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After you upgrade or roll back your operating system, a yellow exclamation point displays next to SM Bus Controller in Windows Device Manager. A Cannot Install this Hardware message might also display.
note:This document pertains to a problem with the driver for the SM Bus Controller. If you are looking for driver downloads, see Obtaining Software and Drivers.
When you upgrade or change Windows to another version, the drivers for the chipset might not install correctly. This causes Windows Device Manager to display the problem with SM Bus Controller.
Figure : Exclamation point next to SM Bus Controller in Device Manager
Figure : 'Cannot Install this Hardware' message
Follow these steps to resolve the issue.
Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet.
Open Device Manager.
Windows 7 and Windows Vista - Click Start , and then type Device Manager into the into the Start field. Click Device Manager from the search results.
Windows XP - Click Start, right-click My Computer, click Properties, select the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
Click the plus sign next to System Devices, and then find the SM Bus Controller entry.
note:If you do not see an SM Bus Controller entry, your computer does not have an SM Bus Controller or it is not recognizing the controller. Restart the computer and perform these steps again. If you still do not see an SM Bus Controller entry, your computer does not have an SM Bus Controller.
Right-click SM Bus Controller, and then select Update Driver. Follow the instructions to update the driver software.
If these steps resolved the issue, you do not need to continue troubleshooting.
If the computer did not find or install the correct driver, continue with the next step.
Open the DirectX Diagnostic Tool.
Windows 7 and Windows Vista - Click Start , and then type dxdiag into the into the Start field. Click dxdiag or dxdiag.exe from the search results.
Windows XP: Click Start, click Run, type dxdiag in the Open text box, and then press Enter.
Click Yes to open the DirectX Diagnostic Tool.
Click the Display tab.
Find your chipset information in the Device section.Figure : Chipset information in the DirectX Diagnostic Tool
Open a Web browser window, and then navigate to a Web search page, such as Google or Yahoo.
note:Check the Related Links section of this document for links to some of the most common chipset manufacturers' Web sites.
Type the full name of your chipset in the search text field, and then press Enter. Use the search results to go to the official Web page of the chipset manufacturer. Browse to the driver download page, and then follow the manufacturer's instructions to download and install the drivers for your chipset.


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GeoSocials, the location based social game that we released a few weeks back for iPhone is now available as an Android application developed from ground up using Adobe AIR.
For those of you who are not already aware, GeoSocials is a real-time, location based, social game played around you. It's a whole new way of exploring the world around you, meeting new people, and getting rewarded in the process. The broad theme of GeoSocials is Play, Win and Socialize. You can check out more details in our earlier article here.
So yes, as promised, GeoSocials is now ready for all you Android fans to download!
So, if you've got your Android device handy, just make sure that it supports Adobe runtime (GeoSocials can only be downloaded to Android devices that support it) and start blazing your trail!
With the latest release, Android users will be able to hit the game with two new features – Vote-A-Deal and GeoSocials Places. Both features are tailored with a twist. Our take on the features was all about revisiting how deals are and will be made in the future and how the places users visit will respond and benefit from all link love users, like you, give it!
'Vote-A-Deal' is all about getting the place you love to respond the kind of feedback, loyalty and affinity users have and give. Using this we intend to get users to decide where they would like a deal and help them score one! GeoSocials Places enhances users' game play tactics by leveraging their favourite places as GeoBuddy sites, a special treasure drop zone or even utilize their brand loyalty for the 'Vote-A-Deal' feature.
We're going to continue to evolve GeoSocials as we expand the platform availability and we'd love to hear back from you after you've signed up and started unlocking your world one neighbourhood at a time!
All of the developments present and future, will always be designed to facilitate players to make instant and real connections with people both in terms of physical proximity and established social connections. At its heart, GeoSocials is about evolving our social relationships from the virtual space to the real world we live in. It's always been about that for us.
In addition to challenging their friends or new acquaintances to a friendly real-time hyper-local game, users can now use the two new features to further heighten their social-game experience by allowing them to wish-list a deal via vote, visit the place in person for an actual game-hook-up, or even expand their game outside of their city via the game platform to a social level by exchanging and posting updates or notes, recommending the same to new friends or even highlighting an event, product or personal experience, all in real-time.
Remember to check your Android device for Adobe AIR runtime support, but most importantly, get cracking and HAVE FUN!
GeoSocials can be downloaded via this link for both iPhone and Android: www.geosocials.com/download.

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On the heels of my post about Medstartr and Indiegogo healthcare crowd funding, I was interested to receive the information that a new crowdfunding site called Health Tech Hatch is launching today.
Here's a short quote about what Health Tech Hatch is trying to do:
"What differentiates Health Tech Hatch from other crowdfunding sites is our sole focus on health care projects, which we combine with expert feedback and mentorship," says Patricia Salber, CEO of Health Tech Hatch. "We've made it our mission to help young health and health tech companies build a viable nest for the brilliant ideas they are ready to hatch."
Depending on the nature of their innovative ideas, entrepreneurs may opt to have projects evaluated by panels of medical experts, patients, wellness consumers and providers, such as physical therapists, fitness trainers and nutritionists convened by Health Tech Hatch. The Senior Healthcare executives on the Health Tech Hatch team also provide feedback to the entrepreneur and offer advice and services to help grow a business.
It is a huge challenge to build a community large enough to support crowdfunding, but I'm glad to have another entrant that's working to solve the many healthcare problems we have.


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One of our most cherished Christmas traditions at Mimi's Kitchen is our Christmas Eve festivities. We are invited to Boy Mimi's God Parents house for an evening of feasting and fun. The evening always starts with an incredible meal, featuring Mrs. A's famous meatballs. It's a secret recipe, which even I don't have, but I do know that the meatballs are browned and then simmered in cream, making them the most delicious meatballs I have ever had. Boy Mimi loves these meatballs and has been known to consume massive quantities, so he has become the official meatball assistant. He heads over the day before the party to help Mrs A. with the meatball production. I always quiz him on what is in the recipe when he gets home, but all he ever says is, "Meat, of course!" So it still remains a secret, but even if we do discover the recipe, they will never be as good as they are at Mrs. A's on Christmas Eve.
Besides our meal, we sing carols, play Christmas trivia games, and have a gift exchange. The evening ends with everyone heading off to church for the midnight Christmas Eve service. As our families have grown and kids have married, our group has expanded to include in-laws, boyfriends and girlfriends, and assorted relatives. We wanted everyone to be able to participate in gift giving, and since it is pretty hard to buy thoughtful gifts for people you don't know all that well, we have modified our gift exchange into a gift card exchange. What makes this a little more special than just handing out cards is the way we "wrap" our gift cards. So not only do you get a gift card, but a fun little gift as well. The packaging is a clue to the store; sometimes the clues are easy to guess, while others leave us stumped, but intrigued as to what is under the exterior. Mrs. A's family is crafty as they come (check out her daughter's own blog in words and pictures if you want proof!) in the past we have had all of these things under the tree: a picture frame with Prince William PhotoShopped into some vineyards, (Williams-Sonoma), a Michael Buble CD (Michael's craft store), an eye patch with a tuning fork (iTunes), a jigsaw puzzle of a barn (Barnes and Noble), and a barrel of monkeys inside a crate (Crate and Barrel).
As soon as we walk in the door, we begin checking out the wrapped cards, trying to figure it out while we eat and sing, waiting for the exchange so we can see if we guessed the gift cards correctly.
Since we express our creativity in the form of baking here at Mimi's Kitchen, we decided to make gift card cookie clues. We have done red glittery stars for Macy's, red and white bull's eyes for Target, Hibiscus flowers for Trader Joe's and biscotti for Starbucks. These make good hints as to what is in the package, and the recipient gets a tasty snack. We haven't decided what gift cards we will be bringing this year, but we do know that our clues will be edible!
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Our contenders in the ring of Diggergate'12 are…
Susan Gillespie, an American academic anthropologist and archaeologist, noted for her contributions to archaeological and ethnohistorical research on pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, in particular the Aztec, Maya and Olmec. This champion holds many titles: Associate Professor at the University of Florida, AAA Executive Board Member, 1990 Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize from the American Society for Ethnohistory and the 2002 Gordon R. Willey Prize.
Ric Savage, retired professional wrestler and history hobbyist, noted for his contributions in the independent wrestling circuits under the ring name "Heavy Metal". Savage also hold titles: GAWF Southern Heavyweight Championship, two-time NCW World Tag Team Championship and two-time SWA World Heavyweight Champ.
The Play:
Savage's new reality TV show, American Diggers, travels across the country digging up American treasure. In classic Heavy Metal fashion, Savage attempts to spike piledriver our nation's history.
Bill Carter, journalist for The New York Times, interviews Gillespie as she speaks on behalf of her fellow members at AAA:
Our main issue is that these shows promote the destruction and selling of artifacts which are part of our cultural heritage and patrimony.
Savage's Vice President for Development at Spike TV, Sharon Levy, replies with:
He has a right as an American citizen to do this…He's not going anywhere he shouldn't be. He's not digging up the pyramids.
While Savage's sunset flip might be one of his signature moves in wrestling, his unethical profiteering practices are not one for the books.
Read Carter's article: TV Digs Will Harm Patrimony, Scholars Say
Special Note: *The great phrase DiggerGate'12 was started by our friends at The Wenner-Gren Foundation. Thanks!


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What Is The Greatest Sports Call Of All Time? You Made The Call
By Barry Janoff, Executive Editor
August 26, 2010: You know 'em, you love 'em or hate 'em, you can't watch a sports event on TV or listen on radio without 'em. Not every sports announcer has a golden voice, but the ones who do bring gold to the event they are covering.
The first MLB game broadcast on radio was the Pittsburgh Pirates playing host to the Philadelphia Phillies at Forbes Field on Aug. 5, 1921, on KDKA with announcer Harold Arlin (Pittsburgh won, 8-5). The first MLB game on TV as on NBC predecessor W2XBS on Aug. 26, 1939, when Red Barber announced the game between the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. That year also saw the first TV broadcast of a college football game (Waynesburg College vs. Fordham University) and the first pro football game telecast (the Philadelphia Eagles at the Brooklyn Football Dodgers).
So in 2010, with HDTV, 3D TV, Satellite Radio, ESPN and 24/7 sports programming, the question is:
What is the best sports call of all-time? According to the readers of NYSportsJournalism, the Top Ten are:
1) Al Michaels "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" 39.5%
The underdog U.S. men's hockey team took on "big time Russia" in the medal round on Feb. 22 at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, NY. With a few seconds left and the U.S. leading, 4-3, Michaels uttered the phrase heard 'round the world. Ironically, the game against the Soviet Union was not shown live (it aired on ABC-TV in a 3 1/2 tape delay on the East Coast, a 6 1/2 hour delay to the West Coast). The U.S. went on to win the gold medal by defeating Finland. (Hear it here.)
Three trivia facts about "Do you believe in miracles?":
• Michaels' broadcast partner was Ken Dryden.
• The winning goal was scored by team captain Mike Eruzione at the ten minute mark of the third period.
• The last ten seconds of the broadcast with Michaels' actual call were used in the 2004 movie, Miracle. The extended commentary: "Eleven seconds, you've got ten seconds, the countdown going on right now! Morrow, up to Silk. Five seconds left in the game. Do you believe in miracles? YES!"
2) Andres Cantor "Goooaaaalll!" 15.8%
Soccer commentator and announcer Andres Cantor has been using the signature phrased for most of his career, but first brought it to U.S. audiences during the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. (Hear it here.)
Three trivia facts about "Goooaaalll!":
• It was used as part of a Volkswagen commercial in 1998.
• It has been made available as a ringtone by Telemundo.
• Cantor was featured in a Geico commercial announcing a chess match.
3) Howard Cosell "Down goes Frazier!" 14.5%
Howard Cosell uttered the famous line on Jan. 22, 1973, during the heavyweight championship fight between George Foreman and Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica. Frazier was 29-0 at the time and the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, a title he had held since February 1970. When the undefeated Foreman (37-0) put down Frazier in the 1st round, Cosell repeated the classic phrase three times: "Down goes Frazier!" "Down goes Frazier!" "Down goes Frazier!" Frazier was knocked down six times by Foreman within the first two rounds, who ultimately won by a TKO. (Hear it here.)
Three trivia facts about "Down goes Frazier!":
* This was the first boxing broadcast televised by HBO.
• Immediately before the phrase, Cosell said, "I think Frazier is hurt. Angie Dundee, Ali's trainer, right next to me, is saying it. You might hear him . . ."
* Right after the phrase, Cosell says, "The heavyweight champion is taking the mandatory eight count, and Foreman is as poised as can be in a neutral corner!"
"Ernie Harwell and Red Barber called the game on NBC-TV but the audio didn't survive, so it is Russ Hodges' radio call of Bobby Thompson's 'The Shot Heard 'Round the World' that is played over the actual TV footage."
4) Russ Hodges "The Giants win the pennant!" 9.2%
On Oct. 3, 1951 Game 3 of the three-game playoffs to decide National League pennant was decided in the bottom of the ninth inning on "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" off the bat of Bobby Thompson (who just passed away) on a pitch from Ralph Branca of the Dodgers. The Giants won the first game of the three-game set, the Dodgers the second. Brooklyn led 4-1 going into the bottom of the ninth. When the Giants scored a run and put two others on base, Brooklyn manager Charlie Dressen replaced Don Newcombe with Branca, whose second pitch to Thompson went into the left field stands at the Polo Grounds, setting in motion Hodges' call over WMCA Radio. Ernie Harwell and Red Barber called the game on NBC-TV, but the audio didn't survive, so it is the radio call that has since been played over the actual TV footage. The Giants went on to lose to the New York Yankees in six games in the World Series. (Hear it here.)
Three trivia facts about "The Shot Heard 'Round the World":
• The phrase "The shot heard 'round the world is from the poem "Concord Hymn" (1837) by Ralph Waldo Emerson, originally used for the dedication of the Obelisk, a battle monument in Concord, Mass. that commemorated the men that gave their lives at the Battle of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775), the first battle of the American Revolution.
• The Dodgers lost Game 1 of the three-game series during which Branca gave up a two-run home run to Thompson.
• Hodges repeated the phrase, "The Giants win the pennant!" four times in succession, then said, "Bobby Thomson hits into the lower deck of the left field stands!" before saying it again. He then continued, "And they're goin' crazy, they're goin' crazy! Heey-Oh!"
5) Jack Buck "I don't believe what I just saw!" 7.9%
The Los Angeles Dodgers trailed the Oakland A's 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth in Game 1 of he 1988 World Series. The A's sent in Dennis Eckersley to pitch in relief of Dave Stewart. With two outs, Eckersley walked pinch-hitter Mike Davis, and Dodgers' manager Tommy Lasorda sent in Gibson, who had not played due to knee injuries suffered in the NLCS against the New York Mets. Gibson was at a 3-2 count when he hit the pitch into right field stands at Dodgers Stadium that prompted Buck's call over CBS Radio: "I don't believe what I just saw! I don't believe what I just saw!" The Dodgers went on to win the World Series in five games. The extended call from Buck, who was on the radio with Bill White, was: "Gibson swings and a fly ball to deep right field. This is gonna be a home run! Unbelievable! A home run for Gibson! And the Dodgers have won the game, 5 to 4. I don't believe what I just saw! I don't believe what I just saw! Is this really happening, Bill?!"
Three trivia facts about "I don't believe what I just saw!":
• Wheaties put Gibson on a special edition cereal box and used the Jack Buck call as the voiceover to a commercial in 2005 that recreated the event in a softball game.
• This was Kirk Gibson's only at-bat in the 1988 World Series.
• Vin Scully called the game on NBC-TV: "High fly ball into right field, she is . . . gone!! In a year that has been so improbable . . . the impossible has happened!"
6) Kevin Harlan "With no regard for human life!" 6.6%
In Game 4 of the 2008 NBA Eastern Conference semi-finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics, the Cavs' LeBron James drove down the lane past to Celtics' defenders and threw down a monster jam over Kevin Garnett, which led TNT's Harlan to scream the phrase. Cleveland won the game to tie the series at 2-2.
7) Johnny Most "Havlicek stole the ball!" 3.9%
In the closing moments of Game 7 of the 1965 NBA Eastern Conference finals between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers, Boston was leading 110-109 when the Sixers' Hal Greer attempted an in-bounds pass to teammate Chet Walker. But Havlicek read the play and stepped into the passing lane. Most's call on local Boston radio was: "Greer is putting the ball into play. He gets it out deep. Havlicek steals it. Over to Sam Jones. Havlicek stole the ball! It's all over! Johnny Havlicek stole the ball!"
8) Joe Starkey's call in the 1982 Cal-Stanford football game: "The band is out on the field!"
9) Vin Scully on the ball hit by Mookie Wilson of the New York Mets that rolls through the legs of Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series: "A little roller up along first . . . behind the bag! Here comes [Ray] Knight and the Mets win it!"
10) Mike Keith's call in the Tennessee Titans' Miracle City Playoff win Jan. 8, 2000: "10, 5, end zone. Touchdown Titans. It's a miracle. Tennessee has pulled a miracle!"


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When you step into the large, dark basement hall where Friday Night Fights are held in New York City, you immediately feel the energy in the room.
Fighters and fans alike roam through the informal setting, but the big ring, the blasting music, and the ice cold beer remind you this is no amateur production.
Since 1997, Friday Night Fights (FNF) has been putting on Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts events throughout the country, but in 2011 it decided to focus exclusively on Muay Thai kickboxing events.
Once a month in New York City, they organize their namesake production, Friday Night Fights, one of the more incredible spectacles on offer in the city.
Muay Thai is a form of martial arts from Thailand, known as "the art of eight limbs" (or weapons) because fighters can utilize punches, kicks, elbows, and knee strikes, providing eight different points of contact.
Unlike Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), which is illegal in New York State, Muay Thai competitors cannot grapple on the ground but must stay upright and fighting throughout the match.
Mixed Martial Arts has been steadily growing as a popular form of entertainment, particularly with the growth of brands like the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Justin Blair, president of FNF, told Business Insider that as a result of MMA's rise in popularity, Muay Thai, which can be more palatable to some fans, has great potential to gain audience.
Friday Night Fights events feature amateurs and pros, with about 10-15 matches per event – two or more being professional bouts. More often than not, even the pros are not full-time Muay Thai boxers and have side jobs ranging from martial arts instructors to engineers. There are even some prominent bankers among the fighters.
We attended the league's opening event for the 2013 season in January to see what the fights and the fighters are all about.
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Electronics Projects: How to Use LEDs to Detect Polarity
In this project, you build an electronic gadget that uses two LEDs to indicate the polarity of an input voltage. The voltage is provided by a 9 V battery connected to the circuit via a DPDT knife switch that's wired to reverse the battery polarity. The two LEDs and their corresponding resistors are mounted on a small solderless breadboard.
But before jumping into the project, a little background on LEDs is in order. A light-emitting diode (also called an LED) is a special type of diode that emits visible light when current passes through it. The most common type of LED emits red light, but LEDs that emit blue, green, yellow, or white light are also available.
The schematic diagram symbol for an LED:
The two leads protruding from the bottom of an LED aren't the same length: The shorter lead is the cathode, while the anode is the longer lead.
Whenever you use an LED in a circuit, you must provide some resistance in series with the LED. Otherwise, the LED will light brightly for an instant, and then burn itself out. In this example, the LED is connected to a 9 V DC supply through a 470 Ω resistor.
To determine the value of the resistor you should use, you need to know these three things:
The supply voltage: For example, 9 V.
The LED forward-voltage drop: For most red LEDs, the forward-voltage drop is 2 V. For other LED types, the voltage drop may be different. Check the specifications on the package if you use other types of LEDs.
The desired current through the LED: Usually, the current flowing through the LED should be kept under 20 mA.
Once you know these three things, you can use Ohm's law to calculate the desired resistance. The calculation requires just four steps, as follows:
Calculate the resistor voltage drop.
You do that by subtracting the voltage drop of the LED (typically 2 V) from the total supply voltage. For example, if the total supply voltage is 9 V and the LED drops 2 V, the voltage drop for the resistor is 7 V.
Convert the desired current to amperes.
In Ohm's law, the current must be expressed in amperes. You can convert milliamperes to amperes by dividing the milliamperes by 1,000. Thus, if your desired current through the LED is 20 mA, you must use 0.02 in your Ohm's law calculation.
Divide the resistor voltage drop by the current in amperes.
This gives you the desired resistance in ohms. For example, if the resistor voltage drop is 7 V and the desired current is 20 mA, you need a 350 Ω resistor.
Round up to the nearest standard resistor value.
The next higher resistor value from 350 Ω is 390 Ω. If you can't find a 390 Ω resistor, a 470 Ω will do the trick.
Note that the minor increases in resistances mean that slightly less current will flow through the resistor, but the difference won't be noticeable. However, you should avoid going to a lower resistor value. Lowering the resistance increases the current, which can damage the LED.


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Published February 2011.
The NRICH website is full of rich tasks and guidance. We want teachers to use what we have to offer having a real sense of what we mean by rich tasks and what that might imply about classroom practice.
We do not present lesson plans because this is contrary to the very nature of what we are about. If we wrote lesson plans it would imply there is only one way to use our resources and also that there is only one route through a problem. As many of our tasks have the potential for multiple starting points, multiple routes and multiple endpoints; any suggestion that there is a well-defined lesson that can be built around them is wrong. However, we realise that we need to help people get started, so we produce resources such as teachers' notes for each of the problems and mapping documents to help link NRICH resources to the bigger picture. These additional resources are professional tools which can aid teachers' development. In keeping with our aim to support teachers supporting themselves, there is also an online CPD (continuing professional development) package for Primary teachers all about rich tasks (it would be nice if there were one for secondary teachers too but we have not found the funding to implement this as yet). We also offer face to face CPD. Such development offerings are made in the context of NRICH's philosophy, so we hope we not only offer rich tasks but that we also offer rich CPD.
So, when I was approached by Pete Griffin (NCETM SW regional coordinator) to run a session on the CPD equivalent of rich tasks, our discussion of what that might look like led to the question:
Here is a list of characteristics of a rich task adapted from my article on the NRICH website. Not all problems on the website cover all these characteristics but I believe that any rich task will map to a number of these characteristics. The task:
You might notice some division of these descriptions and that is because I want to emphasise the point about rich tasks being more than a problem in isolation, it is also about:


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That "God" person must be one crazy primate, given the twisted frantic obsessiveness with which its fans fret about Purity in the Female.
Being in a room with a boy who's not part of your family is considered damaging to the girl's purity. Purity becomes a minefield and the only way to avoid it is, I'm sad to say this, staying at home. Inside your house. Seriously, don't even take out the garbage because some boy might say hi and talk to you, and you would be flirting. And anyway, what if somebody saw you? They'd gossip their mouths fuzzy that you're having a secret boyfriend and once that's in people's minds, you're about as damaged as a vase somebody dropped out the 13th floor on the hard concrete sidewalk. [Read more…]


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Police in California are looking to question Chris Brown over allegations the star was involved in an altercation with fellow singer Frank Ocean on Sunday night.
The two stars and their entourages are said to have clashed following a dispute over a parking space outside a recording studio in West Hollywood.
Cops were called to break up the dispute, and Ocean gave his version of events, but Brown had reportedly left by the time the officers arrived at the scene.
A statement released by officials at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has now confirmed cops plan to contact Brown to investigate allegations he punched another man during the stand-off. No arrests were made and the identity of the man who was allegedly assaulted was not released.
Brown, 23, is currently serving probation stemming from a 2009 attack on his then-girlfriend Rihanna.


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If it's a second conditional, then were is the favoured form in formal language. If it's not a conditional, then it could be singular or plural depending on the preferences of the variant. What's the wider context?
When writing about a movement, which is correct:
If the Civil Rights Movement were not successful..., or
If the Civil Rights Movement was not successful...
My instinct tells me the use of 'was' is accurate as it is referring to a single movement. However, I have seen it written using 'were' in a professional document.
If it's a second conditional, then were is the favoured form in formal language. If it's not a conditional, then it could be singular or plural depending on the preferences of the variant. What's the wider context?
It's subjunctive. A "contrary to fact" hypothetical.
Hello, Ms. Geremia:
1. I believe (repeat: believe) that most people today would not use the so-called subjunctive when referring to the
2. As we now know, the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's was not unsuccessful. It was very successful. We are talking
about reality.
3. According to the greatest grammarian of all time (my opinion, of course):
"The past subjunctive ... for reference to the past is much less common than the present subjunctive for reference to the present and future, for it is contrary to the now almost universally recognized principle that the past subjunctive refers to the present or future."
And he was writing in the year 1931!
4. That great scholar does say that in older English, the past subjunctive "were" was, indeed, used in sentences such as yours ( as SoothingDave reminded us).
5. I do not know how much you know about the subjunctive (I know very little), but it is still used here in the United States
for the present and future. But many books advise against using it to refer to past events.
P.S. Your sentence has nothing to do with singular or plural. As you know, the verb depends on the word "movement." For example, "The Civil Rights movement is studied in the public [state] schools." / "If the Civil Rights movement were taught in your school, would you take the class?" [As Tdol reminded us, some English speakers would use "was" here. Just as some people say, "If I was rich, I would fly to the moon," instead of "If I were ...."]
That great scholar was Professor Dr. George Oliver Curme. He explains this on pages 424 - 425 in the second volume of his 1931 masterpiece A Grammar of the English Language.
Wow, this explains it all very well. Thank you, James. I do not know much about the subjunctive. As a matter of fact, I enjoy writing a great deal but when it comes to explaining grammar, I draw a blank most of the time. This is exactly why I joined this forum.
Thank you all for your replies.
"IF THE civil rights movement were as unsuccessful as the environmental movement has been, Rosa Parks' granddaughter would still be sitting in the back of a segregated bus."
I think there is a mistake here. It should read, "If the civil rights movement had been ..."
I agree. My problem is, I can't explain why. Is it to keep consistent with '...as the environmental movement has been...' part of the sentence? And what is the 'had been', is it past subjunctive like 'were'?
Hello, Ms. Geremia:
1. Yes, I agree that "had been" is better, too.
2. I think that we are dealing here with a so-called "mixed conditional."
a. "If the movement had been unsuccessful [third conditional], her granddaughter would still be riding in the back of the bus." [second conditional].
3. If it were ("were"!) all third conditional, it would read: "If the movement had been unsuccessful, her granddaughter would still have been riding in the back of the bus." Presumably, that is not the meaning intended by the author of the sentence.
Let's say I have an uncle who is still alive. He is a plumber. I could start a sentence with "If my uncle were a teacher ..." because he exists and it is perfectly possible to consider/imagine a different profession for him. In fact, he could still become a teacher.
Now assume my uncle is dead. He was a plumber. I would not be able to say "If my uncle were a teacher ..." I would have to say "If my uncle had been a teacher ...", or "If my uncle had not been a plumber ..."
The Civil Rights movement has happened. It's over. (Please don't take that as a political statement!) Therefore, anything we say about it has to refer to a hypothetical past not a hypothetical present or future.
The Civil Rights movement was successful. Had it not been successful, the world would be a very different place.
The Civil Rights movement was successful. If it had not been successful, the world would be a very different place.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.


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The Astronomical Clock in Prague's Old Square displays not only time but sunrise, sunset, zodiac, mean revolutions of the moon, and a whole bunch of other crazy stuff. It recently celebrated its 600th birthday with this incredible projected light show.
According to a commenter at BoingBoing, the projection took 4 months to create and used 2 Christie 18K HD projectors—that's 5000x1200 resolution.
The projection mapping was done by Michal Kotek and Lukáš Duběda at The Macula with sound design by data-live and production by Tomato Production. And while the projection is pretty insane, the clock itself, which has over 20 functions, might be even crazier.
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Decided on May 23, 2011
Supreme Court, Kings County
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Freemont Investment & Loan, Plaintiffs,
Sushma Rambaran, Seema Rambaran, Hemant Rambaran, HSBC Bank USA, NA, as Indenture Trustee for the Registered Noteholders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-2 and Philip Baldeo, Defendants.
Plaintiff was represented by Bradley D. Wank, Esq., Delbello, Donnellan, Weingarten, Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP, One North Lexington Ave., White Plains, NY 10601.
Defendant HSBC USA, NA was represented by Eric Rosenberg, Esq., The Law Division of Fidelity National Title Group., Inc., 350 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10118.
Herbert Kramer, J.
Is a mortgagee a bona fide purchaser in the situation where apparent discrepancies existed between affidavits of zero-consideration, the HUD-1 form, and the closing checks?
This Court holds that a genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether the mortgagee was a bona fide purchaser due to the discrepancies in the closing documents.
Plaintiff alleges that on or about April 10, 2005, title to the premises which is the subject of this action (the Property) was transferred from defendant Hemant Rambaran (Hemant) to himself and defendant Baldeo both at 50% ownership. On or about August 10, 2005, Baldeo and Hemant obtained a loan in the amount of $302,250.00 from Freemont Investment and Loan (Freemont). In connection with the loan Baldeo and Hemant executed a note and as collateral security executed a mortgage for Freemont. It is undisputed that the note and mortgage was not recorded. Furthermore, Freemont admits that it not currently in possession of the mortgage documents. [*2]
Thereafter on March 30, 2007, Hemant executed a deed purportedly conveying all of his right title and interest to the premises to defendants Seema and Sushma, his daughters. The deed was recorded on March 30, 2007. On March 30, 2007 Seema and Sushma executed a note and mortgage for $423,750.00 secured by the Premises in favor of MERS as nominee for Delta Funding Corporation (Delta). The mortgage was transferred from MERS as nominee for Delta to HSBC.
Plaintiff alleges that Hemant's transfer to his daughters was fraudulent and that HSBC was or should have been on notice of the fraudulent transfer and therefore Freemont's mortgage should have primacy. In support of this position plaintiff relies upon two affidavits delivered at the March 30, 2007, closing in which Hemant states that he has received zero consideration for the transfer of the premises, that the transfer was between family members and two transfer tax documents which state that the consideration for the transfer was $0. In contrast to those documents, the HUD-1 form states that Hemant received $296,000.00 in consideration for the transfer. Lastly, plaintiff asserts that the checks issued at the closing were endorsed to parties other than Hemant and his daughters, further casting a suspicious light on the transfer.[FN1]
New York is a "race-notice" state as provided in NY RPL § 291: "A conveyance . . .may be recorded. . .Every such conveyance not so recorded is void as against any person who subsequently purchases or . . contracts to purchase…the same real property in good faith and for valuable consideration, from the same vendor…and whose conveyance…or contract is first duly recorded…" Essentially there are two basic aspects to the statute. First, one who records will have priority over subsequent claimants, whether they have recorded or not. Second, one who records, without notice of an unrecorded prior claimant, will also have priority. See NY RPL § 291; Mortgage Liens in New York § 10:3 et. seq.
However, there are several exceptions carved out of this general rule. For example, a prior recorded mortgage would lose priority to an unrecorded mortgage if the mortgagee had notice, actual or constructive of such a conveyance. If a purchaser has knowledge of any fact, sufficient to put him on inquiry as to the existence of some right or title in conflict with that he is about to purchase, he is presumed either to have made the inquiry, and ascertained the extent of such prior right, or to have been guilty if a degree of negligence equally fatal to his claim, to be considered a bona fide purchaser. Maiorano v. Garson, 886 N.Y.S.2d 190 [2d Dep't 2009] citing Williamson v. Brown, 15 NY 354, 362 (internal citations omitted).
On a summary judgment motion the court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion, giving that party the benefit of every reasonable inference and determine whether there are any triable issues of fact outstanding. Branham v. Loews Orpheum Cinemas, Inc., 8 NY3d 931 [2007]. The court must determine if the [*3]moving party's papers justify holding as a matter of law that the "cause of action or defense has no merit." Marine Midland Bank, N.A. v. Dino & Artie's Automatic Transmission Co., 168 AD2d 610 [1990]. It is well established that summary judgment is a drastic remedy that should not be granted where there is any doubt as to the existence of a material issue of fact or where the issue is arguable. Stillman v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 3 NY2d 395 [1957].
Initially, a summary judgment movant has burden to set forth evidentiary facts sufficient to entitle that party to a judgment as a matter of law, tendering sufficient evidence to eliminate any material issue of fact from the case, and that showing must be made by producing evidentiary proof in admissible form. Santanastasio v. Doe, 301 AD2d 511 [2003]. Generally, a party does not carry its burden in moving for summary judgment by pointing to gaps in its opponent's proof, but must affirmatively demonstrate the merit of its claim or defense. Dalton v. Educational Testing Service, 294 AD2d 462 [2002].
The defendant, HSBC moves for dismissal on the grounds that the defendant's purported lien was not recorded at the time that HSBC took a mortgage on the subject property. HSBC asserts that it had no knowledge, actual or constructive of the purported lien and therefore a bona fide good faith purchasers/encumbrancers and that the mortgage which they hold has priority.[FN2]
Plaintiff, in opposition to the motion contends that HSBC is not a bona fide purchaser in good faith because, as discussed above, the closing documents associated with the transfer of the property between Hemant and his daughters conflict. Plaintiff further asserts that the contradiction between the documents raised HSBC's duty to inquire as to whether the transfer was a fraudulent transfer designed to evade Hemant's creditors.This Court holds that the discrepancies in the closing documents were sufficient to put HSBC on notice to further inquire as to the bona fides of the transaction. No evidence has submitted that HSBC engaged in any additional investigation in light of the discrepancies. Rather, it seems that HSBC simply pushed the documents through without the critical eye which is required in these transactions. Gone are the days in which closing documents are merely meant to be shuffled and stacked. A lending institution has an affirmative duty to inquire into the bona fides of the documents, prior to taking mortgage [*4]on a property. If they fail in that duty their status as a bona fide purchaser is threatened. See, Southwell v. Middleton, 17 Misc 3d 1129(A) [Sup. Kings. 2007].[FN3]
Accordingly, the motion is denied.
This constitutes the decision and order of the court.
Footnote 1:Tom L. Moonis, Esq. Submitted an affirmation authenticating copies of checks issued in connection with the 2007 closing, which involved Delta Finding (now held by HSBC) and the Rambarans. The checks were issued to persons and entities including Sushma Rambaran, HKR Construction, Varsha Construction, and 81-83-85 Blake Avenue LLC.
Footnote 2:HSBC submits the affidavit of Renee Hensley, the manager of Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, the servicing agent for HSBC's loan to the Ramabrans. She asserts that "accompanying the other documents in the origination file for the Mortgage was a HUD-1 form, which is a standard form that is executed in connection with real estate sales and mortgage transactions.. .The buyers/borrowers – in this case Sushma and Seema Rambaran – execute the form, whcih contains an itemization of the loan and the disposition of the loan proceeds that are being disbursed at or near the time the HUD-1 is executed. It is the usual practice of Ocwen. . .to rely on those documents. . .the [HUD-1] indicates that, of the $423,750 in loan proceeds. . .$296,000 were paid as consideration to H. Rambaran.' Ms. Hensley's affidavit fails to discuss the contradictory affidavits of zero-consideration or the closing checks issued to other entities.
Footnote 3:Where the court held that discrepancies between the closing checks gave rise to a duty to further investigate the transactions.
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Googoosh (born on 5th May 1950 (15th Ordibehesht 1329)) is an Iranian pop singer and former actress. Her career in the performing arts has spanned 5 decades. Following a 21-year performing ban imposed by the conservative government of Iran (where she continued to live following the 1979 Islamic revolution), Googoosh finally left the country in 2000 to undertake a world tour, re-establishing her status as the most successful Iranian artist of all time. The phenomenal success of these concerts was testament not only to her lasting quality as an artist, but a tribute to generations of Iranians who, despite over two decades of silence, demonstrated their continuing love and loyalty to an enduring star of a bygone era. In turn she rewarded their devotion with proof that she continues to remain relevant to today's audiences, showing that she is a star not only of the past, but of the present and the future. Personal life Googoosh's first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani. He was a music promoter who had helped Googoosh make a name for herself throughout the '60s. They married in February 1967.They had a son, Kambiz,who currently lives in Los Angeles and who is also in the music industry. Ghorbani was extremely abusive to Googoosh. After about six years of marriage, Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972. In 1975, Googoosh married Iranian actor Behrouz Vosoughi. They divorced fourteen months later, in 1976. During the late 1970s, Googoosh became involved with Homayoun Mestaghi, but after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Googoosh served a three-month jail sentence because she was living with him outside of marriage, which was illegal under the Islamic regime. Several years later, Googoosh divorced Mestaghi. She married director Masoud Kimiai in 1991.They divorced in 2003 Faegheh Atashin, nicknamed Googoosh, was born in 1950 in Tehran. She lost her mother when she was an infant and moved with her father to Tehran. Her father, Saber, was an entertainer and a comedian, and he encouraged Googoosh to sing in bars and cafés in Laleh-Zar Street of Tehran when she was only 5 years old. Her singing at such an early age prevented her from getting any kind of a primary education. In 1960, when she was only 10 years old, she had a successful role in the movie The Runaway Angel (1961), a film by George Obadiah. Her first experience with cinema, however, was a movie by the title of Hope and Fear (1960) in 1958. Googoosh was discovered by Iranian composers for her natural singing talent, where she created a unique style in modern Iranian music and became a pop culture icon among the Iranian youth. In 1969, the notorious "mini-joupe" dress was a fashion among young Iranian girls who imitated Googoosh. Her famous short haircut in 1975 is still popular among females in Iran. Googoosh is said to have been a victim of underworld organizations who controlled cabarets and bars in Tehran. One of the underworld bosses, Parviz Ghorbani, the owner of "Shokoufeh Nou" cabaret was the brain behind conspiracy against Googoosh where he made created enormous debt in her name. In 1973, she married Ghorbani against her will to pay her debts. She has a son, Kambiz, from her first marriage. Googoosh starred in many popular movies, among which were Bita (1972), Honeymoon (1976) (Honeymoon), Hamsafar (1975), Mamal Amricayi (1975) and Dar emtedad shab (1978) are the most popular. She also starred in 3 Crazies (1968) with Garshasb Raoufi and Mohammad Motevaselani. Her acting career ended with the 1979 revolution in Iran. She acted with Behrouz Vossoughi, the most popular actor of his time, in several movies and later joined Saeed Kangarani in the erotic movie Dar emtedad shab (1978), which was well-received by Iranians, as well as other Middle Eastern countries. Critics, however, never considered Googoosh a successful actress. In 1976, she married Behrouz Vossoughi, but their marriage only lasted for one year. Before their marriage, Vosoughi was already engaged to Pouri Baneai, another popular actress. This marriage, however, ended the friendship between Banaii and Googoosh. With the Islamic commotion of 1979, Googoosh stopped her 25-years of singing and acting career for good. She also refused to leave Iran and consistently rejected lucrative offers for recording new albums outside the country. According to Parviz Khatibi, the late Iranian director, Googoosh left Iran right after the revolution and stayed in New York for a while. This stay, however, was so short that many Iranians don't remember it. She married Masud Kimiai and choose to resides in an apartment in the north of Tehran. On July 2000, Googoosh finally broke 21 years of silence by announcing an unexpected, but much anticipated, North American tour, starting in Toronto. 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Austerity's "War on the Poor": U.K. Edition.
It is helpful to get a bead on austerity, its impact on poor people, its overall pattern of poverty creation, and its degradations by looking across the pond to where austerity unbounded has had time to metastasize into law, and actual changes in people's lives. Polly Toynbee of The Guardian warns about these cuts, set to start on April 1st, or Monday, because the media have not publicized them.
Food stamps, or food vouchers, are being introduced as a substitution for emergency grants. A 230 million L. program is being reduced to 178 million L. through this change. No one will miss the the missing 52 million pounds./s Many interpret this change as a distrustful projection, ….. that beneficiaries of emergency grants are not actually asking for help for things that they truly need, i.e., food. This will have secondary effects of people not being able to buy other necessities such as transportation to job interviews (bus fare). These emergency grants were supposed to function as a safety net under the safety net. What will take their place when other necessities are needed in an emergency?
The Bedroom tax is being introduced. Low income folks who receive help with a housing subsidy are having that subsidy reduced by a tax for each spare bedroom they might have. (I am not joking.) Starting Monday, housing grants will be reduced by an amount in accordance with whether one has a spare bedroom based upon the number of occupants. This may affect 660,000 tenants. Should they have to move? Would that even be possible?
Responsibility will shift away from national bureaucracy to local councils who will be responsible for administering shrinking assistance grants and who will be hearing all of the complaints because help is being reduced. Legal aid for low-income folks will be reduced from 22 million to 3 million Pounds, so good luck with your lawsuits and legal complaints. Then there are cuts to assistance paying for child-care.
Disability claims are all up for reconsideration with the express purpose of denying as many as possible. Privatization of evaluations to non-professionals (non medical staff) who routinely ask disturbing questions to the mentally ill claimants and generally act like robots, will be in play. Their goal will be to deny as many claims as they can come up with reasons to do so. A recent Guardian piece found Denial of unemployment or job seekers claims if any reason can be found to deny an application. If an unemployed person misses an appointment or fails to make a contact, that will be an excuse to drop their application, placing them back at the beginning of the application process and denying assistance to their family for that much longer. The Guardian caught the job-centre folks deliberately sanctioning applicants. The disabled stand to lose 28 billion pounds from up to six kinds of cuts over five years, according to a Demos report sourced in the Guardian.
Cameron et al have deliberately created a divide between alleged "skivers" and "strivers" in a demonize the jobless and poor campaign. Cameron and his ilk have been openly disparaging those who have lost jobs and are out of work, describing them as "the neighbors from hell" and as lazy cheats. This demonization has been going on ever since turncoat Cameron became ensconced like a poison spewing barnacle on the body politic after his election. His lordship has done more to advance class warfare in the U.K. than other leaders all the way back to Thatcher. He's actually complained out loud on behalf of those with paying jobs, about having to know that their neighbor is at home and not at work or on their way to work like they are. Only 3% of U.K. social assistance benefits go to folks who are out of a job!
The most toxic policy change has been something called workfare. Workfare has been in the news because….Workfare consists of hours of unpaid labor required of those receiving unemployment benefits in the U.K.. It is supposed to be for training so a jobless person can get a paying job. Workfare has worked out handsomely for the rich corporate store owners who have used workfare workers to stock shelves in their grocery stores for no pay. Workfare's impact has been to increase unemployment among job seekers by reducing openings now filled by workfare workers, working for no pay and no benefits. Workfare has also used up the time which jobseekers could have used to actually have gone to school to actually have been retrained. Without any visible positive effects for job seekers, other than to enrich store owners, workfare has functioned only to fill the smug vengeance complex of those seeking to punish the jobless in some way.
Symbols of distrust (food vouchers), 22.6% cut in emergency grants, cuts in housing grants if one has a spare bedroom, deflection of responsibility to local councils, cuts to child care, cuts to Legal Aid, privatization of disability evaluations to nonprofessionals and denial of claims, denial of jobseeker claims whenever possible, demonization of assistance recipients, working for nothing under WorkFare to enrich private companies. That's the pattern of austerity's war on the poor; U.K. Edition.
II. Health and Social Care Act Begins Monday.
After 25 years of attacks to the NHS, the death dealing changes made at the NHS, have severely impacted patient care. But that is a deliberate impact which will be legally ratified on Monday when this new law takes effect. The Health Act will speed the demise of the NHS by increasing the privatization of many of its functions. Hospitals will be at risk of closing. The most impacted will be those in the lowest income groups for whom there is no access to private medical clinics and to private health insurance. "People will die.":
"The government consistently claims the NHS budget is protected. In reality, the NHS is being forced to make cuts dressed up as efficiency savings of £15bn-£20bn by 2015. Across the country, A&Es, maternity and other services are being closed, with thousands of jobs lost. Patients with chronic and complex diseases will continue to lose services essential for their care. In north-west London, four A&Es have been downgraded, with none for the boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing and Brent – a population of 750,000 or a city the size of Leeds. As a result of these changes, people will die.
Once you combine the consequences of the Health and Social Care Act with PFI debts, NHS trusts going bust, efficiency savings and cherry-picking, the NHS withers away. Rationing of care will become more widespread until we have a two-tier system in which the haves will take out private insurance and the have-nots will be looked after by a third-class health service."
N.B. 4.1.13: The Bedroom Tax is going to be reviewed in High Court in May, thanks to a petition from this organization. It is called WeAreSparticus!
Bad News: 4.1.13: Guardian (Polly Toynbee) reports on the NHS decommissioning.
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Entries from Everest
May 19, 2015
Posted by: Dave Hahn
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
RMI Guide Dave Hahn reflects on the events surrounding Mt. Everest and the Nepal Earthquake tragedy.
Mount Everest was simply too big for climbing in the Spring of 2015. The RMI Expeditions team was on the mountain and giving it our very best effort when the Nepal Earthquake struck and changed all priorities.
Six climbers -guided by myself, Jeff Justman and our Sherpa Sirdar Chhering Dorje- made the trek in from Lukla over ten days. We were one of the very first Everest teams to reach the 17,500 ft Basecamp this season, pulling in healthy and strong on April 4th. RMI Veteran Guide Mark Tucker, our capable Basecamp Manager, was already on scene along with our Sherpa climbing team and camp support staff. Frequent snowstorms didn't keep our team from making a series of acclimatization hikes to local "summits" such as Kalapathar and Pumori Camp One. With great interest, we followed the progress of the Icefall Doctors as they forged a "new" route up the Khumbu Glacier to the Western Cwm. Our own training and reconnaissance runs through the Icefall were pushed back by repeated snowstorms but we persevered and moved into Camp One at 19,900 ft on April 23. On the morning of April 25th, the team had climbed to Camp Two (Advanced Basecamp at 21,300 ft) and returned to Camp One ahead of a threatening snowstorm when the magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck. Luckily, due to the poor weather, our Sherpa climbing team had cut short their own climbing mission that morning and had exited the Khumbu Icefall well before the quake hit. Giant ice avalanches thundered down from seemingly every steep mountainside.
Fortunately, within just a few minutes via radio, we were able to establish the whereabouts and safety of our entire team. Nonetheless, the reports from basecamp were disturbing in the extreme. The airblast caused by an avalanche off Pumori had decimated a number of camps while largely flattening our own. Mark Tucker estimated they'd been hit by a cloud of ice debris moving at perhaps 150 miles per hour. Even so, Tucker and our Sherpa team engaged in a heroic, prolonged and strenuous effort to attend to the numerous casualties of the disaster. Those of us at Camp One could do nothing but sit out the snowstorm and hold on for the inevitable aftershocks. This pronounced and continued shaking made it abundantly clear that a hazardous and time-consuming effort to rebuild the Icefall route was out of the question. On April 27th, we came back down to basecamp by helicopter. We were considerably relieved to be safe and united once again, but the scope of the disaster was becoming increasingly clear. As reports of widespread destruction and disruption across Nepal now came flooding in, climbing mountains quickly receded in importance. Our Sherpa team was justifiably anxious to be getting back to check on homes and loved ones. We formally ended our climbing expedition and made plans for heading home.
The three-day walk down toward Lukla allowed ample opportunity for contemplation. Our emotions were conflicted by the bizarre circumstances we found ourselves in. In the days immediately following the quake, foreign climbers and trekkers had quickly fled the Khumbu Valley, leaving it blissfully quiet. As much as we enjoyed the solitude, we each were aware that we were seeing the beginning of the financial disaster that would inevitably follow the natural disaster. Tourism is virtually the only source of revenue in rural Nepal. We tried to reconcile the absolute beauty of the setting, still majestic with snow-topped peaks and magical with blooming rhododendrons, with the tragedy on display in the villages. We walked through funeral ceremonies and past ruined stone homes and lodges. Locals still greeted us with a warm "Namaste" even as we learned from our Sherpa staff that homes and businesses in these still-picturesque villages were destroyed and that insurance for such losses did not exist. Then we were down to Namche and Lukla and naturally our focus shifted to getting ourselves out to Kathmandu. We were simply thankful that facilities like the airports seemed to be getting back to business as usual. Convinced that getting ourselves out of Nepal as quickly as possible would be our best service to the Nepalese, we each left the country within one or two days of reaching Kathmandu. I'm certain we were all relieved to get back to the safety and comfort of our homes… but none of us could truly leave behind what we'd seen and experienced. The aftershocks continued and we were all acutely aware that the 7.2 quake on May 12th had scored a direct hit on the villages of our own Sherpa/Nepali expedition staff. Previously weakened structures had come down completely and entire villages were ruined. We are each now struggling from afar to find ways to help those who've helped us so much. It is quite a different mountain than the one we set out to climb back in March… but it is a worthy struggle nonetheless.
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Posted by: Tripti on 1/11/2016 at 1:19 am
Namaste from Truchas. Having twice trekked in the Khumbu, climbed Pokalde & Imja Tse, and was involved with the Friends of Shanta Bhawan clinic, I have strong affection for the people of Nepal, particularly the Sherpas. For anyone who is considering making a donation I most highly recommend the American Himalayan Foundation (http://www.himalayan-foundation.org)as an organization that will properly direct all contributions.
Posted by: Richard Hasbrouck on 5/25/2015 at 9:57 am
May 3, 2015
Posted by: Dave Hahn, JJ Justman, Mark Tucker
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
Elevation: 4,383'
Rain, thunder and lightning continued late into the Lukla night, but we all felt pretty confident that the dawn would bring perfect flying weather… Which it did. We were up at 5 AM and over to the craziness of Lukla International Airport by 6 AM. At around 7 or so, a twin engine prop plane came in with the right letters and numbers on its tail and we pushed our way through the crowd to catch our flight. That flight was blissfully uneventful and by 7:30 we were just another batch of tourists in Kathmandu... Rubbernecking from our van to catch whatever signs of quake damage we could see on the way to our comfortable hotel. A casual observer could easily go unaware of the tragedy unfolding in the country around us… things are quickly returning to "normal" for those with means in the capital. The hotel was jam-packed with correspondents, camera crews, diplomats and a few grubby climbers. We met a number of our guide friends -some of whom had ambitious and worthy plans to go out to remote villages to do what they could to save lives, and some of whom, just like ourselves, intended to get out of the country as soon as possible so as not to require care and feeding from an already over-stressed society. Our team passed the afternoon resting, cleaning up, exploring and reconnecting. I was lucky enough to connect with the legendary Miss Elizabeth Hawley for the team's all important post-climb interview. As expected, there wasn't much to relate in terms of climbing goals achieved… none-the-less, we chatted for a delightful -and perhaps a bit melancholy- hour over the continuing challenges of these contemporary Everest seasons.
Back at the hotel, our team assembled for one final evening together, with a couple of toasts and a fine rooftop dinner. We were not even remotely cold or uncomfortable, we weren't in danger and we had a rising and beautiful full moon to entertain us.
Tomorrow we'll scatter to ride a number of bigger and faster aircraft toward our own homes. Thank you for following along in this challenging season. We each feel extremely fortunate to have come unscathed through extraordinary circumstances. To this point, we've had the convenience and satisfaction of placing cash directly into the hands of those who've suffered… from this point onward, we'll try to match the generosity of those at home… Making considered contributions to responsible aid organizations benefiting all Nepalis.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
Dear Dave, your post have been a blessing to me. I have been praying for all of you, and for the sherpa and their family, also for the people of Nepal.
Have a safe trip back home! God Bless You all, Pastor Sylvia Joplin
Posted by: Pastor Sylvia Joplin on 5/4/2015 at 4:12 pm
Glad you and your team are safe and finally on your way home. Your blog has been extremely informative and I've looked forward to reading them and of your previous exploits. You may not recall but back in 1990 as a way to thank the team at VM sports medicine for rehabbing your leg you took a small group of us up Mt Rainier. I was in that group and you had me rope lead behind your lead. I applaud you on all your accomplishments and look forward to reading about many more. Stay safe.
Posted by: greg faulkner on 5/4/2015 at 11:27 am
May 2, 2015
Posted by: Dave Hahn, JJ Justman, Mark Tucker
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
Elevation: 4,383'
Another surreal day of spectacular hiking and beautiful mountain vistas… mixed with up-close and sad recognition for the cost of lost homes and disrupted lives in the Khumbu Valley. I suppose it is surreal because we would never have chosen to be "tourists" in a disaster area… But here we are. We left Namche at around 8 this morning under perfectly blue skies… And fervently hoping that this meant that the fixed wing planes were coming and going freely from Lukla… Dispersing the crowd we'd heard so much about. The first part of the day was spent in the forests… Where there was little sign of the earthquake. But the bigger portion of the day was spent in the succession of farms and small villages in the valley bottom outside the National Park boundaries. Of course, many houses and buildings were untouched… but a significant number were cracked and damaged beyond reasonable repair. Very few had collapsed… And we were told that there had been few injuries and few deaths in these areas… Probably because Sherpas would have been outside and working hard at midday when the quake struck. And sure enough, the phenomenally strong work ethic in the area had men out moving rocks, plastering and repairing damage wherever possible when we strolled by. People without any form of insurance stood in front of ruined structures, in this fabulously beautiful setting, and smiled and bid us "Namaste" as we passed. Those that we knew, asked us first if we were all ok before acknowledging that they themselves would need to start over completely. We walked until about 2:30 PM to reach Lukla just as the raindrops began to fall. The town and the airstrip appear largely intact… And thankfully, the crowds (mobs…as we'd heard them described a few days ago) seem absent. So far, so good with our plan for coming down the valley slowly so as to allow things to normalize in front of us.
One of our Sherpa team startled me today as we took tea in his sister's place in Monjo… He thanked me for saving his life. I was baffled and embarrassed until he explained that my decision (which had actually been made in consultation with Jeff Justman and Chhering Dorjee) to have the Sherpas drop the loads they were carrying for Camp II at Camp I on the day of the big shake had meant they weren't in the Icefall later in the day at the exact wrong time. As I say… I was startled… Hadn't done the math myself. We'd asked them not to carry on to CII because of the threat of snow and avalanches off Nuptse… Not because of imminent earthquakes. But I'm now so incredibly glad that they were well down the icefall and safe for whatever reason. I deserve no credit whatsoever for getting lucky… But our team can take generic credit for having put safety first, once again, and having reaped unexpected benefits.
We are "scheduled" for the first wave of flights to Kathmandu tomorrow. Perhaps luck will still be with us.
Best Regards,
Dave Hahn
Your team, the thoughtful decisions you make, and your sensitivity to local conditions and customs are all reasons that RMI enjoys such an enviable safety record and remains the gold standard for guided mountaineering. We all join you in your continuing support for the recovery efforts and in keeping the resilient Nepali people in our thoughts and prayers.
Posted by: Everett Moran on 5/3/2015 at 10:08 pm
So grateful that all of you are safe and on your way home even though your goal of the summit was not to be this year.
Posted by: Susan on 5/2/2015 at 7:19 pm
May 1, 2015
Posted by: Dave Hahn, JJ Justman, Mark Tucker
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
Elevation: 11,300'
Thankfully, it was another sparkling sun and blue sky day. We got out of Pheriche by 8:15 AM and got walking out of the alpine zone and down into the land of the living. Helicopters continued to buzz back and forth overhead, traveling to Everest Base or to Gorak Shep, most likely. We encountered a few more trekkers and porters still heading up valley today, but drastically fewer than normal, which made for another quiet and easy day on the trails. We took our time, stopping in Pangboche to check on acquaintances and to pay respects to victims, but then we moved on across the river to Deboche and up to Thyangboche, which was abnormally calm and quiet. The classic and grand monastery was visibly damaged and seemed abandoned for the moment. We sat and rested in the quiet for a time before heading down the big hill and into waves of blooming rhododendrons. Then it was up the next big hill and along the dramatic traverse trail to Namche. We saw plenty of eagles and lammergeiers, Himalayan Tahr… And lots of evidence of massive rocks having crossed the trail in the quake. We've found our way back to our favorite place in Namche… Camp De Base. Damage in Namche seems slight, but we have been reminded that the earth isn't through moving yet. There have been aftershocks that we apparently haven't noticed in our tent environments. But here in town, everybody seems much more aware of them in a place where buildings shake.
We'll keep our guard up, but we'll also avail ourselves of some quality 11,000 ft sleep… The kind we haven't experienced in a month.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
On The Map
Thanks Dave. We met at ANI's Union Glacier in 2011 when I ran the 100k as part of the Antarctica Ice Marathon. Safe travels and Godspeed.
Posted by: Brent Weigner on 5/1/2015 at 8:54 am
April 30, 2015
Posted by: Dave Hahn, JJ Justman
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
Elevation: 13,950'
Our last night at Mt. Everest Base Camp was made more pleasant by a visit from Meagan and Rachel, the two doctors from the Himalayan Rescue Association. We'd lured them to our dining tent with high praise for Kumar's farewell pizza dinner. The two were homeless, as the HRA clinic tent was wiped out by the Avalanche air blast. We are in absolute awe of the performance of these two in managing the medical response to the Base Camp tragedy. They were hurt themselves in the blast and lost virtually all of their personal property, but went on to care for at least 80 patients over the following day -many with critical injuries. We all enjoyed the pizza, but felt terrible that the two docs were still prone to violent coughing from having taken in the super cooled, ice laden air of the powder cloud that accompanied the air blast.
Kumar kept his final night tradition by baking cakes (with and without gluten) for the team. Alas, these didn't say "congratulations Everest summiteers" but nobody complained.
This morning, we enjoyed a little sunshine for a change, which made it a little easier to put final touches on our packing. We were on the trail by 10 AM. A very different trail than we'd become accustomed to… No Trekkers, no porters, no traffic. Of course, the reason for the empty trails is sobering, but the effect is wonderful. Nobody has put the dire national situation out of their minds, but the value of a day spent walking peaceful trails through beautiful mountains can't be overestimated. We stopped in both Gorak Shep and Lobuche without seeing too much damage from the quake, but things in Pheriche are obviously worse. Many of what had seemed to be the more substantial structures in town are badly damaged. None-the-less, we've found comfortable and safe lodging.
Best Regards
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
On The Map
Thank you to your team- not only for feeding us, but also for your endless kindness, support & use of resources during and after the avalanche. I'm glad that the team made it home safely. I hope that our paths cross again at some point- you are all always welcome in sunny Australia! .
Posted by: Meg on 5/20/2015 at 3:00 pm
Amazing 2 doctors. The whole thing is so devastating. Thank you for keeping us informed Dave.
Posted by: Jacqueline Bayless on 5/1/2015 at 1:08 am
April 29, 2015
Posted by: JJ Justman, Dave Hahn
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
Elevation: 17,575'
Our expedition is rapidly winding down. Everest Base Camp is becoming empty of foreign climbers (that'd be people like us). Three of our team…HP, Hao, and Hans were able to catch a heli down toward Lukla this morning. The rest of us have spent the day packing, sheltering from snow showers and reflecting on the surreal situation and surroundings. We've each taken walks out to icy cyber, where the cell service almost works, and been stunned by the amount of heavy camp gear… Tents, barrels, tables, boots, helmets etc that are strewn hundreds of meters from base camp. These sad items testify to the force of the blast that hit Base, fully obliterating the camps in about the middle third of the mile-long cluster of tents along the medial moraine. Mark Tucker estimated that the blast was perhaps a hundred and fifty miles per hour (up from zero in a second or two). We are all still a bit jumpy, although there hasn't been a recognizable aftershock in a day or two. It sure seems like the biggest hanging glaciers have had ample chance to relieve themselves already, but we start out the tent to see every crack and boom these days. We'll walk out of this place and down toward an easier and safer world tomorrow. But plenty of uncertainty still lies ahead in this altered world. Mostly we just expect it all to take patience, and we have that.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
You make a insignificant climber like me inspired to handle any incident on a mountain with a new perspective. You make me proud to be affiliated with RMI - so professional and humanistic- making the good decisions when it counts I am proud to have climbed with a group of professionals like you.
Posted by: Elsie Bemiss on 4/29/2015 at 8:57 pm
Thanks for taking time to give us an update. The base camp trek has been on my bucket list for some time. Now I'm more determined than ever to go once things settle down and the people of Nepal begin to rebuild their lives. They'll need us more than ever to return and be a part of their economic growth.
Posted by: DK on 4/29/2015 at 8:54 pm
April 28, 2015
Posted by: Dave Hahn, JJ Justman
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
Elevation: 17,575'
We've come to the inescapable conclusion that Everest summit for 2015 is out of reach for our team. Besides the rather obvious and glaring philosophical difficulties of pursuing a recreational venture in the midst of a national -and local- disaster, there are the on-the-ground mountaineering realities that will not permit us to look upward again. We have no viable route through the Khumbu Icefall and the Earth is still shaking. We couldn't think of asking anyone to put themselves at the risk required for re establishing that route under such circumstances. The effort at this advanced stage of the season would normally be focused on building a route to Camp 4 rather than to Camp 1, nobody will be able to say when the aftershocks will end, but it will -without a doubt- be too late for fixing the upper mountain and stocking camps before the normal advance of the monsoon.
We'll put our efforts into an organized and safe retreat from the mountain. Nobody harbors illusions that travel in this stricken and damaged country will be simple, but we'll head for home now in any case.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
Your shining example amid tragedy for the second time in 24 months make me proud to have been associated with RMI…You help all understand how to be w-i-t-h the mtn as well as o-n it, and more importantly to be with others, inhabitants as well as climbers.
Best + God bless JJ and team. Waltero
Posted by: Waltero Glover on 4/29/2015 at 8:32 am
Safe thoughts for the unsure journey ahead.
Posted by: holly seaton on 4/29/2015 at 8:02 am
April 27, 2015
Posted by: Dave Hahn, JJ Justman
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
Elevation: 17,575'
At Camp One, we were up before dawn, boiling cups of instant coffee and hurriedly packing. It wasn't going to be an ideal scenario, by any means… Being "rescued" from 20,000 ft on Mount Everest, along with perhaps 180 of our closest friends… But we weren't likely to get any better offers… The Icefall Route that should have been a two hour descent to Basecamp was decidedly out of order and couldn't be fixed while the earth was still shaking. We got out in the cold shadows in our down suits and thankfully saw clear and calm conditions. Perhaps we all did have a chance to escape the Western Cwm. It seemed unlikely that ninety plus landings and take offs -at what was a record breaking rescue altitude for helicopters only twenty years ago- could be accomplished without chaos or catastrophe… or at least unworkable delay, but sure enough, the first B3 powered on in at 6 AM and the great Everest Air Show began. A fear of the team leaders was a helicopter mob scene ala Saigon '75, but we'd arrayed our helipads in a way that didn't allow for mobbing and everybody seemed to understand the need for superior social skills on this day. There was one way out and nobody wanted to get put on the "no fly" list. Eventually there were four or five birds in the air at any time, flying a dramatic loop from BC to Camp One to BC. A line of climbers with packs formed at each pad and a stream of climbers from Camp 2 made their way into what was left of Camp 1 and then joined the queues. It took four laps in Kiwi pilot Jason's B3 to get our team down. Although it seemed already like a full day, it was only about 9:30 AM when Chhering and I got off the final RMI chopper. There was no back-slapping. No cheering. No high fives. We'd put down at the epicenter of a disaster and we could barely believe our eyes. Whatever relief each of us felt at being off the mountain was quickly replaced with sadness and awe at the destructive power on evidence all around us. Hearing on the radio about the quake triggered Avalanche that blasted BC did nothing to prepare us for experiencing the aftermath first hand. It was as if an enormous bomb had detonated. We each walked slowly through the obliterated camps, stopping to understand how much force had bent this or that bit of steel. We finally understood the enormous death toll and the nature of the numerous injuries to the survivors. When we reached our own greatly altered camp and heard a few stories from neighbors, we finally understood Mark Tucker's heroism of the last few days, helping to stabilize and transport dozens upon dozens of seriously injured, bloody and broken people. He and our Sherpa team had gone immediately to help others, even though their own camp was largely destroyed. By now, we are not even mildly surprised to learn that they somehow found time and energy to rebuild camp for our arrival. Our "ordeal" seems trivial by comparison… we had to stay a bit longer in a beautiful and legendary hanging valley and deal with a bit of uncertainty. Now back down to earth… we understand just how lucky we've been and we are sad beyond words to learn how unlucky others have been.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
It is beyond words the devastation, and yet I am so glad to hear you are safely down off the mountain and pray for a continued safe journey to you and the many others involved. Thanks for communicating.
Posted by: michele on 4/29/2015 at 11:39 am
As Hemingway once said in defining a "hero", it is one who shows Grace Under Pressure. You guys are all Heroes in my book. Have a safe trip home.
Posted by: John Hawkins on 4/28/2015 at 6:26 pm
April 26, 2015
Posted by: Dave Hahn, JJ Justman
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
Elevation: 17,575'
April 26, 2015 9:23 pm PT
RMI Guide and Base Camp Manager Mark Tucker just called to confirm our team is safely back at Everest Base Camp. We have not yet spoken with Dave, but wanted to pass this information along as soon as possible.
We will update when we know more about the team's plan to descend from Base Camp.
Jeff Martin
Thank God you were rescued. I know you'll continue to help the people around you any way you can. It's no mistake you're there.
Sue Hladik
Posted by: Sue Hladik on 4/27/2015 at 7:31 pm
JJ so glad you are safely back and the team.
Posted by: Joann beaver on 4/27/2015 at 12:33 pm
April 26, 2015
Posted by: Dave Hahn, JJ Justman
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
Elevation: 20,000'
Dave Hahn calling from Camp One on Mount Everest 20,000'. That was a day of waiting and watching for us. The weather improved a little bit, this morning it was sunny and clear. And couple of helicopter and courageous helicopter pilots made use of that time flying out from sick and hurt people from Camp Two to Camp One. But the big work that they did was trip after trip flying casualties out from Base Camp. We followed some of that on the radio. Our efforts to get our selves out of here, two of our Sherpa team Wingen and Sunam, made a valiant effort coming up from the bottom of the Ice Fall, to see how far they could get before the damage of the earth quake stopped them. They got about a third of the way. Additionally, we were part of supporting a team, coming down from the top trying to do the same thing. They probably got about a third of the way down, luckily both teams, got out safely. There was a massive aftershock this afternoon at about 1 o'clock local time. But it seemed almost as powerful as yesterdays quake. And we are worried, as everybody is, about putting people in the Ice Fall again. That is probably not going to be our exit plan. And now we are looking to helicopter out in the next day or two to get down to Base Camp. And that probably will be what we do, but the timing is still up to mother nature. If it keeps on snowing as it did this afternoon, and making flying impossible. But perhaps we'll keep you updated. We'll let you know how it goes. We are safe. We are in a good spot. And we are not in panic mode. Thank you.
RMI Guide Dave Hahn calls in from Camp One with an update.
Hi Dave! Praying for you and everyone else on Mount Everest and the people of Nepal.. Safe descent.
Posted by: Jean Tanner on 4/27/2015 at 9:27 pm
Where is the rest of the blog that was there a few days ago. It had a lot of detail that I would like to read again.
Posted by: Greg on 4/27/2015 at 7:27 am


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