passport/Green Card at home.
By the way, people who are caught illegally are put into removing proceedings, they are not directly taken to borders and dropped on the otherisde.
It's not about whether you're legal or not. It's easy to say you don't mind if you're legal. But that's not even a very good argument. If you're legal, and you get stopped over and over again because of the way you look, that's just freaking annoying and abusive towards your civil liberties. LEGAL immigrants are against this because they know they're going to harrassed all the time.
#118..you got it right : if your an american citizen you have those rights and if your a mexican citizen then you are obviously not an american citizen therefore no USA rights. You are brilliant in your logic even though it goes against your grain and line of thinking, still you are right about the citizenship part
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Home News News Features Lockdowns Plague Wisconsin's Overcrowded Columbia Correctional Institution
Lockdowns Plague Wisconsin's Overcrowded Columbia Correctional Institution
by Ben Turk
Photo Credit: Wikipedia user Dual Freq
The Columbia Correctional Institution near Portage, Wis. with an occupied guard tower as photographed from Interstate 39.
Columbia Correctional Institution (CCI) has had off-and-on lockdowns in recent weeks due to conflicts with staff members. CCI is operating at 150% of its design capacity. This unnecessary and avoidable overcrowding due to our "mass incarceration," which is condemned by both conservative and liberals, is just one cause of these problems in this and other Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities. The tension and "psychological warfare" incarcerated people say is brought about by the CCI's guards seems to be escalating, while incarcerated people and the guards need new structures to interrupt cycles of violence. The following is the view of some of those incarcerated at our correction facilities.
The DOC has confirmed a series of three violent incidents leading to facility lockdowns. Our incarcerated contacts sent us detailed reports about these incidents, which conflict with what DOC officials were told by their staff.
On Oct. 22: A sergeant called a black man "boy." The man responded by attacking the officer, leaving him "severely beaten." The facility went on lockdown until Oct 25.
On Oct. 29: Four days after coming off lockdown, another guard provoked another black man by calling him the n-word. He was also assaulted, but less severely. The facility went on lockdown again until Nov 5.
On Nov. 8: A guard was stabbed during program services. The facility has been on lockdown, which means that all of the people inside are deprived of their basic rights and fundamentals of human dignity, from Nov. 8 to the date of this writing (Dec. 8). This is obviously a form of "collective punishment."
On Nov. 19, Makda Fessahaye, the head of the DOC's Division of Adult Institutions (DAI), spoke on a panel at Marquette University. After the panel, she told me she was investigating these incidents but had been told that all three staff members "were blindsided."
However, prisoner advocates insist "nobody is just randomly assaulting staff" and argue that, given Wisconsin DOC's history of taking abusive guards' words at face value, however unbelievable, they are demanding thorough investigations. Forum For Understanding Prisons (FFUP), an advocacy organization, has also filed open records requests for shift logs and any "inmate complaints" filed over the last month in an effort to contact the people most directly involved.
One of our main sources is an incarcerated artist and advocate named Nate Lindell, whose work can be found on Facebook @PrometheusWrites. He says he attempted to send more detailed information, but CorrLinks (the institutional email system) flagged his emails, and staff blocked them. He then was issued a conduct report to punish him for writing about the incidents. Lindell appealed the conduct report and filed a complaint about censorship of his emails. In the emails that did get through, Lindell described the officer stabbed on Nov. 8 as "notoriously foul mouthed, yells at prisoners, follows them around to make sure their shirts are tucked in. I saw him stare at a prisoner insultingly, aggressively, with contempt, for more than a minute." Lindell said that the other officers also go out of their way to exacerbate situations that harm incarcerated people held at CCI, stating, "Both had rude, insulting, lazy attitudes, as do many staff here." He said these guards frequently "delayed letting us out of our cells for passes, didn't let us out to use the phone, didn't pass out our mail."
The above conduct violates standards of training to which correctional officers are supposed to be held. The advocates for the incarcerated argue that the routine violence of captivity and basic deprivation of human agency such as attacking a guard who engages in verbal abuse and harassment should be considered an act of self-defense. At the very least, DOC officials should recognize that these guards were not blindsided without reason.
Collective Punishment
FFUP has long documented a culture of abuse and violence at CCI. Guards often target certain prisoners with relentless harassment to provoke a violent response, which they then use to justify a lockdown and collective punishment against everyone in the prison. In the context of the lockdown, the violence against incarcerated people escalates. Others incarcerated at CCI describe the situation as psychological warfare and collective punishment.
In this instance, from Nov. 8 to the time of this writing, collective punishment took the following forms:
• No hot food. Instead, three times a day people get "the same bag meal... a small bag of chips, one sandwich of one very thinly sliced piece of meat, one slice of processed cheese, piece of fruit, carrots and a cookie or other small bakery item." On that diet, people are rapidly losing weight.
• No commissary. People are not allowed to purchase food to supplement the bagged meals.
• No clean clothes. Laundry service is suspended, and new clothes cannot be purchased.
• No showers. Nov. 17, nine days into the lockdown, was the first time inmates were allowed to take a shower.
• Property ordered from the commissary prior to the lockdown is not delivered.
• No recreation.
• No phone calls.
• No visitation.
• No supplies, including complaint forms, state-issued soap and toothpaste.
On top of those deprivations, staff is reducing already negligent medical and health treatment. Medically prescribed showers and medical and psychological treatment request forms are being denied. Lindell reported that, on Oct. 9, a sergeant denied everyone on his range medications because one person didn't stand for count. Others refused to stand for the next count. Many people at CCI are taking serious psychological medications, and missing a dose can have powerfully negative effects, especially under the stressful circumstance of a lockdown.
The Restrictive Housing Unit (RHU) at CCI houses people who have been in solitary confinement for months, years or even decades. These people have suffered great trauma, and many developed severe psychological disorders. Under normal prison operations, every day is a potential crisis for such people. The additional restrictions imposed during lockdown can increase distress to catastrophic levels.
According to a memo from Warden Susan Novak (transcribed by Theodore Oswald, incarcerated at CCI), television channels have also been limited due to an antenna replacement project that won't be completed until sometime this month. Also, the institution information channel is inexplicably broken. During this lockdown, people have been additionally deprived of a conduit for information about the institution and the outside world, as well as a means to pass time while trapped in their cells. Novak's memo said she was "tentatively reviewing the possibility of restoring visits beginning Monday, Nov. 25."
Oswald also said that in his 25 years in prison, he doesn't "recall any… lockdown being as depriving" as the one that began Nov. 8. Inmate Jimmy Baldwin, who works as a barber, wrote, "It's a psychological warfare going on here… a lot [of people are] trying to resist this attack on their mental psyche; [others have] been broken into submission." Being a barber, he sees many people and hears their complaints, and he says, "I have become stressed listening and witnessing the abuse… this administration here is part of the problem."
Collective Agency and Reconciliation
Wisconsin's prisons have been overcrowded for years. In the more than 15 years that FFUP has been researching Wisconsin prisons and advocating for people held in them, conditions have only worsened. The election of Gov. Tony Evers, who promised to shrink and reform Wisconsin prisons, sparked hope, but reform has been gruelingly slow.
Rather than trusting an Internal Affairs Division or even a governor's ombudsman to self-regulate, prisoners at CCI have proposed a better solution: collective agency for incarcerated people. They call for a body composed of both staff and incarcerated people who will mediate and reconcile conflicts and resolve grievances together.
Baldwin, the incarcerated barber quoted above, describes this proposed body in some detail. "If you want a solution to resolve the issues here, let everyone come together in some form of institutional staff meeting, as well as one which includes prisoners to stress their concerns," he writes. "You can have spokesmen for each group, whether it's the institution's staff officers or a spokesman chosen by the officers collectively, as well as two spokesmen chosen by the prisoners for each unit. There can be a memo submitted to ask for names of individuals who wouldn't mind being a spokesman of their represented unit or group, [then] another memo to each of those groups with the names to democratically select whoever they represent. Have them in on this meeting to address concerns here and any institution that has similar concerns. This is a need now in these institutions, or else DOC will continue to have prisoners feeling abused."
Another incarcerated person, Ras Uhuru Mutawakkil, developed an even more robust proposal called Common Ground. Uhuru was tortured at CCI by force feeding for participating in a hunger strike protest in 2016 and wrote up the Common Ground proposal in the summer of 2018. Common Ground is based on building structures for communication and mutual respect between staff and captives who are in conflict. The goal is to "find common grounds that everyone can respect each other's security and classification concerns without placing blame and the use of inferiority labels that makes one party feel the need to be defensive, which is what most prisoners who are held in AC-long seg. feel. This defensiveness has been the main reason no previous administration or clinical programs have successfully led to the prisoners transitioning and eventual release from AC-long seg."
Incarcerated organizers have long advocated for this kind of agency as a class. Prior to the mass incarceration boom of the 1980s and '90s, organizers across the country demanded basic respect and control of their circumstances. They defended themselves from staff abuse, both physically and in the courts, winning strong legal precedents and protections for improved conditions. Backlash from prison administrators and racist politicians was brutal. Mass incarceration justified by the war on drugs caused an influx of captives, overcrowding facilities and diluting people's ability to organize. Meanwhile, the proliferation of restrictive housing units and other forms of solitary confinement isolated prisoner organizers, skilled litigators and social leaders. Today, it is common for prison systems to use years of administrative confinement to not only isolate leaders, but also to break the minds of anyone who stands against them. Wisconsin's use of administrative confinement and abuse of people held in solitary confinement stands out nationally.
The fundamental problem in Wisconsin's prisons is overcrowding. The system is 33% above capacity, with some facilities like Columbia being more than 50% overcrowded. This overcrowding is entirely avoidable according to both conservative and liberals. They are on the same side on the issue of correcting the abuses of mass incarceration for minor, non-violent crimes, usually drug possession. Former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson is working to reverse the over-incarceration started during his term as governor.
Addressing overcrowding will improve conditions for both the incarcerated and the staff, reducing the frequency of conflicts and the need to retain high staffing levels. Currently, it appears that racist and sadistic behavior from some of the most abusive staff members is tolerated out of fear of creating a staffing crisis. The massive cost savings from reducing the incarcerated populations could be invested in treatment programs and facilities, allowing staff to be in a helpful, rather than harmful, role. Also, a number of prison reform advocates view Ras Uhuru's Common Ground proposal as a starting point for some reforms that would alleviate much of the tension in the prisons, while also beginning to prepare incarcerated people to function in a more responsible manner when they leave prison.
Makda Fessahaye Nate Lindell Columbia Correctional Institution Ras Uhuru Mutawakkil Wisconsin Department Of Corrections
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Catholic News World : #BreakingNews Vatican Response to PA Abuse Report "Victims should know that the Pope is on their side."
#BreakingNews Vatican Response to PA Abuse Report "Victims should know that the Pope is on their side."
On Thursday evening, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, issued the following statement regarding the report of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury issued earlier this week in the United States over the sexual abuse of minors.
"Regarding the report made public in Pennsylvania this week, there are two words that can express the feelings faced with these horrible crimes: shame and sorrow. The Holy See treats with great seriousness the work of the Investigating Grand Jury of Pennsylvania and the lengthy Interim Report it has produced.
The Holy See condemns unequivocally the sexual abuse of minors. The abuses described in the report are criminal and morally reprehensible. Those acts were betrayals of trust that robbed survivors of their dignity and their faith.
The Church must learn hard lessons from its past, and there should be accountability for both abusers and those who permitted abuse to occur. Most of the discussion in the report concerns abuses before the early 2000s. By finding almost no cases after 2002, the Grand Jury's conclusions are consistent with previous studies showing that Catholic Church reforms in the United States drastically reduced the incidence of clergy child abuse.
The Holy See encourages continued reform and vigilance at all levels of the Catholic Church, to help ensure the protection of minors and vulnerable adults from harm. The Holy See also wants to underscore the need to comply with the civil law, including mandatory child abuse reporting requirements. The Holy Father understands well how much these crimes can shake the faith and the spirt of believers and reiterates the call to make every effort to create a safe environment for minors and vulnerable adults in the Church and in all of society.


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Newcomer Family Obituaries - Shirley F. Fine 1938 - 2019 - Newcomer Cremations, Funerals & Receptions.
Shirley F. Fine, age 80 of Beavercreek, OH passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. She was born February 27, 1938 in Middletown, Ohio to James and Sylvia (Egelston) Profitt. She married Ron Fine on July 3, 1986 in Beavercreek, OH and he survives.
Shirley loved to knit, crochet, and various other crafts and was an excellent seamstress. She loved to collect family pictures that she made into collages for memorable birthday card magnets for the family. Shirley was a very active member of First Baptist Church of Kettering, where she loved serving in the church nursery, caring for her babies. She also worked at church after retirement as the church secretary and loved her church family. Shirley was very family oriented and was dedicated to her family and close friends.
Shirley is survived by her husband Ron; three daughters, Teri (Marty) Copas, Marty (Erik) Larson; Jana Vaughn; two sons, Michael (Christine) Fine and Ronny Fine; 17 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; 6 sisters and 2 brothers from Arkansas; and other numerous family and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents; a son, Donnie Holzfaster; a daughter, Sandy Holzfaster; and a grandson, Jason Baldwin.
A visitation will be held on Sunday, January 27, 2019 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Newcomer Cremations, Funerals & Receptions - Beavercreek Chapel, 3380 Dayton-Xenia Rd., Beavercreek, Ohio 45432. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, January 28, 2019 at 11:00 am at the funeral home. Burial will follow the services at Dayton Memorial Park, Dayton, OH.
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In the early 1990s we began developing the Kettering Christmas Pageant at the First Baptist Church of Kettering. We were endeavoring to dramatize the entire life of Christ from his birth through his crucifixion and resurrection. We needed dozens and dozens of biblical costumes in order to portray this amazing story.
Shirley Fine volunteered to make some costumes. She made a few, and then she made some more. Every one was made with tender, loving care. Before it was over, Shirley Fine sewed an unbelievable number costumes in order to bring our production to life.
Every time I watch a video of one of our pageants, I will remember the generous, kind, and thoughtful person who helped to make them possible by using her talents and her skills in such an unselfish way.
Shirley was such a loving selfless person. She was such a joy to be around and talk to! She was so into her family and that in itself is priceless! She will be forever missed, but not forgotten!! Love and Miss you Aunt Shirley!
My condolences to you Ron and your family on the passing of your wife.
Person. Loved her crafts and always excited to do them in CC. Prayers for Family.
You are in my prayers during this difficult time in the loss of your beloved Mother.
Words are never adequate in moments like these. My heart goes out to you, and I hope that the love of family and friends will comfort and strengthen you in the days ahead.
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit"
I'm so glad that Shirley met and married my cousin Ron. To find happiness again is the work of God and they were a loving and giving couple. They were my angels, looking after my mother, their aunt since my sister and I lived so far away. Shirley was so special in so many ways and there will be so many hands reaching out to her with love in her final destination. I'm sorry that I will not be able to attend the service as Paul and I leave Saturday for a week in Arizona.
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Wishing you and the family peace to bring comfort, courage to face the days ahead and loving memories to forever hold in your hearts.
We are thinking of each of you in the loss of Shirley. May the Lord bless you with His peace & comfort during the time of sorrow. Shirley will be missed by so many people at FBC-Kettering, where we have known her as a faithful servant & friend. Praise God for our blessed Hope that we have in Jesus! We know that Shirley is singing praises to the King of Kings! May you find comfort in knowing that you will see her, again.
Ron & Family: I was so shocked to learn of Shirley's homegoing. She was one Fine woman who served our Lord & church very devotedly & was a friend to anyone who ever met her. She will be leaving a large hole in a lot of hearts. My prayers are with all of you. Unfortunately, I won't be able to join you, as I'm in FL; but I am sending love, hugs, & prayers.
Shirley was one of the sweetest people I have known. She and Ron, who is my cousin, were very important to my family. They watched over my mother because both my sister and I live out of state. Always big card players, they spent many a holiday and Saturday night together. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Shirley was one of the first to befriend me when I started attending FBK. She and I had lunch together many times and became close. She made my granddaughter a beautiful quilt when she was born. My granddaughter will soon be 24 and still cherishes that quilt. It was her favorite. She also made her a flower girl dress when she was in my niece's wedding. When my son got married, she was right there making the vest for him and for his best man and groomsmen. She was a dear friend and I loved her so much. She always had a smile and her heart was to help any and all who had a need. If I know anything, I know she is in heaven with her Lord and her family who were waiting for her arrival. I know you all will miss her so much and my prayers are with you during the difficult time. I moved away from the area 5 years ago and cannot attend the services but know I will be praying for each of you.


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The purpose of the present call is to collect researches, case studies and projects related to Smart Villages from all over the Alpine region. Participants to the call are asked to prepare a poster paper and to present it during the conference Smart Villages – a Common Perspective Through Different Visions.
The event is organized by Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta within the Italian presidency of EUSALP, the European macro-regional strategy for the Alpine region, to exchange ideas about the introduction of new approaches to deliver better services and improve the quality of life in Alpine villages. The conference will be held in the prestigious location of Courmayeur, close to Mont Blanc, on May 23rd-24th.
Younger citizens are leaving Alpine villages, while the remaining inhabitants are growing older. Bringing basic services to remote areas is becoming increasingly expensive, due to low density of population. Fortunately, in the era of digitalization, innovation might be the key to find a solution. This is the main idea beyond Smart Villages: local communities in rural areas who obtain a better access to services of general interest and foster a sustainable development of their territory by means of new technologies and better connectivity.
Computer literacy, smart mobility and energy efficiency are some of the topics related to Smart Villages, but they are also a starting point to design real projects and best practices tailored on the needs of the Alpine population.
This conference is meant to bring together politicians, researchers, project managers, associations and all those people who can provide new inputs for the introduction of Smart Villages in the European Strategy for the Alpine Region. Contributions from all the fields involved are welcome, included researches, projects and case studies.
Courmayeur is an Alpine resort close to Mont Blanc, the highest peak in western Europe. Pavillon du Mont Fréty can be easily reached from Courmayeur with the Skyway Monte Bianco, a cable car that offers a breath-taking view on the Italian Alps.
Posters will be presented at Pavillon du Mont Fréty (2200 m) on May 24th, all accepted authors will receive a free Skyway ticket to attend the event. Authors are also invited to discover more about Smart Villages, best practices and relevant case studies during the first day of conference, that will take place at Courmayeur Congress Center.
Smart grids and renewable energy, energy system in the future, independency from fossil fuels, prosumers, grid stability, charging infrastructure for e-mobility (integrated energy systems).
Contributors can submit the abstract (200-600 word long) of their poster before 30th April on the ONLINE FORM. A notification of acceptance will be sent by email before 6th May.
A flat-rate reimbursement of expenses will be provided to the best projects for each areas of interest. The commission will be composed by the Action group leaders of EUSALP.
Authors will be expected to print their own poster and to be present on the 24th to explain it. Each author can therefore present only one poster. Posters must be printed in A1 format.


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