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Ken Miyamoto has worked in the film industry for two decades, most notably as a studio liaison for Sony Studios and then as a script reader and story analyst for Sony Pictures. He has many studio meetings under his belt as a produced screenwriter, meeting with the likes of Sony, Dreamworks, Universal, Disney, Warner Brothers, as well as many production and management companies. He has had a previous development deal with Lionsgate, as well as multiple writing assignments, including the produced miniseries BLACKOUT, starring Anne Heche, Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Zane, James Brolin, Haylie Duff, Brian Bloom, Eric La Salle, and Bruce Boxleitner.
He is a film and television industry blogger for ScreenCraft and has been published by the likes of ScreenCraft, The Script Lab, The Huffington Post, Thought Catalog, Business Insider, MovieMaker Magazine, etc. Follow Ken on Twitter @KenMovies.
Check out his ScreenCraft author page for some "amazing" screenwriting and Film/TV industry advice. Find his eBooks here - THIS and THIS ONE are best.
Dave Watson: What's new since we last chatted?
Ken Miyamoto: Wow, it's been a while for sure. 2014, I believe. Family is doing well. I'm still a work-from-home dad/writer, which I find is a blessing.
Screenwriting career-wise, on the screenwriting front, I've had two paid writing gigs, one of which went into production in 2017-2018. It's an indie faith-based thriller that I was hired to write. I also have a co-producing credit.
The film's director, Justin Jackola, and his production company, JJack Productions, are based out of Chicago's Cinespace Studios. The film was financed by Chicago Media Angels and Throughline Films came aboard to handle the sales. It's been a long process, but there is some exciting news coming up on the sales front.
What's kept me most busy was my career shift to industry blogging. In 2014, I had entered an action thriller script to ScreenCraft's Action Thriller contest. I won and befriended ScreenCraft's founding members, which led to an opportunity to become a Film/TV blogger for their screenwriting blog. I started in 2015 and am still their lead blogger after all of these years with over 700 articles and many screenwriting and Film/TV industry eBooks.
It has opened up a lot of doors for me, but I really love it because it allows me to take the knowledge and experience I've picked up on over the last 20 years in the Film/TV industry and share it with those thousands of up-and-comers throughout the world. My favorite and most fulfilling moments are when I get Twitter notifications with people giving thanks for the articles I've written.
My perspective is unique, having worked on both sides of the table. One on the development side as a major studio script reader and story analyst for Sony Pictures. And the other as a produced and working screenwriter that has worked directly with major studios, producers, development executives, etc.
So my ScreenCraft work has led to much exposure and many open doors.
DW: Do screenwriting articles help you as a writer?
KM: Yes, a thousand times. Reflection on the craft and business of screenwriting is a must. I'm very lucky to have been able to use this platform to not only help others but also to help my own screenwriting perspective.
When I tackle a common question or subject for screenwriters, I dive into all angles of it. What I don't outright know, I research. What I know, I delve deeper for enhanced perspective. The skills and tricks of the trade I've picked up along the way I organize and develop even more as I explain them to others.
And it's great because I've been able to make a living writing about what I'm passionate about.
DW: As a writer, do you write every day?
KM: I'll be honest. I'm not the type of writer that needs to sit down in front of my laptop every single day, typing away.
Yes, the blogging job keeps me writing. But when it comes to screenwriting, I focus on my own process.
One caveat to that is paid assignments. If I'm on a paid assignment, I have no choice but to write almost every day. That's necessary because I have a deadline to make.
But when I'm in between paid gigs and writing on spec, my process is much more organic.
What many forget is that most writing takes place before you type a single word. Visualization is SO key to my process. Even the scripts of mine that producers and development executives pass on always come with a note that they were great cinematic reads. As a former studio reader and story analyst, I know how crucial that is for each and every screenplay.
So, generally 75% of the story and visuals are in my head before I type a single word. My early process involves research, which includes watching similar movies to the story I'm conjuring. Certain movies will have similar genre beats, atmosphere, character archetypes, story archetypes, etc.
It's all about feeding and watering that seed, the concept/idea, that's been planted within my imagination. So many writers forget that part of the process, instead jumping into the outlining and writing of it the moment the concept comes to them. That's a mistake.
And even during the writing process when I'm actually at the point where it's time to type, I won't be writing every single day. I've created a process, born through the strict paid writing assignment deadlines, that allows me to write fast and write well. And a lot of that is thanks to visualization between writing sessions.
Each writing session I challenge myself to write 10 pages. No more, no less. Even if I'm on a roll, I'll stop because I want that excitement and energy to be carried over. That's why I don't believe in vomit drafts where you spew out big sections or whole scripts in a short amount of time. To me, that's counter-productive. You have to do the front-end work first and go in with a vision and a plan.
So I write ten pages AND THEN STOP.
The next writing session, whether it's the next day or two days later, I read those pages and touch them up. Then I write pages 11-20. Off days are for visualization and any work/dad/husband/life duties. When I return, I re-read pages 1-20, touch them up quickly, and continue on having visualized what happens next in the story during my time off.
This process continues on. And yes, it's ALWAYS important to reread those previous pages because it gets you on the right page (pun intended) with yourself and the story you're trying to tell. The pacing is clear and concise. The atmosphere and tone are spot on and consistent. The story and character beats are flowing. It's an exhilarating way to write. And it's FAST, which is what ALL screenwriters should be shooting for — being able to write fast AND write well as you're doing so. Because that is what the industry will expect of you once you DO get those coveted writing assignments.
I can finish a first draft in just ten writing sessions. And that first draft is more like a second or third because of that process.
You can check out this process through my ScreenCraft eBook The 10-Day Screenplay Solution: Learn How to Write Lightning Fast.
But, I guess you could say that I'm writing every day. In my head. I'm just not typing every day. Visualization is key. I can write in my head while watching movies, walking the dog, running, driving through the countryside of Wisconsin, etc. Typing is the easy part.
DW: Hunter's Creed: what's it about? What drew you to it?
KM: Well, money is always a good draw (laughs). This was an indie flick, so it wasn't life-changing stuff, but whenever you get approached by a producer to get paid to write, it's a good thing.
But you have to be able to find passion for the project as well. And luckily the producer/director Justin Jackola had a unique type of genre story to tell.
The story follows a widower who reunites with his old church buddies to film a hunting show in the remote woods, where a supernatural presence forces him to confront his faith.
How many faith-based, found footage, horror/thriller movies have you seen? That's what intrigued me. The challenge of presenting an otherwise somewhat standard "something in the woods" flick within the context of a character-driven faith-based story. And the true challenge of it was balancing those two elements without going too far in one direction where you cancel out the other.
We couldn't have blood and gore in there, because the faith-based audience would balk at that. And we also couldn't have the Christian elements too much in your face because we'd alienate those wanting to experience suspense and thrills.
So we had to create a hybrid. And it worked wonderfully with the excellent story Justin wanted to tell. We co-wrote the script, based on his story, and it was an amazing experience.
I also learned a lot about the selling process once we shot it. Production was great. We had awesome locations. But it can take a year or two to sell these types of indie films. What helped us along the way was connecting a name star to the picture in post-production — Dog the Bounty Hunter.
While he's not a cinematic star, Dog has an amazing following through his bounty hunting work and his multiple shows. He's a franchise, so connecting him with this film was key in getting it sold. I can't go into any details of that, but it will surely be exciting to share them all when I can.
And it's always nice to see your project in the Hollywood trades.
DW: What's next?
KM: I'm thankful to say that there are always projects with Hollywood being juggled. The sad part is that I can't talk about most of them.
We had a big script deal in the works for one of my specs, which would have been my first spec sale (I've only been a paid screenwriter through writing assignments, which is usually the case with most screenwriters), but then this pandemic hit and the investors backing the project hit the pause button. The project has a director and two producers — a talented group that have been pitching the project throughout Hollywood for the previous year. We have some name actors verbally committed, but this pandemic has halted most Hollywood productions. Time will tell on that one.
I'm currently working with one of my former executive producers on a number of exciting prospects. Beyond that, I can't say much.
I continue on with the Film/TV blogging through ScreenCraft and am writing a lot — whether it's in my head or through the keys.
DW: What's your favorite cinematic moment?
KM: My gosh, that's impossible. There are just too many to choose from, whether it's:
Russians parachuting onto American soil in front of a high school set within a small town in Red Dawn.
A little wide-eyed boy outside, lit only by the light of a shed where an unknown but friendly creature hides in E.T.
An endless spaceship chases another in the depths of space above a desert planet in Star Wars.
Or nearly every frame of my favorite film of all-time, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
I love reveals. I love plants and payoffs. I love twists and turns. I love exciting sequences. I love cinematic moments that are cathartic, emotional, and exhilarating.
Clip: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dave Watson is a writer and educator. He lives in Madison, WI.


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So my focus is to be on God's kingdom not mine! Hmm. That changes alot. My day needs to be spent not dwelling on what I need or what I want. God says he will take care of those things. If he can take care of birds and flowers, and I am much more valuable to him than they are, then he can take care of it. In the meantime, he wants me to dwell on bringing about his kingdom and his righteousness.
What are you worrying about today? Together lets commit to leaving those things in God's hands and promoting his kingdom and righteousness. I realize that it is easier said than done. But I think there is power in numbers. If we all seek to live that way today then perhaps God will use us to take care of the worries in others lives!! How cool would that be!
Hang in there! Your journey does matter. It matters to God and it matters to me!
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Developer upgrades his old-school Nintendo to pay Bitcoin while playing Super Mario
As technology and the cryptocurrency industry progress, new options become available to earn digital assets, including generating Bitcoin (BTC) by playing video games, and one developer has upgraded his vintage Nintendo console to generate the decentralized finance (DeFi) asset while playing Super Mario.
Specifically, Christian Moss, developer and co-founder at Zebedee (ZBD), a Bitcoin-powered platform that allows developers to put money in their games and gamers to earn money by playing them, has upgraded his original Nintendo to do just this, as he demonstrated in a video posted on January 23.
How it went
As Moss started playing Super Mario Bros. 3 on his Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) upgraded via Zebedee, the game sent him 10 satoshis or 'sats' (the atomic unit of Bitcoin) each time he scored a coin in the game, as evidenced in the split-screen video of the game and his phone payment notifications.
Taking into account that 100 million satoshis equal one Bitcoin (10 sats = 0.0000001 BTC or $0.002299 at press time), this would be a slow, albeit very fun, way to generate a profitable amount of the maiden digital asset, especially if the game is among one's favorites.
In the comments to the video, Moss gave a tip to a fellow Bitcoin Gameboy game developer on how to implement the system, stressing that, if the game can do basic HTTP requests, then it would be easy to send sats with the Zebedee API.
The developer also said he would be presenting his project at the Bitcoin-exclusive conference Advancing Bitcoin, which is set to take place on March 2-3 in London, promising to write a detailed tutorial for anyone interested in repeating his experiment.
Similar endeavors
Interestingly, this isn't the first time someone has enabled a video game console to earn cryptocurrency. In late March 2021, Finbold reported on a pseudonymous vlogger who modded his Nintendo Game Boy to enable it to mine Bitcoin, after failing to find an appropriate graphics processing unit (GPU) in stores.
His solution was to connect the Game Boy to a computer using Raspberry Pi Pico through the console's link port, normally used to perform Pokémon trading and other things. The Raspberry Pi Pico allowed him to build an adapter from a link cable to USB. That said, the game console could only pump out 0.8 hashes per second.
This article has been originally published at: https://finbold.com/developer-upgrades-his-old-school-nintendo-to-pay-bitcoin-while-playing-super-mario/?SNAPI
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Regarding Paul R. Williams
Artist(s): Janna Ireland
Pioneering Los Angeles architect, Paul R. Williams (1894-1980), was the first Black architect to become a member of the American Institute of Architects and built a wildly successful career as an architect, decades before the Civil Rights Movement.
These artworks are on view as part of the Metro Art Photo Lightbox Series, currently on view at Universal City/Studio City station.
Janna Ireland, Stairs
Janna Ireland, Tiles
Janna Ireland, Ceiling
Janna Ireland, Seats
"Through his genius and unflagging dedication to his craft, Williams overcame a series of incredible challenges—at times working for clients too prejudiced to shake his hand and designed homes in neighborhoods he wouldn't have been allowed to live in—to become an emblematic legend of Los Angeles."
Ride + Consider (National Arts and Humanities Month '22)
What is the significance of a Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) artist documenting the work of another BIPOC artist?
Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story (Video, PBS SoCal)
'Regarding Paul R. Williams' Honors Legacy Of LA's Barrier-Breaking Black Architect (Radio, NPR)
JANNA IRELAND (b. 1985, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) earned a Master of Fine Arts from the UCLA Department of Art and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Department of Photography and Imaging at NYU. Ireland's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across the United States and internationally, and is held in the collections of institutions including Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California African American Museum and Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Ireland often uses herself and family in personal and editorial work and, in recent years, her practice has expanded to include architectural photography. She is the recipient of a Peter E. Pool Research Fellowship.
Display year: 2022 –
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George Noory interviewed Jennifer Stahl, one of the women arrested, and privacy expert, Katherine Albrecht (starts at about 7:50). Albrecht warned this is all part of the surveillance infrastructure being built across the nation.
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Fairfield ~ August 28, 2013 – Alexander R. Brash, a longtime conservation leader and Connecticut resident with an extensive record of success managing non-profits and government agencies, has been named president of Connecticut Audubon Society.
A skillful birder who is as comfortable scoping seabirds as he is in a meeting room, Brash will take on the task of continuing and expanding Connecticut Audubon Society's many recent successes, including the delivery of first-rate educational programs, conservation-focused advocacy campaigns, and the sustainable management of its preserves.
Brash will start as president of Connecticut Audubon Society on September 9, taking over for Robert Martinez, who retired this month after a decade as president of the organization.
Brash comes to CAS from his previous position as senior director for the northeast region of the National Parks Conservation Association, a non-profit that works to protect and support America's national parks, where he had been since 2004. During his tenure there, he opened the Northeast Regional office, built a strong and diverse team, developed an impressive array of programs, and helped raise more than $40 million for the organization.
Previously he held positions with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, including as its chief ranger and head of its Natural Resources Group.
A resident of Connecticut for much of his life, Brash has lived in nearly each corner of the state, and now resides in Riverside.
Founded in 1898, Connecticut Audubon Society is the state's leading independent conservation organization. Brash will oversee a staff of 30.
With state headquarters in Fairfield, CAS operates five centers (Pomfret, Glastonbury, Fairfield, Milford Point and Birdcraft Museum in Fairfield); has an EcoTravel program based in Essex; and is overseeing a coastal habitat restoration project at Stratford Point.
The organization owns 19 sanctuaries, encompassing 2,600 acres, including Trail Wood in Hampton, the former home of the Pulitzer prize-winning writer-naturalist Edwin Way Teale.
Ralph T. Wood, chairman of Connecticut Audubon Society's Board of Directors, said Brash comes to the organization with extensive regional experience and first-hand knowledge of Connecticut and its issues.
Brash will lead the organization as it expands its three-pronged approach to conserving Connecticut's birds and their habitats, focusing on education, conservation and advocacy.
In education, Connecticut Audubon Society will offer its acclaimed curriculum-based outdoor program, Science in Nature, at Milford Point and Pomfret in 2014. Science in Nature was launched in the 2012-2013 school year at the centers in Fairfield and Glastonbury.
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In advocacy, CAS will continue to set a statewide conservation agenda through publication of its annual Connecticut State of the Birds report, and will work in Hartford on behalf of legislation that benefits conservation.
At the National Parks Conservation Association, Brash led the effort to re-envision Gateway National Recreation Area, and fought to protect Cape Cod, Minuteman, Acadia and numerous other parks from threats. He led NPCA's involvement in the effort to launch a major new national park in Maine, forged strong ties among urban park allies, and has been the executive producer of such events as the biennial black-tie galas in New York City and Feel Free, the premiere of Ken Burns's documentary in Central Park.
Before joining NPCA in 2004, Brash served as the chief of the Urban Park Service, including the Natural Resources Group, in New York City's Parks Department, and prior to that he was the director of Management Planning. In these capacities he allocated the agency's $350 million budget, lead a 500-plus person uniformed division, directed hundreds of special events, and managed the agency's environmental agenda.
Prior to his work for New York City, he worked for the World Wildlife Fund and the Nature Conservancy. He has also edited and written a number of books and articles.
Married with two children, Brash has a B.S. from Connecticut College with Honors in Zoology and an M.F.S. from Yale University, and he loves to bird and fish in his free time.
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Metropolitan Gerasimos, who was in southern California visiting the Saint Paul parish in Irvine this weekend, shared that Father Stephen Kyriacou (Annunciation Cathedral – San Francisco), Father Aris Metrakos (Holy Trinity – San Francisco), and Father John Kocolas (Nativity of Christ – Novato) all went to the hospital to offer prayers and support to these young adults who live away from San Francisco and do not have family in the immediate area. Other members of the FDF Management Team who live in the vicinity have also mobilized to assist their peers during this time of great need.
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About how badgers live their lives across the UK
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"What is important about the badger is that it has survived. It is still here. It has not, like so many of our wild animals, the wolf, the wild-boar, as well as the bear, been hunted into extinction. Man might have done his best to wipe it out, but he has failed."
Ernest Dudley
Introduction to Badgers
Latin Name: Meles meles
This topic is a quick summary of the badger. There are a few paragraphs of information which gives information about the "basics" of a badger. There is much more detail on each aspect of the badger in the more detailed topics shown in the menu on the left of this screen.
The badger we have in the UK is really the Eurasian badger (meles meles). It is called Eurasian because it lives in the UK, Europe and parts of Asia. Our UK badger is not the same species as the American Badger (which lives in Canada and the USA) or the Honey Badger (which lives in Africa, and isn't really a true badger anyway).
Many people think that the reason it is called a "badger" because this is similar to the French word "beucher", which means digger. Another option is that because it has a very obvious black and white face, this is like a mask or a badge; so it is called badger.
Other nicknames in the UK include Brock, Pate and Bawson. The word Brock probably comes from the very early Celtic word brokkos, which means grey. The word Bawson may also come from the old French word bausent, which means "piebald, having a coat with black and white patches".
The scientific names Meles meles is used across the world; as our badger has different names in different countries and different languages. Some of the non-English names include:
Broch = Scots Gaelic
Mochyn Daear (earth pig) = Welsh
Beucher = French
Dachs = German
Das = Dutch
Svintoks = Norwegian
Grävling = Swedish
Tasso = Italian
Toixó = Catalan
Tejón = Spanish
Texugo = Portuguese
Borsuk = Polish
An adult male badger measures from 690 - 800mm from the head to the base of the tail - plus a 125 - 175 mm tail, and weighs 8.5 - 12.5 kg.
An adult female badger measures from 670 - 790mm from the head to the base of the tail - plus a 115 - 190mm tail, and weighs 8.2 - 10.5kg. Breeding females may weigh as little as 7.2kg during lactation.
As seen from these numbers, the female badger is slightly smaller than the male. The male has a slightly broader head and looks a little more muscular. The females tend to have a more obviously bushy tail; whereas the males tend to have a thinner pointed tail which has a little more white on it.
It is pretty clear when you see a badger from the side, that it has a small head, a thick short neck, a wedged-shaped body, short stubby legs and a short tail. It has a strong rubbery nose and an amazing sense of smell. It can lift it's nostrils out of the way to make sure it does not get a noseful of soil. The badger does not see very well as it only has small eyes. It can only see in monochrome (black and white). It's ears are small and close to the head; and are tipped with white fur.
The front legs, feet and claws are immensely strong, making it obvious that the badger is a very powerful digging machine. Like with humans, the badger has feet which are adapted so that the toes and the metatarsal bones (the long bones in the feet), rest on the ground. This means that the badger has a plantigrade-type foot. This type of foot provides stability and a good weight-bearing ability; as plantigrade feet have a large surface area. The disadvantage stems from the fact that this type of foot is heavy and has a lot of complex joints; which makes it difficult to move rapidly.
When walking on soft ground, the footprint will show the claw marks, the toe pads, the central pad and the heel (ie. plantigrade-style). On firmer ground, the heel print is often missing; so, in this sense, the badger does not have the feet of a "pure" plantigrade.
Pelage/fur
Their coarse coat of hair is black and white - leading to a grey appearance from a distance. The hair from their back is up to 75mm long and has a black pointed tip.
The badger has a black chest and forepaws; with a prominent black and white striped head with white ear-tips. Hair from the head, face, legs and underside is shorter.
They do shed their hair, and it is often possible to find badger hair on or in the soil at or near a badger sett. Badgers also undergo a seasonal moult - where they tend to shed more hair in the summer (when there is more daylight and higher temperatures), before growing more hair again at the start of the winter (when the amount of daylight has reduced and the temperature is lower).
It lives in or near the edge of woods and copses, especially if attached to pastureland. Occasionally it can be seen in suburbs; and on the edge of farmland and in abandoned quarries.
Badgers have a widespread distribution in the UK, with more in the wild/wet areas of the south and south-west, and fewer in flat and farmed areas, and above 900m. Given that they live underground, their setts are normally dug into sloping ground which remains above the typical water table, so are not normally abundant in flood-prone areas.
Badgers are primarily nocturnal because their prey (earthworms throughout most of their range) only comes to the surface at night to breed. Generally, here in the UK, badgers emerge from their setts (underground homes) before dusk between May and August and after dark for the rest of the year; they are also less active from November to February. They may emerge from their setts and groom themselves (and one another) for a while before moving off to forage nearby. They may travels hundreds of metres away from the sett in large territories; but they will normally return to their home sett before dawn.
In the high summer months, they may emerge a short while before sunset.
Mating usually occurs in July, but implantation can be delayed by 2 to 10 months. After then the badger is properly pregnant for about seven weeks.
There is normally a single litter of between 2 and 3 cubs born from January to March. The cubs are born with their eyes and ears closed, with dirty white fur on their upper body only.
Many cubs die within their first year, although those that do survive, often live for up to five years or more.
Badgers live in groups of up to 2 to 20 (but normally around 6) in an earthen sett. The sett is lined with moss, grass and leaves which the badger renews frequently. Often there will also be a special outlier sett (containing fewer nesting chambers) about 100 metres or so away from the main sett.
The sett will normally be in sloping ground near the edge of deciduous or mixed woodland, with good access to grassland. In urban areas; they may live under buildings where they have access to urban grassland or gardens. In rural areas, they will also live in old quarry or mine workings or caves; as well as in embankments (railway, road, canal) and in thick hedgerows.
Where badgers are commonly present in a landscape area, a reasonable sett density is about 2 badger setts per square kilometre. This can be high in areas of good badger habitat and high badger populations. It can be much lower in areas of poor badger habitat.
Although the badger is classed as a carnivore (it has large canine teeth), it is essentially omnivorous. As well as earthworms, beetles, voles, mice, frogs, snails and wasps, it also eats acorns, beech mast, bulbs, fruits and roots. Essentially it is a forager (eating what it finds), rather than a hunter which chases after prey.
Compared to the fox, the badger has a longer gut to cope with it having a more wide-ranging diet.
Badger cubs sometimes make a high-pitched whickering sound. Adults growl or bark as a warning or purr with pleasure. They are also known to emit a long-drawn scream (reason unknown). More details of the noises they make is on the Sounds and Detailed Badger Sounds pages.
Generally the badger is well distributed across the UK, although it remains as an illegally persecuted animal in too many areas.
Badgers have been described as the oldest land-owners in Britain. Long before Britain was an island they were here.
They belong to the same family of mammals that have musk-bearing glands under their tails - including Otters, Polecats, Ferrets, Mink, Stoats, Weasels, Pine Martens and Wolverines.
Many badgers are illegally killed by gamekeepers and farmers, cubs sometimes killed by Dogs and Foxes. Other are killed by men who illegally hunt them for so-called sport - either by shooting them with hunting rifles or allowing them to be killed by one or more terriers or other large dogs.
Many other badgers are killed in accidents on the roads and railways.
Badgers are a Key Species
Thousands of years ago, the UK contained populations of bears and wolves; and there is little doubt that they preyed on badgers. However, now that bears and wolves are extinct in the wild in Britain, badgers are pretty much at the top of the ecological tree. They are a key species; who rightly deserve to maintain their place in the ecology of Britain. Removing badgers from an area results in major changes for the ecology of other species. The number of pests increase without badgers, so rabbit, rat and mouse problems get worse. Fox numbers increase, which leads to other protected wildlife species numbers falling rapidly. In a very real sense, the presence of the badgers helps to keep fox numbers down; which allows brown and mountain hares to maintain their relatively low population levels.
Collective Names
Sometimes people often get confused between the name of a group of badgers.
The badgers which live together as a family-type group is called a clan.
The collective noun for a group of badgers is a cete.
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Greddy SE exhaust fitment 76mm??
I think 76mm 2.75 pipe or if other clearance similar from other single exhaust set up?
- rubbing frame on hard turns and any full wheel lock turning.
Now it still rubs frame sections at random areas but much less and seemingly lighter than before but muffler not sitting straight. Somethings going to give eventually... exhaust or frame? Or will it actually grind enough to the point where no structural compromise occurs?
Is it the hangers? if so which are recommended or should I acquire some oem ap2 triangle?
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might need some new hangers or stiffer hangers. but where is it rubbing?
I have an appointment at an exhaust shop tomorrow and see what kind of adjustments can be made.
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HomeOpinionKanwar Yatra has more Dalits and OBCs but Indian liberals still won't...
Kanwar Yatra has more Dalits and OBCs but Indian liberals still won't notice them
Dalit and OBC kanwariyas travelling to Uttar Pradesh from all over India thwart the liberal narrative of institutional oppression within Hinduism.
Guru Prakash
26 July, 2019 09:00 am IST
Har ki Pauri during Kanwar Mela, Haridwar | Commons
The annual Kanwar Yatra is a living testament to the tradition of inclusivism in Hinduism. The northern Indian pilgrimage has its roots in the effort to neutralise the impact of venom that Shiva had consumed during the Sagarmanthan process, which turned his throat blue, or Neelkanth. But not too many have observed that the bulk of people undertaking this yatra belong to the OBC and Dalit communities.
It is an inconvenient fact for many progressive voices but the participation of Dalits and Other Backward Classes trumps the Indian liberal narrative of institutional oppression within Hinduism. This is why they fail to see that many Dalits can be followers of B.R. Ambedkar but also be devout Hindus in their personal lives.
Shiva has always had a special place in the subaltern mind. He is somehow considered a subaltern himself. This is probably why former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad's disgruntled son Tej Pratap Yadav, known for his eccentric get-ups, recently posed as Shiva. His act would appeal to a large section of his party's voters from Yadav and OBC communities. Majority of the Shaivites belong to socially backward communities, unlike the followers of Vaishnavism who usually come from a privileged section.
Diana L. Eck, the author of a seminal work on Indian culture, India: A Sacred Geography, observes, "The Story of Shiva in the land of India begins on the frontier so as to speak. He is the outsider, the mountain dweller in the far north country. Who is Shiva? In ancient India, Shiva was certainly not the "Four Vedas," as the Tamil poet Appar put it. In fact, he is seen as outside the Vedas, Vedabhaya. He has no share in the Vedic sacrifice."
Also read: You can be a Hindu nationalist and an Ambedkarite both
Dalits and OBCs' proud association
The Kanwar Yatra is a grand event that brings people to Haridwar in Uttar Pradesh from all over the country. As bystanders, we notice saffron clad men and teens with gangajal in their hands during the monsoon season. Over three lakh devotees visited the city on just the first two days of the Kanwar Yatra in 2017. Last year, about 3.76 crore devotees travelled to Haridwar for the holy water, and officials say the numbers are only likely to go up this year. Food, shelter and special traffic arrangements are done by the Yogi Adityanath government while several organisations volunteer to make devotees' journey convenient.
The sheer festivity around the Kanwar Yatra creates an ecosystem that attracts multiple stakeholders, and they all benefit and survive harmoniously for the duration of the yatra.
Take, for example, Shyam Kumar Paswan. Shyam is a 13-year-old boy, who is forced to work as a cook in a hostel in Patna because of abject poverty back home in Muzaffarpur. The mention of Kanwar Yatra fills him with joy. Shyam is a Dalit and an equally, if not more, ardent Hindu than a janeu-wearing priest in a Madurai temple. He expresses his disappointment over the government's restriction on the use of loudspeakers, and says he won't consume meat during the Kanwar Yatra period. When asked about the conflict of caste-based stratification in Hinduism and how he practises his faith, Shyam said, "We worship Shiva and Hanuman, who are not pretty gods like Krishna and Vishnu."
Going on a pilgrimage to Haridwar as a kanwariya is a matter of pride for people like Shyam. A large section of the socially-backward population has been systematically kept away from the older structures of power and influence – both in religion and politics. They see Kanwar Yatra as a way to articulate their faith and commitment to the culture that is inclusive. From collecting Gangajal in Haridwar to bestowing it on their favourite god Shiva in the temple in their villages and neighbourhoods – the entire process seemingly provides spiritual redemption from the daily chores of everyday, mundane lives.
Also read: Kanwariyas vs Namazis: Double standard over disruption in public spaces?
Scholars' duty to highlight change
Kanwar Yatra exposes the glaring falsehood in the 'atrocity narrative', which imagines the Dalits and the Muslims in the same category of perpetual victimhood. Over the last seven decades, Dalits have been treated as a political commodity and as someone who must be patronised. The institutions of power that perpetuated hierarchy and oppression were closely guarded by a microscopic section of political elites, and aided by academics with ulterior motives. Dalits in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere in the northern India are fearlessly celebrating the culture and the festivities associated with those regions.
Scholars and liberal activists continue to study the dominance of Hindu religiosity and the rise of Hindutva as antithetical to Dalit communities. This has never been tenable empirically, and less so now. Dalits are assertive Hindus. They are at the forefront of celebration during regional festivals, like during Chhath in Bihar. Paradoxically, the so-called neo-Dalit intellectuals deride them for their enthusiasm and participation, becoming rebels without a cause.
A demographic study and analysis must be undertaken by the scholars of social anthropology to highlight the ever-increasing participation of Dalits and socially-backwards in the large cultural canopy of Hinduism. If scholars readily point out that there is no one way to read the Ramayana (as they did on A.K. Ramanujan's essay), then they must also honestly acknowledge that the Hindu culture attracts diverse communities because of these multiple narratives.
The author is a Fellow at India Foundation and Assistant Professor at Patna University. He is a member of the state executive committee, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, BJP's youth wing, Bihar. Views are personal.
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Manoj 28 July, 2019 At 1:00 pm
First of all no study on the subject has been carried out. Secondly, just participation in this ritual proves nothing. It is more like an effort by the under-privileged at getting approval and acceptance by the higher ups in the Hindu society. And religion of course has been the biggest opium of all times which helps people subjugated.
Ramesh 27 July, 2019 At 10:29 am
Excellent article. The author deserves praise about the basic inclusiveness of Hinduism. But it is unfortunate that he is calling some Hindus as "socially backward". This term "socially backward" has been invented by divisive politicians and not by ordinary people. 99% of people simply go about doing whatever normal human beings are required to do and interact with others based on need. Let the divisive politicians go on peddling the invented concepts of "social backwardness/forwardness" for their nefarious objectives. Media people must desist from calling anyone as "backward". Ofcourse, if some people want to call themselves "backward" it must be regarded as their headache.


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Select "50 Year Reunion Photos" from left navigation menu.
Steve Spillman has arranged for a tour of our old high school for Sat 10/14 at 1pm. Should be interesting to see the school, no matter how much it's changed. Meet for the tour under the large, exterior tiger head at the south end of the campus, adjacent to Hwy 50.
LSHS class of 1967 – 50-year class reunion committee met on Thursday 5-11-17 at the Heritage Park Retirement Community meeting room. Committee members in attendance: Bill James, Joe Breeden, Wendy Oberhelman and Marsha Norris Gieselman.
Reunion info/RSVP mailing has been sent out. We did receive several letters back with wrong addresses for many classmates. Another email will be sent out to classmates that we presently have emails on. If any classmates have not received info for the reunion at this point in time please email your address/email to Bill James at bill@billsway.com.
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Conservatives steady at 40%, Labour up 1 point to 30% - poll
LONDON (Reuters) - Support for Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives was unchanged at 40% while the opposition Labour Party was up one percentage point at 30% after the first days of campaigning for Britain's Dec. 12 election, a poll by Panelbase showed.
The pro-European Union Liberal Democrats had the support of 15%, up one point, and the Brexit Party was on 8%, down one point, according to the poll published on Friday.
It had a sample size of 1,046 people and was conducted between Nov. 6 and 8, Panelbase said.
Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by William Schomberg


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Instant Pot Bacon, Corn and Potato Chowder.
Excerpted (and slightly altered) from How to Instant Pot by Daniel Shumski (Workman Publishing). Copyright © 2017. Photographs by Ken Carlson.
Line the bottom of inner pot with bacon. Press Saute and use Saute or Adjust button to select middle temperature (Normal). Cook with lid off and use silicone spatula or wooden spoon to move bacon around occasionally so that it cooks evenly. Cook until crisp, about 6 minutes.
Remove bacon, leaving behind fat. Allow bacon to drain on paper-towel lined plate until step 7.
With the Saute function and middle temperature (Normal) still selected, add onion and celery to bacon fat. Cook with lid off, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.
Add potatoes and bay leaves. Wait a moment and then pour in the broth. Close and lock the lid.Set the valve to Sealing. Press Cancel, then press Manual or Pressure Cook and use the Pressure or Pressure Level button to select High Pressure. Use the - or + button to set the time to 1 minute.
Remove the lid. Discard bay leaves. Add corn, thyme, salt, pepper, 1 1/4 cups milk and hot sauce. Press Cancel, then press Saute and use Saute or Adjust button to select the lowest temperature (Less). Cook with lid off, stirring occasionally until chowder is hot, about 5 minutes.
Chop the bacon. Add half to the chowder, stirring to distribute. Reserve the rest to use as a garnish.
Combine reserved 1/4 cup milk and corn starch in small bowl. Mix well. Mix into heated soup to thicken.
Serve the chowder hot, garnished with reserved bacon.
I altered the recipe slightly to make the broth thicker, to my personal preference. My adjustments are included in this printable recipe.
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I'd like to try making a white bean and turkey chili in the Instant Pot.
We don't have an instant pot, but I would really like one. I would like to try making soups. Possibly Cheeseburger soup.
I'd like to try making Broccoli and Cheese Soup or Chicken and Dumplings. Thanks.
I would like to try to make chili in this. Thanks for the chance to win!
I don't have one, but I think I'd like to make a Chili or roast in one.
I would love to try making a chili! One or our families favorites in the winter months!
I don't have an Instant Pot yet but I would try the Mississippi Pot Roast first.
I don't have an Insta pot yet I'm hoping to get one for Christmas. I would make stew first with my Insta pot.
I've never tried one of these but I can think of a lot of my favorite dishes I'd like to try in one!
I've never used a Instant Pot before but I'd love to try making my own yogurt using it.
I haven't owned one yet, but when i finally do get one I would love to make BBQ spareribs.
I'd like to try to make truffled mac and cheese. It would be delicious, I believe.
I will try making this Bacon Corn Potato Chowder! (*pinned) I make beans often—any kind of beans, seasonings to taste for whatever meal or soup, homemade bone broth–which I also make in the instant pot.
I would like to make Split Pea Soup.
I've never made an instant pot recipe before but would love to try making Chili.
We just made a chicken corn chowder in our instant pot.. so good!
I would make chili . How can you go wrong.
I've never used an instant pot, but I'd like to try a roast beef with carrots and potatoes.
I would like to try my Mom's chili recipe.
I would love to try dessert in the Instant Pot, maybe a cheesecake!
My husband likes when I make pork adobo, Meat, soy sauce, vinegars and herbs and it comes out pretty well.
One of my favorite instant pot recipes is one my Grandma makes. She makes savory Buttery ranch pork chops.
I love chowder. I would like to try my sweet and sour chicken recipe and see how it comes out.
That chowder looks good! I do chicken, green chiles and towards the end cream cheese…use that then to make enchiladas.
I'd like to try making beef stew.
I really love eggs and I would make everything possible for my family. Thank you so much!
I would love to try making chicken chili in an Instant Pot. I've heard good things about them.
I have never heard of instant pot, but now i'm excited to try it.
An instant pot dish I would like to make is Maple Smoked Brisket.
My favorite crockpot meal is roast with potatoes, carrots and onions.
We usually make chilli with the Insta pot! Would be interesting to try different recipes!
Since I get a little afraid to cook any kind of seafood, I would love to try the Lemon-Thyme Steamed Shrimp Instant Pot recipe.
I have never used an Instant Pot, but I would like to make a beef stew in one.
I have never tried an Insta Pot but I would love to! I think I would try to cook some Jambalaya!
Meatballs and chili would be nice to try!
I would love to make green chili pork stew in the Instant Pot.
I would like to try making hard boiled eggs in the Instant Pot.
I want to try some beef stew or other soup in the instapot.
I like to put a pot roast in my instant pot.
I would really like to try to make a vegetarian cheddar broccoli soup.
I want to try making a Yogurt in the Instant Pot.
My favorite Insta Pot Recipe is the Stew, super hearty quick easy meal great for the cold winter days and nights!
My favorite Instant Pot recipe so far is for Rigatoni and meatballs. I would like to try a cheesecake recipe.
I have a friend who uses her machine for so many dishes! I would love to try the one-hour chili.
Any thing i have a instra pot but i have not used it yet.
My favorite insta pot recipe is creaole red beans and rice with ham.
Just got an Instant Pot and haven't tried it yet. I'd love to try the Korean-Style Short Ribs recipe from this book.
pot roast sounds like it would be a good thing to try in the pot. i could make so many good recipes with this!
I would love to try making hamburger soup on one. Thank you!
I love making a slow-braised oxtail soup with lots of tomato, celery, onions, turnips and carrots.
I have made a really good chicken chili verde dish in the instapot! I would also like to try making more stews. It's so nice to have stew and soup over the cold winter months.
I love making a chili, it's great for dipping or for the guys chili dogs!
I love soups and stews so I would love to make chili, potato soup,, beef stew and more.
I'd like to try the recipe for Lemon Thyme Steamed Shrimp.
I would love to try making pineapple turkey chili or rice pudding!
I would love to create some Kansas City style beef ribs.
I would love to try to make some chicken and dumplings in it!
I would love to make some chili in an instant pot.
I would like to make white chili in an instapot – oh yum!
I would love to try and make chicken wild rice soup in an instant pot! I would also love to try my hand at mac and cheese.
I would like to try to make rice pudding in an instant pot.
I would make some sort of chicken recipe first. Maybe try a chicken pot pie.
I would like to try out my orange chicken in one of these!
I'd love to make chili and some different types of soup.
I have never cooked in an instant pot, but I think I would like to start out with a chili recipe. It sounds wonderful on a chilly, fall day.
I would make turkey and veggies and potato soup in my pot.
I want to make a fast Beef Stew. I Beef Stew takes hours to make.
I would like to try to make Maple-Mustard Pork Shoulder.
Making beef and broccoli tomorrow night. Start to finish it will take 20 minutes tops. Instant Pot is awesome.
I like making chili because it is an easy meal to make.
I love instant pot chicken tikka masala .
My favorite recipe for the Instant Pot is a Zuppa Toscana soup.
I would make chicken noodle soup in the pot .
I love cooking whole chickens in my crock pot!
I would like to try to make cheesy bacon potato soup.
I would like to try making a pot roast.
I would make maybe rice and beans in the pot or attempt a cheesecake.


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Q: Is there any switch for silent uninstallation? Is there any switch for silent uninstallation? like we do /s while installing. I tried the same with uninst,exe but didn't work.

A: It is documented to work for the uninstaller also but it has to be uppercase (/S) and if you are calling the uninstaller from your installer to uninstall a older version you should also provide the special _?= uninstaller parameter. How silent it is depends on your code; a MessageBox without /SD will not be silent etc.

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Q: Selecting next div jquery I am trying to select the .next() div to work within a carousel.
However, it seems to be returning all .children() rather than the .next()
HTML

JQUERY
$(".left-arrow").click(function () {

  var currentSlide = $(this).parent().siblings(".slides").children().next();

  // Do something with currentSlide.

});

When I console.log(currentSlide) in the browser it returns all 4 children of .slides.
The same happens for $(".right-arrow").click() I just did not want to add duplicate code
Any help?
Thanks

A: another option is to set the first element to the "current" class and use it to start the navigation between the slides.
*on prev control click, if there is no element before this one so nothing will happen and vice versa, so that's ok but if you want it to change direction after the last/first element got the "current" class so tell me and i will update the code...
Here it is:
HTML:

left

right

Jquery:
$(document).ready(function(){
    $(".left-arrow").click(function(){
        $('.current').prev().addClass('current');
        $('.current:first').next().removeClass('current');
    });
    $(".right-arrow").click(function(){
        $('.current').next().addClass('current');
        $('.current:last').prev().removeClass('current');
    });
});

live example: http://jsfiddle.net/spvLpjct (i've put some CSS to help you understand it).

A: If the current slide is visible and the rest are hidden you could use:
$(".left-arrow").click(function () {

  var currentSlide = $(".slides > .slide:visible").next();

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Who Is "Rypert Ditworth?"
In numerous stories detailing his 2007 arrest on attempted first degree murder charges in California, Rupert Tarsey has been vague about his move to Broward County. The Daily Mail UK reported, "Tarsey started using his mother's maiden name when he moved to Florida two years after the assault." The Sunshine State News reported, "beginning May 4, 2010, [Tarsey] was allowed to do his 'community supervision' in Florida." In a front page story in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Tarsey's arrival in Broward County was said to be in 2012. Did Rupert Tarsey give these reporters misleading information regarding his whereabouts following his 2007 attack on a female classmate at the Harvard-Westlake school in Beverly Hills?
REDBROWARD asked Rupert Tarsey when he arrived in Broward. Tarsey refused to answer and said, "You have already received my statement. Everything you write will be reviewed for defamatory content."
Now, a series of voter records, property records and court records show Tarsey ties to Broward County began in 2007.
Published reports say Rupert Tarsey changed his name after his parents divorce. He denied he changed his name to escape his past. Tarsey's birthname was Rupert Tumin Ditsworth.
California court records show Patrice Tarsey divorced David Ditsworth in August 1998. Rupert Tarsey attacked Elizabeth Barcay in May 2007. California court records show Tarsey started the process to change his name in October 2008, more than ten years after his parents' divorce.
On December 28, 2007, Broward Supervisor of Elections (SOE) records show "Rypert Ditworth" registered to vote as a Republican. "Ditworth" claimed to live at 3200 N. Ocean Boulevard Apartment 706 in Fort Lauderdale. "Ditworth" gave his date of birth as July 1, 1989. According to SOE, "Ditworth" is no longer an active voter.
Also on December 28, 2007, Patrice Tarsey registered to vote at the same exact Ocean Boulevard address. Her date of birth was listed as August 24, 1958. Patrice Tarsey is listed as an inactive voter.
In January 2011, "Patricia Tarsey" registered to vote as a Republican using a different apartment at 3200 N. Ocean Boulevard. Her date of birth is listed as August 24, 1949. In August 2017, "Patricia Tarsey" became a member of the Broward Republican Executive Committee.
According to voting records, Rupert Tarsey registered as a Republican voter on January 14, 2016. His date of birth is listed as July 1, 1989. The same birthdate in listed on numerous court records. Four months later, Tarsey applied to become a member of the Broward Republican Executive Committee (BREC) using a Parkland address. One year later, with the backing of his "ally" Richard DeNapoli, Tarsey was elected as BREC secretary.
Broward County Property Appraiser (BCPA) records show Patrice Tarsey purchased a unit at L'Hermitage condo in April 2009. Records show Patrice Tarsey paid $550,000 for the unit at 3200 N. Ocean Boulevard #706. This is the sme address used by "Rypert Tarsey" and Patrice Tarsey in 2007.
Property records show Patrice and Rupert Tarsey owned the unit located at 3200 N. Ocean Boulevard #1409.
Did Rupert Tarsey try to register to vote under the name "Rypert Ditworth?" Why did his mother register under the name "Partricia Tarsey" when court records and property records list her name as Patrice Tarsey? Was someone trying to impersonate them in 2007?
We attempted to get answers last week at the illegal meeting Rupert Tarsey presided over in Plantation. Tarsey hopes to remove current BREC Chairman Robert Sutton and become the new leader of the Broward Republican Party.
Mrs. Tarsey refused to answer any questions.
Rupert Tarsey told this reporter he was not "authorized" to attend the meeting. Shortly thereafter, Rico Petrocelli, another Tarsey ally, called Plantation Police to remove REDBROWARD from the illegal meeting.
As REDBROWARD reported yesterday, Rupert Tarsey is holding another meeting next week to attempt to gain control of BREC. The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) has ordered Tarsey to stop sending unauthorized, official-looking emails to BREC members.
Why would Rupert Tarsey want to fool his fellow Republicans? They deserve answers.
This entry was posted in RED BROWARD and tagged BREC, broward, elections, news, patrice tarsey, Patricia Tarsey, republican, Rupert Ditsworth, rupert tarsey on 10/05/2017 by Tom Lauder.
Broward Republican Party Secretary Rupert Tarsey Claims Claw Hammer Attack On Female Student Was "Self-Defense"
CHAPTER ONE: THE CRIME
In a stunning email to members of the Broward Republican Executive Committee (BREC), party secretary Rupert Tarsey claims he faced attempted first degree murder charges after he beat a female classmate forty times with a claw hammer in "self-defense." According to court records and published reports from 2007, Tarsey was charged with the attempted first degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a female classmate at the exclusive Harvard Westlake prep school near Beverly Hills, California. Despite the extensive records available, Tarsey appears eager to play the victim in his email.
In response to requests for comment, Tarsey sent the email to REDBROWARD on Monday September 4, 2017. Tarsey wrote, "When I was in high school and a minor, I met with someone in a parked car next to our school, while I was a student. We began to get into a verbal altercation. Though the altercation was verbal initially it became physical when I was kicked multiple times and hit by the other person." Tarsey claimed he used a hammer that was left in his 2000 Jaguar to fend off his attacker. "Regrettably, while pinned against the side of the car and having difficulty breathing," Tarsey wrote. "I used this tool in self defense to try to stop the other person from hitting me."
In bold letters, Tarsey makes clear his claims of being the victim of of an attack. He wrote, "BUT TO BE CLEAR: EVEN THOUGH I WAS ACTING IN SELF DEFENSE I STILL REGRET WHAT HAPPENED AND FEEL THAT MY ACTIONS WERE UNCALLED FOR."
"IT WAS A COMPLETELY UNPROVOKED ATTACK"
In his email, Rupert Tarsey leaves out important details of the May 14, 2007 attack. He never mentions his "attacker" was 17 year old Lizzie Barcay. Days after the attack, Barcay's mother, Dr. Barbara Hayden, gave the Los Angeles Times, her account of the attack in Tarsey's (then known as Rupert Tumin Ditsworth) automobile. Hayden said she was performing breast cancer surgery when she learned about her daughter's attack. She went to the hospital with her husband, an emergency room surgeon. "Her hair and face were caked with blood," Hayden said. "On the left side, her head was shaped like a football."
Hayden sat with her daughter as police interviewed her about the incident. "It was a completely unprovoked attack," she said. "He wasn't a boyfriend, and he was barely an acquaintance. The fact is, he is a danger not only to her but the community."
THE ATTACK
In June 2007, The Chronicle, the Harvard Westlake student newspaper, gave a harrowing account of the attack on Lizzie Barcay:
"After she finished her Advanced Placement Physics exam late in the afternoon of Monday, May 14, Lizzie saw a male stdent who looked forlorn, according to the account her mother, Dr. Barbara Hayden, heard her give to Los Angeles Police Department officers. He told her he was waiting for a friend and asked her to go to Jamba Juice with him. He said nothing scary, only that he was "bummed out,"presumably about the AP exam, finals or graduation, Hayden said.
Lizzie did not know the boy very well, her mother said. About a year and a half before, the boy had invited her to a movie. Hayden said that Lizzie had accepted, but he had never followed up.
"They had no relationship at all except that she said 'hi' to him now and then and had once or twice sat down at the table and talked to him," Hayden said.
At Jamba Juice, the classmates talked casually. Lizzie noticed nothing strange until they re-entered the car, when the boy took a backpack out of the back of the car and placed it between his legs.
"That struck her as being a very odd maneuver, something that didn't make sense," Hayden said.
Lizzie registered a change in the boy's attitude. He seemed suddenly anxious. Then, he failed to drive back to school, turning onto Van Noord instead.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"I'm looking for a place to mail something," he said.
"There isn't a mailbox up here," she said.
He parked and told her that he had been considering suicide.
"Let's go back to Harvard-Westlake and talk to counselors there," Lizzie said. "There are people there who can help you. I'll stay with you until you get help. Let's deal with it. I'll be with you."
"No, that's not the way it's going to play out," he said. Hayden is unsure of the exact wording of the boy's next sentence. She thinks he said, "I'm thinking of killing myself, and I'm not planning on doing it alone."
Lizzie took the boy's words to mean that he was planning to kill himself and kill her as well. Fearing that the bag at the boy's feet could contain a weapon, she reached for it, screaming at him and trying to take it from his hands. In the commotion, he pulled out a hammer. He beat her over the head, on the side of the head, and on the face, Hayden said. Lizzie pushed her attacker against the driver's side door with her legs, sacrificing them to save her head, her mother said. He battered her legs and broke her tibia.
At that point, he exited the car, went to the opposite side, opened the door, grabbed her by the hair, and resumed striking her head, Lizzie told police."
According to the reports, Tarsey beat her until the hammer broke. He started to choke Barcay. According to FoxNews.com, She was able to bite his finger which caused him to retreat in pain. "She bit it as hard as she could with everything she had, knowing that this was all that she was going to be able to do to save herself," Hayden said.
When Barcay tried to run, her leg shattered.
"FOOLISH TEENAGER"
In his email to BREC members, Rupert Tarsey wrote his actions on May 14, 2007 were those of a "foolish teenager." He claims " a lot has changed" since the incident ten years ago. But a decade later, Tarsey attacks the credibilty of the victim, Lizzie Barcay and her mother.
Tarsey claims the news accounts were inaccurate "hearsay" later refuted in court. Tarsey even mocks Lizzie Barcay for going to the school prom "several days after this incident, and I believe was in class after the weekend." The school newspaper documented the courage of Lizzie Barcay and her family.
The Chronicle reported Barcay left the hospital on May 18, 2007. "She attended Prom the next night in a wheelchair and was crowned Prom Queen."
Two days later, Barcay attended her Cum Laude ceremony. "May 21, the day of the Cum Laude assembly, was the first day that Lizzie ascended the stairs to her house with the help of crutches and her father's stabilizing hold. Before that climb, she needed a stretcher to get up the stairs. That night, her parents removed the stitches from her scalp. She was still taking painkillers for the pain."
CHARGED AS ADULT
In his email, Tarsey makes several attempts to explain away the seriousness of the charges brought against him. Tarsey claims the case was twice dismissed by judges due to "false information" and "self-defense." Tarsey writes the case was brought before a third judge after prosecutors won an appeal.
He wrote, "At this point I was already an honor student in college, and didn't have the time to continually fight the case over many more years. I plead no contest to the assault charge and was GIVEN A SUSPENDED SENTENCE (i.e. I was never given or served any jail time)…."
Prosecutors wanted Rupert Tarsey in jail. In June 2007, the Los Angeles Times reported Tarsey, "was taken by his parents to a psychiatric hospital for treatment immediately after the May 14 assault."
On May 19, 2007, The Los Angeles Times reported "a juvenile court judge — over the objection of prosecutors — refused to issue a warrant authorizing the boy's removal from a psychiatric hospital, where he has been receiving treatment. Defense attorney Patrick Smith argued at the hearing that the public would be better served if the boy remained in a secure facility where he could continue to receive treatment for his illness. Smith declined to say what specifically the boy is being treated for."
At a later hearing, Patrick Smith told the Los Angeles Daily News that [Tarsey's] parents decided after "speaking to the boy, without knowing what happened, that something was horribly wrong and they hospitalized him."
Three months later, the Harvard Westlake school newspaper reported Tarsey was ordered to remain in a psychiatric hospital where he had been since the attack. "He was rearrested July 2, one day after his 18th birthday, and charged as an adult," according to The Chronicle.
Tarsey made no mention of his hospitalization in his email.
LEGAL MANEUVERS
According to Los Angeles Court records, Rupert Tumin Ditsworth petitioned the court to change his name in 2008. One year later, Rupert Tarsey settled a civil lawsuit with Lizzie Barcay and her family. Tarsey never mentions these in his email. In 2010, Tarsey enters a nolo contendre (no contest) plea on the aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge. He receives six years of felony probation. It appears Tarsey relocated to Broward county during 2008. Tarsey refused to answer questions submitted by REDBROWARD.
TARSEY MAKES STATEWIDE HEADLINES
News of Tarsey's past made Statewide headlines on September 4, 2017 when Nancy Smith of Sunshine State News (SSN) wrote, "Broward Republicans, May I Introduce Rupert Ditsworth?" Smith wrote, "Who knew the Rupert Tarsey of 2017 Fort Lauderdale is the Rupert Ditsworth of 2007 Beverley Hills, Calif.? Google Rupert Tarsey, you get nothing; Google Rupert Ditsworth, you find the local party secretary has a past that's begun to spill on the Broward Republican Executive Committee like a can of wrong-color paint."
Rupert Tarsey told Sunshine State News things were not as they seemed. According to SSN, Tarsey said he was "never convicted" of a felony. "'Charged with' and 'convicted' are two very different things," Tarsey told SSN.
Tarsey said he did not change his name in 2008 to "repackage himself for a new life in the Sunshine State." According to SSN, Tarsey claimed he changed names following his parents' divorce. His parents are Dr. David Ditsworth, MD of Los Angeles and Patrice Tarsey of Fort Lauderdale.
Tarsey told Smith he was being unfairly targeted over party politics. Tarsey claimed he was "targeted for 'voting with the majority of the Board in favor of removal of the chairman (Sutton) in the Board vote. Prior to the Board vote, I had been informed by Tom Lauder, a close supporter of Mr. Sutton, that if I helped to oust Mr. Sutton, I would have negative articles spread about me.'"
Despite his claims of acting in self-defense, Tarsey told SSN he settled a civil lawsuit with the victim "To make it go away."
According to SSN, it appears as if "Tarsey was in a mental hospital for up to three years, then beginning May 4, 2010, was allowed to do his 'community supervision' in Florida."
TARSEY MAKES INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES
Rupert Tarsey made international headlines on September 5th, when the London Daily Mail picked up the story. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Tarsey said he would not resign as BREC secretary.
"'Why should I resign?' he said in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com from his $2 million beachfront condo. 'I did nothing wrong and I was elected. This is just party politics.'"
Once again, Tarsey claimed he did not change his name to hide his past. "'I'm estranged from my dad,' he said, adding he didn't change his name in order to hide his real identity."
In the same interview, Rupert Tarsey attempted to downplay the seriousness of the attempted murder charge made against him. "'In the end, I pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor,' said Tarsey. 'It's not the charges that matter, it's what happens in court.'"
The story was later picked up by other news organizations such as The Miami Herald, VICE News, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Salon, The Shark Tank and more.
NEXT, CHAPTER TWO: THE COUP
This entry was posted in RED BROWARD and tagged atlanta journal constitution, BREC, Broward republican, daily mail uk, elections, elizabeth barcay, harvard westlake, investigations, Joe Kaufman, jose lambiet, lizzie barcay, nancy smith, news, patrice tarsey, Richard Denapoli, rupert tarsey, rupert tumin ditsworth, salon, Shark Tank, sunshine state news, the miami herald, vice on 09/19/2017 by Tom Lauder.