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January 18 2013 02:09AM
Have we really been picking Goats and Stars on the Nation for 4 years now? Oh how time passes on the bottom of the NHL ocean floor. Not a lot of light gets down here, every day sorta looks the alike after awhile. But they say that every dog gets his day and 2013 will surely be the year that the Mighty Oil rise up from the depths of the ocean floor and stake their victorious claim of some point between the deep and the light topside.
We aren't asking for all that much Gods of Hockey. Just a return to respectability. Respectability on the way to Dominance. Dominance on the way to showing No Mercy.
As we watch the Oil begin their ascent we will be sure to point out the people steering the sub.
Let 2009 Edition Wanye break it down for you:
Picking a Star – and later a goat – for the season has been a long standing tradition with our crew of pirates. For the duration of the season if your Star does something mad decent – lights the lamp at a key point in a game for instance – you get to bask in the glow of the Star as he is "your guy." Should your Star go stone cold – or get traded as was the case last year when we picked Erik Cole – you are forced to sit quietly in the corner, speaking only when spoken to as you wait for the regular season to end.
Picking a star is a tricky business that requires a great deal of thinking. Anyone can pick Ales Hemsky and be reasonably assured that they will look quasi intelligent throughout the whole season. But be like our buddy Lee in the 2006 Season who famously picked Fernando Pisani as his playoff Star – and your genius will be praised from the highest tower for years to come.
We have basically the worst luck picking stars. Not only did we pick Cole last year, we also picked Ryan Smyth the year he was traded, Chris Pronger the year he left town due to family reasons and Eric Fichaud so many years back on the hunch "he could make it as a starter in the NHL." On that note of taking needless risks, we have deliberated the options before us, crushed a few dozen BLs over the weekend, and decided on our Star this year.
Ah 2009 Wanye. You were such a simpleton back then. Didn't know what a Nuge is, had no particular affinity for HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk alumni and thought 14 in an Oilers Jersey vaguely thought had something to do with MacTavish. You poor silly ignorant bastard.
But you do make a fine job of explaining why you need to name Goats and Stars. In both cases you need to have "your guy" its a multi year moral imperative. So please leave both your selections below, or update your Nation Profiles if you feel so inclined. And with your actions you take us one step closer to game time.
Hmmm. This doesn't seem to take very long to decide. Ever hear of someone by the name of KING BLOODY JORDAN BLOODY EBERLE OF BLEEDING BLOODY VICTORYLAND? THE KID IS A GENIUS WITH THE PUCK, A SUBLIME DISHER, CLUTCH CLUTCH CLUTCH AND HAS SET MANY THE LOIN OF AN EDMONTON WOMAN AFLAME IN HIS REIGN BY THUNDER.
Yeah Jordan Eberle will have to do for our 2013 selection. And every other year until the end of all recorded time after that too if you could mark it down. Coming off a season where he scored 32 goals and added 42 assists the 16th best scorer in the ENTIRE NHL is only looking to improve this season. Another year older and stronger - Eberle has been busy building on his already impressive resume leading the AHL in scoring prior to the lockout mercifully ending.
We predict Eberle will have a season of 35 goals and 40 assists. He may not be able to sustain his eye shattering 99.3% shooting percentage for the entire season as so many have already noted. However with a pile of souped up powerplay time with the return of Whitney and the addition of Schultz - 2013 will see 14 deliver the goods in the lockout shortened season. And he will do a great many other things too this year. Awesome things.
Believe that.
2007: Shawn Horcoff
2006: Ryan Smyth
2005: Chris Pronger
Some earlier point: Eric Fichaud
Some even earlier point: Dr. Randy Gregg
"Well ok," perhaps you are thinking to yourself "I can dimly follow this guys point about publicly naming your favourite Oiler. That makes sense assuming you are a superfan or an 8 year old kid. But why would I want to hate on an Oiler and name him my goat?"
Again why not listen to a voice from the distant past explain the deets. 2010 Wanye what you got to say?
Goat selection evolved a few years back when we had a buddy that would randomly pick an Oiler each game and rag on him mercilessly. "That dang (insert player here.) He is the worst player on the ice. (Insert GM here) should be embarrassed that he picked such a terrible player."
(Early 2000 bandwagon jumping buddies would hate) on every random player that draws their ire, loving them the very next minute - all in the name of being an "fan." The boys didn't think that it was sporting to cuss each and every Oiler only to shower them with praise on the next play and several half drunken arguments broke out over the span of a couple seasons to drive home the point.
Instead of playing our band wagon jumping friend on waivers, we all concocted the Goat. The Goat is intended to be the cause of all the team's problems for the entire season. Goal just went in? Damn the Goat to hell. He wasn't on the ice? Damn his stupid manner in which he sits on the bench.
The first year of two that we picked Grebeshkov to be our Goat was easily the best picking of our storied Goat picking career. Not only was Grebs brutal, but the team was too. We blamed him for most everything most nights and it allowed us to vent all Oilers related anger his way.
On a team that we hope finishes no higher than 30th place this year, picking the Goat is going to be key to maintaining your sanity.
Not nearly as dire this year thankfully. Flames fans may want to take some notes on sanity saving techniques with the season you are staring down this year.
This was actually quite a difficult bit of business. We don't think that the name of the game this season will be "try and figure out ways to keep self entertained whilst the Oilers skitter about like baby fawns on a frozen pond." A lot of the really goatworthy players are gone, traded, cut or bottled up and shipped to Anaheim via the AHL and Dallas.
No instead this season should be pretty sweet. The Oilers are young and in game shape against dusty old squads of players just waiting for a groin to get pulled*
We thought about Dubnyk but it isn't good sport to cheer against your starting goalie all year. No, we need him to be good. We ground our teeth while thinking about Horcoff collecting 12 billion dollars this season but we have far too much respect for the Captaincy of the Oilers to name him Goat. If you are in a trench and don't like your squad commander too bad. You respect the chain of command.
But last we checked Theo Peckham still remains the property of the Oilers. We can't figure Peckham out. A team that is willing to do anything to have young players fill spots meets a player that has looked like he had turned the corner into bonafide NHL toughian several different times. And yet there is no match?
How have we come to this Peckham?
You need to fight your way back into the lineup. And so far you aren't even close.
2008: Dennis Grebeshkov
2007: Some guy
2005: Some other jerk
Some earlier point: Andrei Kovalenko
Some even earlier point: Jimmy Carson
*Thats what she said
January 18 2013, 07:30AM
star: Eberle
goat: DSF
January 18 2013, 02:24AM
Alright! I've been waiting for this.
Star: Taylor Motherf*ckin' Hall. I think he is going to have a hell of a year and if we make the playoffs, Taylor is going to thrust his manhood into the face of the opposition.
Honorable mentions: Fistric, Smid, J. Schultz, Krueger.
Goat: Patrick O'Sullivan. I thought about maybe switching it up this year. But I decided why break a good streak and go with Patty O'Sh*tbag for the fourth year in a row. When you suck that bad, and care that little, you're stuck on my goat list until the pain you caused leaves my soul untarnished.
Honorable mentions: Horcoff, Potter.
January 18 2013, 09:01AM
star: Eberle
goat: DSF
Maybe I spoke too soon about Puritania winning the internet. Well played good sir.
Anybody else suddenly reminded of how awesome Wanye's articles are when he fires up the MS Paint?
January 18 2013, 03:34AM
Goat: Eberle because UNSUSTAINABLE!!!!!!
Star: Hemsky because sexy, silky-smooth Dangles!
Star: Ladi Smid Goat: Mark Fistric
This is the year I buy a Smid sweater.
This is also the year that we curse Fistric for taking a spot from Peckham. You'll see. He's that bad.
January 18 2013, 08:53AM
Alright! I've been waiting for this.
Star: Taylor Motherf*ckin' Hall. I think he is going to have a hell of a year and if we make the playoffs, Taylor is going to thrust his manhood into the face of the opposition.
Honorable mentions: Fistric, Smid, J. Schultz, Krueger.
Goat: Patrick O'Sullivan. I thought about maybe switching it up this year. But I decided why break a good streak and go with Patty O'Sh*tbag for the fourth year in a row. When you suck that bad, and care that little, you're stuck on my goat list until the pain you caused leaves my soul untarnished.
Honorable mentions: Horcoff, Potter.
Your goat selection wins the internet.
January 18 2013, 09:17AM
I don't see any reason to update my star/goat:
Star: SMID. No question.
The guy's a force. He hits and block shots with the best of them. He's defensively reliable. He's hilarious. He's always sharing that glorious toothless smile with the children of the world. And, most importantly for a Star, when he scores it's an earth shattering revelation of joy:
Just look at that sniper. He's unstoppable:
And the story of Smid is just as inspiring. Here's a guy that comes over for Pronger... the best D any Oiler has seen in a generation by miles. Smid is immediately thrown to the wolves and is crushed relentlessly by NHL-ready players... coming from ignoble birth (via Pronger) only makes the situation more hopeless.
And yet, he wins our hearts and wins a top 4 roster spot with his hard work and sense of levity.
I love this guy.
Goat: Cory Cross. I blame him for everything.
January 18 2013, 05:47PM
Star - Hall
Goat - Anyone who calls Gagner 'Gagne'
January 18 2013, 03:07AM
Star - Justin Shultz - Nominated for Calder but loses to Nail Yakupov.
Goat - Khabibulin - He'll get 15 soft starts agains the likes of Columbus, Calgary, Anaheim and some other poor downtrodden teams. He'll come out with a poor record of 4-8-3 taking 11/30 points. Of course, we'll miss the playoffs by like 1 point this year, because of him. He's my goat!
Oh yeah... Omark already because he's putting up shitloads of points elsewhere and could not find his ass in the dark with two hands when he was with the big team. Plus he's too damn proud to do what needed to be done!
Star: Taylor "drive the crossbar with my forehead" Hall
Goat: Corey Potter. I don't think his second half struggles last year were only because of injury.
Since you already have captain clutch i guess I'll have to bet on 90% of Yak City learning russian by june. The kid will absolutely kill it. Calder Curse? No more. Хеммер хиты ногтей, снова и снова. Миллиард очков в локаута сезоне. Овечкин кто?
Belanger causes offense to evaporate. Everytime his shift overlaps with the kids', he decreases their career total by two points. Belanger will attempt to keep us in the basement all season.
January 18 2013, 08:15AM
Last year my Goat was so goaty that through sheer will of mind, and incessant internet thrashing, I had him shipped to some B league in Europe where he sits today wondering if the Oilers or any other NHL team has even HEARD of YouTube.
Omark, I will miss your poor defensive zone work, your inability to grasp what a system looks like, and the goal you would score every 10th game.
This year my Goat will be Old Alligator Arms himself, Shawn Horcoff.
My Star will be Sam Gagner. Samwise the Young is one heck of a hockey player, despite not being at the level of the big 5. He's intensely under rated because he hasnt had marked improvement points wise, but he's also had about 9 different coaches over the 6 years he's played in the NHL and this is the 1st year in many that he isnt starting the season playing LW on the 3rd line because the Coach was too polite to acknowledge that Horcoff couldnt play in the top 6 anymore.
January 18 2013, 10:02AM
Star: The NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGE
Goat: Ryan Jones - He doesnt fight anymore and his "scoring" is in decline
Thats is all.
GO OILERS!!!!!! Glug Glug Glug..... man Bud Light is so tasty!!!!
January 18 2013, 10:43AM
Star: Gagner. It is his turn to step up. Playing with 2 solid linemates is going to make all the difference in the world. 8 point nights are a thing of the past... 9 point nights are the future! GAGS FOR PREZ!
Goat: The ice surface. With the excitement of the fans building each game, and the warmth in the groins of cougars, MILFS and Wayne radiating throughout their body whenever Eberle or the Nuuuuuge has the puck, the temperature inside Rexall Place will be high and the quality of the ice will be LOW. Bouncing pucks will be the norm.
January 18 2013, 11:10AM
Star: Justin Schultz will dazzle his way into Calder brilliance.
Goat: Ice Cold Beer guy at Rexall is trying out "Luke Warm Beer" this year. Also, probably Peckham
Star: Gagner - because... 8 POINT NIGHT B!TCHES!!! Also, he's starting the season with decent linemates for a change. Sam is my dark horse for 2013. A few months from now we'll be saying "Where did this guy Gagner come from and why haven't I heard of him before now???"
Goat: Eager - because he's a human GA
January 18 2013, 05:07PM
Star: Horcoff. The old man does all the work, the kids get all the credit. I can relate to this.
Goat: Everyone responsible for the lockout.
Peckham? Too easy. I'll go with Dubnyk as my goat selection even though I pray I'm wrong. Star will be none other than *drum roll*.....Sam Gagner.
January 18 2013, 03:56AM
Star: Hemsky, Is going to smash soft minutes with the Gag and Yak - injur bugs will stay at bay this year
Goat - Whitney: 2 left feet, injury prone, YUK - By the end of the season everyone will be saying "what a helen hunt!"
Additional Awards
Most Likely to be a serial Killer - Petrell (easy)
Most likely to eat you: Another easy one, Teddy Bear
Most Likely to suffer a "Tambo Moment"... Tambo
Star is Gagner for sure, he will show all the detractors what he is made of. He probably wont have the most points on the team but it will be cause of him in his second line center position that the Oilers will rise from the basement.
Goat is hmm.... wait a minute... let me look at my list again *whispers* Khabi, Peckham, Petrell, Potter... these are all fringe players in my mind, if they play bad they can hopefully be replaced so they do not effect the team. So I have to choose someone that is a regular and by their crappy play they effect the entire team. Candidates are Belanger, Dubnyk... going back to my list again... I guess the rest of the defensive core could be a goat and I think that Belanger will have a bounce back year and I think that Dubnyk will rise to the challenge of being counted on for 35 to 40 starts. There for my goat selection is Nick Shultz... no wait a minute let me check my list again, there has to be something I missed. It has to be someone younger and Nick Shultz should be able to handle the shorted season and the Fire Wagon hockey the Oilers will put out there. So my final decision for goat is going to go to Petry. I think he will regress a little in the maturity department.
January 18 2013, 05:43AM
My star pick for this year is Lil Nuge. Another year older and stronger expect big things from Nuge.
The easy goat pick is Belanger. Hopefully his powers of sucking are not strong enough to recreate the Belanger triangle this year.
I also bet a flames fan that the Oilers will not lose more than 12 games this season. Too much Kool-aid for me ?
January 18 2013, 06:59AM
STAR: Ladi Smid, the unsung shut-down D-man. Every team needs at least one, and they don't get any credit.
GOAT: Eric Belanger. Here's to hoping the "Belanger Triangle" that caused all offensive players in his vicinity to disappear from the scoresheet takes a page out of its own book and doesn't show.
Star :: Hall Goat :: Smyth Winner, Winner :: Chicken Dinner
Star: Petry: continues progression
Goat: Eager: continues regression
January 18 2013, 08:33AM
Star: Hall
Goat: Tambellini
January 18 2013, 08:52AM
I have to say that I totally agree with your picks, Wanye.
Star: Eberle. Goat: Wanye - Eberle scored 34 goals last year, not 32!
Star: Yak, shiny new toy
Goat: Belanger... As soon as he said in the offseason he wants to play in Montreal he became the goat.
January 18 2013, 09:32AM
Star: He who is called Eberle. Top-10 in scoring this year.
Goat: Eager. Who knows where his head is at after his legal issues? Too many dumb penalties will lead to a demotion to the pressbox in favour of Hordichuk.
January 18 2013, 09:52AM
Star: Gagner Goat: Belanger
January 18 2013, 10:10AM
Star: RNH Goat: Corey Potter
January 18 2013, 10:35AM
STAR: Taylor "the beast" Hall
GOAT: Belanger "Triangle"
January 18 2013, 10:39AM
Star: Taylor Hall. The warrior and stallion will lead the team goals and be the heart that gets them into the playoffs.
Goat: Eric Belanger. I so wish he would have a bounce back season, but I don't see it, given who he'll be playing with.
January 18 2013, 10:59AM
Star: Gagner. It is his turn to step up. Playing with 2 solid linemates is going to make all the difference in the world. 8 point nights are a thing of the past... 9 point nights are the future! GAGS FOR PREZ!
Goat: The ice surface. With the excitement of the fans building each game, and the warmth in the groins of cougars, MILFS and Wayne radiating throughout their body whenever Eberle or the Nuuuuuge has the puck, the temperature inside Rexall Place will be high and the quality of the ice will be LOW. Bouncing pucks will be the norm.
We'll have to convince the concessions manager to offer a 'cougar drink special', replete with testosterone shots to cool them cougar's nether regions.
As for Wayne, I believe there is no cure for the heat produced by such a molten 'bro-mance'.
January 18 2013, 11:10AM
Bro-mance(S) Sir. I have multiple targets I mean players I am cheering heartily for.
Duly noted. However, you are urged to curtail some of the heat generated by said bro-mance(s), for the good of the team. Bring three ice packs to each game, and use one per period as a seat cushion.
Star: Taylor "drive the crossbar with my forehead" Hall
Goat: Corey Potter. I don't think his second half struggles last year were only because of injury.
Epic, EPIC avatar there bud.
January 18 2013, 11:32AM
Star: Ales Hemsky
I grit my teeth every time people suggest trading this guy just as he gets healthy. He won't be up against the other teams top defenders every game for the first time in a decade, and that will be so sweet to watch.
Goat: Corey Potter
When Tambellini opened his mouth to put this dud in the lineup before training camp had a chance to weed him out naturally, I knew he was going to suck it up bad this year. What's the worst is that he will stay in the lineup because Tambellini believes in him. Just like Khabibulin. Gag, retch, snort, breathe.
January 18 2013, 11:37AM
Eberle is my STAR!
Goat is much harder this year. There is no obvious choice. Hordichuk only because I think Gagner will have a better year with a healthy Hemsky and the phenome who is Yakupov.
January 18 2013, 01:00PM
Star: B.EAGER
Goat: S.HORCOFF
Epic, EPIC avatar there bud.
*tips hat*
Star: Edmonton Oilers Goat: Calgary Flames
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe. Heh.
Real Star: Dubey. Make me proud, home slice! Real Goat: Calgary Flames
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe. Heh.
Actual Goat: Jarome Iginla.
Star : Eberle
Goat: Ryan Whitney
Watched him play live last year.Enough said.
January 18 2013, 06:39PM
Star: Nick Schultz. This guy will have to clean up J Schultz's mess, and will be OCD about it.
Goat: Ben Eager. Oilers need to cut down the stupid penalties, and I'm not sure that is possible with this one.
I'm going off the board a bit in this one.
Star: Justin Schultz(Seriously, he's one of the few Oiler D that can move the puck in a direction other than backwards)
Goat: Ryan Jones(I don't think Krueger was a big fan last year)
Honorable mention goat: Eager (He'll get very little rope if he starts coasting)
Star: Lines One and Two
Goat: MAB. Never forget 2006.


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Skip to comments.Obama Begins Push for New National Retirement System (Occupy Your Savings)
Posted on 11/15/2012 12:47:45 PM PST by Heartlander2
A recent hearing sponsored by the Treasury and Labor Departments marked the beginning of the Obama Administrations effort to nationalize the nations pension system and to eliminate private retirement accounts including IRAs and 401k plans, NSC is warning.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalseniorscouncil.org ...
I've known this is coming for years. No bullets will fly, just as they didn't when Americans started being molested, groped, and irradiated on a daily basis, by affirmative action thugs who couldn't even get a job at an ice cream parlor. The sheep just keep taking it, not even any civil disobedience like everyone in line sitting down at the same time.
I can't withdraw mine unless I leave my job.
However, does this mean that all those goobt worker moochers who only worked 20 years, retired at age 50, and now sock it in (or double dip or more) will all be pooled in with us commoners? That might not be a bad deal. An former friend of mine retired from the NPS in SF, regular park ranger. She makes over 35K a year and is only 52. Yes, I chose the wrong route going private sector, apparently.
I never thought that Obamacare would happen. The minute we say this type of thing can't happen, it does with this government.
Always knew that the government was not going to let trillions of dollars pass tax free in 401ks & 403bs to the middle & upper middle class.
Go here:
What out for this Teresa Ghilarducci........
Their idea of a new retirement system: you report to disintegration chambers upon retirement.
Are you kidding? People would pull all their money out of everything.
More importantly he is metaphorically pissing on the grave of Jack Kemp and Bill Roth who gave us 401k's IRA's and the Roth IRA's....
How dare we be empowered and independent since 1982, he is here to change all that, we have to join his collective and be assimilated...
I work my whole life, saving a much larger percentage of my income than the average bear. And in my planning I "assume" that my company pension and SS would be "marginally viable." Now they want to take MY money because that lazy bastard down the road wants his 60 inch TV and cottage in New Hampshire?
F that. I will take my 401 k out, pay the fine, and bury the gold in the back yard.
Playing by the rules is a suckers game.
In a very disconnected sense. But SS never confiscated savings accounts that people have built up into 6 figures over decades.
It was a new tax, with a new limited benefit. But nobody ever had legitimate, unquestioned personal accounts drained and titled over to the government.
And as to "who to shoot", history of such conflicts around the world tells us it would obviously include the office holders at the time who used the law to confiscate it, journalists and pundits who championed it, academics who proposed it, the security forces who work for them. Realistically, some would also target innocents like bank managers, or investment fund advisors who had utterly no say in the matter. It would get nightmarish, but it would happen.
There have been examples in history. It would be shameful if it had to happen here. Hope my kids never inherit such a conflict. But it would be the fault of the marxist attackers, not the fault of those protecting their freedom.
Touch my savings and I'll kill. It's that simple.
"No bullets will fly, just as they didnt when Americans started being molested, groped, and irradiated"
Overzealous security theater for flights is one thing, hardly what anyone would fight to the death over. Confiscation of decades of savings, and the account going to zero and replaced with a voucher is quite another.
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We let perverts feel up children head to toe and the homosexuals and molestors have free reign. And push them through cancer-machines that the Obambi thugs can't even operate correctly. If I had any kids, that would be something to die over. Or, as I mentioned in my post, even the most basic, legal, civil disobedience never happened.
But that aside, did anyone fight back when FDR seized the gold?
I mean, I hope you're right, but I've heard everyone talking big for so long, and nothing ever happens. The country's so feminized and metrosexualized. There are drones to take out people's houses, we're under surveillance just about full-time now, and the goobt possesses electronic devices that make even the strongest resistors turn in their guns.
This was always my understanding, at least the former. Not so sure about the latter, but I could see it happening.
They can't freeze flying lead. And there'd be plenty of that.
Teresa Ghilarducci on a Universal Pension System
21 May 2009.
Of course not. You become much more selective in the way you respond.
Both for us - take all our money out and be fully loaded!
Pyramid anyone?
They don't have to take our 401ks & 403bs outright ....at first they will tax them a little & then when people get used to it they will start to tax them a lot. There's trillions of dollars sitting tax free in these funds & one way or another they are going to get their hands on it. And yes republicans are going to go along wih it.
This is really scary. My husband got a letter asking if he wants his retirement money now. The question is where does one put their money if they withdraw it??? This can't be happening.
Same I was told to leave it alone right now I have about 7 grand and there is 10% plus another 20% fine leaving me about 2,000. Let us remember taxes will go up starting Jan 1. It is a tough decison right to either cash it out and pay the high fine or leave with the strong change of OVomit confiscating it. God I hate liberals
I dont imagine union funds will be touched. Just the rest of us.
I mentioned this to a co-worker before the election.
Free retirement. Yay!!!!! (sarcasm)
Well we all knew this was coming.
This kind of crap is why I have not contributed to my IRAs since June 2010.
Perhaps I shall go further and reinvest the existing amounts in poorly performing options so the government will have as little money to grab as possible.
I'd call Obama dumb as a bag of hammers, but hammers are actually USEFUL tools.
Is this real, the orignial article?
I went to the website.
No byline, no date.
Crummy website.
When was this article written, and when was the meeting held? When I click on the link there is no date on the article and the picture of the magazine shows Nov 2011. Just wondering if this is fairly recent. I know the idea has been tossed around since he was elected.
you and me both....
It will be invested in those overrated junk bonds known as "treasuries."
I hear ya. From an earlier post of mine today.
I will take this time to apologize to any rocks I may have offended in the past. This guy (Obama) isnt intelligent enough to compare to rocks.
Please forgive my insensitivity.
Bubble, actually. The "correct" value of a stock should be the current cash value of all future dividends plus the present cash value of anything that would end up being paid to stockholders if the company is liquidated. Those who sell buy price below that price or sell it above make money; those who buy above that price or sell below it lose money. Of course, without a crystal ball one can't say what the "correct" price is, except in retrospect, but it's important to note that the real value of a stock, if it's affected by the market at all, would only be affected by the extent to which the market affects future dividends. If people go crazy buying stock at $100/share when it's fundamental value is only $20/share, those people who bought at $100/share are either going to end up losing $80/share, or foist their losses on someone else. The fact that they spent more than $20/share won't make the stock worth that.
If 401ks are confiscated. Violence is justified, just as it would be against a stickup man at an ATM. They are playing with fire. People tolerate general attacks on prosperity like more taxes, and bad energy policies.
But an outright theft of savings will result in someone resorting to direct violence against the political perpetrators.
well, if you had employer sponsered, so called gold plated health insurance, they just confiscated that. we're are too timid, and, as someone said above, they tend to do it incremntally, so we become acclimated.
Maybe all this way preordained...that's why the hefty penalty for wihdrawal
Its coming, folks!"
So is another civil war.
If this is true, the resident of the U.S. needs to be educated. Nothing makes a people lazier then taking away all their incentive to take care of themselves. What a cruel man, taking what is not his to give, makes him a tyrant.
Wish I hadn't read any of this.
Doesn't matter. Rebellion would happen in a different way. As somebody said up-thread, people would cash out their 401(k)s and other IRAs and take the IRS penalty. I know I would, given that Obamao would try to do it by EO if Congress doesn't comply.
Yes you have Cletus, we both knew that Health Care was never going away. The GOPe has wanted this all along. Look at Alan Simpson's behavior after he retired and revealed himself as the Progressive that he really is.
Most likely, cashing out will do no good. An announcement will be made that US dollars are being phased out. You will receive one North American Dinero for every 10 US dollars you turn in.
I believe you are correct, the article appears to be dated Nov 2011 - a full year ago.
I went to the website, right clicked, selected "View Page Source", searched for a date, and the only date I found was Nov 2011.
"Playing by the rules is a suckers game."
Exactly and the more people on our side that learn that and live it, the further we will get.
I yanked out my retirement I had ages ago. Put it into PMs and have them safely "put away"
What is a PM?
Precious Metals.
Another good place to convert your cash is into rental property if you can stand the "landlord" part.
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After graduating from Whitman with both an MS in accounting and an MBA, Professor Wagner worked at Dannible and McKee LLP, a public accounting firm, where she excelled at litigation support, business valuations, and tax returns. She also holds a BA in Russian language, literature, and culture, and a BA in linguistics from SU. At Whitman, she teaches financial accounting.


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The United States has a rich history of influential and infamous political movements. From the causes that made their mark to the ones that missed the mark completely, brush up on some of the movements that swept the country — or tried to.
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Question 1 of 30
Let's start our political movement quiz with some political parties that didn't pass the test of time or, at least, changed with it. What is one real (now defunct) U.S. political party?
the Free-Soil Party
The Free-Soilers had some popularity in the mid-1800s.
the Party Party
the Do-Nothing Party
Question 2 of 30
What did the Free-Soilers mainly seek?
strong Libertarian land rights
the abolition of slavery in Western states
The party was small but had some real influence pre-Civil War. It wanted to abolish slavery in Western states.
women's suffrage
Question 3 of 30
The Know-Nothing party's platform centered on what?
leaders who held popular opinion as opposed to political savvy
Another mid-19th-century political party, the Know-Nothings held extreme anti-immigration views.
Question 4 of 30
What did the Know-Nothings change their name to?
the Protestant Party
the Nativist Party
the American Party
They were originally the Know-Nothing Party because members were told to say they "knew nothing" when asked about the group, which is kind of a dumb policy for a political movement that wants to become popular.
Question 5 of 30
Who was nominated for president on the Bull Moose (or Progressive) Party ticket?
Warren G. Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt was nominated but lost to Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 election.
Zachary Taylor
Question 6 of 30
What were the Progressives particularly interested in?
social reform
getting rid of corrupt business influence
The Bull Moose Party wanted political and social reforms.
Question 7 of 30
What was the first American third party?
the Green Party
the Anti-Masons
The Anti-Masons opposed both Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson in the 1832 election.
the Whigs
Question 8 of 30
What did the Greenback movement want?
more money circulating
The 19th-century movement wanted more money to remain in circulation.
the gold standard
an environmental platform
Question 9 of 30
What are greenbacks?
people who like money
money not backed by gold
Greenbacks are money not backed by gold. Farmers and other workers wanted prices to remain higher, so they supported greenbacks in circulation.
Question 10 of 30
When did the civil rights movement begin?
the mid-20th century
the mid-19th century
before the 18th century
It began before the 18th century. While the civil rights movement made huge strides in the mid-20th century, there was a long tradition of activists working to ensure civil rights in early American life.
Question 11 of 30
What Supreme Court decision would lead to huge civil rights protests over 50 years later?
Brown v. Board of Education
Jim Crow v. United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
The decision on Plessy v. Ferguson declared "separate but equal" constitutional.
Question 12 of 30
The gay rights movement won support from the Democratic Party when?
In 1980 the Democratic Party added a plank of nondiscrimination for gays and lesbians to its platform.
Question 13 of 30
What spurred the Stonewall riots?
a court decision
the death of a gay man at the hands of police
a gay bar was raided by police
The Stonewall raid and subsequent riots were a defining moment in gay rights.
Question 14 of 30
Who coined the phrase "black power" to define a movement?
Stokely Carmichael
Born Stokely Carmichael, the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee later changed his name to Kwame Toure.
Bobby Seale
Malcolm X
Question 15 of 30
The tea party movement believes in curbing …
It believes in curbing both. While immigration wasn't part of the original Boston Tea Party, it became a rallying point for early 21st-century tea partyers.
Question 16 of 30
Who was a leading figure in the tea party movement?
Bob Dole
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin gave the keynote address at the first National Tea Party Convention.
Elizabeth Warren
Question 17 of 30
"We are the 99 percent" was a rallying cry for what political movement?
the Federalists
anti-Trans-Pacific Partnership protesters
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street didn't have a centralized system of organization, but it did spread slogans well.
Question 18 of 30
While Occupy Wall Street started in New York City, it spawned cities across the nation to adopt what?
higher wage laws
It may not have a leader, but by 2014 many cities were considering wage hikes or minimum wage raises.
better riot gear
more police presence
Question 19 of 30
What organization spawned rioting in Seattle during its 1999 meeting?
the United Nations
the World Trade Organization
The WTO annual meeting had an estimated 50,000 protesters.
Question 20 of 30
What were protesters arguing the WTO led to?
too-strong multinational corporations
environmental damage and labor issues
The activists believed that increasing globalization would lead to global harm. They argued that all these were issues.
Question 21 of 30
The labor movement spurred many reforms, but it started quite early. When was the first instance of a labor strike in the United States?
Tailors in New York City stopped working to protest a wage cut in 1768.
Question 22 of 30
What was one of the earliest influential labor organizations in the United States called?
the Lords of Labor
the Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor were replaced by the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in the late 19th century.
the Lawmen of Labor
Question 23 of 30
The Seneca Falls Convention launched what movement in the United States?
slavery abolition
women's suffrage
Hosted at Elizabeth Cady Stanton's home, the delegates wrote a "declaration of sentiments" that urged women to organize for equal rights.
the raw food movement
Question 24 of 30
The women's suffrage movement resulted in the …
19th amendment
The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
21st amendment
14th amendment
Question 25 of 30
The anti-war movement that started in the '60s marched on Washington in what year?
The biggest rally in political history protested the Vietnam War in the nation's capitol in 1969.
Question 26 of 30
How many men were "draft dodgers" from 1965-73?
almost half a million
Almost half a million were draft dodgers. Many people did not have any interest in serving in the Vietnam War.
Question 27 of 30
While disability rights haven't yet had the huge moment in popular culture or politics that they deserve, when was the Americans with Disabilities Act signed?
The act was signed in 1990. It protects those with physical or mental disabilities by giving them equal opportunity in many areas of life.
Question 28 of 30
Let's go back to political parties. What was the political party and movement that Thomas Jefferson started?
the Democratic-Republican Party
OK, it's confusing; but the Democratic-Republican Party, which favored decentralized government, was actually a precursor to the Republican platform.
the Democratic Party
the Whig Party
Question 29 of 30
What was the first political movement that spawned a party in United States politics?
The Federalist Party favored a strong, centralized government.
Question 30 of 30
What 2016 primary presidential candidate promoted a socialist movement?
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders happily embraced the movement of socialist democracy.
Ted Cruz


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Notice to Creditors and Announcement of Appointment
In the Seventh Judicial District Court of Emery County, State of
Utah Estate of Alvero Rojas, Deceased,
Probate No. 113700031
Robert A. Rojas, whose address is P O Box 556, Orangeville, UT
84537, has been appointed Personal Representative of the decedent's
estate. This is notice to creditors of the estate to deliver or mail
their written claims to the personal representative at the address
above, or to file their written claims with the Clerk of the District
Court in Emery County, within three months after the date of the first
publication of this Notice or be forever barred.
Published in the Emery County Progress February 21, March 6 and
13, 2012.


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Whats weird is I remember seeing this program or something similar to it last year.
Whats weird is I remember seeing this program or something similar to it last year.
Thanks Jinoh apreciatted
Hand Banana, my idea for this software appeared a couple of weeks ago, but it is possible someone already made something similar (i havent seen it)
P.S: Update, see main post for changelog, bugs fixed, and also added support to suggested webreader from Rokudaime Sennin, if anyone want other webreader please tell me. i will gladly add them
longinus. I got the thing installed, and the plugin, then added the plugin button to the toolbar. And then went to mangastream.com and tried to watch it in the streamer, this is the error that I got, says Manga end Invalid
fix it bro
However that said, it worked beautifully for onemanga, it only took 30 seconds to stream the whole thing, and I like the right to left feature, and I just hit save, the whole archive is there. Wow, I was amazed at how fast it saved the pages, totally sweet. However I still need it working for the mangastream site.
one more thing, a zoom feature would be nice for those doublepages.
Last edited by Rokudaime Sennin ™; 07-02-2010 at 05:15 AM.
Yes i didnt add support to mangastream yet, give me a half a hour and i post a new version, thanks by the feedback
btw do you have the latest version of java runtime ? i have defined the nimbus lookandfeel but in your computer appears the old vanilla one, i suggest you update your java runtime version
EDIT: Added a new version, with mangastream support (i misread mangastream for mangashare on your recommendation post, that was the reason i missed it, sorry xD)
Last edited by longinus525; 07-02-2010 at 12:25 PM.
And wow, I can't believe your creation is called manga streamer, and you forgot to add support for the mangastream website, I would've thought that should be the first one on your list.
Yea, I know, you prolly thought of the name separately, but it's like you two were fated, this'll be great for the mangastream site.
btw, can ya show me a screenshot of the new look with updated java, if i like it too much i might as well update then.
Man, I would like to thank you for your great service to manga fans. Truly, your work is quite appreciated. Cause we gotta archive all this shit before they shut the sites down, LMFAO.
I add the magnifier suggestion to my to-do list
Here is the screenshoot with the correct look-and-feel: http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/43/exampless.jpg
compare with your own
edit: Bump, app updated, major update, see changelog for details
wow, the update worked so beautifully. man, I absolutely love it. great job.
loved the new doublepage/single page, and autohide taskbar features. And it streams all 18 pages in less than 20 seconds, couldn't ask for anything better at all, they remain cached and archivable with just one click. Just awesome, too good, I don't have enough good things to say about this tiny software, every1 I recommend you try this.
only thing now is the zoom/magnifier and your set or maybe how about an ability to autoarchive a whole series, let's say wolf guy for instance, 66 chapters, there should be a feature for it to download all chapters by just one click, is it possible?
I dont know about implementing it directly in the reader, but i could easily make a tool to archive a full manga series, at least for most webpages, like mangashare, onemanga and mangafox, the one's that allow continuous reading. you would just have to give the link for the manga page and it would basically stream all the chapters and save them in sequence, the code is already ready for serialization, it would be like making a batch...
Btw, i received complaints about the parser for mangastream from their administrators, something about not wanting to allow archiving easily or stuff... im still waiting for a response but i will probably have to either remove the archiving for mangastream or the full parser. So if you want to be able to archive their stuff do it before the next update because i will probably be forced to remove it (at the moment the file online still fully suports it... so) i will keep you posted.
I'm gonna try this when I get home. Although I download most mangas, I've been getting lazy and reading online.
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New Update. Added bookmarking, autosave and more. See first post for changelog


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By Lou SanseveroFerron
As I sit and write this the American people are on the eve of a second Civil War, not one which will be fought with shot, powder, and bayonets but with votes; the polling places of election day 2010 will be the Fort Sumters of this new conflict and Americans need to wield their votes as if they were bayonets to excise the cancer that has infected the body government.
The events leading up to, and the actions of the President and the Congress, on March 21, 2010 underscore the ever widening disconnect between those that govern and those that are governed. It is the exemplar of what happens when those that are elected to be governors and to govern by the consent of the governed morph themselves into rulers that rule against the will of the ruled. Thomas Jefferson warned us of this when he said "Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories."
As this first battle approaches we need to be clear on the battle lines and of the causes of this rebellion. We should not allow this issue to devolve into a partisan battle; this is the way cynical and corrupt politicians have kept us divided and weakened in the past.
This is not a civil war between Democrats, Republicans, and/or Independents . . . it is rebellion against both corrupt, arrogant, and non-responsive legislators and a Federal central government that continually ignores the delineated limitations on its powers as enumerated in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution and which usurps the powers of the states as granted in the 10th Amendment of the Constitution. President Washington warned us against such usurptions in 1796 when he said "If in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the Constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed."
The cause of this rebellion isn't simply an ill-conceived healthcare bill, that's just the match that lit the fuse. The real cause is not one but many causes. It is found in the steady and consistent progression away from rule by, and perversion by interpretation of, the Constitution; it found in the rabid environmentalism which has crippled the American economy and endangered American sovereignty by denying us the intelligent and beneficial exploitation of our abundant energy sources and has, directly or indirectly, led to the death of thousands of American servicemen and women in the protection of America's access to foreign sources of energy resources.
It is found in the unprecedented intrusion of the government into every aspect of our lives. I agree with Thomas Jefferson when he said "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government," and would add that it is time for us to enforce the limits on government by voting out and impeaching those that would expand its invasiveness beyond that which was originally envisioned in the "uninterpreted" Constitution.
It is found in the progressive and repressive creep of the Federal government to the left and towards socialism over the last 100 years with the accompanying cynical economic enslavement of an ever growing segment of the population (and the electorate) through the expansion of "entitlement" programs; it is the growing disgust of the American people to the backroom wheeling and dealing, blatant (legalized?) bribery, the draconian penalization of the most productive members of our society for their productivity while rewarding of the least productive in a thinly veiled attempt to buy votes and retain power that are causative. I fear that today the words spoken by President Jefferson more than 200 years ago are threatening to prove true, "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
During the debate over the healthcare bill the statement was made ". . . The system is broken and we need to fix it. . ." This was the only statement made that I found merit in although the "we" the speaker was talking about was Congress and I firmly disagree with that "we". It's too late for that "we", they had their chance and have, over and over again, proven not to be up to the challenge . . . we, the American people, need to take up the task by firing "da bums". Some need to be fired for what they've done (their corruption, incompetency, political correctness, their anti-Americanism) and others, perhaps more importantly, for what they failed to do (stop the corruption, expose the incompetency, kill the political correctness, and perpetuate Americanism). We limit the President of the United States to two four-year terms. Why should we then not set term limits on the Congress and the Supreme Court? For the former, since the expectation that these "fat cat" professional politicians will vote to limit their own terms is unrealistic, we must enforce term limits upon them by never re-electing any candidate that has served two consecutive terms and for the latter by demanding a constitutional amendment that limits a justices' term to one eight-year term. I look forward to the day the most senior member of Congress has less than eight years under his/her belt. Mr. Jefferson predicted the danger of "professional politicians" when he said, "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."
It is time that we, the people and government of the United States, begin to think not as Republicans, Democrats, or Independents but as Americans.
The day the recent healthcare bill passed the anger felt by more than 70 percent of the American people made itself known, my hope is that we do not allow it to dissipate between now and November and we manifest it at the polls. Please remember, "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." . . . don't remain silent . . . Vote.


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QRcodes can be used to quickly pull data from the physical world into mobile phones which are equipped with free QR code readers (many free ones exist,but Beetagg supports quite a few phones) automatically. Simply scan the QRcode with your phone's camera, and the QRcode reader will pull the information into your phone.
QR codes are not new and are popular in Japan, Bonnie Peirce talked about QRcodes in libraries as far back as in 2008, but was probably a bit ahead of its time. With the rise in the use of smart phones, there has recently being a spate of interest in QRcodes usage in libraries and education.
Like my earlier post this is just a blog entry to pull together all the ideas I have seen on the use of QR codes in libraries.
Andrew Walsh , University of Huddersfield and Andy Ramsden, University of Bath have good presentations on this. Particularly interesting all photos of use cases. I have also looked at ideas from various blog posts (including Joeyanne , Lonewolf librarian, here also and tweets from the Hand Held Librarian 2).
Thinking about usage
There are many blog posts that simply list numerous QRcode ideas for libraries, so I think it is helpful to step back and try to come up with some framework to classify the different uses.
There seems to be 2 main uses,
(1) Embed QR codes in the virtual world (e.g. blogs, online catalogues, webpages,)
(2) Add QR codes in the real world (e.g. At book shelves, checkout machines, posters)
The other aspect seems to be what data is embedded in the QR codes, again there seems to be two main choices
(1) A URL (maybe even to a RSS feed)
(2) Some other data (Text, SMS, Phone number, email)
I think there are other more exotic data that can be encoded? (Vcard formats? geolocations?) using various QRcode generators , but this suffices for now.
I think is that while you can easily embed a url for QRcodes, if the destination (OPAC, blog etc) is not mobile friendly, it might not be such a good idea to link to the site?
For example, the University of Bath Libraries, embeds QRcodes to each library catalogue, scanning the QRcodes yields you text - The title , the author and the call number/location, rather than bringing you to the Online catalogue.
I suspect this is because the university of Bath Libraries' catalogue is not mobile friendly. Even if the library has a mobile friendly catalogue is it really better to link to the online record itself? I'm not sure.
In any case, the more mobile friendly your site is, the far more use you get out of QRcodes, because you can directly them seamlessly to a mobile friendly site. Without mobile friendly sites you can still of course embed urls, it just wouldn't be that effective, as the user would need to struggle to surf on a site that isn't suitable for mobile surfing.
Embed QR codes in the virtual world
This seems a little counter-intuitive, QR codes have being described as a way to link the physical world with the digital world, so why would one embed a QR code on a webpage? Simple, a QR code that appears on a computer screen can be scanned as well as one in the real world!
It seems to me though, that the use cases for this category of QRcodes, rests on the assumption that users are surfing on a regular desktop/laptop and then want some fast way to get information from the screen to their mobiles.
Libraries are currently betting that mobile surfing will become huge in the future, so the importance of these use cases might diminish in the future.
- Online catalogues
- Library Blogs
- Other Library webpages & virtual material
Online catalogues
Since many databases like EBSCohost are beginning to make mobile friendly interfaces, this works well. For ebooks, can I imagine a day, where scanning the QRcodes checkouts the ebook and desposits it into your phone? With Overdrive being supported on Android phones this might be possible one day.
You can basically embed QRcodes on any webpage you control. LibGuides has a mobile friendly page (though it doesn't auto-detect) so you can link to that as well on any instructional material or on LibGuides itself.
Besides urls one could embed
(1) Phone numbers, emails or contact numbers
(2) SMS for textalibrary type services,
(3) Text or geolocations of the library location (sends you to Google maps?)
Anything else? Could one embed QRCodes in powerpoint presentations? This could work fine in sessions held in computer labs, where everyone has access to the powerpoint presentations on a desktop, though one wonders how easy it would be to scan QRcodes off a large slide projector!
Add QR codes in the real world
This class of use cases are probably more interesting. The problem here is that you can add QRcodes to literally any real world location both within and outside the library, hence there are many possible ideas. Add the fact that QRcodes cost nothing to generate (except maybe a bit of ink), and one can go crazy with them.
But when should one embed additional information in a QRcode and what information should be added? The paradigm example could be a real-world object, say an object on display, and a QRcode to meta-data. Perhaps links to constantly updated information such as schedules, interactive media that work well on computers.
But one must be careful not to leave out users who do not use QRcodes. It seems to me in most cases you must include information in both normal text form as well as in QRcode. Sure you could add QRcodes to promotion material say link to your webpage, but you definitely need the text as well.
But should one provide equal access to information and interactivity to users who use QRcodes and non-users? Sometimes it's not possible.
Some ideas here
(1) Posters and promotional material
The usual things could be added here, QRcodes to urls (see here), contact details of librarians etc. If it's an event it can be a link to the events calender booking system, or just the event details if no booking is required, or geolocations to googlemaps etc
(2) Book/Journal shelves
QRcodes at print journal shelves, linking to electronic versions?
As for book shelves, perhaps each book shelf could be embedded with QRcodes linking to catalogue records, reading lists/recommended books in the specific shelves. Special collections could link to metadata, video, podcast, feedback, interactive game etc
(3) Individual books or journals
Could QRcodes totally replace barcodes? QRcodes could possibly be linked to RFID tags, so users could do self-check outs. Even if they did not, librarians could be armed with Itouches and roving librarians could quickly check status of books.
If this is too much effort, one could this for
(4) At self-check machines or various locations of interest
Create instructional views on how to use self-check machine on YouTube? Add a QRcode that goes to the YouTube video. Want to book a discussion room or computer? Scan a QRcode that sends you to the online booking system.
Have a book display? Add QRcodes to the book covers!
(5) Direction/Signs
Makes signs more interactive. Instead of just a sign that says "Level 5 : Reference" , perhaps the user could scan the QRcode and be sent to a webpage describing the level? Or Flickr pictures? How about a treasure hunt/library orientation?
(6) Others
QRcode on business cards? Use QRcontacts to generate QRcodes of your contacts on Iphone screen. Frequently asked videos or podcasts on pads at the reference desk? or even on Librarian shirts? QRcodes to location based sites like foursquare? Use in classrooms? Or totally wild ideas like augmented reality.
Other issues
Okay I was trying not to make this just into a list of possible uses, but I failed.
One issue is that it's unclear how many of our users are aware or willing to use QRcodes but this Bath University survey indicates about 14% know what a QRcode is, but only 2% have used one.
Another issue, how do you ensure QRcode you add are not tampered with?


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Written by Tony Ibrahim
08/07/2012 | 23:52 |
Category: DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
New research has shed light on powering cars through roads.
There are serious concerns about electric cars—such as their battery's ten year lifespan or the several hours it takes to charge them—making it difficult to defend the new technology.
But following new research conducted by a Japanese research group, it could be easier to promote their use and adaptation.
Researchers from Toyohashi University of Technology believe they've cracked how to deliver an electric current through concrete to power a car's tyres. In their tests, they managed to pass an electric current through almost 4 inches of solid concrete with 80-90% efficiency.
They used a set of modified tyres atop of the concrete slab with the electricity being channelled through it to an incandescent bulb; the bulb providing tangible proof the transfer was in fact taking place. With this setup, up to sixty watts was transferred to the bulb.
The researchers believe the high conductivity of concrete used in roads coupled with the cheap cost of materials could allow massive amounts of electricity to be transmitted through up to eight inches of concrete.
Picture the technology of a bumper cart, except instead of being powered by an electric grid above it, insulated electricity is being fed to custom tyres to power an everyday car.
Read: Light That Floats In Mid-Air Made By 19 Year Old
Although the experiment was a success—proving electricity can effectively be transmitted through a slab of concrete—it's still very early days, requiring output 100 times greater to power a car.
Source: Mashable
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Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. The interface is translated into many languages.
The version currently hosted here is 2.1.0 (March 2015). More recent versions than this are available from http://www.audacityteam.org/download/ .
Audacity is free software, developed by a group of volunteers and distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Programs like Audacity are also called open source software, because their source code is available for anyone to study or use. There are thousands of other free and open source programs, including the Firefox web browser, the LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice office suites and entire Linux-based operating systems such as Ubuntu
- Record live audio
- Record computer playback on any Windows Vista or later machine
- Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs
- Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis sound files
- AC3, M4A/M4R (AAC), WMA and other formats supported using optional libraries
- Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together
- Numerous effects including change the speed or pitch of a recording
- And more! See the complete list of features: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/features
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I use audacity all day for my radio jingles and dj drops company jingles and promos My only plea is, could audacity have the beat grip markers or graphical lines someday...this could really help us to sync multi tracks so well and ensure easy sync workflow
Great Job !!
Dose it really helpful in editing audios to avoid copyright strikes on Youtube ?????
This is an excellent recording platform. I have four CDs that I put together using this program & I love the way things come together. Most recently, I had a problem in recording with my new Win 8 computer. I was recording a simple guitar track & the sound cut out after a few seconds. I found the solutions in the FAQ forum, it had to do with a "noise suppression" options that was checked in my sound device. I unchecked it and now the recording sounds like it should. Thank you!
Excellent and free! Learned to use it very quickly!


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Northampton Saints, Saracens and Bath all picked up key victories in Round 2 of the LV= Cup on Sunday.
Northampton Saints, Saracens and Bath all picked up key victories in Round 2 of the LV= Cup on Sunday.
All three teams won by comprehensive margins, with Saracens the most impressive as the crossed the 50-point mark against Welsh opponents the Scarlets.
Bath 37-15 Exeter
London Irish 18-39 Northampton
Saracens 51-10 Scarlets
Two tries in the opening two minutes from Matt Banahan and Matt Garvey set the tone for Bath in their 37-15 win over Exeter Chiefs.
Bath's 14-0 lead left Exeter with an uphill battle, with the Chiefs adding a penalty from Henry Slade, before Bath scored another ten points thanks to a converted try from scrum-half Martin Roberts and a penalty from George Ford to lead 24-3 at half-time.
Ford's second penalty after the break extended the lead before Exeter hit back through a try from James Phillips.
Charlie Beech's bonus-point try in the 70th minute though stopped any ideas of a comeback, with Greg Bateman's consolation coming too late for the Chiefs.
The scorers:
For Bath:
Tries: Banahan, Garvey, Roberts, Beech
Cons: Ford 3, Heathcote
Pens: Ford 2, Heathcote 3
For Exeter:
Tries: Phillips, Bateman
Cons: Sweeney
Pen: Slade
Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Johnathan Joseph, 12 Ollie Devoto, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 George Ford, 9 Martin Roberts, 8 Leroy Houston, 7 Carl Fearns, 6 Matt Garvey, 5 Dave Attwood, 4 Stuart Hooper (c), 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 2 Rob Webber,1 Nathan Catt
Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Charlie Beech, 18 Kane Palma-Newport, 19 Dominic Day, 20 Mat Gilbert, 21 Chris Cook, 22 Tom Heathcote, 23 Tom Biggs
Exeter: 15 Luke Arscott, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Sireli Naqelevuki 12 Jason Shoemark (c), 11 Tom James, 10 Henry Slade, 9 Haydn Thomas, 8 James Phillips, 7 James Scaysbrook, 6 Don Armand, 5 James Hanks, 4 Romana Graham, 3 Carl Rimmer, 2 Chris Whitehead, 1 Ben Moon
Replacements: 16 Greg Bateman, 17 Kieran Davies, 18 Alex Brown, 19 Will Carrick-Smith, 20 Joel Conlon, 21 Will Chudley, 22 Ceri Sweeney, 23 Ian Whitten
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Assistant referees: Kevin Stewart (England), Paul Dix (England)
Television match official: Keith Lewis (England)
Timekeeper: Laurie Bryant (England)
Northampton fly-half Glenn Dickson put on a virtuoso kicking display in the 39-18 win over London Irish.
Saints had become only the second team to win at the Madejski Stadium in 2013 a few weeks ago and repeated the feat in a comfortable win over the Exiles, with Dickson kicking six penalties and three conversions out of eight attempts.
Northampton also scored three tries – Howard Packman, Ethan Waller and Ben Nutley going over – to outscore the Exiles.
The home side's points came courtesy of two tries from Danny Kenny and Kieran Low.
The scorers:
For Irish:
Tries: Kenny, Low
Con: Dorrian
Pens: Dorrian 2
Yellow Card: Lonergan
For Northampton:
Tries: Packman, Waller, Nutley
Cons: Dickson 3
Pens: Dickson 6
Yellow Card: Day
London Irish: 15 Alex Lewington, 14 Tom Fowlie, 13 Guy Armitage, 12 Setaimata Sa, 11 Andrew Fenby, 10 Shane Geraghty (c), 9 Darren Allinson, 8 Kieran Low, 7 Bryn Evans, 6 Declan Danaher, 5 Ben Toolis, 4 Alex Toolis, 3 Jamie Hagan, 2 Mike Mayhew, 1 Matt Parr.
Replacements: 16 Jimmy Stevens, 17 Johnny Harris, 18 Leo Halavatau; 19 Ben Lonergan, 20 Danny Kenny, 21 Fergus Mulchrone, 22 Myles Dorrian, 23 Tom Bliss
Northampton: 15 James Wilson, 14 Howard PAackman, 13 Tom Stephenson, 12 Dom Waldouck (c), 11 Tom Collins, 10 Glenn Dickson, 9 Alex Day, 8 GJ van Velze, 7 Teimana Harrison, 6 Ben Nutley, 5 Christian Day, 4 Rob Verbakel, 3 Salesi Ma'afu, 2 Ross McMillan, 1 Ethan Waller.
Replacements: 16 Matt Williams, 17 Gareth Denman, 18 Tom Mercey, 19 Alex Woolford, 20 Calum Clark, 21 Ryan Glynn, 22 Sam Olver, 23 Josh Skelcey.
Referee: Rhys Thomas (Wales)
Assistant referees: Peter Huckle (England), Roy Maybank (England)
Timekeeper: John Burtenshaw (England)
Assessor: Paul Bridgman (England)
Saracens hit the Scarlets for 50 at Allianz Park thanks to six tries.
Matt Hankin and Jack Wilson's tries set the home team on their way with Scarlets number ten Josh Lewis responding with a penalty, before Daniel Thomas' try for the visitors brought them right back into it at 17-10.
However Saracens never looked back from there, scoring another try in the first half from Jackson Wray before Jamie George, Nathan Earle and Tim Streather all scored in the second half. Scrum-half Ben Spencer finished with four conversions and three penalties.
The scorers:
For Saracens:
Tries: Hankin, Wilson, Wray, George, Earle, Streather
Cons: Spencer 4, Mordt 2
Pens: Spencer 3
For Scarlets:
Try: D.Thomas
Con: Lewis
Pen: Lewis
Saracens: 15 Ben Ransom; 14 Jack Wilson, 13 Tim Streather, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 James Short; 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Ben Spencer; 8 Jackson Wray 7 Jacques Burger, 6 Matt Hankin, 5 Mouritz Botha, 4 Alastair Hargreaves (c), 3 Petrus Du Plessis, 2 Jamie George, 1 Jared Saunders
Replacements: 16 Max Crumpton, 17 Richard Barrington, 18 Matt Stevens, 19 Eoin Sheriff, 20 Hayden Stringer, 21 Neil de Kock, 22 Nils Mordt, 23 Nathan Earle
Scarlets: 15 Kristian Phillips, 14 Frazier Climo, 13 Steffan Hughes, 12 Dylan Morgans, 11 Chris Knight, 10 Josh Lewis, 9 Aled Davies, 8 Rob McCusker, 7 Daniel Thomas, 6 Lewis Rawlins, 5 Richard Kelly, 4 Johan Snyman, 3 Ian Jones, 2 Darran Harris, 1 Rob Evans.
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Shaun Hopkins, 18 Adam Jamieson, 19 Jake Ball. 20 James Davies, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Aled Thomas, 23 Aaron Warren.
Referee: Martin Fox (England)
Assistant referees: Robin Goodliffe (England), Nigel Carrick (England)
Timekeeper: Roy Marfleet (England)


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Jan Balej "Džin" ( "One Night in the City" 2007)
3 comments:
- Niffiwan said...
This was my favourite animated feature film of 2007. It's dark, but it stands out by also being tasteful.
Although by international standards, $700,000 for an animated feature is downright miserly, not generous... also, I think only $100,000 of that came from a government grant in 1998. Variety, though, says "Pic was produced sans state TV coin over six years at a cost of nearly $700,000." The only way of reconciling those two that makes sense to me is that $100,000 was given in 1998 to a short film, then from 2001-2007 they worked on a feature film without state funding. Or Variety could be wrong, I don't know. :p
- 15 February 2010 at 02:36
I really love the full film. There are many stories within that can be seen as individual shorts. This really was one of the better segments.
- 16 February 2010 at 15:16
- Ian Lumsden said...
Thank you both. "Generously" seems an odd description I agree. I haven't seen the full film but the descriptions I have read make it most appealing. I'm tempted to buy the DVD. (http://www.terry-posters.com/web/search?x=0&y=0&search_field=One+Night+in+the+City)
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Skip to comments.Stamp honors James Stewart [decorated World War II bomber pilot ]
Posted on 08/16/2007 2:35:19 PM PDT by Dubya
Lots of actors play war heroes on the screen. James Stewart was one in real life.
A decorated World War II bomber pilot who returned from battle to star in "It's A Wonderful Life," Stewart will be commemorated on a new 41-cent postage stamp being released Friday.
Stewart flew 20 bombing missions over Germany, including one over Berlin, after wrangling combat duty when commanders would have preferred to use a movie star for morale building work at home.
As a squadron commander, Stewart flew many dangerous missions when he could have sent others instead, recalled Robbie Robinson, a sergeant who was an engineer-gunner in Stewart's B-24 squadron.
But while Stewart rose to colonel during the war and later retired as a brigadier general in the reserves, he didn't stand on ceremony.
Robinson, of Collierville, Tenn., recalled one time when a creative tail gunner managed to "liberate" a keg of beer from the officer's club.
That evening, Stewart wandered into a hut where some men were resting, picked up a cup, walked over to the "hidden" keg, poured himself a beer and sat back and drank it slowly, relaxing in a chair.
"We were shaking in our boots," Robinson said.
But Stewart merely got up, wiped out the cup, asked the men to keep an eye out for a missing keg of beer, and left.
Another time, Robinson recalled in a telephone interview, his plane landed behind another that was stuck on the end of the runway, nearly clipping it's tail.
After watching this Stewart rubbed his chin and commented: "Ye Gods, sergeant, somebody's going to get hurt in one of these things."
"Once in your lifetime someone crosses your path you can never forget, and that was Jimmy Stewart," Robinson concluded.
This is the 13th stamp in the "Legends of Hollywood" series and will be dedicated in ceremonies at Universal Studios, Hollywood, Calif.
"It's our privilege to pay tribute to James Stewart, a fantastic actor, a great gentleman, a brave soldier, and an inspirational human being who truly led a wonderful life," Alan C. Kessler, vice chairman of the postal governing board, said in a statement.
Other highlights from Stewart's career include the movies "Rear Window," "Vertigo" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much," all directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Stewart played a country lawyer in "Anatomy of a Murder" and played a lawyer again in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," a Western released in 1962.
He won an Oscar for best actor in "Philadelphia Story" in 1940.
Stewart died on July 2, 1997.
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This handout image provided by the U.S. Postal Service shows the postage stamp honoring legendary actor Jimmy Stewart. The Postal Service will hold ceremonies in Hollywood and Pennsylvania on Friday, Aug. 17, 2007
Gonna have to set some money aside for some of these. Thanks for the heads up.
Yea I want to get me some also.
One of my favorite actors and a great patriot.
I do recommend the recent biography of Jimmy Stewart by (IIRC) Neal Gabler.
It's a thorough work, but do be forewarned...Gabler did spend just a
bit too much time explicating the moral map of one of Stewart's great directors
I wonder what Jimmy and his ilk of Tinseltown past would think of today's obscenely compensated, largely talentless Hollywood flakes, particularly their unsolicited political commentary.
Even those who volunteered and got turned down for active military service (Ronald Reagan) found a way to help.
"Nothings to good for the man who shot Liberty Valance"
One of my absolute favorites. Loved Harvey. The best line in the movie of which there are many great ones goes something like, "Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it."
He also flew at least one sortie over Vietnam in a B-52.
I didn't know that. Thanks for pointing it out.
Eddie Albert - already in the movies. Entered USN, Well decorated for service in the Pacific.
James Arness - Matt Dillon on Gun smoke was wounded in action.
Gene Autry - age 35 and already a star. USAir Corps flying over the Burma Road.
Lew Ayers - anti-war but served as a medic in the US Army in the Philippines.
Richard Boone - not yet a star. USN at age 26.
Ernest Borgnine - a star later. Entered the USN in 1935 serving 10 years, 4 in combat.
Neville Brand - not a star yet, was the second highest decorated soldier in the European theater.
Charles Bronson - not yet a star. US Air Corps - 25 combat missions. Entered at age 22.
Art Carney - not yet a star or Ed Norton, was wounded on D-Day. That is why he limped.
Robt. Cummings - already a star. Entered the US Air Corps at age 34. Flight instructor.
Tony Curtis - not yet a star. Entered USN at age 18.
Joe Dimaggio - Baseball star. Entered the US Air Corps at age 29. Special Services.
Kirk Douglas - acting but not yet a star. USN until badly hurt in an accident.
Peter Falk - tried to join the Army by cheating on the eye exam chart which he memorized because he had lost an eye as a youth. The Doctor noticed his eye didn't move while reading the chart and took a closer look. Falk then joined the Merchant Marines for the duration of WW II.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - Big-time star. Entered USN at age 33. Waived easy duty for combat. Worked with British Commandoes. Well decorated.
Bob Feller - Baseball star. USN at age 24. Combat in the Pacific.
Henry Fonda - already a star. Entered USN. Waived easy duty and at age 37 saw a lot of action in the Pacific. well decorated.
Glenn Ford - already a beginning star. Entered USMC. Served on camera crew from Normandy thru Europe.
Clark Gable - big-time star. Entered US Air Corps just short of his 42nd birthday. Didn't have to go but pulled strings to do his duty to his Country. Too old to be a pilot but went on many combat missions. Well decorated. Hitler had a $5000 bounty on his head.
Hank Greenberg - Baseball star. US Air Corps at age 32. Became a captain.
Tom Harmon - sports announcer. Entered US Air Corps at age 22. Flew combat missions over Burma Road in Asia. Shot down and MIA for 30 days. WIA. Well decorated.
Sterling Hayden - beginning actor. Entered USMC at age 25. Worked with the Yugoslav partisans against the Germans and Italians.
Van Heflin - already a star. Entered the US Army at age 32. Artillery officer.
Charleton Heston - already a star. Entered the US Air Corps at age 19 as a gunner on the bombers.
Wm. Holden - already in movies. Entered US Army at age 26 after his brother was KIA. Special services.
Ralph Houk - Baseball star. Entered US Army at age 23. Served with tanks in Europe. Well decorated.
Ken Kavanaugh - Football star. Entered US Air Corps at age 26. Became a well-decorated bomber pilot.
Gene Kelly - already a star. Entered USN at age 30. did documentaries for the Navy.
Ralph Kiner - Baseball star. Entered USN at age 21. Became a bomber pilot.
Burt Lancaster - Not yet a star. Entered US Army at age 32. Special Services.
Tom Landry Not yet famous as a football coach. Entered US Air Corps after his brother was KIA. Well decorated. Joe Louis - Heavy-Weight Boxing Champ. Entered US Army at age 28. Special Services.
Karl Malden - not yet a star. Entered US Air Corps at age 30. Special Services.
Lee Marvin - not yet a star. Entered the USMC at age 18. WIA.
Walter Matthau - not yet a star. Entered the US Air Corps at age 22. Flew combat missions in Europe.
Victor Mature - already a star. Entered the US Coast Guard at age 27. Served both in the Atlantic and Pacific.
Ed McMahon - not yet a star. Entered the USMC at age 20. Flight Officer instructor.
Robt. Montgomery - already a star. Entered USN at age 20. Served on PT boats and Destroyers. Well decorated.
Wayne Morris - already a star. Entered USN at age 25. Flew 57 combat missions as a fighter pilot in the pacific. Highly decorated.
Audy Murphy, not a star yet, was the highest decorated soldier during WW II.
Stan Musial - baseball star. Entered USN at age 24.
Paul Newman - not yet a star. USN at age 17.
Hugh O'Brian - not yet a star. USMC at age 17. Drill Instructor.
Jack Palance - not yet a star. Entered US Air Corps at age 23. Badly injured and medically discharged.
Sidney Poitier - not yet a star. Entered (under age) USN.
Tyrone Power - already a star. Entered USMC at age 29. Became a fighter pilot.
Robt. Preston - already a star. Entered US Air Corps at age 25. Became a Combat Intelligence officer.
Ronald Reagan - already a star. Was already in the US Army Reserves but had bad eyesight. Could have gotten out but asked to stay. Did Army Training films.
Pee Wee Reese - baseball star. Entered USN at age 24. Special Services.
Jackie Robinson - baseball star. Entered US Army at age 23.
Mickey Rooney - already a star. Entered US Army at age 23. Special Services.
Dan Rowan - not yet a star. US Air Corps at age 20. Pilot in the Pacific.
Robt. Ryan - already a star. Entered USMC at age 34. Drill Instructor.
Sabu - already a star. Entered US Air Corps at age 20. Flew 42 combat missions.
George C. Scott - not yet a star. Entered USMC at the end of the war at age 19.
Enos Slaughter - baseball star. Entered US Air Corps at age 27.
Robt. Stack - already a star. Entered USN at age 23 serving as a gunnery officer.
Rod Steiger - not yet a star. Entered USN (under age) and served in the Pacific.
Jimmy Stewart - already a star. Entered the US Air Corps at age 34. Flew 20 combat missions in Europe. Highly decorated. Left as a Lt. Col. and remained in the USAF Reserves retiring as a Lt.General.
Joe Stydahar - football star. Entered the USN at age 30.
Robt Taylor - already a star. Entered USN at age 32. Flight Instructor.
Ted Williams - baseball star. Entered USMC at age 25, serving as a flight instructor. He also remained in the USMC reserves and got recalled to serve in the Korea War, two interruptions in his career.
I'm not sure of the terminology, but I don't think it's accurate to say Reagan wasn't in active military service.
Due to his eyesight, which was truly awful, he wasn't eigible for combat duty, but he actively served in the Army Air Corps for several years making training films and performing other services, which were presumably helpful to the war effort. I think that qualifies as "active service," or at least as active as any other serviceman not in a combat outfit. (Which not everybody can be.)
What a Guy... Love Jimmy Stewart.
Lordy Lordy what oh what happen to the real men actors of yesterday...who all loved everything about America.
Don Adams, 'Agent 86' of 'Get Smart' fame, USMC in World War Two, fought at Guadalcanal. Evac'ed with Blackwater Fever, possibly also wounded.
James Doohan, 'Scotty' from 'Star Trek'. Canadian artillery officer, landed on D-Day. Wounded, multiple hits from a German machine gun. Recovered, and became a pilot-observer. Lost part of a finger in combat, which he hid- mostly successfully- from the camera in his later acting career.
My own father experienced a similar disappointment when he was washed out of the Navy Air Corps, but ended up serving as the communications officer on a landing ship. He saw Iwo Jima up close and personal, but talked little about it.
Ted Knight! 5 bronze Stars from WWII. Second highest decorated soldier of WWII next to Audey Murphy!
Not to put too fine a point on it, but wasn't Eddie Albert a landing craft "driver" in one or more of the most horrendous Pacific island invasions?
Aside from the "Hollywood" crowd, I believe Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Rogers, of children's television fame, were decorated combat veterans.
Five Bronze Stars is remarkable ... but hardly qualifies Ted Knight as the second highest decorated soldier in WWII.
Captain Kangaroo joined the Marine Corps, but graduated from training just after the war ended. Mr. Rogers is not, to my knowlege, a veteran.
I love "It's a Wonderful Life." Some of my favorite lines of his (as best as I remember them):
"Why, in the grand scheme of things I'd say you're nothing but a scurvy little spider!...And that goes for you too!...And that goes for you too!"
"Mary, you on the nest?"
"Burt, do you know me?"
"You're about the kind of angel I'd get."
"Merry Christmas Mr. Potter!" (Potter's reply, "Happy New Year to you...in jail!"
Don't forget Pat Buttram, Roy Roger's sidekick who drove the cantankerous jeep "Lulabelle" in Roy's TV series. There is a great interview of him in the 20th Century WWII War in Europe documentary narrated by Walter Cronkite. He was a gunner on a Sherman tank and he relates a harrowing tale of how he and his crew knocked out a German Mark V Panther!!! He acts real noncholant and bemused about the whole thing.
Think again.
Think again? Really ... as a former Marine and someone with more than a casual interest in military history I can assure you Ted Knight hardly qualifies as the second most decorated soldier of WWII.
A great American. His success didn't go to his head.
Yes, at a place called Tarawa.
It might make him third. Lt. Col Matt Urban had equal awards to Murphy, including MOH.
Urban was called the Ghost by his German foes because he kept coming back to fight despite his wounds, his record was capped with the Medal of Honor in 1980 after a long-lost recommendation for the nation's highest military honors was unearthed and acted upon by President Jimmy Carter. According to the Total Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, Virginia, both Murphy and Urban were awarded 29 medals.
Matt Louis Urban Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army
The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Lt. Col. Matt Louis Urban - Feb 11th, 2004
Thank you sweetie. Gosh I love you guys, Foxhole FReepers are the best.
I had the honor of meeting Jimmy Stewart and talking with him for nearly 20 minutes. He was truly a gracious gentleman and gladly recounted some of the hollywood stories that he must have told many, many times before.
His hometown is Indiana, Pennsylvania, only about 50 miles from where I live. I really need to visit his museum there.
As a Navy vet, I was impressed by Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey, one of the greatest naval heroes of World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses for his daring submarine attacks on Japanese shipping. In addition to the Medal of Honor and Navy Crosses (second only to the Medal of Honor), Admiral Fluckey received the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, and a host of lesser decorations. His greatest achievement, he often said, was that no one under his command ever received another well-known medal: the Purple Heart.
On one mission, Admiral Fluckey selected eight commandos from his crew to paddle ashore in rubber boats and place a 55-pound bomb under railroad ties on the northern Japanese island then called Karafuto. As the men were rowing back to the Barb in darkness, the pressure-sensitive charge blew up a 16-car troop train. It was the only time in World War II that US forces set foot on the soil of the Japanese home islands.
Admiral Fluckey and his 80-man crew were credited with sinking 29 ships, including an aircraft carrier, destroyer, and cruiser. He destroyed more gross tonnage than any other submarine commander. For his wartime exploits, he became known as "Lucky Fluckey" and the "Galloping Ghost of the China Coast."
Smaller stars on a military ribbon denote subsequent awards. For instance two stars on a Bronze Star ribbon indicate the awarding of three medals total. The Silver Star, the nations third highest award for bravery in combat is in fact star shaped ... adorned by a light blue/red & white ribbon.
Since the United States had yet to declare war on Germany and because of the Army's unwillingness to put celebrities on the front, Stewart was held back from combat duty, though he did earn a commission as a Second Lieutenant and completed pilot training. He was later stationed in Albuquerque, NM, becoming an instructor pilot for the B-17 Flying Fortress.
The only public appearances after he went into flight school were limited engagements scheduled by the Air Corps. "Stewart appeared several times on network radio with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, he performed with Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Walter Huston and Lionel Barrymore in an all-network radio program called 'We Hold These Truths,' dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. But mostly, Stewart's days and nights were spent preparing for his upcoming flight tests, ground school and academic examinations for his commission."[6]
"Still, the war was moving on. For the thirty-six-year-old Stewart, combat duty seemed far away and unreachable, and he had no clear plans for the future. But then a rumor that Stewart would be taken off flying status and assigned to making training films or selling bonds called for his immediate and decisive action, because what he dreaded most was the hope-shattering spector of a dead end."[7] So he appealed to his commander, a pre-war aviator, who understood and reassigned him to a unit going overseas.
In August 1943 he was finally assigned to the 445th Bombardment Group in Sioux City, Iowa, first as Operations Officer of the 703rd Bombardment Squadron and then its commander. In December, the 445th Bombardment Group flew its B-24 Liberator bombers to Tibenham, England and immediately began combat operations. While flying missions over Germany, Stewart was promoted to Major.
In March 1944, he was transferred as Group Operations Officer to the 453rd Bombardment Group, a new B-24 outfit that had been experiencing difficulties.
In 1944, he twice received the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions in combat and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. He also received the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
In July 1944, after flying 20 combat missions, Stewart was made Chief of Staff of the 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing of the Eighth Air Force. Before the war ended, he was promoted to Colonel, one of only a few Americans to rise from private to colonel in four years.
BTW, if you goggle Lt Col Matt Urban, the Foxhole thread is hit #3.
Very cool. That's for the info.
Coool. "big grin". We're famous. ;-)
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- Click "Start Indexing" in the "File Index" menu.
3 File format is not supported
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- Decorate your bedroom walls with lovely memories.
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