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The images of street battles and arrests at the Occupy Move In Day in Oakland on Saturday have garnered national attention. Unfortunately, much of the reporting by mainstream corporate media has been incomplete and inaccurate, misrepresenting the intentions behind the march and distorting the sequence of events that led to the mass arrests. What started as an attempt to reclaim an abandoned space (the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center) and repurpose it for human needs by converting it into a social center was met with intense police aggression resulting in injuries to peaceful protestors, with nearly 400 hundred arrests by the end of the day.
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Okay... I buckled and bought it. It was really calling to me. I think I gave into the Dark Side!!
I have to say that the mask and helmet are on par with most of the Don Post-type Vader masks. No, it is not 100% movie accurate and the helmet is a little smaller than it should be, but it looks NICE and that's what counts.
I had a couple items to return to TRU (as I was going through my closet) and managed to get it for a pretty fair price.
There are vents along the neck area to prevent fogging from occurring so that's the only thing that isn't great. Still, they are rather difficult to notice once the mask is on. Customisers could probably get a nice lightweight cotton material to glue to the inside to mask them even further.
The helmet comes in two pieces. There is the actualy helmet itself and then the mask. The mask has a nicely done eyes so you can't really see into the mask once it is on. They are black and not red, but what are you going to do? They appear SLIGHTLY tinted when you look through it.
There is a little microphone with a bendy rubber stem behind the mouth area of the mask, so you can adjust where it hits your mouth.
The face mask portion is rather substantial, leaving only the back 1/4 exposed. The "adjustable" portion of the mask comes via two straps that are designed a bit like that on a ballcap. You know... the kind with the holes and pegs that snap together. Once you have it adjusted, you can, more or less, just pull it on or off.
The helmet is a full helmet and it hides the little "exposed" area at the back of the mask quite well. It slides on over the top of the mask and there is a tab right above the nose that locks it in place.
The electronics box is detailed enough and is connected by two, sturdy cloth straps that join it to the bottom of the face mask at the neck. The wire going from the microphone runs through one of the straps. The nice thing about the length of the straps is that they made it long enough to accomodate the chest plate if you so desired to create a full costume.
There is one button that plays the classic breathing sound. It plays for about 10 seconds, which doesn't seem like much, but it does the job. There is another button that activates the phrases from the movies. It's fine enough and has a good amount of volume.
The Voice Changer mode... that's another thing altogether. The instructions tell you to lower your voice and do pretty much all that you can to sound like Vader on your own merit. There are three settings you can use for the "vocal assist". Two of them add either tons of reverb or echo. Neither of which makes you sound much like Vader versus just standing in an empty auditorium. The third setting is fine enough, but you really have to try to do your best Vader impersonation to make it work. It adds a little bit of the metallic, hollow, resonating sound which everone is familiar with.
Overall, the helmet and the electronics box are quite nice and will help a person on a budget create a great Vader costume (without having to spend $60 on a "fair" mask and no box). The actual voice changer is kinda iffy, but the appearance really makes it all worth it.
I give it a solid "A".

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Sonny Bill Williams looked sharp and focused at the weigh-in ahead of tomorrow night's fight against Francois Botha at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
Williams, 27, tipped the scales at 107kg, with 44-year-old South African Botha weighing in at 115.25kg.
The pair are headlining tomorrow night's card, with Quade Cooper fighting on the undercard in his first professional outing. Cooper, fighting at cruiserweight against Barry Dunnett, weighed in at 87.1kg to Dunnett's 88.6kg.
Botha got most of the attention from the big media contingent at the venue, however, with a startling early entrance. He turned up 10 minutes before Williams and wore a red bandana and dark sunglasses along with T-shirt and trackpants.
"No more funeral business,'' Botha said as he walked in with his entourage.
"I don't want any more of that funeral business like yesterday.''
He was presumably referring to Wednesday's press conference. Keen to keep the mood upbeat, he quickly added: "My mama said to knock him out, what must I do?''
Williams was keen to keep it low-key, saying it was the showman in Botha coming out.
However, he added: "I respect him, but I won't be asking for his autograph in the ring.''
Up for grabs is the WBA International Heavyweight title but the possibilities are greater for Williams. As the former All Black said, a victory would open new doors for him. Defeat, he said, would "probably" mean the end of the fight game for him.
He said Botha would be a hard man to put down and is likely to use his superior speed and fitness to wear out his opponent.
While Cooper is only on the undercard, there will plenty watching his progress with interest, both in New Zealand and Australia.
The Wallabies player is a polarising figure, something which his opponent recognised a day before at the official press conference.
Dunnett, who works as an insurance agent, said: "He's fighting for the next chapter in his biography, for sponsors, but I'm fighting for everything. He's got a few followers but he's got a lot of haters as well. I've got a lot of people behind me.''


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Description Evergreen coniferous tree growing to 20-28 m (rarely to 35 m) tall, with feathery foliage in moderately flattened sprays, green to glaucous blue-green in color. The leaves are scale-like, 2-4 mm long, produced in opposite decussate pairs on somewhat flattened shoots; seedlings up to a year old have needle-like leaves. Seed cones are globose, 4-9 mm diameter, with 6-10 scales, green or purple, maturing brown in 5–7 months after pollination. Pollen cones are purple or brown, 1.5–3 mm long and 1–2 mm broad, releasing their yellow pollen in spring.
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Much worse off than 2 years ago or even 10 years ago.
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worse off. business is down, costs/taxes are up. adult kids can't make it on their own any more due to bad economy and ask for money loans. when we were promised "change" I figured this was the change that was coming, but a lot of people wouldn't listen to me.
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Generally, business, and the economy, must be improving before companies consider expanding or building new facilities. That is why construction usually trails economic recovery by about 1 year. Several of my construction customers are saying their business is going to be flat for the 2011 calendar year. However, they are already signing contracts for 2012. So, if construction is starting to book new business, it follows that the economy must be improving, at least somewhat.
I do business with other businesses that communicate B2B and B2C.
Not one of them have received a dime, nor do we know of anyone in the private sector that has received a dime.
Any hope or increase is do to the entrepenuerial spirit that has always driven America, not "stimulus" money.
Again, please elaborate on these "stimulus" projects.
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Spacious Apartment in City Center
N.º máximo de huéspedes9
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Tamaño125 m²
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|Fulya Mh. Denizhan Sk, 34394 Istanbul, Turquía
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The flat is 125 meter square and suitable for large families. There are 2 toilets and all white goods such as fridge, washing machine, dishwasher, tumbler drier, oven, stove in the flat. If you prefer to have dinner at the flat, everything you can need is in the kitchen. You will have saucepan, pan, spoon, glass and whatever you need. The flat can reside overall 9 people at a same time. There are 4 beds, 2 queen beds and 1 bed on the floor. Beside these, you will have hot water for 24 hours. You can connect to world via wireless internet and cable TV. The flat is at the first floor. You don't need to go upstairs or downstairs.
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Normas del alojamientoPlease don't smoke in the flat, we have balcony you can smoke there.
Please be quiet, we don't want to disturb our neighbors.
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the appartement of kervan is really nice, we were 6, and we didnt feel like to much person in it. The living room is big enought, and really well amanaged. We also enjoy the confortable bed and sofa, after long days of walk !
It is also quite well situated ! 5 min walking to the subway, and 15 min to the old town by metro.
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Evolutionary anthropologist to discuss public health
Anthropologist and author Kathryn Coe will discuss "Public Health from an Evolutionary Perspective," at noon Friday, September 24, in room 258 of the Fine Arts building on the Binghamton University campus. The presentation is free and open to the public.
The human body and mind evolved over millions of years in environments very different from those inhabited today. Our shared evolutionary heritage has important implications for public health in modern life, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, infectious diseases, and behavior disorders. Coe will discuss why it is important to include evolutionary theory in public health training and practice, with an emphasis on disease prevention and health enhancement.
Coe obtained a bachelor's degree in English in 1965, a master's degree in anthropology in 1982, and a doctoral degree in anthropology and evolutionary biology in 1995, all from Arizona State University.
She spent much of her early career traveling and working with indigenous people in South America to preserve their art and culture. Her recent book, The Ancestress Hypothesis: Visual Art as Adaptation, is based on those experiences and discusses the role of visual arts in cultural processes. She currently divides her time between a very active career in public health and the academic study of art, both from an evolutionary perspective. She serves as assistant professor of public health, and director of the Shared Service for Special Populations at the University of Arizona.
Coe's presentation is hosted by EvoS, Binghamton University's evolutionary studies program, and sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, and the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
For more information, contact David Sloan Wilson at 607-777-4393 or visit http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~evos/Public_health.htm


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I Simply Do Not Believe Bush
Original post made by A Boomer, Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Sep 13, 2007
There was plenty in his address that one could quibble with, and some things one could find that might, might, might sound hopeful coming from someone else. Hearing it from this President, I could only shake my head, and wish I had the ability to show him out of the Oval Office for the last time, and give him one final free ride on Air Force One back to Crawford Texas forever.
No chief executive in any organization who has demonstrated such a complete lack of touch with reality would be allowed to stay in the job one more hour, let alone another 18 months. He is our modern day Commander Queeg, so deluded in his thinking that one would take pity on him were it not for the fact that he is putting others' lives in mortal danger with his contnued delusional thinking. How frightening it is that someone so incompetent is at the helm until January, 2009.
No matter where one is on the political spectrum or even on the reasons for this war, this is not a man who is up to the job he has in managing this country's affairs--he ably demonstrated that tonight, but little else.
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Every time Bush's competence, or lack thereof, is brought up by someone, I can't help and think back to the presidential campaign of 2000.
During that campaign, Bush agreed to be interviewed by a journalist in a free-ranging format. The journalist, in the course of the interview, asked Bush what were the names (at the time) of the prime minister of India and the president of Pakistan, two countries that are very important to the US. Well, Bush did not know either one. When confronted with this lack of knowledge, Bush made a comment about it not being so important.
However, tellingly, from then on out, he refused to give free-ranging interviews, and participated only in well-scripted events controlled by Bush campaign HQ .
If all that was not a telltale sign of gross incompetence, I don't know what could be. Unfortunately, Americans tend to not pay attention to such important "details"... Will they have learned from their experience with the Bush presidency ??
a resident of another community
on Sep 13, 2007 at 9:30 pm
W has lost all credibility - I have stopped listening to him altogether and whatever comes forth from his people, I believe just the opposite.
Whoever gets elected next - whether Repub or Demo - will have job #1 being to regain credibility - both with the American people as well as with the rest of the world.
Without a doubt, W will go down as the worst President of this era - and perhaps of all time (except, perhaps, for Hoover). It isn't even close with Nixon - W's ten times worse.
a resident of University South
on Sep 13, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Let's hear from some Bush supporters. Bush couldn't continue to get his way unless at least 33.4% support him (to avoid having his veto overridden).
If Bush is one of the worst presidents in history, is it possible that he has 33% support? I'm sure if 10% of the anti-Bush group could convince only 1 Bush supporter to change his/her mind, then Bush would no longer be able to get his way. Why are these people having so much difficulty reducing Bush's support to a level at which he can be overridden?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Sep 14, 2007 at 5:30 am
Bush is closer to God than you. He even cries on God's shoulder.
Sad we have to wait till Jan 2009 .. not even a shoulder to cry on.
Even God is crying now....
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 14, 2007 at 7:51 am
President Bush is competent and an honorable man, unlike many of his liberal predecessors. If you want to talk about incompetence in government, look only as far as the Democrat controlled Congress. They're public approval numbers are about to fall into the teens. They have no credibility with anyone.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Sep 14, 2007 at 9:37 am
Democrates in control of the house and senate are no better than Bush. They are jnust as much liars. Lying to the American people saying that they will withdraw all troops from Iraq and end the war. Years after we are still in Iraq and the moronic people in the house are slugging through stupid legislation. People need to see what is wrong with the government in a whole not just Bush.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 14, 2007 at 10:17 am
Say what you want about Congress, and there is plenty that can be said about the formerly Republican controlled Congress and the current Democratic-controlled Congress. But don't let that distract from the fact that it was THIS President who took us into this war, something his father deliberately chose not to do.
It is this President on whose watch the lies about weapons of mass destruction, about the so-called "war on terror" having its roots in Iraq, whose poor grasp of the Middle East in general and what it takes for there to be true democracy to take hold in any nation have led us to our current state. He "sold" this war grounded on these premises. Even he is not selling such representations now.
Competent? Honorable? How about bait and switch? How about no clue? How about hubris? How about shameful? Where is the accountability? After such a performance and clear evidence of his mis-handling of this matter, I don't see how anyone, regardless of their political leanings, can view this guy as a leader this country or the rest of the world should take seriously, let alone follow.
I keep reminding myself that this Administration and this President are not the same as this country and its vast majority of citizens. W stands for Wreckage, it will take a very long time to get over the damage he and his administration and the Republican led Congress did in his first six years of office.
And the Democrats, as usual, lack a meaningful alternate beacon. They seem to win by default, but their victories don't last because they don't seem to stand for much that people comprehend, let alone get behind. I am a lifelong Democrat, and I get wistful for the days of Reagan--I did not always agree with the man, but I knew where he stood.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 14, 2007 at 11:44 am
"I am a lifelong Democrat, and I get wistful for the days of Reagan--I did not always agree with the man, but I knew where he stood."
A Boomer, that is a curious statement. Bush can be criticzed for many things, especially planning for the Iraq war, but his strength is his determination to bring "democracy" to Iraq. He has said it all along, and he still believes it. In fact, he reminds of Reagan in that sense. Remember, Reagan was severely criticized by the left for taking a strong stand against the Soviet Union, yet he perservered, dispite being called a dunce by even his own party members. History shines favorably on Reagan now (he won the Cold War), but public opinion, especially from the left, was just as off-the-wall as it is today vs. Bush.
Bush will be judged in the next 20 years for what he has, and has not, accomplished in Iraq. One indisputable fact is that Saddam is dead. He would still be in power, but for Bush.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 14, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Overthrowing a petty dictator, even one as bad as Saddam, pales in comparison to facing down the Communist empire during the Cold War.
I would suggest that Bush the First's getting rid of Noriega in Panama is closer to what Shrub was doing in Iraq, not with what Reagan did with the Soviets.
Shrub's "vision" of bringing democracy to the Middle East at a high level is a laudible thing. His very poor understanding of the region and what it takes to bring about and sustain a democratic form of government in a country, let alone a region, unaccustomed to such a thing, shows once again that he is in over his head trying to do the job of US President.
Need I point out his hypocracy around a "democratic" Middle East, where Egypt's Mubarak is tolerated, the democratically elected Hamas party of Palestine is undermined despite being democratically chosen in elections (they are an awful bunch, but that is not the point), US Shrub Administation efforts to foster democracy in such kingdoms as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the other stable Gulf principalities appear non-existent.
Shrub, Cheney and Co. wanted to take out Saddam, they weren't interested in truly bringing about democracy to the region. Just another fig leaf.
I have my doubts that a democratic regime will end up running Iraq at the end of the day, but even if one does emerge, it will have little or no effect on how the neighboring countries govern themselves. They will largely remain dictatorships/kingdoms of one sort or another, as they have been for hundreds of years
We do agree on two things Jack, Saddam is not missed, and Shrub will be judged--very unfavorably, IMHO--20 years hence and beyond.
Incompetence will be the word historians use--from neo-cons to left wing Democrats, the man has incompetently carried out his job such that he has let down even his most ardent advocates.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 14, 2007 at 1:14 pm
"I have my doubts that a democratic regime will end up running Iraq at the end of the day, but even if one does emerge, it will have little or no effect on how the neighboring countries govern themselves."
A Boomer, isn't that the central argument? If you are right, Bush is wrong, and will be judged as such. If Bush is right, and democracy begins to spread in Arab and Muslim countries, then he will be seen as a true visionary.
Reagan re-armed America, put medium-range missles in Europe (against left wing protests), supported anti-communist forces, provided stinger missles to the mujahadeen vs. the Soviet Union, stood solid against socialist thinking and, perhaps most importantly, supported SDI, but he did not have any very serious direct military confrontations. I think Bush has a much harder time, compared to Reagan.
Bush is inarticulate, not very smart...but smart enough to figure out the bigger vision, while 'smarter' people are befuddled by the notion of the bigger picture. In this way, he is like Reagan.
a resident of Stanford
on Sep 14, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Of course the folks who support the Bush administration will try to blame Democrats for failing to fix this disaster.
It was the Republican criminal network, including Stanford's own Hoover Institute, who are directly responsible for destroying Iraq and USA. It was Republicans who kicked the hornet nest.
It's just plain childish to believe the Democrats can fix this disaster just because the have shakey control over Congress.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 14, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Shrub did not and does not have a vision for democracy beyond that word on a page. He is a shallow, uncurious man, who had several other "reasons" in addition to "democracy" that he used as pretenses to do what he really wanted to do--which was to take out Saddam, finishing the job his dad chose not to do. He had thought it through no more than that, and we now are dealing with the consequences big time.
Each reason he has concocted for removing Saddam has been revealed for its mendacity, and his tactic is to concoct a new one, when the prior ones don't stick.
My original point was another thing altogether, which is that I don't believe this guy, because he is inept, inccompetent, and has misled people time and time again to no good end. Even if I bought your polemic that he has a true grasp of what bringing democracy to the Middle East really meant, or any other so called "vision," he has amply demonstrated that is incapable of getting this or any other job done that we expect from someone holding this office.
I doubt any neo-con in his right mind would recommend Shrub as the "go to guy" for carrying out their agenda and world view, "knowing then what they know now" to paraphrase Hillary Clinton.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 14, 2007 at 3:53 pm
A Boomer,
If Hillary or Obama get elected, they will both STAY in Iraq, very similar to Bush. Why? Because the consequences for failure there, are much worse than the consequences of staying the course. They may both take MoveOn.org money, but they are both realists, and they are not stupid.
In fact, they may well reinstitute the draft.
The U.S. military and diplomatic core will be in Iraq for a long time.
Wait and see.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Sep 14, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Right on JACK!! You rock! The truth is that there is no option but victory, as defined as stable democracy in Iraq.
So, the Dems are trying to fool their base, but in the end will STAY until we are done. They have to. They don't want a real repeat of the disasters of pulling out of Vietnam just as we had attained military dominance.
a resident of Stanford
on Sep 14, 2007 at 5:24 pm
The criminal network who launched the Iraq Disaster never intended to establish democracy in Iraq.
For these thugs, victory was unleashing chaos and misery in Iraq and saddling USA with generational war debt.
Mission accomplished.
Time to bring our guys and gals back home.
a resident of University South
on Sep 14, 2007 at 7:33 pm
for anybody who supports Petraeus, read what his boss has to say about him:
Web Link
a resident of University South
on Sep 14, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Greenspan slams the Bush I and Bush II in his new book being published Monday, leaked Friday
how much pounding can Bush survive?
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 14, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Using a common sports analogy,
W. couldn't even hold Reagan's jockstrap.
a resident of another community
on Sep 14, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Shrub? Easily, the most incompetent American President, ever. It's going to be very, very hard for anyone to beat his pathetic record of failures and snafus.
The sad thing is that the American people voted in this muffinbrain a 2nd time. We shuold worry even more about THAT!
a resident of University South
on Sep 14, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Greenspan on 60 Minutes Sunday; who in the administration will attack him?
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 15, 2007 at 10:15 am
Clearly missing the boat on the "Greenspan slam"..must have just read the headline and not the article.
Note what it is about..too much government.THAT is what Greenspan, and most Republicans, are unhappy about.
The guy tried to please the left, which is impossible, and succeeded only in alienating his base.
I hope we get a true Republican back in office and true Republicans back in control of the Senate and Congress, and that they KNOW HOW TO USE THEIR POWER THIS TIME AND AREN'T AFRAID TO USE IT!
a resident of University South
on Sep 15, 2007 at 1:07 pm
The point is that excessive deficit spending, including the war on Iraq (essentially being financed by the Chinese), have weakened the U.S., not made it safer.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 15, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Some things that all the Bush haters refuse to discuss about Iraq:
1. If Saddam was still in power, would that bode well for American or regional security? Please explain.
2. If Islam is not pushed into the 21st Century, by events such as the Iraq (Bush) war, what would be the consequences, in an age with easy-to-obtain weapons of mass destruction.
3. Given that the Iraq war is currently a mess, what would the Bush haters actually DO? Basically, I just hear "cut and run" or "blame Bush" or "chase Osama in Pakistan", none of which is a real policy.
This could become an interesting discussion.
a resident of University South
on Sep 15, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Which country is more critical to the future of the U.S., China or Iraq?
You have an unnatural obsession with Iraq. Other countries will blow by us as we become increasingly enmeshed in quagmires.
How do you think the Korea model applies to Iraq? The Vietnam experience might be closer. Do you remember that?
Do you consider that the American presence in Iraq allows the combatants to take more risks in their civil war? If they did not have the U.S. babysitting, they would have to be responsible for the results of their own actions. They would not have the U.S. as both a safety net and a whipping boy.
You are very good at picking up Bushie's buzzwords which have no substance. Can you say "return on success"?
a resident of South of Midtown
on Sep 15, 2007 at 8:37 pm
yes, the results of us pulling out of Vietnam was the massacre of at least a million in Vietnam, and another million from emboldened Communists in Cambodia.
Gosh, that is exactly what would be a responsible thing to do to the Iraqis, wouldn't it?
Back to Greenspan comment..just read a headline with a small blurb about Greenspan saying Iraq was about oil. Can't wait to read the whole thing. It will be spun by those who do not understand that "ah-ha, it WAS about stealing oil!" or "about making sure we can get oil from Iraq" ( though, please note, we had gotten no oil from Iraq in about 13 years and were fine, thank you).
What I am willing to bet my arm on is that what Greenspan means, ( and I haven't read the book, yet) is that if Saddam was allowed to continue with his plans, which were to develop enough weapons ( which he was starting) to hold oil and Israel hostage, Saddam could have sent the world into a depression as bad as or worse than the Great Depression of the early 1900s, killing millions in starvation.
THAT is what I will bet the real meaning is behind the simplistic headline "Greenspan says it was about oil". This should be interesting to watch unfold over the next few weeks.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Sep 15, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Jack, great points! So glad to have another one asking "ok, which is better, with or without Saddam and sons..with a minimum of 300,000 murdered and another million killed in wars he started".
And "what is the plan for success that the Dems have?" Or, is the plan actually, defeat of democracy and the massacre of millions?
a resident of South of Midtown
on Sep 15, 2007 at 8:47 pm
ChrisK: you have a strange definition of Civil War. Normally it refers to a country fighting between itself..this is not happening in Iraq. If you believe it is anymore than outside countries trying to take over Iraq, please explain how you come to this conclusion.
Also, do you consider that Police presence in LA during the riots just allowed the police to be whipping boys and only allowed the LA people to take more risks and not assume the consequences?
And, last..if our way of life is destroyed by continuing terrorist attacks and threats, then China is irrelevant to us. We can only maintain our ability to interact in the world economically and politically if we survive. So, the fascist threat means more to me than whether or not China or any other country is "more important" to me. Frankly, I don't think China is that important to us, until it goes democratic. Once it completes the transition to a full democracy with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness fundamental to their people..we lose our dominance in the world, I have no doubt. Until then, I prefer to focus on fighting back Islamofascism until Islam goes through its reformation and pulls all the Muslims into the modern age.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 15, 2007 at 9:15 pm
"Which country is more critical to the future of the U.S., China or Iraq?"
chrisk, That is a good question, although you seem to have asked it as a rhetorical device.
China seems to have many people spooked, because there are over a billion Chinese, and its economy is growing along with its military. It is a rational state that wants influence and power, just like some other states, including the USA. It is not in China's best interest to get reckless with its military. If it did, that Three Gorges Dam sures looks like a prime target! China could dump its US bonds, but that would hurt the goose that lays the golden trade egg. China will challenge US hegemony, but it needs the US, so tensions will be there, but will not boil over, IMO.
Iraq, of course, is a different matter. If it spins apart, there would be very serious consequences in the Mid East, probably involving several nations, including the US. Depending on how the players line up, it could lead to a global war. If Iraq settles down, there could be another new world order in which Muslim nations start to see the light, and demand political freedoms, indpendent of the fundamentalist yoke.
So, to answer your question, Iraq is more important at this stage.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 15, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Here is an interesting story which fact checks Bush's speech.
Web Link
a resident of Ventura
on Sep 16, 2007 at 1:32 am
It's quite fair to ask us war critics what we would do differently. It is unfair to suggest that you have a crystal ball with perfect hindsight that tells you, for example, if we hadn't invaded Iraq, Hussein would still be in power. There's never any way to know what would have happened, especially the further away we get from the selected "origin" for the argument.
And now, although I say it's fair to ask a war critic's strategy, I'm declining to follow that route. I'm no military expert. (I'm not a football coach either, but I can see when a team performs poorly, and I don't have to know the solution to offer the observation). My chief concern is that our current strategists have yet to succeed in any phase of this war beyond the initial days, and that they offer us only death, debt, and deceit at every step, which they try to dress up in various guises that fail so pathetically they have lost credibility with most of the world, most Americans, and an ever-growing number of their former supporters.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 16, 2007 at 7:09 am
"It is unfair to suggest that you have a crystal ball with perfect hindsight that tells you, for example, if we hadn't invaded Iraq, Hussein would still be in power. "
That one is not exactly crystal ball stuff. Based on Saddam's demonstrated ability to crush his opposition, there is no reason, other than natural death, to suspect that he would not still be in power. It is much more rational to examine what that would mean, instead of suggesting that it might not happen.
If Saddam had not been removed by Bush, there probably would a mixed bag of results:
- A rough, but effective stability in Iraq. It was a police state, and methods did not matter.
- Continued deprivation of the Iraqui people, as Saddam squandered his resorces for his own pleasures and his military. He had invaded two countries, and was being punished for it, but he took it out on his own people, not himself or his family.
- Continued corruption of the UN oil-for-food deal. This one had tentacles that spread deeply into major institutions around the world, especially Europe. Once the scandal was finally broken, it might be the end for the UN.
- Continued and enhanced pursuit of WMD. He had them and used them. He had a major nuclear program that was completely missed by UN inspectors. Only when his son-in-law spilt the beans, did Hans Blix realize how serious it was. It was only a matter of time before Saddam got his hands on such weapons again.
- Continued no-fly-zone activity by the U.S., with Saddam becoming ever more aggressive with his missle shots at our planes. Remember all this was based in Saudi Arabia, which lead, directly, to 9/11.
Many war critics say that we would have been better off with Saddam, compared to the current mess in Iraq. Maybe so, but they should at least attempt to consider the consequences.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 16, 2007 at 10:07 am
"It's quite fair to ask us war critics what we would do differently."
We should attack the real enemy--Iran. Once Iran is thoroughly defeated, we can get out of Iraq.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Sep 16, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Wish I could write as dispassionately and concisely as you, Jack.
Well done.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Sep 16, 2007 at 1:16 pm
To Factchecker..was interested to go to your link, but rapidly realized it wasn't a fact check, but an opinion piece. Within the first couple sentences of the "analysis" it turned into an opinion. To say point blank that those who threaten Iraq are not the same as those who threaten the US is an absurd assertion to posit as "fact".
Iran and Syria threaten Iraq, wanting to turn it into a mini-me of themselves. Al-Qaida threatens Iraq, wanting to turn it into a safe haven for themselves. All 3 of the above also threaten us through, at the most benign, wanting to turn a friend, the Iraq of an elected govt, into an enemy of the US.
I read no further because it was clear to me that this was not an "unbiased" piece. But,then I looked at the top and saw it was from NPR..what a shock.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Sep 16, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Finally got a look at more of what the supposed "it was all about oil" opinion from Greenspan headlines were..sure enough, my prediction was correct.
"Whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein's 'weapons of mass destruction,' American and British authorities were also concerned about violence in an area that harbors a resource indispensable for the functioning of the world economy," Greenspan wrote."
Hmmm.."were also concerned"..means one of many reasons..."harbors a resource indispensable for the functioning of the world economy"...Can you explain the effects in numbers of deaths from a worldwide depression from holding it hostage? Cutting off 15% of the world's oil supply may not sound like much, but the financial ripple would be a tidal wave of misery.
Of course, foolish people who make the headlines in the papers continue to either really believe, or try to fool people into thinking, that what he is talking about is "war for oil" so we can all selfishly live our profligate lifestyle. No, the people who would be most hurt are the lower middle class and poor around the world.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Sep 16, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I am always reminded of the 3 Blind men, each reporting on the part of the elephant they are examining, trying to tell everyone else what an elephant is.
a resident of University South
on Sep 16, 2007 at 3:29 pm
I knew it,
Who is the oracle of truth, Bush?
What do you think the answer is?
a resident of Stanford
on Sep 17, 2007 at 4:34 am
Funny how the hawks are pretending no-one knew Iraq was heavily factionalized and that removing Saddam would likely spark civil conflict between Sunni, Shi'ite, and Kurds.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Sep 17, 2007 at 9:39 am
Actually, it was a secret plot to give the Iraqis a chance to annhilate each other, so that we could move in and grab all the oil...
Bit of a financial risk for us, I can think of bettter ways to bet 500-600 billion dollars, but why not?
Guess it failed, we are still paying for oil instead of just stealing it, and paying more than before, while also paying for reconstruction and security.
Oh well, those stupid Bushies blew it.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 17, 2007 at 2:34 pm
I don't see any nefarious conspiracies in the U.S. attack on Saddam. [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
Saddam was not the run-of-the-mill Mid East strongman. He was a Stalinist with typical megalomaniacal instincts. Occasinally, there is a leader, along with his inner circle, that needs to be killed, and he is one of them. Unfortunately, there is no super-duper sniper that can do the job, so war is the only way.
Every war has its own time and place, usually with a long string of events and issues. This one is no different. Once the war starts, there are no guarantees. They are all ugly, even if we happen think they are clean (e.g. the first Gulf War, under Bush I). As wars go, this one is not very expensive in either blood or treasure, despite what we hear every night on the news. It cannot compare with Korea or Vietnam, for instance. WWII was immensely more exspensive, yet the stakes are about the same. However, the cost is being borne by a volunteer military, which has now run its course. These men and women are a brave lot, and we owe them our immense gratitude and support.
The future course in Iraq, which is extremely important to the West AND the East, depends on the continued presence of U.S. forces, for the foreseeable future, probably for at least two decades, similar to Korea. In order to sustain such a presence, the draft will need to be reinstituted. This will get upper middle class and rich kids involved. Europe and Japan will also need to really commit.
Current politics suggest that none of the above will occur. However, if Hillary or Obama are elected, they will take a sober look at the reality, and demand that the U.S. commitment increase, not decrease. And they will demand the draft (the Nixon goes to China effect). If I am wrong, and they cut and run, they will be blamed for a catastrophic event that did not need to occur.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 17, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Draft gets the upper middle class and rich kids involved? NO THANKS.
Talk to ANYONE in the military..they prefer all volunteer and all volunteer only. They would rather have 10 people who want to be there, then 10 plus 90 who resent being there. They want their backs covered by PROFESSIONALS, not slaves.
Also, would you say that Congress people are upper middle class and rich? If so, did you know that 1% of their kids have volunteered for the military, compared to .5% of the general American public? Twice as many. I don't think the draft has anything to do with distributing who volunteers. The rich and upper middle class will simply keep going to school. Simple.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 17, 2007 at 4:32 pm
However, I do agree with you Jack. The Democrats will push for a draft, because they don't really care about the reality of the effect on the military, they care about the general public's perception of "fairness". Which is newspeak, there is nothing fair about forced labor, there is nothing fair about forcing your son or daughter to work with a resentful, incompetent "draftee".
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Sep 17, 2007 at 5:22 pm
With respect, I must say that an all volunteer army only goes so far. Despite the common perception, WWII was a draft military. Even with that, and all the early patriotism, Bull Halsy made public speeches beseaching the Anmerican public to stick with it to the end, and not surrender to peace negotiations with Japan, which many Americans wanted to do. The atomic bomb was dropped, in part, to end the debate. It worked.
The draft will be reinstated, but probably only when the stakes are finally realized. At that point, the death toll will be much higher than it should have been... on all sides.
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- After the event deadline: If your training has gone better than expected, and you would like to move up to a faster corral, pick up your race number at the Health & Fitness Expo and then proceed to the "Corral Change" table to be re-assigned to the appropriate corral. To move back to a slower corral, simply start in that corral on race morning. No official corral change is necessary.
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Great News!!! With Registration Refund you can request a 100% registration fee refund if you are unable to participate due to a specific covered reason. If you choose the Registration Refund option at time of registration, you could receive a registration fee refund if you are unable to participate due to any of the following reasons.
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Injury, unforeseen Illness, family member injury or illness, family member loss of life, involuntary job loss, unexpected covered travel delays.
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**Purchase of registration refund MUST be done at the time of your original registration, no exceptions.
If a registration refund is not purchased at the time of registration, entry fees are NON-REFUNDABLE and entries are NON-TRANSFERABLE. Sorry, no exceptions. Once we receive and accept your entry, you will not receive a refund if you cannot participate. You may not give or sell your number to anyone else. You also may not transfer your application to the following year or another Competitor Group event.
Race Rules
- Entry fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. No exceptions.
- Once we receive and accept your entry, you will not receive a refund if you cannot participate, you may not give or sell your race number to anyone else, and you may not transfer your entry fee to future races.
- If you attempt to sell your race number, you may be banned from future Competitor Group events for three years.
- You must be at least 18 years old to participate in the Marathon and 12 years old to participate in the Half Marathon or 2-Person Half Marathon Relay. You must be 10 years old to participate in the 10K. You must be 8 years old to participate in the Mini Marathon or 5K.
- You must be in good health and physically prepared to take on the challenge of a Marathon or Half Marathon.
- You must show photo ID to receive your race number and timing chip.
- You must pick up your own race packet and race number at the Health & Fitness Expo.
- Race numbers are required to participate.
- No coaches, handcycles, bikes, in-line skates, skateboards, baby joggers or dogs will be allowed on the course. For more information about handcycles, click here.
- Overall winners will not qualify for their age group category awards.
Parking & Transportation
Time Limits
To ensure that roads reopen to vehicular traffic at the scheduled times, the course time limits will be STRICTLY ENFORCED. Participants must maintain a pace faster than the course time limits in order to complete the race on closed city streets. A cut-off location will be enforced on the course; runners or walkers who do not reach the cut-off location by this time will be stopped and shuttled to the finish line area. Please note – this is timing tag time, not gun time. Course time limits begin when the last participant and Tail Vehicle cross the start line.
If a participant's pace falls below the course time limit, they have a few options:
- Increase their pace to stay within the event minimum pace;
- Board a "sag wagon" shuttle to move forward on the course, where they may continue to participate in the event, maintaining the minimum pace required; or
- If the participant cannot continue, they may board a sag wagon to be dropped off at the next shuttle location, at a nearby medical station. The participant will be seen by a Medical Team captain to be cleared for the medical shuttle to transport the participant to the finish line.
Information Booths and Lost & Found
Information Booths will be positioned at the start and finish to assist you with any race day questions and help you find your way. The Information Booths will also serve as the race day Lost & Found. Any valuables found at the start or finish should be turned in to the Information Booth. Items from the start will be transported to the finish.
Any valuable items NOT claimed at the finish by 3 pm will be trucked back to our San Diego office. To claim a lost item after the event, please contact Competitor Group at 800-311-1255.
The Medical Team is a dedicated group of multidisciplinary medical professionals, available to help assess your race day medical needs and administer acute first aid when necessary.
Numerous medical stations will be located at the Finish as well as at the start and along the course. Look for large RED and WHITE tents and for our medical volunteers dressed in RED shirts for complimentary help before, during and after the race.
Course Support
Race Timing
State of the art ChronoTrack systems will be used to record participants' times at the start, at certain splits along the courses and at the finish. The ChronoTrack system uses a disposable tag, called a D Tag, which allows you to walk away from the finish without the need to have your tag collected.
The ChronoTrack timing tag (D Tag) will be attached to your race bib. The D Tag will be labeled with a number that matches your race number. When you pick up your bib, please make sure these numbers match, and also verify that YOUR name is printed on the bib you are issued*. Proceed to the Solutions Table if any of the information is incorrect.
Prior to the race, you must remove the tag from your number and attach it to your shoe. Please follow the instructions provided in your registration packet.
PLEASE NOTE: All participants in this race must wear the ChronoTrack timing tag on your shoe in order to have their times recorded. ChampionChip timing equipment will NOT be used at this race; ChampionChip timing chips will NOT record your time.
*If you register for the race before online registration closes, your ChronoTrack timing tag should have your name printed on it.
Visit chronotrack.com for more information.
Printable ChronoTrack systems instructions
Pace Team
Secure Zone
Once you cross the finish line, you'll enter the Secure Zone, a fenced off area designated for participants only. In the Secure Zone, have your photo taken, refuel with water and refreshments and receive your finisher's medal. Once you leave the Secure Zone, you cannot re-enter. Just outside of the Secure Zone, you can retrieve your gear bag and join family and friends for the Finish Line Festival.
Family Reunion
After the race, reunite with family and friends in the Family Reunion area and relish in your post race accomplishment with refreshments and live music at the finish line stage. With a large number of participants and thousands of excited spectators, it can be difficult to locate friends and family without a plan. It is highly recommended that you designate a meet-up location for friends and family BEFORE the race in the Family Reunion area. The Family Reunion area will post tall, clearly-marked signs by Letter (A – Z), so be sure to coordinate and plan to meet at a pre-determined letter.
Age Group Awards
Age group awards will be presented 3-deep in all divisions, for both the marathon (where applicable) and half marathon, for male and female categories. Top 3 overall male and females are excluded from the age-group awards and can only receive one prize. Awards will be mailed within 4 to 6 weeks of results being finalized. In accordance with USATF Rules, overall and cash awards will be determined by gun time while age group awards will be determined by your ChronoTrack time.


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Qualifying callbacks to the 2nd series
Callbacks to Q LB:
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Qualifying callbacks to the 3rd series
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Qualifying callbacks to the last series
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Open I heard has about 11 dogs left to run in the morning
Qualifying results
1st #31 Kaylee H/Springer O/Robert & Mary Ellen Owens
2nd #28 Lola H/ Smith O/Barry Nelson
3rd #23 Mila H/Springer O/Wendi Mattinen
4th #12 Tax O/H Ida Richards
RJ #19 Helgoth
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Congrats to All!!
Congratulations Team Dynamic, owners Bob Owens and Wendi Mattinen on Kaylee's Qual win & Mila's 3rd!
Thanks for the reports, Brenda, as always.
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Wolfe Research's Hunter Keay and Jared Shojaian think United Continental (UAL) and JetBlue (JBLU) should swap planes. They explain:
We believe both United Continental and JetBlue have fleet inefficiencies that contribute to poor margins for both airlines. If United Continental acquired JetBlue's 60 E-190s (and the 24 on order), in a transaction like the one Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Southwest Airlines (LUV) announced in 2012 when Southwest Airlines agreed to sublease its 88 B717s to Delta Air Lines, we believe both companies would benefit. This would also represent no incremental capacity to United Continental, by our math…
We rate shares of both United Continental ($54 TP) and JetBlue ($15 TP) as Outperform. We think both companies are underearning their potential (for different reasons), and we expect material earnings and margin improvement next year. And both companies could help in this improvement by one relatively straightforward transaction.
they need to do something. Shares of United Continental have gained 1.8% to $41.80 at 3pm today, while JetBlue has risen 1.4% to $11, a far cry from Delta Air Lines' 3.7% rise to $40.16 and Southwest Airlines' 3.2% advanced to $27.71.


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Undaunted, Lauderdale signed with the Bluewater music publishing firm in Nashville, where his compositions found immediate success in the contemporary country world. Additionally, he sang backup on records by Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, and Rosie Flores, and toured with everyone from Freedy Johnston, Nick Lowe, and Hootie & the Blowfish to Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard. He earned another shot with Reprise and issued his debut album, Planet of Love, in 1991, with production from Rodney Crowell and John Leventhal. The album was greeted with strong reviews by many critics, who hailed Lauderdale as a major new talent. Still, it would be three years before he would release another record; he returned in 1994, now on Atlantic, and issued two acclaimed albums over the next two years in Pretty Close to the Truth and Every Second Counts. In 1996, he moved over to roots label Rounder's Upstart subsidiary for Persimmons, yet another critical success.
Hopping to BNA, Lauderdale released Whisper in 1998, then returned to the majors on RCA, issuing the somewhat slicker-sounding, more commercial Onward Through It All in 1999. That same year, Lauderdale also took a detour into traditional bluegrass, recording the collaborative album I Feel Like Singing Today with the legendary Ralph Stanley for Rebel. Lauderdale finally found a more permanent home on Dualtone and debuted with 2000's The Other Sessions, a return to hardcore country. Two projects arrived in 2002: another album with Stanley, called Lost in the Lonesome Pines, and a country record called The Hummingbirds. Ever prolific, Lauderdale released Wait Til Spring in 2003, Headed for the Hills in 2004, Bluegrass in 2006, and The Bluegrass Diaries in 2007. Honey Songs, credited to Jim Lauderdale & the Dream Players, was issued in 2008. Could We Get Any Closer? appeared in 2009. Moving to Sugar Hill Records, Lauderdale released Reason and Rhyme in 2011, this time teaming with lyricist and longtime collaborator Robert Hunter on a set of new bluegrass-themed songs. He next teamed with longtime friend and fellow country roots singer and songwriter Buddy Miller for 2012's Buddy and Jim, released by New West Records.
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Calls raised for controls on trains bearing crudeJanuary 21, 2014 11:55 PM
Saying a disaster was narrowly averted when a train carrying crude oil derailed in Philadelphia on Monday, several groups and a candidate for governor are calling for tighter controls or an outright stop to the shipments.
The groups and Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hanger, a former state secretary of environmental protection, cited recent incidents in which trains hauling crude oil exploded after crashing or derailing.
"We came within a hair's breadth of a calamity in Philadelphia," said Mr. Hanger, who also served on the Public Utility Commission.
Separately from Mr. Hanger, several environmental and religious groups from the city on Tuesday called for a halt to what one leader called "oil bomb" trains.
Seven cars of a 101-car freight train left the tracks on a bridge over the Schuylkill River and the Schuylkill Expressway, forcing the closure of the busy highway for a time. The incident left an oil tanker and hopper car leaning sideways over the side of the bridge.
CSX Railroad said six of the seven derailed cars were carrying crude oil.
It was the latest in a recent spate of incidents involving trains hauling crude oil, much of it drawn from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana.
In July, a runaway oil train exploded in Canada, killing 47 people in the town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec.
On Dec. 30, an oil train collided with a derailed car from another train outside Casselton, N.D. The crash spilled more than 400,000 gallons of oil, generated a fireball and forced the evacuation of 1,400 people within a 5-mile radius.
In November, an oil train derailed in rural Alabama and burst into flames that took several days to extinguish.
Crude oil trains pass through Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, but railroad and government officials have been tight-lipped about the frequency and routes of such shipments.
The Kansas City Star reported Monday that more crude oil was spilled in U.S. train incidents last year than in the nearly 40 years that preceded it.
Using data from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the newspaper said more than 1.15 million gallons were spilled in 2013, compared with 800,000 gallons spilled for the years 1975-2012.
"I'm greatly concerned about the public safety of Pennsylvanians," Mr. Hanger said. "It's beyond doubt that the regulation of trains in Pennsylvania is too lax."
Mr. Hanger urged Gov. Tom Corbett to convene an emergency meeting of state and municipal officials, railroad companies, emergency response personnel and petroleum industry representatives; increase inspections of rail lines that carry crude oil; reduce speed limits for trains hauling crude; require all shipments to be in puncture-resistant tanker cars; and impose a fee on shipments to raise money for emergency preparedness and response.
"Right now, a particularly volatile type of crude oil from North Dakota is being shipped by train in tanker cars that are not safe enough to prevent catastrophic explosions like those that devastated towns in Canada," he said. "This hazard has even the oil industry concerned. The American Petroleum Institute actually is urgently demanding stronger regulation of crude transport."
Mr. Corbett's spokesman, Jay Pagni, said the governor "does take the safety of the shale oil and gas industry very seriously." He said he knew of no immediate action by the governor in the wake of the Philadelphia incident.
In Philadelphia, the groups Protecting Our Waters, Clean Air Council, Philadelphia Interfaith Power and Light, the Catskill Mountainkeeper, and Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy called for halting trains shipments of fracked oil and gas.
"This derailment, just blocks from my Philadelphia home of 24 years, is truly terrifying because ... other recent derailments of this type of shale oil and gas train have erupted into fireballs, including the one that incinerated 15 acres of downtown Lac-Megantic and killed 47 people in that small town," said Iris Marie Bloom, director of the nonprofit Protecting Our Waters.
"Human life is worth more than oil and gas, which is changing our climate and harming the health of residents in the increasingly extreme 'sacrifice zones' for fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure, including risky transportation. These 'oil bomb' trains are putting lives at risk in urban and rural areas alike," she said.
"This could have been catastrophic," said Wes Gillingham, program director for the Catskill Mountainkeeper, another environmental group. "The train could have exploded onto a busy highway, spewing the toxic contents directly into the Schuylkill River which flows into the Delaware River."
CSX in July declined to give details about how much crude oil it ships through Pittsburgh, saying specific information about shipments of regulated materials is given only to emergency response agencies who request it.
"As a common carrier, CSX has an obligation to provide transportation to any shipper who tenders freight in containers or rail cars that meet federal specifications," spokesman Bob Sullivan said at the time.
Allegheny County confirmed that crude oil is on a list of chemicals that the railroad carries through Pittsburgh but declined to elaborate.
Jon Schmitz: firstname.lastname@example.com or 412-263-1868. Visit the PG's transportation blog, The Roundabout, at www.post-gazette.com/Roundabout. Twitter: @pgtraffic.


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