WREXHAM fans of a certain age will still remember an FA Cup tie at Chesterfield when a mixup between Andy Marriott and Deryn Brace resulted in the goal that cost Brian Flynn's side a history-making place in the semi-finals of the competition.
WREXHAM fans of a certain age will still remember an FA Cup tie at Chesterfield when a mixup between Andy Marriott and Deryn Brace resulted in the goal that cost Brian Flynn's side a history-making place in the semi-finals of the competition.
While the stakes might not have been so high at the Racecourse on Saturday, an almost carbon-copy error - this time involving Mike Ingham and Danny Williams - ultimately proved to be the difference between Denis Smith's side and their opponents Northampton Town.
Substitute Ryan Gilligan took advantage of the momentary lack of under-standing between the Dragons duo in the 68th minute of a contest that proved to be as compellingly competitive and intriguing as the Wrexham boss had forecast 24 hours previously.
While Gilligan's goal ensured that the Cobblers remained on course for an automatic promotion spot it condemned the Dragons to their fourth defeat of the season in front of their own supporters and once more cast doubt on the likelihood of them forcing their way into the scramble for play-off places.
Time, and Wrexham's three games in hand over most of their rivals, will eventually tell on that score, but what is beyond dispute however is that Colin Calderwood's outfit are clearly one of the strongest and best-organised teams in the division and that there was no disgrace in the manner of the home side's performance.
The Cobblers and their spine of seasoned and hardened professionals - including keeper Lee Harper, central defender Sean Dyche, midfielders Eoin Jess and Jamie Hand and striker Scott McGleish - simply boasted t oo much experience.
And they drew on that to see them through to a victory that owed as much to Wrexham's habit of shooting themselves in the foot as to Gilligan's persistence in chasing a loose ball.
McGleish, by his own high standards, had an off-day and failed to convert any of the handful of chances which came his way, but the same could not be said of his team-mates, who rarely put a foot wrong, much to the delight of their manager.
"I'm very happy with the result and equally pleased with our performance, especially in the first half," said Calderwood.
"We deserved the victory, even though it came through a fairly scruffy type of goal, but the foundation was good and the standard of play throughout was good as well.
"I thought the team were excellent in their application and that some of our play was to be commended because of the opposition we were playing against.
"I've seen Wrexham on a few occasions outplay teams from start to finish and they've got a good home record, so for all sorts of reasons it was a great result. All the top five in the league won today and this was arguably the hardest fixture of the lot."
Disappointed though he was by the outcome, Smith said his young and relatively raw group of players had been outdone only by a mistake of their own making.
"Northampton are a top team and we should have come out of the game with a 0-0 result," he claimed. "If we had let a goal in early on when they were playing well I could have lived with it, but to make a really bad mis-take like that was disappointing.
"We've now got a competitive team, who are hard to break down and look as though they will create chances. We defended extremely well except for one mistake today and it's disappointing we didn't get what we thought we might from the game."
What was clearly obvious the longer the afternoon progressed was that Wrexham are now feeling the effects of having so many senior players sidelined through injury.
Faced with the prospect of chasing the game in the final 25 minutes, there were few if any alternatives up front where the willing teenage duo of Sam Williams and Matt Derbyshire had toiled for little reward.
But the not too distant return to the ranks of Darren Ferguson, Lee McEvilly, Jon Walters and Dean Bennett could yet provide fresh impetus, providing there are games enough left for them to make a positive contribution to a potentially successful run-in.
The framework is there as the Dragons demonstrated during an opening spell in which the visitors appeared eager and confident, but found defenders Danny Williams, Shaun Pejic and Dennis Lawrence in implacable mode.
McGleish could have done better with his 11th-minute header from David Hunt's free-kick but the first genuine chance fell to the home side when Mark Jones embarked on a 60-yard run from inside his own half.
But with Derbyshire and Sam Williams spread either side, the midfielder seemed to be caught in two minds and finally unleashed a tame shot which caused Harper no problems.
It was an isolated moment of excitement for the home fans as the Cobblers swept forward with purpose, McGleish again and Jason Crowe causing a few anxious moments in Ingham's penalty area, before Jim Whitley and Matt Crowell at last began to compete on more or less equal terms with their opposite numbers.
And the home side's spell of pressure leading up to the break was an indication that Northampton were not going to have it all their own way. But the Dragons were unable to find a way through, Pejic heading over the bar before Derbyshire tried to beat Harper from an acute angle when he might have picked out the better-placed Williams.
Unfortunately, that was as good as it got, Northampton literally stealing the lead on 66 minutes when Gilligan pressed Williams and got his boot to the ball to steer it past the indecisive Ingham.
Wrexham all but abandoned their disciplined display in a bid to hit back and were grateful to Ingham, who twice denied McGleish with fine saves as Northampton played on the counter-attack.
But for the most part, they were content to sit back in numbers and comfortably keep their opponents at bay, although there was almost a fairy-tale ending for substitute Matty Done, whose 89th-minute diving header flew wide.
WREXHAM : Ingham; Pejic, D Williams (Mackin 83), Lawrence; Spender, Crowell (Done 74), Whitley, Mark Jones, Holt; Derbyshire, S Williams. Subs: Michael Jones, Mike Williams, Marc Williams.
NORTHAMPTON: Harper; Chambers, Dyche, Doig; Crowe, Jess (Westwood 90), Hunt (Bojic 78), Hand, Johnson; Kirk (Gilligan 25), McGleish. Subs: Bunn, Cross.


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The Philippines is one of the 17 mega biodiverse countries, containing two-thirds of the Earth's biodiversity and 70 percent of world's plants and animal species due to its geographical isolation, diverse habitats and high rates of endemism.
Other species which have high diversity here include birds, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, dragonflies, freshwater fishes, and plants. Biodiversity is being lost every day via climate change, pollution, the introduction of invasive species, over-hunting, and the destruction and fragmentation of habitats.
Why do the Philippines harbor such diversity? The answer lies in the islands' geology. … On larger islands mountain peaks separated by swaths of lowlands further isolated species, preventing interbreeding and gene flow between populations.
The Philippines is one of 18 mega-biodiverse countries of the world, containing two-thirds of the earth's biodiversity and between 70% and 80% of the world's plant and animal species. The Philippines ranks fifth in the number of plant species and maintains 5% of the world's flora.
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Biodiversity is important to humans for ecological life support, biodiversity gives a functioning ecosystem that provides oxygen, clear air and water, plant pollutions, pest control, wastewater treatment and lots of ecosystem services.
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Australia releases Enhanced AESA and passive radars capability plan
Australia's Minister for Defence Industry, Melissa Price on November 18 announced the release of the Enhanced active phased array and passive radar capability Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Plan.
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The Implementation Plan was released alongside the Department of Defence's detailed Industry Plan. Minister Price said the enhanced active phased array and passive radar capability was integral to the Australian Defence Force's ability to shape, deter and respond.
"Australia boasts world-leading active phased array radar capability and we have enormous potential in the development of passive radar systems and related technologies," Minister Price said.
"We need a strong partnership with Australian industry to maintain and grow the capability advantage provided by our innovative Australian companies and their substantial expertise in these radar systems"
Minister for Defence Industry, Melissa Price
"This latest Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Plan demonstrates the Morrison Government's commitment to enhancing those critical capabilities in Australia."
The 2018 Defence Industrial Capability Plan states that Australian industry must possess the ability to design, develop, manufacture, maintain and upgrade enhanced military radar systems. There is a broad range of existing radars in service, entering service, and deployed across a range of platforms and locations These radars vary in size, type, purpose, frequency, and transmission. Among key projects with a significant radar component, Australia is pursuing the SEA 5000 Hunter-class and AIR 7000 Phase 1B MQ-4C Triton acquisition programs.
This Plan outlines Defence's priorities for the next three to five years in terms of investment in research, design, development and manufacture of enhanced active phased array and passive radar capabilities. Successfully implementing this Industry Plan will enable several industrial landscape in 2022–24. Among them, some extensive and cutting-edge Australian capabilities, with significant influence and participation in the global market. Australia's radar industrial base is also continue to be tightly coupled with end-users, and with research and development efforts
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40 Years Later: Mises's Lasting Legacy – Jörg Guido Hülsmann
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Jorg Guido Hulsmann writes at Mises.org:
Editor's note: October 10, 2013 is the 40th anniversary of the death of Ludwig von Mises.
Each year in early October, the world looks to Sweden and Norway, where the annual Nobel Prize winners are announced in the fields of literature, medicine-physiology, physics, chemistry, and peace-making.
The great Swedish entrepreneur, Alfred Nobel did not sponsor a prize in economics, and the committees sponsored out of his estate did not grant any such prize until the present day. But there is a "Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel" which is sponsored by the central bank of Sweden. Since 1969, that prize has been granted every year in early October, too.
The timing and the labeling of the prize, as well as the fact that its laureates are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which also picks the other laureates (except for the peace prize), have misled people all over the world into thinking it is the real thing. Like counterfeit banknotes, the economics prize has been circulating among the unsuspecting public.
Alfred Nobel did not intend to sponsor a prize in economics. Apparently, neither did the Swedish central bank. Its prize has usually been awarded to scholars specializing in applied mathematics, or applied psychology, or in the art of playing with statistical data that goes under the name of econometrics. Very rarely is it awarded to scholars who actually spend most of their time thinking about real-world economic problems, and almost never to anybody who has anything new and important and true to say about the real economy. It is true that many laureates were very well versed in economics, but even they did not, as a rule, obtain the prize for any contribution to that discipline.
The problem with the "dismal science" of economics is well known. It mercilessly exposes and dispels the myths that have been invented to justify central planning and government interventionism. This flies in the face of the very institutions that finance and award the Prize in memory of Alfred Nobel. The Swedish central bank is institutionally committed to central planning in money. It can hardly be expected to print and spend millions of kronas on research that is useless — and potentially nefarious — from its very own point of view. Moreover, Sweden has been ruled by socialists for most of the post-war period. The venerable Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was not immune from this tendency.
Unsurprisingly, the economics prize has always been heavily biased against economists who oppose the fiat-money foundation of the welfare state and of the warfare state. The facts speak for themselves. With the notable exception of F.A. Hayek (laureate in 1974), none of the prize winners is on record as an outspoken critic of central banking and monetary interventionism. And even Hayek came out of the closet only after winning the prize, publishing Choice in Currency (1976) andDenationalisation of Money (1977).
Unsurprisingly, two giants of economic thought, Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) and Murray Rothbard (1926-1995) did not obtain the economics prize in memory of Alfred Nobel. Mises, who was arguably the greatest economist ever, died at the very moment when that prize was awarded for the fifth time. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his passing, it is appropriate to commemorate his achievements and to highlight his lasting legacy.
Ludwig von Mises is well known as a fountainhead of the revival of classical liberalism and libertarianism after WWII. But his influence on contemporary political thought was based entirely on his groundbreaking contributions to social analysis, and to monetary economics in particular. At the very moment when inflationist ideas had made their intrusion into the academic world and were about to supersede classical economics, Mises revolutionized the theory of money. He was the first economist to develop a full-fledged explanation of money prices, and he was also the first to develop a comprehensive analysis of the causes and consequences of money production. His work renewed and greatly reinforced the case against monetary interventionism, which had been at the heart of classical economics.
40 Years Later: Mises's Lasting Legacy – Jörg Guido Hülsmann – Mises Daily.
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"One-way encryption? What's the point?" you may say. Well, not being able to decrypt something is sometimes a good thing. When you create a hash, you're only creating a digital summary of the string or file in question. You're not encrypting the string or file, and therefore the string or file can't be decrypted. On most systems, passwords are stored as hashes, so should someone break into your system and grab your password file, said rogue user doesn't necessarily have your passwords, just hashes of the passwords.
This begs the questions "Well then, how does the system match my password when I enter 'banana' and it has stored 'ZTkvRRZNsOUik' in the password file?" It's simple (for once, a simple explanation!): When you enter the password, the system will hash the input, and attempt to match this hashed input to the hash it has stored in the password file. If the two hashes match, you're allowed in.
For more information about the concept of hashing algorithms, a good place to start is with the "What is a Hash Function" section of the RSA Labs Crypto FAQ.
Hashes are used not only in password-matching situations, but also to ensure that the integrity of a file has not become compromised, meaning it hasn't changed in any way. If you have a file that contains the string "10000" and the string changes to "10001," the resulting hash will be very different.
PHP has one hash function already built-in, md5(). But if you download and install the mhash library, from http://sasweb.de/mhash/, then compile PHP using the --with-mhash configuration option, and you will have access to additional hashing algorithms besides MD5, such as SHA1, HAVAL, TIGER, GOST and others.
NOTE: The configuration flag "--disable-pthreads" has shown to be the key in making Apache, PHP, and the mhash library work without a hitch. Your mileage may vary. Be sure to check the PHP mailing list archives if you have any problems with installation.
The following script example shows the use of some mhash functions. I plan to create a hash of the fourth paragraph of this section, the text beginning with "Hashes are used not only ..." (how very secret!).
Be sure to escape any quotation marks or other special characters in your string!
Now create the hash, by assigning the value of the output of the mhash() function to a variable. I used $hash_of_string as my variable name. The mhash() function takes two arguments: the hash to use and the string to hash.
echo "<p>The hash of that big paragraph is " .
Fun, isn't it? Now, what happens if I change one character in the string $to_hash? Suppose I changed the two numbers to "99999" and "55555"? The new hash is: 93dcdcaa1b6dc4e7b0ec3121aae7acc29d530267f1fa949e, which is vastly different from the original, and all I did was change two numbers! Obviously, hash functions are very useful in determining if a file or string has changed.


Firefighters were called to part of the M42 near Tamworth after a private ambulance became engulfed in flames.
Crews received reports of the blaze at 7.25am yesterday (7 April) between junctions 9 and 10.
On arrival, firefighters discovered the vehicle well alight and with several oxygen cylinders involved.
Nobody was hurt in the incident, whilst part of the carriageway was blocked off as firefighters tackled the flames.
A spokesperson for Coleshill Fire Station said: "A team of Breathing apparatus wearers used hose reels and a main jet to bring the fire under control and thankfully nobody was hurt."
Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service also released a statement on the incident, saying: "Firefighters extinguished the fire by carrying out a shuttle run for water.
"Equipment also used included a hose reel jet, 45mm jet and 2 breathing apparatus. Highways were also in attendance."


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Brie Larson has clarified her controversial comments, that had insecure men around the globe outraged, throughout the Captain Marvel press tour. Like many comedian guide tangles, this dispute was made potential due to the debut of Superman. Soon after his first look in 1938`s Motion Comics #1, there was a deluge of knockoffs from publishers in search of a bit of the Man of Metal pie. Although most of these had been fly-by-evening analogues, Fawcett Comics`s attempt at its personal superhero wasn`t an inferior model—it quickly became real competitors.
Comics are nothing if not needlessly confusing at times, and by the early 1970s, Superman wasn`t quite the sales force he was. In need of some fresh blood, DC turned to an unlikely source for help: Fawcett. The corporate had reemerged within the late Nineteen Sixties because the publisher of Dennis the Menace comics, but its palms were tied when the superhero enterprise revived because it was legally forbidden from producing new Captain Marvel books. So that they did the next neatest thing by agreeing to license the character and his supporting solid to DC in 1973.
Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe`s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic conflict between two alien races. Marvel was a buzzword once more, and in 1966, a short-lived company called M.F. Enterprises tried to capitalize with a brand new character named Captain Marvel—typically thought of one of many worst superheroes ever put to paper.
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Authorization of Agency: MPD invention.
We've been hearing about MPD's Authorization of Agency (AoA) process. It surfaced in the media during the A-list controversy, where the actual blacklist was on form AA 0306, the Authorization of Agency form. We also wrote about a couple of Park Protectors who featured on AoAs at the Zoo.
What is Authorization of Agency (AoA)
Authorization of Agency is generally accepted term in real estate law, where it allows an agent to sign property documents in lieu of a principal.
Some police agencies have the concept of authorization of agency, the San Diego PD being an example. In the case of all police agencies we could find, the authorization of agency is a blanket measure against all trespassers, so it's similar to posting your property.
MPD's AoA is different. It specified the property, but also has one or more individuals who are barred from the property. This is unique to MPD's version of AoA.
Normally, trespass does not occur, in the case of property that is not posted, until an accused person has been informed that she is trespassing, and is given time to leave the property.
The legal theory behind the AoA is that the persons listed has been informed that they will be trespassing without further notice if she enters the property again. It supposedly authorizes the police to act as an agent of the landlord in giving notice.
AoA is also promoted by Shelby Co. DA Amy Weirich as part of Operation Safeway. Anecdotally, we hear that it is used against the homeless, by apartment complexes and by businesses who seek to prevent "undesirables" on their premises. The data tends to confirm this.
Our Open Records Request.
We submitted an open records request for all AoAs filed since December 1st 2016, and received about 200 files containing over 1800 PDF forms, many of them older than December 2016. Most precincts sent all their AoAs. We think we have over 90% of AoAs.
As can be seen from the chart, there were 1697 unique AoAs in the data, and race was identified in all but 75. 84.9% of listed persons were Black and 12.3% white, with a couple of percent Latinx and a few Asians. African Americans are over-represented by a factor of 350% compared with the demographics. There are seven times the number of Black people over whites.
Purple: African American/Black, Red: Whie/Cauc, Yellow: Asian, Blue: LatinX, Green: unknown
The original map can be seen on Google Docs.
Click the "Map" tab to view the interactive map, and the "Rows" tab shows the data, with the source field clickable to go to the source PDF.
The collated data table is available on Google Docs, as a comma-separated CSV file, Excel XLSX and OpenOffice ODS files. These files also contain the name of the barred person, a clickable link to the source .PDF and the page number to search within this PDF. (Updated 9/11/2017: updated spreadsheet with corrections and added business category field; CSV XLSX ODS.)
The map shows a large concentration stretching through downtown, Midtown, Orange Mound, Parkway Village and Hickory hill, with some outliers in Raleigh and Frayser. Most of these places are where the races mingle as in downtown and midtown, or in transitional areas where demographics are changing. But the vast majority of AoA listees are African American.
How AoA is supposed to work.
MPD officer Dan Adams at the Zoo
The forms are filled in by hand by the property manager and are to be witnessed by a police officer. They are maintained in the original form via scanning to .pdf. They are apparently kept in hard copy folders by ward which are carried in police cars. Many of the forms have a three digit ward number written near the top of the form. The data are accessed by manually searching through the forms in the book.
As manual, hand-written forms, there are no controls on handwriting, spelling or general accuracy. Many entries are hard to read, either because the original script is undecipherable or because the documents have been scanned, faxed or copied many times.
Many of the forms have additional data, such as sex, weight, height, and marginal notes with drivers license numbers or scanned licenses, phone numbers, addresses, behavioral notes, details of alleged offenses, car tags or descriptions. DL numbers, Social Security numbers and photos are redacted. Access the original documents to see additional data.
Although some property managers keep the forms on hand and initiate the application, the suggestion to file often comes from a police officer.
Problems with AoA administration.
The forms state that the complainant has notified the subject that they are not permitted on the property, but we have many instances where the subjects were not duly notified, and there is no checking or control on
Fergus Nolan and Maureen Spain are on an AoA at the Zoo from 31/5/2016 but were not notified, see example.
Hunter Demster was placed on an AoA on 9/28/2017 and not notified.
Up to 12 protesters at the Mayor's house die-in from 12/19/2016 were placed on an AoA, and an additional 40+ people who were not at the die-in were also placed on the "A-list" AoA, but only Keedran Franklin was notified, and not by Mayor Strickland, the complainant, but by MPD plainclothes police.
Lack of notification of being on an AoA can expose the subject to arbitrary arrest for trespassing while unknowingly being listed on the property.
The "protection" afforded a property owner by AoA is similar to an order of protection, in that it prevents an subject from approaching a complainant while on her property, but AoA does not embody the same opportunity to legally challenge the listing. AoA may be viewed as an attempt to bypass the safeguards embodied in the Order of Protection process.
The AoA process is not documented in MPD's P&P manual, and has no maintenance or purge process. Conditions attached to the AoA listing, such as limited duration of the listing, cannot be enforced. We have examples of AoAs which were supposed to have limited one-year duration still being on file after many years. The AoA my still be in effect after the property is transferred to another owner.
The forms are supposed to be signed by the complainant and witnessed by an MPD member. We found numerous instances of missing signatures of both types, and signatures that were "witnessed" on a different date to the original signature.
We also found numerous instances where a duly signed and witnessed AOA form had additional names added over the original signature, which is a falsification of official records, as the purported signature and witness do not apply to the subsequent changes. We have instances where both the original form and the updated version are on file, and also instances where later names were added in a different hand to the original list. Forms should have unused subject lines crossed out to prevent subsequent additions.
Our example.
From personal experience, this example illustrates several of the problems with AoAs. On 5/31/2016, the day after their arrest at a Greensward protest, this AoA (PDF, see page 7) was created for Maureen Spain and Fergus Nolan, without notification. Their drivers license numbers were provided to the Zoo by MPD for this purpose, in violation of open records laws, which requires DL numbers to be redacted before sharing with members of the public.
Fergus Nolan unknowingly visited the Zoo on at least three different occasions in 2017. On one of these visits, he was with Hunter Demster, when both were asked to leave. Subsequently, on the 28th, an AoA was created for Hunter Demster, who was not notified.
During the incident described in our February blog, the police were seen working on some papers. Once again, for at least the fourth time, they failed to find the existing AoA for Fergus. The police added him into the existing AoA for Hunter. The two versions are shown above, where the second line was added in a different hand.
This illustrates what we think are common problems with AoAs. They are frequently altered to add more names, making the witness signature fraudulent. Subjects are often not informed of their inclusion on an AoA, making them subject to arrest if they re-enter the listed property unawares. The system is ineffective. Fergus Nolan's 5/31/2016 AoA was not found on four separate occasions. In addition, the police often add confidential information to the AoA including driver's license, social security number and photos, which are required to be redacted before sharing with members of the public, and the complainant gets to see this information.
I'm not a lawyer. AoA form AA 0705 is another version of the form, and some are present in our document cache. It cites TCA 39-3-1201, which was repealed, as the authorizing statute. These AoA forms are still active.
TCA 39-14-405 is the successor statute to the repealed trespass measure and it does not mention AoA or describe its mechanism. We have consulted attorneys who believe that the process is not legal, but there has not been a legal challenge to date.
Due Process Issues.
As there is no formal record keeping system for AoAs, and as there are no regulations in the P&P manual, the records are chaotic.
There is no judicial oversight, means of correcting, changing data, purging outdated records, or appeal process.
We saw AoAs as old as 2011, and children as young as eleven listed, with no mechanism for parental involvement.
We saw one situation where the same policeman hawked the same AoA against and individual to four different businesses in an area, suggesting that individual police have a lot of latitude in applying this sanction.
The quality of the system, in terms of data accuracy, legibility, efficient access and data maintenance procedures is rock bottom.
We are aware of several AoAs which have been removed fro the database. These include the original AoA signed in January 2017 for the December 19th die-in, which formed the basis of the A-list. Also missing is a December 31st for Malco theater which had the names of Keedran Franklin and other CCC members who gave out free theater tickets. The deletions we know about occurred after political pressure was applied.
AoA is racist in implementation, has no legal basis, has no checks and balances, is unwieldy, capricious and ineffective, violates due process and has been used as a weapon by MPD officers against the weakest members of our community.
It is questionable if a police force can act as the agent of property owners, in violation of the State trespass law, without compromising their oath to uphold the law.
It needs judicial intervention.
September 6, 2018 September 11, 2018 Activist, AoA, Authorization of Agency, Civil Rights, Corruption, Criminal Justice, Memphis, MPD, Police Brutality, Police Corruption, Social Justice, Trespassing7 Comments
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Blacklists from A to Z: New Zoo Z-list
In this Smart City Memphis article, "with the Memphis zoo parking design now revealed, the final decision is headed inevitably to Mayor Strickland's desk after a week of public comment. That's where the buck stops. There will undoubtedly be intense lobbying of the mayor by both sides. It is hard to see how the design, which seems senselessly to consume more than two acres of parkland at Overton Park, will not light the fuse for another round of vigorous opposition."
First we had the City's A-list, the blacklist of individuals requiring escorts at City Hall. Now we have the Zoo's blacklist, the Z-list. This list has Hunter Demster and myself on it. It has another thing in common with the A-list – a mysterious MPD construct, the "Authorization of Agency" form.
Hunter called me on Tuesday February 21st and told me that the Zoo had posted photos of both of us at their security checkpoints. So we saddled up and arrived at the Zoo a little after 4 PM . We photographed our Zoo mugshots through the glass of the unattended parking shack.
Hunter's and my photos are posted in the Zoo parking shack. Photo taken through the glass.
When we got to the Zoo entrance, we engaged the Zoo attendants and asked them why our photos were posted, and they said that we were banned from the Zoo and we had to leave. They said they'd called the police and we should leave to avoid arrest.
Zoo employee calling MPD at Plaza entrance
Zoo employee at Plaza entrance.
While we were walking back across the parking lot, a police cruiser pulled up in front of Zoo plaza, and Officer Dan Adams dismounted. He called us, and we turned around and went back to the south-western end of Zoo Plaza.
Officer Adams was combative right off the bat. He said that MPD had an Authorization of Agency on us and we had to leave. We asked why we were being asked to leave public City property and mentioned that we had committed no crimes.
At that point, a second cruiser pulled up with an unidentified female officer. We asked for a supervisor because her colleague was raising his voice. She led Officer Adams a small distance away to the lion statue and they conferred briefly.
Police conferring at Zoo Plaza.
The officers came back over and informed Hunter and I that we were being detained. Hunter was cuffed behind his back by Officer Adams, led to Adams' cruiser, parked in front of the Plaza and locked in the back.
Hunter Demster being cuffed by Officer Dan Adams
The female officer locked me in her cruiser, uncuffed, but took away my phone and camera.
Here's the video Hunter took of this interaction, from the first appearance of Officer Adams to where we were informed we were being detained.
At this point, the narrative continues from the back of Adams' police car where Hunter managed to get his camera going and broadcast live. This video was featured in the Commercial Appeal article.
Antonio Blair and Mark Ravi take up the video narrative from the Zoo parking lot.
During the twenty minutes or so we were in the cruisers, the two original cops were seen in the video working on an Authorization of Agency form, which the Zoo and those police officers had said that they already had filed. An MPD supervisor arrived after a while, talked to the officers but did not address us.
Eventually, the two cops released Hunter and me, and waved a folded piece of paper at us, which they said was an Authorization of Agency. They said we'd be arrested if we again entered Zoo property. They would not show us what was on the paper.
Hunter was later interviewed on video. Channel 5 reported.
What is an Authorization of Agency?
I am not a lawyer. Tennessee trespass law is governed by § 39-14-405. This requires a subject to be advised that she is trespassing, and be given an opportunity to leave, before trespassing can be alleged. There's also a provision for property owners (or "employers") to pay a fee to the Secretary of State to have their property listed on the No Trespass Public Notice List.
Besides the Z-list, we saw Authorization of Agency (AOA) used in the A-list (PDF). The list is printed on MPD form AA0306, their Authorization of Agency form. The form is entitled "Listing of Persons Barred from Premises". In theory, the named property owner has previously notified the named individuals that they are banned from the named property. The A-list AOA was written for Mayor Strickland's home address, and contains 57 activists' names, Other individuals who were already on the City Hall exclusion list were added to the A-list, without being on an AOA form. There were some individuals listed twice on the A-list.
Lieut. Albert Bonner, MPD head of City Hall security at the time, had extracted the 57 names from active MPD political intelligence files, had the Mayor sign the order, and added a note in the corner of each page saying the named individuals were required to have an escort in City Hall. The rest is history. The ALCU court case is ongoing.
Another prominent misuse of the AOA is Amy Weirich's (Shelby Co. DA) "Operation Safeway" , which has been used to harass homeless individuals and for fishing expeditions.
We can't find any law locally that modifies the State law, or any regulation in the MPD Policy and Procedures manual relating to the Authorization of Agency. Several cities in California, Virginia, Alabama and Oregon have a similar letter, but it does not designate individuals and is like the Tennessee law, in that the property must be posted.
Authorization of agency, as a legal term, is usually a form of power of attorney authorizing a representative to act in relation to specific transactions.
We have concerns as to the legality of the AOA, its use to implement a political blacklist by a quasi-Governmental City contractor, and the absence of due process around the device. This may well be a civil rights matter, especially in view of its repeated use as a blacklist.
Hunter and my previous Zoo visit.
The SmartMemphis article is unclear about why we were banned by the Zoo. The answer may lie in our previous visit to the Zoo. After reports that chainsaws had been heard somewhere north of the 17 Acres, Hunter and I decided to visit the Zoo during Free 3-hour Tuesday on 26th September 2017.
An ice rink being built at the Zoo on Sept 26.
We entered the Zoo without incident and walked eastwards towards the Reticulated Giraffe enclosure on the eastbound tram route. Along the way we noticed that two Zoo employees were following us. We checked out construction of an ice rink that was in progress east of the giraffe house, and then turned back towards the Zoo entrance.
Zoo security on Sept 26th
Zoo security guy
Along the way, we turned south towards the 17 acres, in an unfenced and unposted area used for Zoo employee parking. The two Zoo employees shouted at us from a 50 yard distance to leave the area. We immediately headed north back on the main drag and resumed heading for the exit, pausing from time to time to view exhibits.
MPD officer in biker boots escorting Hunter towards the exit.
When we got near the Hippo Camp, we were approached by an MPD officer in motorcycle gear. He asked us to leave, and the policeman walked Hunter to the main gate, while the Zoo employees walked behind me. When we got to the main gate, Hunter inquired why we were being asked to leave. The cop said that the Zoo wanted us gone and we'd be arrested if we didn't, so we left. There was no violence or even raised voices, we never entered any fenced or posted area, and we left when asked.
Zoo security following me towards the exit.
I also visited the Zoo in June and took photographs without incident, and also took photographs in the Zoo parking lot and from a drone at various times in 2017.
"Save the Greensward" is planning an event, "Free Tuesday at the Memphis Zoo", on Tuesday Feb. 27th. Park protectors intend to line up in an orderly manner for admission to the Zoo. Hunter and I plan to attend.
The Zoo Parking Plan, a highly defective document, goes to the Mayor for contract approval on Wednesday.
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Dealing to the Boards
April 27, 2010 Education 8 comments
The procession of company directors going through the revolving doors of the country's court rooms suggests that in the financial sector there are issues of governance in that sector.
The failure of the New Zealand Rugby Union to balance the books for the last year in a code that has a sound relationship with media interests with seemingly never-ending supplies of cash and the revelations from the Melbourne Storm rugby league club about a club in the other code that had no problems taking the cash suggest that governance in sport could be an issue.
The wholesale review of local authority governance in Auckland (which also reshapes the management of the region) and the recent events in the Canterbury Regional Council would seem to suggest that issues of governance have been identified in local and regional government.
It just could be the case that governance is something we should turn attention to in New Zealand.
Minister of Tertiary Education Steven Joyce has done just that in implementing a move signalled before his tenure to sort out governance in the ITP sector. Certainly the performance of some ITPs might suggest that they have been operating without the constraints of governance. On the other hand each of the ITPs has been audited each year. So the move to sort out governance in that sector is probably in response to what are perceived as clear issues in that sector.
A key feature of these changes is the size of ITP councils which have been reduced to a standard eight members – four appointed by the Minister and four by the community. The Minister also appoints the Chair and Deputy Chair. The Minister has historically always appointed four people but what is different is the balance – four in a council of eighteen is very different from four in a council of eight. Also, appointing the leadership of the councils means that the Minister has taken on a large part of the responsibility for the success of governance in the sector. Good appointments, good governance.
A further feature is the appointment of a number of people to more than one council – something that has been done in the health sector. In one instance one person is on three councils, in another one person chairs two councils. These are interesting developments that could lead to greater co-operation between (and perhaps even merger of) different institutions or, in the interests of good governance, councils responsible for more than one institution. Back to the future – that's is how it was done in Auckland in the early days with the Auckland Technical Institute Council having initial responsibility for Carrington (later to become Unitec) and Manukau Technical Institutes. Did it work then?
I wonder if attention might now be turned towards the school sector and questions raised about governance there. With 18,855 school trustees attending to the governance of a little over 2,500 schools (not counting ECE institutions and organisations) there is a monumental taks in seeing that these critical responsibilities are discharged to high standards. So we put in place a government agency (ERO) to help with this, we place these governance groups into a situation constrained tightly by regulation, by operational rules related to income, to staffing, to capital expenditure, to service delivery, to markets (i.e. zoning) and so on. So can these groups truly be said to be discharging the responsibilities of governance? And if they were how realistic is it to think that a community of the size we have can produce more than 18,000 people qualified to do so.
Perhaps it is time in terms of governance in the school sector to look at introducing the missing links of school reform in this country – the Education Service Centre and the Community Education Forum. Both were to be part of the original plan but were dispensed with on grounds that were never very clear.
The Education Service Centres are somewhat analogous to the US School Districts and were intended to provide the glue for schools in a district. They were never intended to have the powers of the old education boards but it might be possible to see such a mechanism providing some of the governance in much the same way as the Super Council might relate to Community Boards in Auckland's bright new future.
Whatever path might be chosen, if education can crack the question of governance with 18K directors operating 2.5k operations then perhaps the finance sector and local government should be handed over to them as well.
With 80 or so business failures a year in the school sector (i.e. Boards replaced by commissioners or placed under some kid of surveillance) some kind of response with regard to governance would be appropriate.
Are the models devised in the 1980s and 1990s adequate to take us into the take us into the future?
It would seem that they are not in tertiary and something has been done about it.
Jim Doyle says:
Democracy is messy isn't it? Having sat on various school boards for 9 years and observed more then 200 ITP council meetings over 17 years, I know how messy it can be.
It wouldn't be drawing too long a bow to conclude that most if not all of the present financial mess the world is in can be sheeted back to governance failures.
The sorry fact is that the qualities that are needed to ensure good governance are scarce and elusive. Attempting to cover 2,500 schools is a huge challenge and leaving it up to often poorly informed 2,500 electorates has its risks. OK, so forget trying to target 19,000 individuals but perhaps the appointment of the Chairs could be managed in a way that is a bit more systematic and leaves les to chance.
louise rummel says:
Dear Stuart
INteresting reading concerning governance. I knew about the ITP Council membership but did not realise about the questions that you raise. Interstingly, one of the reasons that the old Hospital Boards were overturned and replace by the then Area Health Boards was the lack of expertise inherent in these boards to manage a large institute. I have always thought that Boards of Trustees is very dependent upon the expertise that is willing to be part of the Board. In many areas that expertise is not there. Intersting reading and thank you. Louise
Allan Vester says:
I am not sure that the model was ever truly adequate. Certainly parent representation and input is vital but the raft of legislation that Boards are responsible for means that no Board can ever truly be confident that they are meeting all of the requirements.
The Orewa College situation is a case on point. The problem is how much responsibility do you place on risk adverse Ministry organisations and still expect to have flexibility and fairness?
Russell Marshall says:
I thought the government might have also asked some questions about university governance. Eg. Do they need up to 20 members? How well do they manage Vice Chancellor selection and appraisal? On schools, I agree entirely. Poorer socio-economic communities were always going to struggle to find people with the skills necessary to be on boards of trustees. When ERO replaced some of what inspectors did, schools lost some of the support and protection some of them need. Abandoning Service Centres and Community Forums was bad enough. Then, in the early 1990s zoning was removed, with devastating results for low decile communities and their schools. As well as the reinstatement of service centres and conmunity forums, we need in some communities to move to one board for a cluster of schools. Russell Marshall,Porirua
Russell Marshall, for not the first time in his distinguished career in education, show courage. Taking the review of governance across the education sectors could have led to some effective responses to issues at different levels
Of course – ideas are like viruses and they will spread anyway.
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A good look at this you've gotten, even though I don't believe all that have been said I can see your case.
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Manchester prepares for election as city comes to terms with terror attack
By Tom Mullen BBC News Online
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-39927746
Manchester Arena attack
Image caption Tributes continue to be left in memory of the victims of last month's suicide bombing
People in Manchester will approach next week's general election while still coming to terms with last month's terror attack. In a city that regularly records some of the lowest voter turnouts in the country, what are people's main concerns?
With its resurgent business community, popular universities and thriving food and drink scene, Manchester is often considered England's capital of the north.
The city's Northern Quarter is a modern hipster heaven, there's a proud sporting tradition and people recently voted for the wider region's first metropolitan mayor, signalling a fresh direction for local politics.
But a peculiar trend has endured in the city in recent years. Many thousands of people repeatedly fail to vote in general elections.
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Two Manchester constituencies were among the very lowest for voter turnouts in the UK in the 2015 election.
Blackley and Broughton was third lowest, while Manchester Central was fifth from bottom.
And five years earlier Manchester Central had the lowest turnout of anywhere in the country, when fewer than 46% of registered voters went to the polls.
Image caption The majority of people in Manchester voted to remain in the EU, but Brexit remains a deeply divisive issue
The city is also reeling from last month's suicide bombing that left 22 dead, many more injured, and inspired crowds to gather in defiant displays of solidarity.
Mother-of-two Jackie Hilton said she thought she knew how she was going to vote until the terror attack "changed everything".
"Prior to what happened, I knew exactly how I was going to vote, but now it's thrown a total curve ball," the 43-year-old said.
"I've watched the debates, and I think the issues of our security, policing numbers and fighting terrorism and cyber crime are paramount.
"I normally look at the manifestos and make a decision. But it's hard this time.
"I think of my mum, and my daughters. My parents have been Conservative voters all their lives and now there's talk of the dementia tax on one side, and the garden tax on the other. It's a tough one."
Image caption Reaction to the bombing at Manchester Arena included defiant messages and posters around the city
In a recent debate hosted by BBC Radio Manchester, Usma Chaudry raised concerns about the government's Prevent scheme, which aims to prevent radicalisation.
She said: "There's no proof whatsoever that Prevent is working. It does nothing but vilify specifically Muslim communities.
"What makes me nervous is there doesn't seem to be a distinct answer from any of [the parties] to say that it will be scrapped, and it is no longer effective.
"One of the causes of terrorism is when you continue to target a community, it will have counter effects."
Speaking before the bombing, Alex Ullmann, who lives in the inner-city Ancoats area, said the key thing was for people to make their voices heard.
"I think it's important to vote. Aside from all the standard cliché about how we're fortunate to have the right to vote, my outlook is if I don't vote, I can't moan," he said.
"My voting history happens to align with how my family vote, but I can't say it was intentional and this time I'm close to shifting my vote to a different party."
Image caption Emily Robinson, left, and Georgia Scott said their decisions have been influenced by their families and social media
The 31-year-old said the NHS and Brexit were at the forefront of his mind.
"I'm most interested in the things that really make a difference, like healthcare. The NHS is one of those things that, when it's gone, we'll regret not fighting harder for.
"Having a family member ill is scary, and stressful, enough. Adding fear of not being able to afford the treatment will only make a bad situation worse. I think we need to take a more realistic approach to the issue and spend to keep it afloat."
Regarding Brexit, Mr Ullmann voted to remain and said he now worries about how the process of leaving the EU will be managed.
"Nothing since the votes were counted has made me confident that anyone has the first idea what's going to happen. I'm fairly certain the EU will want to make an example of us, though, to put off any further referendums on the mainland."
Image caption Manchester's tram network opened in 1992
Mr Ullmann also articulates a frustration that was common among people the BBC approached - a sense of being "bored" or uninspired by the current choice of politicians.
But he urged people to get out and vote all the same.
He said: "It's all mind numbingly boring, but it's important. It affects almost every aspect of day-to-day life. So we should give it the consideration that it deserves, exercise our right to vote - and then have a damn good moan."
Manchester-born Will Connor, who works as a singer, travels widely for work and likes the Labour Party's commitment to re-nationalise the railways.
"It's got to the stage where you can get a flight to Edinburgh for a cheaper price than a train ticket. It's ridiculous," he said.
Image caption Will Connor, left, and Oliver Stockwin have similar family backgrounds but their views differ markedly
On Brexit, he says he resents the way Theresa May is handling the process as "someone we didn't elect", and welcomes the election.
However, despite coming from a Conservative-leaning family, the 22-year-old says he is inclined to vote Labour or Lib Dem this time.
He said: "I've done a lot of work with the homeless in Manchester. I personally think Labour or Lib Dems would do more for that section of society.
"It's not just a made-up problem. There are genuine situations where people need a bit of money to help them."
Image caption Manchester Central constituency includes parts of the inner city Ancoats area
Oliver Stockwin went to school in the city and has returned for the summer after leaving to study economics in Sheffield.
He thinks the Conservatives will "make a better job" of Brexit negotiations.
"Both my parents are Conservative and I think you do get a bit of sway from that. I just think they are better placed to get the job done."
Among older generations, household bills are among people's main concerns, as well as the future of the NHS and social care.
Image caption William O'Brien, left, and Mike Beesley said the NHS and the price of household bills are among their main concerns
"I think think they should give older people a break," said 64-year-old Will O'Brien. "I'm not just speaking for myself. There are a lot of people much more worse off the us.
"I'm against the means testing of the heating allowance. It's not clear what it will mean for many."
Mr O'Brien and his wife Joan both voted to leave the EU and he says he stands by his decision "100%".
But he says he would like to see "more clarity", amid many "unanswered questions".
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Retired civil servant Mike Beesley said he likes to consider the work of his local MP when deciding which party to vote for.
"I'd usually vote Labour because I like my MP and it's someone I like and trust," the 58-year-old said.
"But I'd like to see more public spending, and someone needs to look at the power companies. The prices are extortionate. Everything seems to be going up at the moment.
"I feel worse off then I should be, after working all my life."
Image caption Manchester City Council says it runs a number of schemes to encourage people to vote
Mother-of-one Josie Hunt said her two-year-old daughter's future is in her thoughts as the election looms, as well as her opposition to Brexit.
"I don't want to leave the EU. I like travel and I don't want people to feel excluded," she said.
"It seems to me England isn't even the best place to grow up. I don't want things to be worse for my little girl."
Georgia Scott, who works in sales, says she has been brought up to vote Labour.
Image caption Josie Hunt says the future of her two-year-old daughter is her main concern
"I'll be voting Labour just because of the views of my family. I come from a working class background and, for us, I just feel like there's a better chance with them. I think Labour is more competent in thinking about people who work.
"Everyone should have enough money to feed themselves and have enough left over to live comfortably."
Anastasia Frost, who was born in Russia but has lived in Manchester for the past 11 years, offers a heartfelt take on Brexit.
The charity worker, 30, is in favour of the Liberal Democrats' policy of pushing for a second referendum.
Image caption Two Manchester constituencies were among the very lowest for voter turnouts in the UK in the 2015 election
"Brexit was a big blow to me and it has been difficult to live knowing that our society is a lot less tolerant than I thought," she said.
"I am horrified by Theresa May's proposals such as her intention to end free school lunches for infants affecting 900,000 children.
"Jeremy Corbyn on the other hand seems to think he can grow money on trees and his ideals are too close to communism for my liking.
"I would like to see an NHS that is not overstrained and understaffed. I would like for the homeless problem in Manchester to be addressed."
Image caption Liam Jackson does not plan to vote and said he struggles to be inspired by today's politicians
But, of course, not everyone here is voting.
Emily Robinson, 19, says she feels disillusioned, and that the media fails to connect to young people or explain the choices more clearly.
"When I see things posted on social media I'm interested in that, but that's the only time I really consider it," she said.
Liam Jackson, who is currently unemployed, said he simply feels politicians have simply not reached out to his generation.
The 26-year-old said: "It just feels like there's nothing to inspire young people. I don't even feel I know about all the politicians. There's nothing that really piques my interest.
"It's not like I don't care about the country, because I do, but all that just seems so far away. I struggle to explain it. I think this year I'm waiting for someone to impress me."
Video Vigil marks one week since Manchester attack


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The Rover Prince
by Jeremy Cavenagh 6 months ago in fantasy
A faerie tale courtship
Let me tell you a story, a story about a prince who was a rover, and a princess who did not know she was a princess. Now I hear the question asked, "How can this be, a princess being unaware of being a princess?" The answer lies in the midst of a war that lasted a thousand years.
Over a millennium gone by, one nation invaded another, and after the first battle, the aggressor declared the war won. It wasn't. Three hundred years later, many families left their devastated home to fight the enemy on other fronts. It was into one of these families that the princess was born. However, over six hundred years had passed before her birth. Her family, like many others had lost their royal trappings, and much had been forgotten, that, perhaps, ought not to have been forgotten.
This is not a story of that dreadful war though, for by the time this story takes place a cease fire had been in effect for a decade.
Now the prince (who was a rover), when he was a young man, set out to find his fortune. Many were the roads he traveled, and bloody were the fights he fought (for not all were welcoming to him). This is not a story about his battles, or his grandiose exploits, nor about his noble deeds (of which there were not a few).
One fine day as he followed his path he came across a town that he had never visited before (and there were many of those). The town was neither large, nor small, so it was about a medium size, as towns go. The people were friendly, the climate was balmy, and the food was tasty (and it was not a wonder that the prince, who was a rover, decided to stay a while).
One afternoon he met a young woman, and they struck up a conversation, and before either realised it, night had fallen, so they made plans to meet the following day. They met not only the next day, and the next, but every day for several months. Now the young lady was not only a teacher, but an apprentice to a doctor (the significance of which plays an important part of our story).
After about four months, at around the time the prince (who was a rover) began to realize that he was coming to love the young lady, fate stepped in. Word came of a city far to the north, upon which a plague of wyrms had descended, and he was their only hope of total elimination of the problem. So it was with a heavy heart that he set out for north, yet he promised to return.
Weeks passed, and turned into months, and a year later (almost to the day he had first come to the town), he returned. Well we know that there was only one person he was looking for, but he could not find her. So he asked around, and found out that she, and the doctor, had left for a land far to the east, and had, in fact, left the day before he had arrived. Now if the prince (who was a rover) had not been crown over spurs in love with the young woman (who was a princess, but did not know it), our story might have taken a very different track. He was, as previously stated, very much in love, and, thus, very motivated to find his love again. So it was that after he had ascertained their destination, he set out after them.
You may envision a wild chase by horseback as he galloped madly after them, but you would be mistaken. They had left by sea, and no horse ever born could gallop across the ocean wide, for under the sea is the province of mermen. Instead, the prince (who, as you may remember, was a rover) boarded the next ship headed towards that land (if you remember it lay far to the east). Now a ship ride across the bounding main could (in those days, as it can now) be fraught with danger. There was always the danger of sirens, or kraken, rogue waves, even pirates. I can see you thinking that rescuing his lady from pirates would make a grand story, but that would be an entirely different one, for this trip was entirely uneventful. Unbeknownst to the prince (who was a rover), his ship had passed the other, thus causing him to arrive earlier than expected.
Having reached the port, our intrepid hero found none who spoke a tongue he knew (which made communication difficult, to say the least). After three days he finally ascertained that the village he sought was several weeks walk away. Over the mountains, through a jungle, and across a desert, which even for a rover is a long walk, especially if one does not have a horse, and he did not.
Now the doctor and his apprentice arrived the day after the prince (who was a rover), and without much difficulty arranged transportation for the final leg of their journey. The doctor had much less trouble communicating, for he spoke the language of the land fluently. Soon the two were on their way down the road, which would have made the prince's journey shorter, had he known of it.
The prince packed up his supplies in his backpack, and set out following an old trail, that almost no one used any more. Now I could describe the journey, and what he saw, but that would be long and only interesting to a cartographer, or an entomologist, so I won't. Suffice it to say that he walked until he fell from exhaustion, then made camp there. For days beyond number he kept this pace, and had he been a lesser man, it might have killed him, but it didn't.
After two weeks he reached a desert; it was vast, bare, and forbidding. The sand glittered like gemstones in the sun, and occasionally there were the bleached bones of some luckless animal. When he had been in the desert for two days, he came across the first oasis he had ever seen, and having the sense that rovers are known for, he camped there for the night.
The very next morning, the prince (who was a rover) started back on the trail. Six days later, having seen no more oases, with his water-skins completely dry, he left the desert. It is said that a man can last many weeks without food, but only three days without water. Hunters returning to their village found him, having tracked him for several miles. By the staggering and weaving way he walked, they knew he was either drunk or suffering from dehydration; betting it was the latter they set out to ease his suffering.
When the prince (who was a rover) awoke, he found himself surrounded by giggling children. One ran off to return with the doctor a short time later. The doctor looked him up and down, "You got lucky son, a few more hours, and even I couldn't have helped you. They found ya out on the edge of the desert."
"How long have I been here?" the prince (who was a rover) asked.
"Six days," the doctor replied, "but that does not explain what you thought you were doing, crossing the Sea of Fire without water."
"I traveled from a sea port, across a mountain range, through a jungle, and over the desert. However, four hours after the fourth day from the oasis, I drank the last of my water. So I kept on going along the trail, until your hunters found me."
"Why did you not just take the road, it would have been much faster?"
The prince (who was a rover) opened his eyes wide in amazement, and exclaimed, "Road, what road? It took me three days just to find out about the path here, and no one ever mentioned a road."
"But why have you come here, far from your home, to a land you have only ever heard about in legend?" the doctor queried.
So the prince (who was a rover) told him of the young lady, and the reason for his quest. The doctor, who was a great romantic at heart, gave the suggestion that he should tell the young lady (who was a princess, but did not know it). So she was summoned.
When the woman arrived, the prince (who as you may remember, was a rover) told her his story, he told her of his travels, of his travails, and of his love. Now I wish I could tell you that they got married and lived happily ever after, but not only would that be a lie, but that sort of thing only happens in faerie tales. What actually happened was that the young woman told the prince two things; first, she told him that he paid her too much honor, and second, that his love was in vain. She told him that she could not see them as being any more than just good friends.
When the prince (who was a rover) heard what she had to say, his heart fell within him. As any prince knows, there is always hope outside of outright defeat. So he told her that his love was true, that he could wait for her, that he only wanted her happiness. So he began to wait...
Perhaps he is waiting still.
Jeremy Cavenagh
I am one of those people who has been almost everywhere, and done almost everything, I write stories, mostly fiction, or Science Fiction, and I write poetry.
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Because I have Become a Devotee, There will be No Danger, No Suffering. No! - Prabhupada 0898
Because I have Become a Devotee, There will be No Danger, No Suffering. No! Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot be disturbed at any circumstances. Even there is heavy suffering. That is the instruction of Kuntīdevī. Kuntīdevī's welcome, welcoming: vipadaḥ santu tāḥ tatra ta... Let there... Because, before winning the battle of Kurukṣetra, all these Pāṇḍavas were put into so many dangerous positions. That is already described in the previous verses. Sometimes they were offered poison, sometimes they were put into the house, lac, and it was set fire. Sometimes big, big demons, man-eaters, and big, big fighters. Every time... They lost their kingdom, lost their wife, lost their prestige. They were put into the forest. Full of dangers. But within all those dangers, Kṛṣṇa was there, with all those dangers. When the Draupadī was being naked, Kṛṣṇa was there supplying cloth. Kṛṣṇa is always there. Therefore Bhīṣmadeva, while he was dying... He was grandfather of the Pāṇḍavas. So when the Pāṇḍavas came to see him on his deathbed, so he cried that: "These boys, my grandsons, they're all very pious. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, the topmost pious person. His name is Dharmarāja, the king of religiosity. He is the eldest brother. And Bhīma and Arjuna, they are devotees and so great hero. They can kill thousands of men. They're so powerful. So Yudhiṣṭhira, Yudhiṣṭhira is there, and Bhīma is there. Arjuna is there, and Draupadī is directly the Goddess of Fortune. There was this injunction that wherever Draupadī will be there, there will be no scarcity of food. In this way, the combination was so nice and over and above that, Kṛṣṇa is always with them, and still they are suffering." So he began to cry that: "I do not know what is the arrangement of Kṛṣṇa, that such pious men, such devotees, they are also suffering." So don't think that: "Because I have become a devotee, there will be no danger, no suffering." Prahlāda Mahārāja suffered so much. The Pāṇḍavas suffered so much. Haridāsa Ṭhākura suffered so much. But we should not be disturbed by those sufferings. We must have firm faith, firm conviction that: "Kṛṣṇa is there. He'll give me protection." Kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati (BG 9.31). Don't try to take benefit of other shelter than Kṛṣṇa. Always take to Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says: kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati. "My dear Arjuna, you can declare it to the public that My devotees are never vanquished." Why declaration was advised to be made by Arjuna? Why He did not declare Himself? There is some point. Because this declaration, if Kṛṣṇa makes, there may be violation because sometimes He violated His promise. But if His devotee promises, it will be never violated. That is Kṛṣṇa's business. "Oh, My devotee has declared this. I must see that it must be executed." That is Kṛṣṇa's position. He's so much attached to His devotee. Therefore He said that: "You declare. If I declare, people may not believe it. But if you declare, they'll believe it. Because you are devotee. Your declaration will never be..." Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. Kṛṣṇa wants to see that: "My devotee's promise is fulfilled. My promise may not be fulfilled, may be broken." So this is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We must stick to Kṛṣṇa consciousness in, at all circumstances, even it's the most dangerous position. We must keep our faith in Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet, and there will be no danger. Thank you very much. Devotee: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!


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» USS Columbia in Surigao Strait, Philippine Islands, 3 Jan 1945; note Measure 33 Design 1d camouflage; photograph taken from USS Makin Island
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Essex-class Aircraft Carrier Hancock at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, 14 Apr 1944, the day before her commissioning.
"The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years."
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 Feb 1945


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The War Illustrated
Cover of The War Illustrated (1916) Vol.5, No.106, featuring an italian Bersagliere.
The War Illustrated was a British war magazine published in London by William Berry (later Viscount Camrose and owner of The Daily Telegraph). It was first released on 22 August 1914, eighteen days after the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, and regular issues continued throughout the First World War. The magazine was discontinued after the 8 February 1919 issue, but returned 16 September 1939 following the start of the Second World War. 255 issues were published over the course of the Second World War before the magazine permanently ceased production on 11 April 1947.[1]
Subtitled "A Pictorial Record of the Conflict of the Nations", The War Illustrated was at first sensationalistic and patriotic. Although it contained articles, the main focus was on photographs and illustrations, most notably those of Stanley Wood dramatising (or in some cases fabricating) events involving German troops. The magazine became more diligent in properly verifying its reports from 1916 onwards.[2]
Both versions of The War Illustrated were edited by John Hammerton, who also contributed articles throughout the magazine's run. The magazine contained personal accounts of the war by war correspondents such as Hamilton Fyfe and Luigi Barzini, Sr., descriptions and illustrations of Victoria Cross actions (for example those of John Lynn and John George Smyth) and articles by authors such as H. G. Wells ("Why Britain Went To War",[3] "Will The War Change England?"[4]) and Winston Churchill ("The Right View of Verdun"). It was extremely popular: at its peak at the end of World War I, The War Illustrated had a circulation of 750,000.[5]
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Add Padre Island National Seashore to your bucket list. It's mile after mile of sand-duned ocean shoreline.
Along with two campground friends, we Jeeped to Milepost 30 (of 60!) on the beach. Because you can only drive slowly on the beach, it took us 2 hours to get from Port Aransas (which is on Mustang Island) to Milepost 30 on South Padre Island.
But what a drive! At times it was like being in a post apocalyptic movie like the Walking Dead (actually Fear the Walking Dead) TV show sans zombies . . . nobody around except the birds.
Here's a list of the birds that visit the area (PDF).
It was a big day for Flirt too. It was the first time we let her go without a leash. She wagged her tail continuously.
I added a list of the birds that visit the area.
Gulls with a black head are Laughing Gulls. The larger black birds are cormorants. Of course the brown pelicans are spectacular!


In 1900, Mary Susan was recorded as a widow. It could be that Frank died. It could also be that the Frank Phillips convicted of moonshining in Arkansas was him and that he had abandoned her. I believe he probably died.
[S606] Arkansas County Marriages Index - 1837-1957, 27 May 2012; M.S. Tennisson to J.F. Phillips.
[S737] 1900 US Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, IT, Township 9 N; ED 75; Page 6 A; Dwelling 97, Family 99; Susan Phillips.


"So yes, this is a requiem for common sense. It is also a requiem for idealized memory.
"Meaning the communal recollection of fatherhood as the province of strong and tender men who laid down the law and told their stories of walking to school through mountains of snow, who gave you their shoulders as a perch, their truths as a guide, who were never too busy to sip invisible tea from tiny doll cups or have a catch in the backyard as twilight gathered into evening.
"It is an ideal that evaporates like dew in the face of the increasingly common reality of father as callow boy-man who has no idea how to fulfill the role to which circumstance has called him, often because he had no father of his own to teach him.
"[…] And this is a requiem for tomorrow's victims.
"Meaning the little boys and girls who grow up hit more often than they are hugged, left by blind mothers in the care of broken men who have no sense of self, no definition of role, no clue.


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Anthony AXON
Gastroenterology Unit
The Centre for Digestive Diseases
The General Infirmary at Leeds
Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX UK
phone 0113 3 922125
fax 0113 3 926968
The General Infirmary at Leeds, UK
1965 qualified with distinction in medicine
London University
St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College
1975 St. Thomas's, post-graduate studies in general medicine and gastroenterology
1975 appointed consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist
Selected Honors and Chairmanships
Chairman of the World Congress working group on "Endoscopic disinfection", Sydney, 1990. Chairman of the World Congress working group on "Surveillance of pre-malignant lesions of the gastrointestinal tract", Los Angeles, 1994. A member of the "Management of dyspepsia" working group, Vienna, 1998. And a member of the Scientific Committee of the United European Gastroenterology Federation 1997-1999. Served on the Council of the Royal College of Physicians, past-Vice President (Endoscopy) of the British Society of Gastroenterology. Vice President of the European Society of Gastroenterology Endoscopy and President-Elect of the British Society of Gastroenterology, 2000 AD.
Intestinal permeability, ERCP, the disinfection of endoscopic equipment and inflammatory bowel disease. His interest in diseases of the stomach is long standing. His major recent contributions have been in the field of peptic ulcer, dyspepsia, Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer.
He has published over 270 papers in peer reviewed journals.


Fire destroyed a vacant modular home early Sunday morning in Findlay. Firefighters responded to 414 Findlay Street around 1:30 a.m. 21 firefighters stayed on the scene until around 8 a.m.
The cause of the blaze remains under investigation. The house was a complete loss. No one was injured in the fire.


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Dalton Maag
Samples of projects designed during 3 years as a type designer at Dalton Maag.
Samples of work done as a font designer at Dalton Maag (London, UK).
All samples shown here were designed with the support of the Dalton Maag team.
I worked at the Dalton Maag type foundry for three years, designing custom typefaces, doing typographic refinement and working on typefaces for the Dalton Maag library, often as a project leader. The work spanned both Latin and non-Latin scripts, including Greek, Cyrillic, Thai and Devanagari.
Nokia Ethiopic (with Riccardo de Franceschi and the Dalton Maag team)
One of my favorite projects was Nokia Headline Ethiopic. It is a headline version of the Nokia Pure typeface for the Ethiopic (or Amharic) script. It is a rare but challenging treat to work on the Ethiopic script. The script is by nature quite uneven, both in spacing, as there are cuts and protruding limbs which create gaps, and also in texture, as there are slight variations in inclination between characters, which makes the text appear dancing on the page. I did the full headline adaptation for five weights, with its character set of around 500 glyphs for each weight. The lead designer for the text version of the typeface was Riccardo de Franceschi.
Icons — fallback font (with Eleni Beveratou and the Dalton Maag team)
Another personal favorite was work done for a fallback symbols font. It has been difficult to research: it is not easy to find reliable information on the subject, and the symbol set is very heterogeneous, combining groups of glyphs from many sources and with a variety of uses. Still, this has been a lot of fun to work on, and to apply typographic principles to what is essentially a set of small illustrations.
Finally, here is some work done for Hewlett Packard Devanagari (lead designer: Amélie Bonet), and the handwritten-style typeface designed for Lush Cosmetics (lead designer: Riccardo de Franceschi).


Does the sweltering summer heat and humidity cause you to stay indoors when the temperature rises? According to the 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), approximately 87 percent of U.S. homes are now equipped with air conditioning. However, many households are not yet aware of a type of residential outdoor air conditioning. Mist cooling systems can provide you relief from searing temperatures by releasing fine mists of water into the air. Learn more about mist cooling systems and how they could benefit your outdoor living space.
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Some mist cooling systems are battery-operated and can fit in your hand. Simply carry the device around and use it as needed for a cool mist. Most outdoor electric cooling systems are wall-mounted or transportable. However, all systems are designed for the same purpose – relief from the heat.
Do you have a nice outdoor living space but find it hard to enjoy due to the intense summer heat? Mist cooling systems are a type of outdoor air conditioning unit that uses a cool mist to keep you comfortable and refreshed. There are numerous types of outdoor mist cooling systems available on the market, so it's important to talk to a professional about your options. For more information about outdoor mist cooling systems or other air conditioning services, contact your local air conditioning service and repair specialist.