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Navigo Week Pass Overview
Navigo Decouverte / Navigo Card is a multi-use week pass smart card for Paris Metro trains, RER trains, buses, Transilien trains (but not TGV high speed trains nor other intercity trains). Also available as a Navigo Day Pass card as of January 1, 2018.
5€ fee for card itself PLUS:
Navigo Week pass card price, valid only from Monday at 00:00 to Sunday 23:59:59 ( as of June 1, 2019)
- 22.80€ for central Paris and all Zones 1-5 (see zone map)
- includes Airport CDG (in Zone 5)
- Disneyland Paris (Zone 5)
- Chateau de Versailles (Zone 4)
- covers ORY Airport (Orly, Zone 4) using the Orlyval bus "Orlybus" (not Orlyval train from Antony station)
You can buy Navigo cards / passes for the current week up until Thursday, midnight. Next week's Navigo card is on sale from Friday morning onwards. (In the past, the Navigo weekly train pass for the current week stopped selling at Wednesday midnight, but this has been moved to Thursday midnight.)
Navigo Month pass price, valid from the first day of the month through till last day of the month ( as of June 1, 2019)
- 75.20€ for central Paris and all Zones 1-5
- includes travel in central Paris and out to…
- CDG Airport
- Disneyland Paris
- Chateau de Versailles
- and Orly (via RER C & Orlybus only. Navigo is not valid for Orlyval train from Antony station on RER B train line).
Monthly Navigo Cards are on sale from the 20th day of the preceding month. For example, if it's January 20, you can purchase and apply February Navigo Monthly pass validity to your Navigo card and it will be good up through to February 28/29 (depending on leap year, oh why did I choose a month that has varying length for an example).
Zone Map (PDF)
Pass Navigo Découverte Prices in Detail
The Paris train, metro, RER, tram and bus system uses a Navigo Découverte smart card for weekly transit passes. These passes are open to visitors (see note) as opposed to normal Navigo passes which are for residents of Paris Ile-de-France only.
The Navigo Découverte pass card can be purchased for a 5€ fee on top of the regular week pass prices noted above, which is 22.80€ for all zones which covers Paris and surrounding suburbs, airports Roissy-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY), Chateau Versailles, Fontainebleau, Parc Disney. The services included are any metro, RER (suburban) train, buses (RATP/Noctilien/Optile), and trams up to the zone limits of your pass.
How to buy Navigo Découverte pass
You can buy a Navigo Découverte pass at nearly any Metro, RER, Transilien train ticket window that normally sells tickets and passes. (I say "nearly" because a ticket window may run out of blank Navigo passes to sell you.) You'll need a smaller than passport size photo to be used on the pass (exact Navigo Decouverte photo size is 3cm tall by 2.5cm wide), plus a pen to write your name. There's nearly always a photo booth nearby ticket windows at major stations, costing 5€ for a set of four pictures, so be sure to get your photo taken before going to the ticket window where they'll likely have scissors handy for trimming your freshly minted photo on the pass. If you're hesitant in how to ask to buy the pass at a ticket window, try printing out this page and showing the ticket seller the image of the Découverte card on the top right while holding up your small headshot photo. I'm pretty sure the ticket seller will get the idea.
The downside of the pass is its timing. The pass validity starts on Monday morning, first service (usually around 05:30) and ends the following Sunday at last service (metro trains usually arrive at their terminus station around 01:40). If you happen to be arriving mid-week, it may not make financial sense to purchase the pass. After Wednesday midnight, you cannot add zones to the pass for the current week. From Friday onwards you can only purchase zones for the following week.
If you plan on arriving Thursday – Sunday, consider buying a carnet of single-use Paris transit tickets (book of ten or twenty) that are good for the entire Paris Metro system and any trains/trams/buses in zone 1, or day passes called Ticket Mobilis. Another option is to buy a Paris Visite card, which is really just a more expensive Mobilis ticket that can be used for a set period of days, starting from whenever you first place the ticket into a turnstile machine. The Paris Visite cards are good for 1, 2, 3 or 5 days and for either zones 1 to 3 or all five zones.
Who can buy a Passe Navigo Découverte?
Some travelers to Paris have been getting hassled by RATP staff into buying a Carte Paris Visite by refusing to sell them a Passe Navigo Découverte. Please don't let this happen to you. You have the right to purchase a Passe Navigo Découverte as outlined in the official website page entitled Les Forfaits Navigo (Navigo Passes), published by STIF (updated January 2014), the parent organization of RATP (Paris Transit Authority). The section of interest is under the section Le Choix entre la Carte Navigo ou la Carte Navigo découverte, then click on the tab for La carte Navigo Découverte. The line that reads Elle est ouverte à tous (Franciliens et non Franciliens) says that "the card is open to all, residents of Ile-de-France or not".
The old documentation below is kept for posterity.
Page 9 of this document explains that the Passe Navigo Découverte is open to all travelers. Here is the excerpt:
The translation of the first two points is as follows:
- The pass Navigo Découverte is open to all travelers, residents of Ile-de-France or not, and are allowed to load onto it a Carte Orange subscription.
- It's purchaseable directly from ticket windows from a [Metro/RER] station or a train station or an authorized resellers at a price of 5€. It is then issued immediately without formality.
If you are concerned about hassles with purchasing a Passe Navigo Découverte when in Paris and don't wish to be forced into buying a more expensive Carte Paris Visite, print out this page of Guide Navigo (with the Navigo Découverte tab visible) and bring it with you to Paris. If a ticket seller tells you the Passe Navigo is only for residents, show the guide to the ticket seller. Below is a screen shot of the important text.
What Next?
- Search:
- Ask a question or browse the Paris by Train forums for an answer. (Or visit the forum archive).


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Apple and Sony, sitting in a tree
With the news leaking out late last week that Apple CEO Steve Jobs tried to strike a deal with Sony to join forces in the online music business, the question of what Apple should do with its commanding online music market share lead has arisen once again. Last January, during the Sony Open golf tournament in Hawaii, Jobs offered Sony Chairman Nobuyuki Idei a shot at jointly operating the iTunes Music Store with Apple. The idea is that the combination of the two brands would be strong enough to thwart any potential competition.
Naturally, Sony and Apple both declined to comment about the reports, with the latter characterizing it as "rumors and speculation." However, the combination could have been a potent one, especially for Sony. Instead, the music label/movie studio/consumer electronics company/PC manufacturer went ahead with plans for its Sony Connect download service and rolled out the NW-HD1 hard-drive-based digital music player instead, both of which use Sony's proprietary ATRAC format for music.
But this isn't a column about Sony and their proprietary formats. It's a column about Apple and their proprietary formats.
What's this music store thing all about, anyway?
Apple has definitely revolutionized the music business with the iTunes Music Store. In less than a year, they took a moribund market, turned it on its ear, and demonstrated that given the right combination of price, ease of use, digital rights management, and selection, people would gladly pay real money to download lossy music over the Internet.
In recent months iTMS opened up shop in parts of Europe and passed the 125 million download mark. Sales continue on a brisk pace, with upwards of 2.5 million songs being purchased each week. At the same time, the iPod and iPod Mini, which are the only digital music players capable of playing tracks from iTMS, have over 50 percent of the digital music player market, according to Apple. Demand for the iPod is strong and shows no sign of abating in the near future.
However, some recent developments may be taking some of the shine off Apple's success.
Item: RealNetworks cracks FairPlay. Earlier in 2004, RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser tried in vain to convince Apple to license FairPlay. His reasoning was that united, RealNetworks and Apple could together withstand whatever Microsoft and other music stores were able to throw at them. Thanks, but no thanks replied Apple. Four months later, and RealNetworks is now saying "never mind, we figured it out ourselves." All of the sudden, music purchased from non-Apple stores (well, the RealPlayer Music Store) can be played on the iPod via RealNetworks' Harmony.
Item: Microsoft launches its MSN Music Store. Prior to last week, Apple's main competition in the music download business consisted primarily of Napster, MusicMatch (remember them?) and RealNetworks, three companies that arguably lack the financial wherewithal to stay in the game for the long run. (In fact, Roxio even unloaded its formerly core CD/DVD authoring software to concentrate on Napster, which has yet to turn a profit.)
Enter Microsoft. While Apple may be the 800-pound gorilla of online music, Microsoft is the 800-pound gorilla of just about everything else. The MSN Music Store, currently in beta, will feature a catalog of 1 million songs once it "officially" launches some time in October. In addition, the songs are encoded at 160Kbps, which is a bit better than the iTMS (and everyone else's) standard of 128Kbps. MSN Music Store will also use variable bit rate encoding, which allows the music encoder to adjust its compression in order to produce relatively higher fidelity. Pricing is almost identical to iTMS with the exception of full albums running US$9.90, a whopping 9 cents less than iTMS.
Most importantly, the MSN Music Store uses WMA as its DRM of choice. While just about every other major music store (with the notable exception of Sony) uses WMA as the file format, the combination of iTunes, iTMS, and the iPod gave Apple's FairPlay AAC format a giant leg up on the competition. Now Microsoft, which is obviously in it for the long run, is throwing its considerable heft behind WMA as the music DRM format of choice. Of course you can't play a WMA on an iPod...
Item: RealNetworks slashes download prices to 49? per song. Slated to run for a "limited time," the 49? promotion is still going strong at the RealPlayer Music Store. Full albums are also 50% off for the duration of the sale. Combined with Harmony, the promotion allows iPod owners (and iTMS customers) to load up on relatively-inexpensive music at a serious discount.
Is it working? RealNetworks claims it is, at least where raw numbers are concerned. The first week of promotion, they reported sales in excess of 1 million songs, by far the busiest week they have had since launching the music store. Is it sustainable? Not even close. RealNetworks adjusted its quarterly earnings forecast downwards for the current quarter to reflect the costs of the promotion. The larger question is whether those iTMS customers who dabbled with the RealPlayer Music Store will return to the fold once the promotion ends. I think they will ? while the Real music tracks play on the iPod and can be imported into iTunes, the superior (in my opinion) layout and buying experience of iTMS will likely mean that most of those trying out RealNetworks alternatives go back to Apple once the sale ends. However, the sales bounce RealNetworks is getting from the promotion demonstrates that the public is open to trying other alternatives.
So what does this all mean for Apple?
Right now, Apple is king of the online music business. But "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." Apple is facing new challenges as it looks to extend its dominance. How should it respond? In particular, should they either open up the iPod to formats other than mp3 and AAC? Should they stay the course ? make the occasional strategic move such as the HP iPod deal or creating a cell phone friendly version of iTMS for Motorola, but hold the rest of their cards close to the vest? Or should they license FairPlay to other companies?
Opening up the iPod: what you need to believe
Some have suggested that it's time for Apple to open up the iPod to competing music formats. Those who argue that position are quick to note that Apple has said on numerous occasions that iTMS exists primarily as a vehicle for selling iPods. Music sales have low margins, and iPods are high-margin products (although the iPod Mini is not quite as profitable as the iPod). And high-margins are financial crack to Apple.
In addition, the iPod is bait for the non-Apple user. The idea is that Windows users will be impressed by the quality of the iPod and the tight integration between it, the OS, and Mac hardware that it will lead to their buying Macs. While there has been some anecdotal evidence of Mac switching or adding following iPod purchases, the evidence does not point to any widespread pattern. However, there is no doubt that a few consumers will be brought into the Macintosh fold via the iPod.
Following this line of reasoning, Apple should adopt any strategy that will maximize iPod sales. Enabling the iPod to play DRMed WMAs may mean a small loss of sales for iTMS, but increased sales of iPods to those who use other music download services or have sizable libraries of music encoded in the WMA format will more than make up for any loss of music revenue. Opening up the iPod would drop the barrier to entry.
The largest problem with this scenario is that it would be a win for Microsoft, which controls WMA. In order for iPods to be able to play DRMed WMA files, Apple would have to license it from Microsoft. That means money flowing directly from Cupertino to Redmond, a proposition that Jobs would find distasteful at best. Besides, the iPod and iPod Mini command over 50 percent of the digital music player market and show no signs of losing their edge despite the steady stream of "iPod killers" from the likes of Sony and Creative.
Staying the course: what you need to believe
Many argue that the most prudent thing Apple could do is stay the course. Things are going swimmingly for Apple: they have the biggest slice of the music download pie, the iPod is selling like hotcakes, and they have weathered the competition thus far. Sure, Apple faces some challenges such as the MSN Music Store, and it's kind of irritating that RealNetworks cracked FairPlay, but that's no reason to panic.
What Apple should continue to do is make some strategic moves along the lines of the agreement with HP. Selling the Apple iPod by HP in exchange for iTunes and a link to iTMS on every HP consumer laptop and desktop is an example of exactly the kind of actions Apple should be making. They should look for other, similar opportunities that will build the brand and increase revenues while maintaining ultimate control over iTunes, iTMS, FairPlay, and the iPod.
In order for this to be the best strategy, two things need to be true. First, the iTunes Music Store needs to be a strong money maker. If that is the case, licensing FairPlay does not make much sense, as it each song purchased elsewhere ? even if it is destined to be played on an iPod ? translate into lost revenue and smaller profits. Keep in mind that Apple said that iTMS was a loss leader designed to move iPods back when it was launched. However, in recent months, Apple has changed its tune, stating that the music business is a profitable one. But how profitable? Analyst estimations vary; most believe that it is just a few cents per song. Even if the figure is high, say a dime per tune, and Apple is selling 50 million songs per quarter, that translates only into just over a penny per share. Likely, it's less.
The other core belief in the "stay the course" scenario is that iPod sales will continue their strong and steady growth. The digital music player market is still a relatively new one, and the iPod Mini is just now starting to ship in volume worldwide. Demand is high, and Apple is the market leader. Here, the big question is "what will future iPod growth look like?" While the run on iPods shows no sign of slowing down, and no single compelling alternative (measured by mass adoption) has emerged, the time will come when everyone who wants an iPod will have one. The growth curve will flatten out as the market becomes saturated. Sure, people may move up from a Mini to a 20GB model as their library grows, but the iPod upgrade cycle will likely look much different from that of PCs. So in the near term, betting on continued iPod growth will likely pay off. In the long-term, this is an uncertain proposition.
Licensing FairPlay: what you need to believe
Should Apple open up FairPlay? That's the 64-dollar question here. After all, the cat is out of the bag with RealNetworks' Harmony. Aside from a probable legal challenge by Apple, there is not much standing in the way of RealNetworks licensing Harmony themselves. So Apple should beat them to the punch and make FairPlay licenses available on a limited basis. The demand is definitely there ? otherwise we wouldn't be talking about Harmony. Macrovision, the company behind the most widely-used digital rights management tool for CDs, has publicly expressed confidence that they will be able to obtain a license so that buyers of copy-protected music CDs will be able to copy DRMed music to iTunes and more importantly, the iPod. The number one source of complaints for Macrovision is that their software doesn't work with the iPod. Licensing FairPlay would solve that problem and give Apple serious inroads into the larger DRM market.
Isn't DRM what this is about after all? Despite the loathing many have for the very concept of digital rights management, the truth is that people are going to have to learn to live with it. We are in the midst of a major shift in consumer buying patterns. As broadband becomes more ubiquitous, the flow of music purchases from physical media to online channels will continue to grow. And whoever owns the format in which the music is sold stands to benefit the most. That's why Microsoft is in the music business now. Profits (if any) from selling music are pocket change for Redmond. They are more interested in ensuring that WMA is the DRM of choice for music sales, both online and in copy-protected CDs.
It's not about selling more digital music players or the most songs. The real battle is about which format will become the industry standard in the future. If Apple plays its cards right, they could win this fight. Music downloads are marginally profitable and iPod growth will eventually level off. However, the music game has fundamentally changed and there's no turning back. So Apple needs to make some smart strategic decisions about to whom they should license FairPlay and thus ensure their continued dominance in online music.
Given the small margins for online music sales, losing some sales to Napster or MusicMatch Jukebox will be a drop in the bucket. And if Apple can continue to deliver the superior user experience of iTMS, consumers will continue to buy their music from Apple. Licensing FairPlay to Macrovision would be a good move, especially if the industry is going to continue selling "dual session" and other copy-protected CDs. Velvet Revolver's debut release was the first copy-protected album to top the charts in the US, which arguably demonstrates that people will buy copy-protected CDs if the price is right and the band rocks. Apple would still be able to control who gets licenses, and in which products they can be used. So they could license FairPlay to other music stores and for copy-protected CDs, while still ensuring that the iPod is the only digital music player that can play FairPlay AACs. In this scenario, Apple continues to ride the wave of iPod popularity, adds profit from licensing deals to its bottom line, while possibly losing a few online music sales.
Opening up FairPlay is a winning strategy for Apple, and could go a long way towards ensuring Apple's continued dominance in the DRMed (not just online) music market.

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7th April 2012, 12:49 AM
Hey guys.. Lola is 14months now and ive noticed recently her eyes have been a little gungy and stained so ive just been cleaning them with salt water. Tonight I noticed that the whites of both her eyes were bright red and really sore looking. She was also panting quite a lot.. Do you think she maybe has an infection or some kind of irritation? We havent changed washing powder or anything like that so Im a bit stumped as to what to do.. Anyone experienced similar?


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Ski boots can make or break your skiing holiday, that's a fact!
Getting a comfortable fit from your boots can be a lot easier if you help your feet with a few simple steps.
The first thing to look at is your socks. You are best to wear one good quality, thin pair of socks. This allows for a good, exact fit inside the boot. When your feet slop around inside your boots, you lose serious ski performance inhibiting your ability to turn, and requiring much more effort. Your ski boots should feel like a firm handshake on your feet and lower legs. Sounds obvious, but be sure that there are no wrinkles in your socks – that can be a real killer for your feet and shins.
If you are still uncomfortable or your feet are slopping around, it's time to look at your equipment.
If you are travelling by air, due to luggage restrictions, it may be more convenient for you to rent boots in Queenstown. Choose a rental shop like Browns Ski Shop which carries several well known brands of boots to see which brand suits your foot shape best, and gives you the level of performance that you need. One boot type definitely doesn't suit all feet.
If you are thinking of buying boots, always work with a specialty boot fitter. This is one piece of gear that needs to be a collaborative effort between the boot fitter and you, if you want happy feet and great skiing.
There is a myriad of foot shapes and sizes out there, and now the solution for "happy feet" is available for all of them. It comes in the form of Fischer Vacuum Fit technology, it's a global sensation - truly!!! Fischer Vacu-Plast material (a funky type of plastic) enables complete anatomical adjustment of your boots. The shells of the Vacuum boots are heated and molded to your foot shape creating space where you need it. The next step is to "vacuum" the boot, allowing the Vacu-Plast material to mould and shape to where you don't need space as well, this gives the exact anatomical shape for your legs and feet. The end result is a boot that provides comfort, warmth and fantastic performance.
Bootfitting has come a long way in the past 10 years with more precise tools and better footbeds (orthotics for ski boots). This has made it easier to get the fit you require whether to new boots, or your existing pair.
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There's a lot of potential for hidden damage when shopping for a used truck.
It can be challenging enough to find any used vehicle without hidden damages or missed repairs. With a large pickup, buyers have to consider those things along with any potential problems caused by the amount of strain the engine has experienced due to towing.
A used F-150 that has cruised the highways of Eastern Washington will be a better buy than one that has spent the majority of its life towing an 8,000-pound trailer up and down mountain passes. Even worse is the pickup that has worked consistently over its towing capacity.
The only real ways to know if a truck has been overworked are to ask the seller or have a mechanic look closely for extra wear. Or, check the news to see if it's recently towed a space shuttle.
In what may go down in history as the ultimate marketing gimmick, a bone-stock Toyota Tundra will tow a retired space shuttle to its final resting place at the California Science Center on October 13. The Tundra, with a 5.7-liter V8 engine, has a towing capacity of about 10,000 pounds. The space shuttle Endeavour weighs about 300,000 pounds.
Naturally, the truck won't pull that weight without some help. A special non-powered towing dolly has been developed to assist the Tundra in getting the job done, but the image will surely look impressive and show up in countless Toyota marketing efforts.
(Incidentally, some GOP lawmakers have taken offense at a Japanese truck pulling the shuttle, and have let their concern be known that all "red-blooded Americans" should be equally offended. Last I checked, though, the Tundra is built here, and Japanese people bleed red, too.)
Ed Laukes, Toyota Motor Sales' vice president of marketing communications, said,
There is no larger or more recognizable icon of the U.S. space program's success than the shuttle, and to have it towed by the Toyota Tundra is not only an incredible example of the capabilities of the truck, but an honor to be part of history. The entire journey is something the world will be watching, and gives us a chance to prove that the 'overbuilt' Tundra is built to do any job—even tow the space shuttle.
Again, this is pure marketing hype, and the truck will tow the shuttle for only a quarter-mile, but still it could inspire other Tundra owners to try and test their "overbuilt" trucks, which only gives used buyers one more thing to look out for!
Does anything bother you about a Toyota Tundra pulling the space shuttle?
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Real-life babes (I nicked that expression from a friend, good isn't it) in three very different looks at the recent Blitz Vintage press party. Hubba hubba. Hey, if we all shop there maybe we can look this hot too...
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familiar faces - they all look cute.ReplyDelete
wonder what a blitzhunk looks like? i'll be in lnd next week!ReplyDelete
In love with that gingham number.ReplyDelete
They all look so cool, really like the poofy skirt and check top outfit though its my fav xReplyDelete
WOO! I scrub up alright don't I! Love the top 2 outfits too. Lovely photos as always xxReplyDelete
Very beautiful dress, I love the soft pink color.ReplyDelete
Hubba Hubba seems just about appropriate, these girls look stunning, that pink dress (the last pic) it looks pink in the picture. This is the defenition of finding a dress that conforms to your body perfectly!ReplyDelete
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Love these looks and the shop too!ReplyDelete
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LONDON — Nothing like a little early drama to get the heart pounding.
Dylan Armstrong of Kamloops flirted with failing to qualify for the final of the London Olympics shot put competition Friday morning -- throwing well below the standard on his first attempt, and fouling on his second -- but steadied the nerves in time to save himself with a final toss of 20.49 metres.
That qualified him No. 7 in the 12-man field for tonight's final.
"Hard part's over. It's always the hard part, qualification -- the nerves are high and pressure's on," said the 6-4, 310-pound Commonwealth and Pan-American Games champion, last year's world silver medalist.
"The first one I was trying to be easy, and it was a little bit too easy. Didn't nail it hard enough, and then the second one slipped -- the chalk's a little bit different; they don't let us bring our own chalk -- and it just . . . slipped. And I nailed the last one."
He hadn't planned for it to come down to one throw to make or break four years' hard labour since his fourth-place finish at the Beijing Olympics.
"You know, this is what happened to me in 2009, the Berlin championship where I didn't qualify because I just got too excited, so it can happen. But I think I'm ready," he said.
Shot putters normally don't do their qualifying in front of 75,000 people.
"I knew I had it in me, I've put in the work, but it's a whole different atmosphere out there," he said. "You try to prepare as much as you can to be in a situation like this, but nothing compares to this. And it's the morning. You're up early, so it's hard to get fired up because it's a long process. You look at everyone, they're throwing not even close to what they should be throwing. Across the board, it's way below, and that's quite normal. It's the pressure cooker. So it's kind of a relief to make the final."
American Reese Hoffa led all qualifiers with a throw of 21.36 metres, while David Storl of Germany and Tomasz Majewski of Poland also threw over 21 metres.
Armstrong said he couldn't begin to guess how far he will have to throw to earn a medal tonight.
"You look at the top 10 guys in the world and it's like everyone of them has a medal from a worlds or Olympics, so any one in that final could win," he said. "I just have to go for broke tonight."
Dylan Armstrong advances to shot put final
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[tweetmeme]After 3 years of writing Literacy is Priceless, I am officially retiring this blog and moving my education technology digital diary and passion for digital literacy to a new blog – dot.Learnt and a new digital sketchbook.
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Fall 2010: Bon Education launches dot.Learnt–a group blog written by team member and guests of Bon Education. dot.Learnt takes on topics at the intersection of education, technology and social media. It is a reflection of the work and thinking Bon does in the Middle East, North America and Asia. To visit dot.Learnt click here. Recent posts include:
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Credit and Ledgers
As the colonies grew, products from agriculture and manufacturing were sold to pay for farming and business supplies as well as personal needs. Bills of exchange representing credit for products grown or manufactured were issued to the farmer of tradesmansimilar to our present-day concept of credit. Colonists usually used this credit for purchases rather than cash. The credit could not be transferred from store to store or colony to colony as it can today. Rather, it could be compared to how a gift card would work today. Gift cards are only available to be used at the store for which it is intended. You may purchase items from that store for the amount that is available on your card (ledger). When it is "empty", you must get another card, reload the card, or pay by another method. Similarly, the colonial plantation owner or tradesman would need to provide more agricultural or manufactured product to receive more credit.
In this lesson, students:
- Explain how colonists purchased items using credit.
- Describe how colonial businesses recorded transactions using ledgers and waste books.
- Read a scenario and record entries into a waste book and individual ledger to simulate colonial credit transactions.
- Merchant Activity Directions
- Waste Book worksheet
- Ledger worksheet
- Benjamin Powell Waste Book (for lesson extension)
- Benjamin Powell Ledger (for lesson extension)
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- Discuss with students the process of using a gift card to buy things. The credit on the card is only good for that particular store, and the amount each item costs is deducted from the total amount on the card.
- Explain that the colonies didn't have many coins or much paper money, so most people used credit to buy things. Using the information in the Introduction, explain how credit works in the eighteenth century, comparing to a gift card. People would exchange their crops for credit, which they could use at particular stores.
- Ask students, "How would a store keep track of purchases without a computer?" In the eighteenth century, each storekeeper would keep track of how much credit a person had left to spend by writing it down in a ledger. They wrote down everything they sold, and to whom, in a waste book.
- Distribute the Merchant Activity Directions as well as the Waste Book worksheet to each student. Using the merchant activity, have the students record the transactions in the "waste book." Explain to students that although the colonists would have been using pounds, shillings, and pence, they will be using dollars for this activity. Note to teacher: This may be more beneficial to do as a whole group activity so students get the information recorded correctly.
- Tell students that at the end of the day, merchants would transfer the information from the waste book into individual ledgers to keep track of each person's accounts. Today each gift card is barcoded so that the remaining amount is recorded in a computer. In the eighteenth century, merchants had to write down in their ledgers how much each customer had left to spend at the merchant's store.
- Distribute the Ledger worksheet for the students to complete. Students should now transfer the information from the waste book into the individual colonists' ledger. Students should write the correct item on the correct ledger and subtract the amount of credit used, then total the balance of credit still available to the colonist on the bottom of the individual ledgers.
- To close the lesson, assign students to ask an adult with whom they live how they keep track of the household budget. Discuss their findings during the next class period.
Lesson Extensions
- Have students examine the Benjamin Powell Waste Book and Ledger and interpret the transactions listed there.
- Student may create a small ledger for their personal use extending through one week of school. They need to record "income" by listing allowances, earnings, lunch money, etc. and to record "expenditures" for anything they purchase.
This lesson was written by Shawn Cunlisk, Vancouver, WA, and Bill Neer, Baldwinsville, NY.


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The Venetian Pool is another gem given to Coral Gables by George Merrick. The pool was originally named the "Venetian Casino" when it first opened in 1923. It was formed out of an existing coral rock quarry. The beautiful Mediterranean style pool has two towers that look out over Coral Gables. Early on, the site was popular with many celebrities. Orchestras would even play in the bottom of the emptied pool on special occasions. The water that fills the pool comes from an underground aquifer. The Venetian Pool is also the only pool in the nation to be included in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Kobe Bryant admits to stealing Michael Jordan's moves
LA Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant took to Twitter to respond to Michael Jordan's claims that he "stole all his moves."
And the five-time NBA champion didn't deny imitating the Chicago Bulls legend, but said it was all part of the cycle that sees the best copy the best.
Speaking to the Associated Press, Jordan said he didn't think he'd lose in a one-on-one pick up game against legends like Jerry West, Julius Erving and modern day greats like LeBron James.
Although he did say that Kobe may have been able beat him - but only because he copied all his best moves.
Bryant didn't take long to respond though, writing on his Twitter account: "Domino effect. I stole some of his…this generation stole some of mine #thecycle"
The 35-year-old is working his way back to full fitness after tearing his achilles tendon towards the end of last season.
The 2008 MVP also took aim at the latest ESPN rankings that placed the Lakers 12th in the Western Conference.
It looks like that could be motivation enough for Bryant who simply tweeted: "12th".
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Improving the control of our nation's electronic component supply chain is critical to our national security. A number of programs at DARPA are targeting the improvement of techniques which authenticate the logic content and processing integrity of key components used in DoD systems. This talk will provide an overview of the challenge, and insights into promising technology mitigations.
Kerry Bernstein joined DARPA in September 2012 as a program manager in the Microsystems Technology Office. His interests are in the areas of hardware based cyber security capabilities, anti-counterfeit, anti-tamper and supply chain risk management. Mr. Bernstein came to DARPA from IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center where from 2002 until 2012 he was a research staff member working in the areas of high-performance, low-power devices, circuits and architectures, emergent post-CMOS logic switch technologies and architectures, 3D chip integration and radiation-induced upset modeling. From 1978-2002, he was an electrical engineer at IBM Microelectronics working in microprocessor circuit design, high performance product development and technology development applications. During his time at IBM he supported DARPA's IRIS and TRUST programs. Mr. Bernstein has co-authored four textbooks, holds 155 patents and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Mr. Bernstein received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.
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Is it in bad taste? Probably. Not like anyone here is wishing for injuries to happen to our boys, obviously. But with the frequency of them happening, and the damage that could be done to livers if it was a drinking game, this seems like a better way to make them more tolerable for this board.


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Great design stands the test of time. And so do good quality materials. Our Carisbrooke Ivory Framed kitchen is built on these principles. We took the ever-popular heritage style and gave it a subtle twist to create a kitchen that you'll be proud of for many years to come.
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Create dazzling sewn creations from this stunning Natural & White Wide Floral Cotton Calico Fabric! Measuring 108" in width with a 100% cotton construction, this pretty fabric offers a pretty floral pattern. Gather your sewing box and your imagination to create dresses, pillows, accessories, and even decor!
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Vote Chooch….again
In this topsy-turvy season, Chooch has been a rock of consistency, a true All-Star, if there ever was one. Online voting ends at midnight today and Chooch needs everyone's help.
He had another three-hit game last night that included his career-best 10th home run, which turned out to be the decisive run in a one-run win. He's drive in 17 of his 41 runs in the seventh inning or later. That's second in the NL to teammate Wigginton, who has 20.
The night raised Chooch's average to .361, almost 100 points above his .265 career average. He was the last Phillies catcher to hit .300, finishing with .302 in 2010. Phillies club record for a catcher is .368 by Smoky Burgess in 1954.
Vance picked up his first win since coming off the DL on June 4. His ERA for those five starts is 2.70.
The Phillies have a winning record on three days of the week, Wednesday (7-4), Thursday (7-2) and Friday (6-4).
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**Lehigh Valley won, 10-3, over Rochester. OF Jason Pridie, 4-5, double, two triples. Chase played all nine innings and was 2-5, home run, two strikeouts. RHR Tyson Brummett (3-1) picked up the win with 3.2 scoreless innings.
**Reading beat Richmond, 10-2, as LF Leandro Castro had a single, two doubles (22) and four RBI. SS Troy Hanzawa, double, triple, 3 RBI. LHS Mario Hollands (2-0) was the winner, one run 6 innings.
**Clearwater won, 5-3, at Palm Beach. Win went to LHS Austin Wright (7-2), 1 run, 7 innings.
**Lakewood lost, 9-5, to West Virginia. DH Chris Duffy, 2-3, home run, 2 RBI, boosting average to .396
**Williamsport dropped a 6-2 decision at Mahoning Valley. 3B Mitch Walding, 2-3, boosting his average to .400.
**Gulf Coast League Phillies unable to play for the second straight day because of tropical story Debby.
June 27, 1963: RF Johnny Callison hits for the Phillies' first cycle in 30 years in a 13-4 victory at Pittsburgh. In the same game, CF Tony Gonzalez's seventh-inning error ends his major league record for outfielders of 205 consecutive errorless games.
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The catalogue is a simple way to keep track of the work that has been done on groups of tomograms. This work normally aims at the definition of positions (and possibly orientations) inside each tomogram, so that subvolumes can be defined and cropped, to produce an unique data folder with its corresponding table that can be feed into a project for alignment or classification.
If you have already a set of subtomograms, you have already all the initial orientations you could reasonably extract from the tomograms and you don't want to extract the tomograms again, you probably don't need to define a catalogue. You already have all you need to start designing alignment projects.
Keeping a catalogue is not necessary for cropping particles out of your tomograms. The tools associated with the catalogue can easily be used independently at any stage. We however encourage you to organize your tomograms in a catalogue from the very beginning, as this induces a very smooth workflow and eliminates lengthy administrative overheads that are prone to happen on a later stage.
The main tool to work with catalogues is the dcm GUI, that also provides command line functionality to create, edit an extract information from catalogues. Help on command syntax: dcm
Getting started
The best way to get familiar with the logic of the Dynamo catalogues is by generating a test catalogue for a set of automatically created toy tomograms.
Basic functionalities
In the command line, most functionalities are accessible trough the dcm command. Type help dcm for an exhaustive list.
Note that if you apply these functionalities on a catalogue currently in scope in the dcm gui, the GUI will not update automatically. You need to press explicitly on the [list volumes] button. If these functionalities are invoked through the GUI, however, the list in the GUI will update automatically.
Creating a catalogue
In the command line, you can just type:
dcm -create myCatalogue
It will create a new catalogue in the current folder. It will appear as a folder called myCatalogue and a file called myCatalogue.
Entering a set of tomograms
During creation
You can enter directly a set of tomograms in the moment of creation of the catalogue through the flag fromvll
dcm -create myCatalogue -fromvll myList.vll
Here myList.vll is a [Volume list file | volume list]. This is just a text file; the syntax can be rather complex, but in its simplest form it can be just a file with a tomogram file name at each line, like:
tomogram1.mrc tomogram2.mrc
or yo can [Volume_list_file#Advanced_syntax | pass metadata] of each tomogram
tomogram1.mrc * def=1.2; * apix=0.6; * ftype =1; * ytilt = -45 60; tomogram2.mrc
Into an existing catalogue
In this case, the flag is addvll and you use the c flag to select an already exisitng catalogue (instead of create).
dcm -c myCatalogue -addvll myList.vll
Entering a single tomogram
You can use the addTomogram ( for at) flag:
dcm -c myCatalogue -at myTomogram.em
to add a single tomogram to an existing catalogue.


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The Suspicious Death of Rebecca Zahau, Murder or Suicide?
Ann Rule will be releasing a new book that will feature this very unique case:
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 16
In July 2011, a billionaire's Coronado, California, mansion was the setting for two horrifying deaths only days apart—his young son's plunge from a balcony and his girlfriend's ghastly hanging. What really happened? Baffling questions remain unanswered, as these cases were closed far too soon for hundreds of people; Rule looks at them now through the eyes of a relentless crime reporter.
Case Summary:
Rebecca Mawii Zahau, 32, was discovered dead on July 13, 2011, at the historic Spreckels Mansion in Coronado, California, owned by her live-in boyfriend, Medicis Pharmaceutical CEO, Jonah Shacknai.
Zahau's death occurred two days after Shacknai's six-year-old son Max took a fatal fall from a staircase banister in the same mansion. San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore announced on September 2, 2011, that Zahau's death was a suicide while the younger Shacknai's was an accident, and that neither was the result of foul play. Members of Zahau's family dispute the contention that her death was suicide.
Rebecca Zahau was born on March 15, 1979 in the town of Falam in northwestern Burma. She moved to Nepal and then Germany. She moved to the United States about 10 years before her death. Her parents and most family members live in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
She had an older sister, Mary Zahau-Loehner, a younger sister, Snowem Horwath, who lives in Germany, and a teenage sister, Xena Zahau, among other siblings.
She was married to Neil Nalepa of Scottsdale, Arizona, but their marriage ended by divorce in February 2011, and in May 2011 she returned to using her maiden name Zahau.
In 2008, she began dating the previously twice married bachelor, 50-year-old Jonah Shacknai, while still married to Neil Nalepa.
In 2011, Shacknai and Rebecca moved into an historic mansion in Coronado, California that had been built in 1908 by John D. Spreckel. The 13,000 square-foot dwelling featured 27 rooms and a guest house.
Shacknai has since sold the historic mansion to "an unidentified group of investors at an undisclosed sale price.
Max Shacknai's Death:
On July 11, 2011, Zahau and Max Shacknai were at the Spreckels Mansion along with Zahau's visiting teenage sister, Xena, when Jonah's son Max fell over a second-floor banister. There was speculation that he may have tripped over a ball or the dog. He fell head-first, suffering injuries to his spinal cord and facial bones, the former of which affected his heart rate and breathing.
Next to his body lay the large chandelier that had hung from the ceiling not far from where the boy had fallen. Investigators with the Coronado Police Department assumed the boy had grabbed the chandelier to break his fall.
Zahau said she was in the bathroom at the time; she found Max moments later, her younger sister had called 911.
Max was not breathing and unresponsive, and was taken to Rady Children's Hospital.
Max died on July 16 due to brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation resulting from his injuries.
On July 26, investigators ruled the boy's death as an accident. However, a trauma doctor who examined Max prior to his death and autopsy stated to police that he did not believe Max's visible injuries from his fall were consistent with the cardiac arrest and brain swelling experienced by him, and suggested that Max may have suffocated prior to his fall.
Rebecca Zahau's Death:
On July 12, the day before her death, Zahau went to the airport to drop off her 13-year old sister, Xena, for her flight back to Missouri, and then picked up Shacknai's brother Adam Shacknai, who had just arrived on a flight from Memphis.
Zahau and Adam Shacknai ate dinner with Jonah Shacknai and his friend Howard that evening, and then returned to the mansion. Adam Shacknai stayed at the mansion that night in a guest house on the property.
There were reports of loud music coming from the mansion that evening.
Jonah Shacknai was supposedly keeping a vigil at Max's bedside with Max's mother Dina Romano; he would leave the hospital to recuperate at a nearby Ronald McDonald House.
Adam Shacknai stated that he found Zahau nude, hanging from a balcony, with her wrists and ankles bound, at roughly 6:45 AM on the morning of July 13.
He called 911 at 6:48 AM, and then sent a text message to his brother to inform him of the news.
He cut the body down and placed her on a grass lawn prior to the arrival of police.
Zahau was gagged with a blue, long sleeve T-shirt wrapped around her head with the sleeves double knotted and stuffed into her mouth. There was also what appeared to be tape residue on her legs.
On a bedroom door not far from where the rope used for the hanging was anchored, someone in cursive writing using black paint, had written: "She saved him you can save her."
Medics attempted to revive her, but pronounced her dead at the scene. The police initiated forensic and toxicology testing on her body as part of an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Dr. Jonathan Lucas, the San Diego County Medical Examiner, performed the autopsy. He found four hemorrhages under Zahau's scalp (but no lacerations), and evidence of tape residue on her legs. The forensic pathologist found traces of blood on her legs as well.
Investigators indicated that DNA evidence at the scene pointed to Zahau.
On September 2, 2011, San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore, amid rampant speculation of foul play, announced that Rebecca Zahau's death was a suicide. Distraught over Max Shacknai's accident on her watch, she had hanged herself. The sheriff's office closed the case.
The scenario involving Rebecca Zahau is unique insofar as no woman had ever taken off her clothes, gagged her mouth, bound her own hands and ankles without any assistance, then hanged herself. According to the police theory she would have to have hopped out onto a balcony, while bound, and then somehow maneuvered herself up and over a railing that surrounded the balcony.
Late in July, San Diego Sheriff's Office Sergeant Roy Frank said this to a reporter: "There are documentations of incidents throughout the country where people have secured their feet and hands to commit suicide. They do it to make certain they can't escape if they change their minds."
While that may be true, the fact remains that no woman has ever hung herself naked, in full public display outdoors, while bound and gagged.
The medical examiner, Dr. Jonathan Lucas, in response to a mounting criticism in the press regarding his manner of death ruling, indicated that Rebecca may have struck her head on the balcony on the way down. In addressing the blood on Zahau's legs, the forensic pathologist identified the cause as either a menstrual period, or an intrauterine device. The medical examiner offered no explanation for the presence of the tape residue.
Dr. Maurice Godwin, a private forensic consultant from Fayetteville, North Carolina with a Ph.D in criminal psychology, told a reporter that Zahau's death had all the earmarks of a "ritualistic killing," and that the suicide had been staged. In Dr. Godwin's opinion, someone had dazed Zahau with a blow to the head, then tossed her off the balcony.
Dr. Lawrence Kobilnsky, stated that the medical examiner's suicide manner of death determination was "premature." Dr. Kobilnsky said he believes that someone had delivered a substantial blow to Zahau's head. The forensic scientist said, "The chances of bumping into the railing, going over the balcony and hitting your head four times is highly unlikely."
Dr. Werner Spitz, said he thought the San Diego medical examiner's manner of death ruling in the case made sense.
People close to Zahau expressed doubt that she would have committed suicide. Zahau's elder sister said in an interview that "I still believe my sister didn't take her life", and in a written statement on behalf of the family wrote that "Rebecca valued her life and lived her life to its fullest. Rebecca loved God, her family and life."
Her younger sister commented more strongly by e-mail, "Becky did not commit suicide. My sister was murdered." Her former trainer also stated that "She was always happy [and] always smiling when she came in. I didn't see a problem or anything like that."
Family members disputed police characterizations of Zahau as depressed, describing her instead that as a happy person.
On September 7, the family launched a website JusticeForRebecca.org seeking donations to fund their own investigation into Zahau's death. The site states: "It was obvious that the Sheriff's Department had worked too hard to paint this picture of suicide and they were not about to let the Zahau's ruin it."
Rebecca Zahau's family hired Seattle lawyer, Anne Bremner, to represent their interests in the case, and to pressure the San Diego Sheriff's Office to re-open the investigation of Zahau's death. The district attorney's office, and the attorney general, declined.
Bremner expressed derision at the medical examiner's conclusions, stating ""This would be the first case in the history of the world that a woman killed herself like this ... It's ridiculous on the face of it."
Dan K. Webb of Winston & Strawn LLP, a lawyer for Shacknai, alleges that other statements of Bremner's imply that Shacknai used his wealth and profile to improperly influence the probe into Zahau's death. He sent a cease and desist letter to Bremner warning her that certain statements of hers constituted defamation, as well as being "highly insensitive on a human level" and contributing to "the harsh and unkind glare of a national media frenzy."
Shacknai also hired public relations firm Sitrick and Company to represent him the week after Zahau's death.
In response to media inquiries, a Sitrick and Company employee stated that Shacknai had hired the firm to handle his large volume of incoming calls in the days after the deaths, to give him time to grieve and make arrangements for the funerals.
On November 15, 2011, Dr. Cyril Wecht, the celebrity forensic pathologist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, appeared on the "Dr. Phil" television show to voice his professional opinion regarding the cause and manner of Rebecca Zahau's strange and sudden death.
(See the YouTube links at the end for a replay of those shows.)
Dr. Wecht, at the behest of attorney Anne Bremner, had performed a second autopsy of the victim's exhumed body. While he found Dr. Lucas' initial autopsy thorough, Dr. Wecht questioned the medical examiner's suicide manner of death determination. Wecht said the four hemorrhages beneath the scalp could have not have been caused by hanging. "You have to have blunt force trauma for that," he said. "You have something of a rounded, smooth surface that impacts against the scalp, this not producing a laceration." According to Dr. Wecht, Zahau could have been knocked unconscious, which would explain why her body did not have any defense wounds from a struggle. The former coroner of Allegheny County agreed that the woman had died from hanging, but believes her manner of death should be changed from "suicide" to "undetermined."
Dina Shacknai, Max Shacknai's mother, in order to acquire the boy's autopsy photographs, filed a suit against the San Diego Medical Examiner's Office on April 12, 2012. Dina and her supporters were looking for proof that someone had murdered the 6-year-old boy. They did not believe the wounds on his head had been caused by the fall. (It's not clear if they suspect Rebecca or her sister Xena, or what motive they assign to the homicide.)
On July 16, 2012, the one-year anniversary of Max Shacknai's death, Dina Shacknai and her attorney, Angela Hallier, held a press conference in Phoenix. According to the lawyer, the family possessed information from "privately retained experts" that proves the 6-year-old had been murdered at the Coronado mansion.
On August 6, 2012, a spokesperson for the Coronado Police Department confirmed they had met with Dina Shacknai and her attorney regarding Max Shacknai's death. Police investigators had agreed to read the report containing the opinions of forensic scientists who believe the boy could have been murdered. One of those experts, Dr. Judy Melinek, a forensic pathologist with the San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office, reportedly believes that Max was too small to have gone over the balcony railing. Moreover, she believes his head injuries are not consistent with a fall.
On September 10, 2012, a spokesperson for the Coronado police announced there would be no reinvestigation of 6-year-old Max Shacknai's death. Investigators believe that the boy tripped while running, grabbed a chandelier, hit his back on the banister, and fell to his death.
Further Information:
Dr Phil's shows on the Zahau case:
Part One:
Part Two:
Dr Drew speaks to Lindsey Philpott (The Knot Guy) on the feasibility of Rebecca tying herself up:
Tricia has featured the case in two of her shows:
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November 26, 2012, 2:27 pm, Mon Nov 26 14:27:02 UTC 2012 #2FFJ Senior Member
San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore announced on September 2, 2011, that Zahau's death was a suicide while the younger Shacknai's was an accident
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I think this sheriff is barking up a tree and is wrong! What a tragic situation! Life sure is a trial!elle: The RST can't handle the truth!
Just my opinion.
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Cynic, is this yet another case of a rich and powerful family influencing LE to reach a conclusion that benefits themselves. Meaning the rich and powerful family. This case is soooo convoluted it is pathetic. A woman who hangs herself naked...never happened! Murder all the way"When are we going to get our heads out of the sand and understand that sometimes really nice people who look good on the outside are dastardly on the inside." Wendy Murphy, former prosecutor, MA
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Elle and Zoomama,
Amazing isn't it?
This is actually more of a travesty of justice by way of money than the JonBenet case.
The investigators were so defensive about their decision that they actually posted a video on the San Diego County Sheriff's Department website showing a woman tying her hands behind her back with the same type of knots. The desperation is staggering.
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The woman doing the demonstration of winding a rope around her wrists is doing exactly just that, doing a demonstration. She isn't in the same frame of mind as the woman who has lost her senses. Yes, I'm seeing it, but I find it difficult to believe a woman contemplating suicide would make the actual act as cumbersome as this scene. So many easier ways than this, I'm sure. The mind of anyone thinking on suicide is surely anxious to get it over and done with than to sit naked fooling around with a rope. This young woman doing the demonstration has obviously practised it many times. I also refuse to believe any woman would actually go through this scene stark naked. It's too far fetched for me! jmoelle: The RST can't handle the truth!
Just my opinion.
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I agree completely.
Some of your remarks echo that of the knot expert, Lindsey Philpott, that appeared on the Dr Drew show to comment on the absurdity of the police video. This guy allegedly worked on the JonBenet case, although, I have never heard his name prior to this.
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[quote=cynic;193458]Hey Elle,
I agree completely.
Some of your remarks echo that of the knot expert, Lindsey Philpott, that appeared on the Dr Drew show to comment on the absurdity of the police video. This guy allegedly worked on the JonBenet case, although, I have never heard his name prior to this.
Thank you cynic for posting this video of Dr. Drew and Lindsey Philpott
confirming what many of us think. Its an insult to our intelligence to expect the public to accept the first demonstration.
So frustrating this case is not being treated as two murders. Let's hope this case will be reopened!elle: The RST can't handle the truth!
Just my opinion.
June 14, 2018, 9:10 pm, Thu Jun 14 21:10:09 UTC 2018 #8
I just watched Marcia Clark's program dealing with Rebecca Zahau. The polygraph expert she consulted said that Adam Shacknai failed his polygraph; the examiner who administered the test said it was inconclusive.
I don't think I had heard the 911 call before. Adam S. kept repeating that she had hung herself. Who comes across someone gagged, with bound feet, hands tied behind back, hanging from the end of a rope, and instantly concludes that the person killed herself? You wouldn't. You'd assume that the person had been murdered.
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