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In the early hours of the morning the Israeli Authorities and their convoy of vehicles arrived atop the hill that looks down upon the small Bedouin community of Attir in the Negev Desert. At 7 AM Israeli forces descended into the town below, destroying 18 buildings, uprooting some 500 trees and leaving more than 80 people homeless. This is not the first time the houses of Attir have been demolished by the Israeli government, yet this most recent incursion is a stark reminder of the constant threat of displacement that plagues all Bedouins that live in one of the 35 unrecognized villages throughout the region.
The Plight of the Bedouins
Nearly a week after the initial demolition took place, numerous residents, activists and journalists gathered in Attir to show solidarity and spread awareness of the plight of the Bedouin. Surrounding the gathered demonstrators were massive piles of sheet metal, wood and rubble; a chaotic amalgamation of materials from various Bedouin homes and structures.
Khalil Abu Al-Qi'an is the head of the family whose houses were destroyed by the Israeli government. Despite a number of warnings and eviction orders, he insists they were unprepared for what happened. "No one was in the village that day because I was at the hospital. When we came back we saw the view." This is the second time the houses have been demolished. The first was in 2007, when family members were forced outside and obliged to sit aside while Israeli soldiers tore up their homes.
The olive trees surrounding the area told the story of Khalil's family. "They were my father's and my grandfather's before him. They have always been there, and now the Israelis have thrown them in a garbage dump," he cries. Construction of new structures has begun, but fear of new demolition already exists. "We were working on the new houses when the Israeli police came and took pictures of us, so they know who we are and can prepare papers for the next eviction order."
The Prawer Plan
This story is not unique to the people of Attir. Amir, who works for the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality, speaks about the increasingly frequent demolitions taking place across the region. "Between 2008 and 2011, 2,2000 Palestinian Bedouin homes have been demolished, and more than 14,000 individuals displaced," He says. Many of these villages, considered illegal under Israeli law, were established prior to the State's creation. And while this process of dispossession has been taking place for decades many fear that the approval of the controversial Prawer Plan is Israel's final solution to the Bedouin "problem."
The Prawer Plan, approved in 2011, is a settlement plan for those Arab Bedouins living in "unrecognized" villages in the Negev. If fully implemented, the Plan will lead to the displacement of nearly 70,000 Bedouins, "relocating" them in one of the seven government-planned townships in the area. In an interview with Ma'an News Agency, Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic movement in northern Israel, spoke about the recent demolitions: "Perhaps what we are watching now is the beginning of disastrous consequences of the Prawer Plan which is aimed at displacing our people from Negev indiscriminately." This plan is the extension of an Israeli policy, in place since the 1960s, to minimize the land inhabited by the Bedouins and concentrate the population in areas that would not be detrimental to the interest of new coming Israeli settlers (1).
Arab Bedouins of the Negev
Prior to 1948, the Bedouin in the Negev numbered between 60,000 and 90,000, their presence dating as far back as the 7th century. During the 1948 war, the majority of the Bedouin fled to neighboring states. Of the 11,000 that remained, 85% were forced off their ancestral land and into a restricted zone in the northern part of the Negev desert (3). These people were promised the right to return to their lands within six months, but to this day no Bedouin has been allowed to return nor have they been given any proprietary rights to the lands on which they were forced to settle.
Beginning in 1969 the Israeli government began its "comprehensive approach" to the Bedouin "problem." The State established townships, offering the Bedouin land in these government-planned towns on the condition that they gave up all ancestral claims to their original lands. Of the nearly 200,000 Bedouins that live in the Negev today, some 100,000 reside in the seven urban townships (which have the highest rates of crime and poverty in all the country). The remaining Bedouin population lives in one of the unrecognized villages, considered illegal under Israeli law.
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Unrecognized Villages
Attir is one of these 35 unrecognized villages whose residents refused the forced ghettoization in one of the seven failing government-planned towns (3). These villages include those that were founded prior to the creation of Israel, as well as those established after the initial internal displacement and relocation by the Israeli government after 1948. According to the Israeli national planning regime, these villages are located on state land and all structures therein are subject to demolition (2).
In the Negev there is a variety of laws that Israeli courts use to legitimize dispossession. These include the Land Ordinance Law (1943), Land Acquisition Law (1953), and Absentee Property Law. The National Planning and Building Law which came into effect in 1965, allowed the Israeli government to deny recognition to all the Arab Bedouin villages (2).
Most important of all has been the courts' manipulation of Ottoman law, whereby Israel has declared that all desert land belongs to the state by virtue of its "mawat" (dead) categorization (4). This tactic of declaring land terra nullis (land belonging to no one) has been the ideological underpinning of so many settler states, from the U.S. to Australia to Israel. This categorization seeks to rationalize the dispossession and ethnic cleansing of natives by describing land as "uninhabited," "unused" or in this case "dead". This process is in full effect in the Negev where 65% of the land has been confiscated for public purposes via such practice (2).
Beyond mere dispossession, official state policy is to deny these villages basic services such as water, electricity, roads, education, welfare services and health care (3). While Bedouin villages are denied the most basic human necessities, Israel continues to support and provide services to the 100 or so rural Jewish towns as well as 59 individual farms, of which 39 were established illegally, in the Negev (2). Since 1997, Israel has retroactively legalized 35 "individual settlements" in the Negev, which house single Jewish families on vast swathes of lands; these farms were established outside the law and the national planning regime (5).
Making the Desert Bloom
The Prawer Plan utilizes the discriminatory land laws that operate in both the West Bank and Israel to relinquish property from Palestinians and to transfer it to the state and to Jewish Israeli Citizens. If the plan is put into full effect, the village of Attir will become a forest preserve funded by the quasi-governmental organization known as the Jewish National Fund. As Amir notes, "This process [the demolitions, evictions, etc] is about land. The very Zionist idea about land: To dominate and control people in a space." From East Jerusalem to the Negev, the same processes are taking place. And in Attir, the Zionist idea of coveting the land without the people is made tragically apparent as these Bedouin peoples are being uprooted from their land and a forest is being planted in their place.
"Nomads against their will: The attempted expulsion of the Arab Bedouin in the Naqab: The example of Atir-Umm al-Hieran." Adalah, Septermber 2011.
"From Al-Araqib to Susiya: The forced displacement of Palestinians on Both Sides of Green Line." Adalah, May 2013
Noach, Haia. "The Bedouin Arabs in the Negev-Naqab Desert in Israel." Negev Coexistence Forum Civil Rights. August, 2009
Koeller, Kathrin. "The Bedouin of the Negev: A forgotten minority." Forced Migration Review, 26
"The Arab Bedouin and the Prawer Plan: Ongoing Displacement in the Naqab. " Adalah,
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In 2000 I visited what is probably one of the most interesting attractions for geeky history buffs in the UK: Bletchley Park.
Even back when I visited it, the Park was in a dismal state, badly preserved, run down — definitely far from what it should be, given both the fact that sixty years ago it was a British Government secret installation and its immense importance in World War II — and all that in a country whose culture even today is still fundamentally affected (I'd dare say defined) by the two World Wars. Today, about 8 years since my visit to Bletchley Park, I read at Bruce Schneier's blog that it may close in a few years due to lack of funds. Having grown up in Hellas, a country with a long history and thousands of ancient sites all over the country, I always thought that the dismal state of Hellenic antiquities was due to the country's deeply rooted nepotism, corruption, stupidity, indifference and total incapacity for efficient, constructive work. While the British government has quite frequently showed that it's not far from the Hellenic one, one would expect that they'd care more to preserve a small-ish park and a Victorian mansion.
If you appreciate 20th century history and/or cryptography and are visiting the UK (or, better yet, live there), pay a visit to Bletchley Park. The tour may be somewhat indifferent to many, the park itself may be run down, but you'd be seeing first hand the place where Enigma was systematically deciphered during the war and — through your purchase of a ticket and or other souvernirs or donations — will help preserve a piece of modern history. Finally for all those interesting in computing, Bletchley Park hosts a small, and seemingly uninteresting computer museum; this is nothing like some of its counterparts in the U.S.. Nevertheless it has a unique exhibit that's bound to thrill every computer scientist, programmer, engineer or geek visiting it: a working replica of Colossus.
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Considering the purchase of Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguo yanyi)?
A common question I have been asked, and that has turned up in this forum, is what copy of San Guo Yan Yi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, attributed to Luo Guanzhong) should be purchased? There are multiple choices, and they each have their own merits, so the query is justified.
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The first thing to take into consideration is whether or not you want an abridged edition. Full translations are usually around $50 USD in paperback, and run around 2,000 pages or more, while abridged version are as low as $12 USD, and can be as small as 350 pages. From my perspective I strongly suggest paying the extra money for the full edition. Even at around 2,000 the story is actually holds a fast pace (especially when compared to most Western literature), and over the course of the novel countless officers, kingdoms, positions, and other general bits of information are introduced.
Now, when you take this into consideration and imagine shoveling the whole story into only one 400-page book, you might see a problem (and you are right, it doesn't work). In abridged editions the story speeds up so fast that proper attention is not paid to various elements; many interesting parts are completely removed, and you never get the same chance to associate with the characters and locations. That said, if you simply cannot afford to pay $50 for your full copy, you might want to consider the $15 abridged version. If you don't mind paying $50 for a great story though, don't even consider the abridged version a valid option.
ISBN: 0520215850 - Romance of the Three Kingdoms (English)
Author: Moss Roberts, Abridged Edition (1 Volume), 488 pages, $12.03 USD
Want more information on the unabridged editions, or you have already decided that the abridged edition isn't the right choice for you? You have one more choice ahead. There are two major English translations, the Brewitt-Taylor and the newer Moss Roberts versions. Both make for a wonderful read. For the most part the Moss Roberts translation seems to flow better, has fewer errors, and contains wonderful footnotes and appendixes (more content in more expensive versions, naturally). On the other hand, some people consider the Brewitt-Taylor version to be more interesting in regards to major events; they say it pains a better picture, and in many cases I am inclined to agree. You can read the Brewitt-Taylor version at threekingdoms.com, but the Moss Roberts version is more a purchase of faith (unless it is at a local bookstore where you can thumb through it, which is unlikely).
Unfortunately, because of the limited availability of Brewitt-Taylor translations on the Internet, we will be focusing on Moss Roberts translations (which are easier to purchase). If you would like to see if Brewitt-Taylor translations are in stock you can try this Amazon.com search.
You will also want to consider whether or not you want the Chinese officers names to be printed in Wade Gilles [Ts'ao Ts'ao (Mêng-tê)] or Hanyu Pinyin [Cao Cao (Mengde)]. For the most part Hanyu Pinyin is much easier to read, so I would suggest it over Wade Gilles if you are not already used to that system. Nearly all Brewitt-Taylor translations are presented in Wade Gilles and the Moss Roberts translations are presented in Hanyu Pinyin.
If you are buying an unabridged edition, I would suggest getting either the four-volume paperback or five-volume library binding Moss Robert's version depending on how you view cost vs. quality.

ISBN: 7119005901 - Romance of the Three Kingdoms (English)
Author: Moss Roberts, Paperback (4 Volumes), 2340 pages, $39.95 USD
ISBN: 7119024086 - Romance of the Three Kingdoms (English/Chinese)
Author: Moss Roberts, Library Binding (5 Volumes), 3115 pages, $149.95 USD
Obviously the price difference is significant, but as an owner of both editions I can assure you that they are both worth their respective prices to a fan of the Three Kingdoms. The four-volume paperback release features a fair font size, but the margins, paper, and quality don't compare to nicer hardbound books (obviously). If you are used to paperback editions of books, you shouldn't have a single complaint at all. Furthermore, the relatively low price tag is not something to scoff at, especially for a reader with a limited income for leisure books.
On the other hand, the five-volume library-binding version is complete beauty. Healthy margins, a friendly font size and font face, good quality paper, and a large quantity of footnotes, illustrations, maps, and appendixes are just some of the many merits. Not to mention the fact that this translation also includes the original Chinese hanzi on the left hand pages. If you are a true fan of the series, and can come up with the extra money, this is the translation for you. You can also find it at discount from time to time on the Amazon page from an independent seller. Make sure you buy new if you don't want to take risks.
Some additional useful information
If you cannot make your novel purchase online, you will have to check local bookstores and colleges. Major university bookstores can usually order the version you want (just give them the ISBN). Sometimes stores like Barnes & Noble and Borders can also make an order (same case, give them the ISBN and book information). You will probably have difficulty if you attempt to find it in the local bookstore, however.
Looking to sell an old copy of the Three Kingdoms novel?
Why not post information regarding the copy you are selling here in this thread? There are probably other members looking for their own copy, and a discount may be welcomed. In the name of honor please include complete book details (pages, whether it is hardbound or paperback, etc.) and any damage (dog-eared pages, tears, stains, water damage, wear and tear, etc.).
What is the San Guo Yan Yi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms Novel)?
From Kongming's Archives and authored by Lady Sun and James:
Luo Guanzhong, a writer from the fifteenth century, combined historical information found in the San Guo Zhi, commentaries on it by Pei Songzhi, and popular folk tales about various officers of the Three Kingdoms era and turned them into a wonderful novel called the San Guo Yan Yi (or Romance of the Three Kingdoms). Later, in the late 17th Century, Mao Lun and Mao Zhong Gang edited the original novel.
The Maos' contribution to the text was the establishment of an authoritative edition out of all the different versions of the SGYY currently available on the market. They did some minor editing, but also wrote commentaries, ded some poetry, corrected historical inconsistencies, additional details such as the story of Lady Sun committing suicide. For these reasons we can say that "the modern San Guo Yan Yi (or Romance of the Three Kingdoms) cannot be seen as completely written by Luo Guanzhong himself."
Because the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (SGYY) is a fictional novel it cannot be used as a historical reference, even though the events presented within are usually derived from historical people, places, and events. To learn more about this history behind the Romance of the Three Kingdoms we suggest reading the San Guo Zhi biography translations presented on this site and made available by several dedicated and knowledgeable members of the Three Kingdoms online community.
Although the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (SGYY) has been claimed to be "7 parts history, 3 parts fiction", most would agree that this masterpiece is the most enjoyable ways to learn about people and events of the Three Kingdoms era. After reading it you may find yourself much more interested in the actual historical documents.
If you find any errors in this document, or have any suggested additions, please post in reply to this message so they can be fixed. Feel free to post questions for members of this forum as well.


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Obama is a Nice Fellow, but My God, He is Naive
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|September 06, 2013
Natural gas soon will overtake coal in global energy use
|Thanks to the advent of hydraulic fracturing, natural gas has a new manifest destiny: By 2040, the commodity used to make electricity will command 25 percent of the world's energy supply.
At least, that's what Exxon Mobil Corp. projects.
Natural gas "is penetrating into the power sector, which has been predominantly coal in the past. We see it making tremendous inroads there," said Lynne Lachenmyer, a senior vice president at Exxon Mobil, at a petrochemical conference in Pasadena on Thursday.
The oil and gas behemoth expects that in 30 years, natural gas will overtake coal as the second-most used energy source after oil, as demand for the commodity climbs 65 percent over that period, she said.
"We see a lot of people looking at natural gas as a form of transportation fuel, so you're beginning to see compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas applications for fleets within large communities," she said. "Its growth rate is higher than the balance of the energy mix, so it's basically increasing its market share on an annual basis."
Surrounded by engineers, bankers and Port of Houston officials at the 2013 Petrochemical and Maritime Outlook Conference, Lachenmyer said even as solar and wind pick up steam as sources of energy, fossil fuels aren't going anywhere.
Wind power is expected to grow by 7 percent per year while solar power will be 20 times more prevalent by 2040. Still, wind will make up just 7 percent of the world's stockpile of energy in that year and solar will make up just 2 percent, Lachenmyer said. Meanwhile, oil and natural gas will make up 60 percent of the world's energy supply in 30 years, up from 55 percent today, she said.
Population growth and rising economic prosperity will push demand for energy by a third in 2040 -- that's equivalent to the current energy consumption of Russia, India, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East combined.
In the U.S., natural gas is undergoing rapid transformation. Once thought unreachable, massive natural gas resources trapped in dense, shale rock across the country have been unlocked by new drilling technology and a process known as hydraulic fracturing. That, in turn, is creating a new economic force that is disrupting and boosting businesses as diverse as the auto industry, the agricultural sector and the petrochemical industry.
"This growing supply of shale gas and its associated gas liquids have really allowed North American petrochemical producers to have a significant cost advantage over other producers in the world," Lachenmyer said.
That promises to be a boon for the Port of Houston, where the petrochemical industry and the export business have formed a symbiotic relationship. Just five years ago, before the shale revolution, petrochemical exports were declining, and the U.S. nearly became a major importer of petrochemical products.
So far, more than 120 petrochemical construction projects have been publicly announced in recent years, promising $80 billion in investments throughout the U.S. Gulf Coast region.
Once that gets rolling, petrochemical exports are expected to boom, too.
Currently, petrochemical exports make up 12 percent of the overall U.S. exporting business, which brings in $188 billion a year. The American Chemistry Council projects that chemical exports will outpace imports and grow from an $800 million trade surplus in 2012 to more than $46 billion of net trade exports in 2020, she said.
"This improvement in profitability is what's giving rise to the desire to continue to invest, to grow our footprint here alongside the shores of the Houston port," she said. "That's good news not just for the petrochemical industry, but also for the Port of Houston."


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U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) introduced H.R. 4075, The Safe Cosmetics Modernization Act, Nov. 18.
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Candidate's Name Misspelled as 'Rich Whitey' on Black-District Ballots
Poor Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney, the victim of an extremely cartoonish "error:" His name has been misspelled as "Rich Whitey" on voting machines in nearly two dozen Chicago wards, half of them "predominantly African-American."
The most prudent, responsible course of action with this story, we believe, is to ignore forthcoming facts, ask zero questions, and just run with the fun and easy conspiracy theory.
The Illinois governor's race could be very close. And Democratic operatives everywhere tend to be at their most ruthless when trying to destroy, or remove from the ballot entirely, vote-stealing Green party candidates in state races. Illinois has the most corrupt politics in America, and Chicago is the most corrupt political city in Illinois. "Rich Whitey." Black-majority districts. C'mon, now. And they say they can't do anything to fix this misspelling before Election Day! This is so obviously a conspiracy, maybe.
Rich Whitney knows what's up!
The snafu, however, has Whitney contemplating legal action to force a fix.
"I don't want to be identified as 'Whitey.' If this is happening in primarily African-American wards, that's an even bigger concern," Whitney told the Chicago Sun-Times. "I don't know if this is machine politics at play or why this happened."
See? Now the Democrat can call Whitney a crazy conspiratorial hippie nutjob, for making such wild accusations. All part of the plan.
Or maybe some city worker just forgot to type "n" one time.
Meh, the conspiracy theory is better.
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It's hard not to notice the recent drop in gasoline prices. Which has a lot of readers wondering: How much lower are they headed?
If the cost of crude oil has gone down almost 18 percent in the last couple of weeks, how come gas prices haven't dropped as fast?
— Bruce W., Address withheld
If refiners are still running at — or near — capacity, and supplies of gasoline are tight, prices won't come down. Each market for a specific product — gasoline, heating oil, diesel, crude oil — moves to some degree to the supply-demand balance for that commodity.
So the cost of crude has a lot to do with the rise in gas prices — but it's not the whole story. As ethanol has become more widely used as an additive to help reduce smog, for example, the price of ethanol has become another factor. But the biggest factor is demand at the pump.
Until recently, refining capacity was expanding barely fast enough to keep up with demand. (Even though no new refineries have been built in the 30 years, refiners have been steadily squeezing more production out of their existing plants to keep up.) And consumers were willing to keep paying for gas as prices rose: Americans are spending roughly three times as much on gas as they were six years ago — or about $1.5 billion a day, according to Tom Kloza at the Oil Price Information Service.
The good news is that it looks like those high pump prices have begun to ease demand — as people figure out how to use less gas — and so prices have fallen. Since July 10, wholesale gas prices have fallen by about 55 cents a gallon on the East Coast, 40 to 45 cents in the Midwest and by 40 cents on the West Coast, according to OPIS.
Kloza figures that as the savings from the lower cost of crude flow through the system, we can expect another 10 to 20 cents a gallon of what he calls "catch-up" price weakness at the pump. The price drop for diesel has been even bigger, according to OPIS; wholesale prices for those products are down by 80 to 90 cents in less than a month.
The bad news: If prices keep falling, and we all go back to using more gasoline again, that will put more pressure on supplies and send prices higher again.
So our hope — one shared by a growing number of readers — would be that we get serious about finding another way to power our cars. Our personal favorite is all-electric vehicles, plugged in and recharged at night when power demand is low. Several car makers say they'll have all-electrics available by 2010.
The trick will be coming up with a battery pack that can keep going far enough for a long range trip. Some battery makers are working on making these take a 75 percent recharge in about the time it takes to top off a tank of gas.
I still have about 20 years until retirement. While I've heard a lot about the health of Social Security and questions about what it will look like by the time I retire, I haven't heard anything about the health of Medicare. Is it projected to remain solvent 20 years from now? Do health care companies offer "pre-retirement" health insurance I can invest in now so that I won't have to pay out the ear to supplement Medicare once I'm retired?
— Steven, Reno, Nev.
Like any retirement plan, Social Security needs an update from time to time, and its overdue for one now. But if Congress and the White House can make some relatively minor fixes soon (just as Ronald Reagan did in the mid-80s) there's no reason Social Security can't go on supporting retirees for another 75 years.
Medicare is a different problem: It's seriously broken and at a much greater risk of going broke. Part of the reason is that the U.S. health care system continues to pile on expenses without any effort made to reform the way it's financed. In its current state, it's just not sustainable for another generation. Everyone seems to agree on the basic problem, but the system is so complicated — much more so than Social Security — that it's much harder to agree on solutions.
Trying to protect yourself now with insurance is problematic. The most popular form of "pre-retirement" insurance is a policy that covers long-term health care. In theory, you buy now at a relatively healthy age, and your premiums are held to manageable levels as you get older. The policy kicks in for long-term illnesses after a certain period (30, 60, 100 days — think of it like a deductible) and then pays the cost of long-term care in a hospital or other facility. In theory, this protects you and your family from financial ruin in the event of the need for extended care.
That's when things get complicated. A serious acute illness — like a major operation — is usually not covered. While the policy may limit premium increases, there's no guarantee that base rates (those that apply to everyone in a given state) won't go up faster than you expect.
The result is that, if the income from your retirement savings don't keep up, you could find yourself unable to keep up with the premiums as you get older — just when they need the coverage. That would mean you'd have paid premiums for 20 years — and end up with no coverage. (Some policies include riders that pay you back some of the premiums if you cancel, but this only increases the cost.)
Once they reach 65, many retirees who are eligible for Medicare buy "supplemental" policies to fill in the gaps of what's covered. As the system gets stretched further, it's likely that these coverage gaps will widen. So the best strategy might be to set aside your own "health care premium" fund that you use to purchase coverage when the time comes.
An even better idea would be to press your Congressional representatives to get serious about fixing Medicare and health care insurance generally. Unless and until we do, the cost of reasonable insurance for retirees is just going to keep going up — whether it's paid for by Uncle Sam or our retirement savings.
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The Obama administration is easing its policy of deporting undocumented immigrants who arrived in the USA as children and have led law-abiding lives.
The announcement, coming five months before the presidential election while President Obama has been under increased pressure from Hispanic groups for his administration's record on deportations, was immediately denounced as "amnesty" by congressional opponents.
Obama gave a hint of what was to come Thursday during a campaign speech on the economy in Cleveland.
"If we truly want to make this country a destination for talent and ingenuity from all over the world, we won't deport hardworking, responsible young immigrants who have grown up here or received advanced degrees here," he said. "We'll let them earn the chance to become American citizens, so they can grow our economy and start new businesses right here instead of someplace else."
A Pew Hispanic Center poll released in December found that Latinos disapproved of the administration's deportation policy, 59%-27%. Latinos voted by 67%-31% for Obama in 2008 but have shown signs of diminished enthusiasm this year. Their unemployment rate is 11%, far above the nation's 8.2% rate.
Obama was to address the new policy from the White House Friday afternoon. It has been a priority for congressional Democrats, led by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano outlined the policy Friday morning.
The policy will affect as many as 800,000 immigrants who have lived in fear of deportation. It partially achieves the goals of the so-called DREAM Act, which would establish a path toward citizenship for young people who came to the USA illegally but who have attended college or served in the military.
Obama plans to address the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials' annual conference in Orlando next week. Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is scheduled to speak to the group Thursday.
Under the plan, illegal immigrants will be immune from deportation if they were brought to the USA before they turned 16 and are younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have no criminal history, graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED, or served in the military.
They can apply for a work permit that will be good for two years with no limits on how many times it can be renewed. The policy will not lead toward citizenship but will remove the threat of deportation and grant the ability to work legally, leaving eligible immigrants able to remain in the USA for extended periods.
"Many of these young people have already contributed to our country in significant ways," Napolitano wrote in a memorandum describing the administration's action. "Prosecutorial discretion, which is used in so many other areas, is especially justified here.
"Our nation's immigration laws must be enforced in a firm and sensible manner," she said. "But they are not designed to be blindly enforced without consideration given to the individual circumstances of each case. Nor are they designed to remove productive young people to countries where they may not have lived or even speak the language."
Opponents in Congress called it amnesty.
"President Obama's decision to grant amnesty to potentially millions of illegal immigrants is a breach of faith with the American people," said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas. "It also blatantly ignores the rule of law that is the foundation of our democracy. This huge policy shift has horrible consequences for unemployed Americans looking for jobs and also violates President Obama's oath to uphold the laws of this land.
"President Obama's amnesty only benefits illegal immigrants, not Americans, and is a magnet for fraud. Many illegal immigrants will falsely claim they came here as children, and the federal government has no way to check whether their claims are true. And once these illegal immigrants are granted deferred action, they can then apply for a work permit, which the administration routinely grants 90% of the time.
"How can the administration justify allowing illegal immigrants to work in the U.S. when millions of Americans are unemployed? President Obama and his administration once again have put partisan politics and illegal immigrants ahead of the rule of law and the American people. With this track record, it's looking more likely that even President Obama may lose his job in this economy when Americans go to the polls this November."
Napolitano disputed the amnesty charge.
"This ... is not immunity. This is not amnesty," she said. "It is an exercise of discretion so that these young people are not placed in removal proceedings. We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. With respect to these young people, deferred action is simply the right thing to do."
Supporters in Congress said the policy is a start toward improving the nation's immigration laws.
"This could protect 800,000 or more young immigrants with roots here right now and will be seen in the immigrant and Latino community as a very significant down payment on broader reform," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill. "It is a tremendous first step towards addressing the problems caused by our outdated and inflexible immigration.
"It also sets the ball in motion to break the gridlock and fix our laws so that people who live here can do so legally and on the books, and people can come with visas instead of smugglers in the first place. Today, the students are being protected, but we have to fix the system for their families and for the country once and for all."
People eligible for the DREAM Act -- referred to as DREAMers -- expressed cautious relief over the announcement.
Mohammad Abdollahi, 26, was occupying an Obama re-election office in Dearborn, Mich., on Friday with three other DREAMers when he heard the news. Abdollahi, whose family brought him to the USA from Iran when he was 3 and has since overstayed his visa, said other DREAMers were occupying Organizing for America offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Ohio.
He said Napolitano's announcement was not enough for them to leave. It was about a year ago when the administration announced that it would review all pending deportation cases and drop cases that did not match their priorities of deporting dangerous criminals and repeat border crossers. That process has been moving slowly, and Abdollahi said he wants to see actual cases dropped against his fellow DREAMers before he is happy.
"We want to be excited, but at the same time, we're being realistic," Abdollahi said.
He said the timing of the move is undoubtedly tied to the November election.
"We completely know that both sides are vying for the Latino vote," he said. "We know everyone's trying to use the community. But if you're going to use the community, at least give us something legitimate. You can't just use us and not give us anything."
From the DHS announcement:
The department continues to focus its enforcement resources on the removal of individuals who pose a national security or public safety risk, including immigrants convicted of crimes, violent criminals, felons, and repeat immigration law offenders. Today's action further enhances the Department's ability to focus on these priority removals.
Under this directive, individuals who demonstrate that they meet the following criteria will be eligible for an exercise of discretion, specifically deferred action, on a case-by-case basis:
- Came to the United States under the age of sixteen;
- Have continuously resided in the United States for a least five years preceding the date of this memorandum and are present in the United States on the date of this memorandum;
- Are currently in school, have graduated from high school, have obtained a general education development certificate, or are honorably discharged veterans of the Coast Guard or Armed Forces of the United States;
- Have not been convicted of a felony offense, a significant misdemeanor offense, multiple misdemeanor offenses, or otherwise pose a threat to national security or public safety;
- Are not above the age of thirty.
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It is often assumed that if an animal has diarrhea, it's caused by a pathogen. E. coli, Salmonella, Rotavirus and other bacteria can and do cause many intestinal infections. However, sometimes nutrition can be indirectly to blame.
"In some cases, it is actually osmotic diarrhea, caused by an indigestible protein." said Dr. Brad Lawrence, Swine Technical Manager for Novus International. Excess dietary protein reaches the hindgut and affects its pH, making it more conducive to the growth of pathogenic bacteria. The body responds by re-secreting water back into the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to help dilute the concentration of protein fermentation. Excess water in the stool, or osmatic diarrhea, is the result.
One of the health and feeding challenges for weaned pigs is that they have an extremely high potential for growth, so they need a protein-dense diet to support that growth. However, they have an immature GI tract and enzyme system that has a tough time digesting the high level of protein.
"A protease enzyme works to make the indigestible portion of feed ingredients more available to the animal by degrading components such as anti-nutritional and allergenic proteins so they are more easily absorbed into the digestive system," Lawrence said. "Through improved protein degradation the flow of undigested protein to the hindgut is reduced. This reduces the need for that increase in water secretion back into the GI tract."
The bonus, he added, is by increasing absorption of the protein and decreasing the amount of protein that reaches the hindgut, it also deprives the potentially pathogenic bacteria of a food source.
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Georgia O'Keefe was the first female American artist to achieve super-stardom, and one of the most widely known, and popular artists of this century. She is, however, looked down upon by some, as a new-age, creator of "Southwestern poster art." I think this assessment is dead wrong. She was a pioneering visual stylist, who created a highly unique and original form of expression, and synthesis of the abstract and representational. Her work, in person, is exceptionally powerful and visceral. She creates a highly charged universe of color and form that is simple, direct, and commanding. She establishes, in every picture, a universe that is her own, filled with the recognizable, but embued with a kind of transcendental magic. Her style did not evolve, like that of so many, by increments, out of the study of historical progression. It evolved from her own direct experience of the physical world and unique visual sensibility.
Georgia O'Keeffe was born on a dairy farm in Wisconsin in 1887, and knew at the age of ten that she wanted to be an artist. She first studied with a local watercolorist, before making her way to the school of the Art Institute of Chicago, followed by the Art Student's League, in New York. Her training at The League, under William Merritt Chase, was very traditional. Although she won a prize for a still life, she began to feel that she would never excel trying to imitate realistic tableaux. In fact, she was so despondent that she gave up painting for four years and took a job as a commercial artist, in Chicago. Her parents had moved to Virginia, and in 1912 she took a summer school course at UVA which reignited her love of painting. What did it was the artistic approach of Arthur Wesley Dow, who encouraged students to " use line, color, and shading harmoniously" and to attack all elements of constructing a painting simultaneously. Something momentous inside her stirred and set loose a flurry of ground breaking abstraction from the mid teens to early 1920′s.
The drawing, top left, was sent by a mutual friend of O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz to Steiglitz's influential gallery in New York, which was named, 291. He loved the work, and without even asking her, hung several at the gallery. He told his friend, Anita Pollitzer, that these drawings were," the purest, finest, sincerest things that had entered 291 in a long while." O'Keeffe confronted the famed photographer, 23 years her elder, who was to be her husband for many years, but allowed him to keep the drawings up. He gave her, her first solo show in 1917, and by 1918, convinced her to move to New York, give up teaching, and live with him. The abstract work she produced during this period was totally unique. Below are several examples.
Stieglitz started photographing O'Keeffe almost immediately upon meeting her. By 1937, he had done over 350 portraits of her, many of them erotic. She was a willing participant, proclaiming her liberation and independant thought and stance from the start.
He took many pictures of her making expressive arm and hand movements that mimicked natural forms.
O'Keeffe's abstractions became more and more organic, starting to evoke both floral forms and those of the female anatomy.
The critics of the time focused on the sexual analogue to female anatomy in her flower paintings. She constantly pushed back against this "Freudian" reading of her work. Indeed, in her later life, when a new generation of feminists artists in the 1970′s, like Judy Chicago, harked back to this element of her work as a rallying cry, she rebuffed them.
In the 1920′s O'Keeffe"s large paintings of flowers, as if seen very close up, predominated her work and heralded a turn away from abstraction to the overtly represntational.
These floral paintings were also like nothing anyone had ever seen and brought O'Keeffe great recognition. During this time, she also painted what became a famous series of cityscapes of New York.
Up until 1929, O'Keeffe had spent her summers at Sieglitz's family vacation home at Lake George, in upstate New York. Seeking new inspiration, she travelled with her friend, Rebecca Strand to New Mexico. Another friend who lived there, Mabel Dodge Luhan welcomed them to her home in Taos and provided them both with studios. This was to prove a watershed experience in O'Keeffe's life and art. She was totally seduced by the sometimes rugged, sometimes bleak, New Mexico landscape, and the magical color that infuses the light and space there. She loved the desert, the mountains, the Spanish and Native American culture, architecture, and artifacts.
These are two of her earlier New Mexico pieces. For the next twenty years, O'Keeffe spent at least part of the year working here. She collected rocks and bones she found in her constant wanderings into the landscape. In 1934, she went to Ghost Ranch, north of Abiquiu. She immediately knew this was where she wanted to live the rest of her life, and in 1940 bought a house on the property. She and Stieglitz had been close collaborators in art and live, but each also followed their own paths independently.
The landscape around Abiquiu was to inform much of her later, iconic work.
Below left, is the exterior of O'Keeffe's house in Abiquiu, center, the interior, and right, The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. Below them are some of her classic desesrt images that have come to define a certain place and a special sensibility in American culture.
Though it seems like we've seen these Southwestern images a thousand times, in person they are powerful works. While they are not my favorite aspect of her oeuvre, they still strike a deep chord. O'Keeffe started, once again, to interweave more abstract work into her vocabulary.
Below are two landscapes done almost twenty years apart.
Georgia O'Keeffe, in her role – not self appointed, but not shied away from- as shaman priestess of the Southwest.
There is some question of how much O'Keefe's transformation was a clever PR attempt to market herself and create a personal and professional mytholgy. There is no question, however, of her deep attachment to nature and attempt to communicate this almost mystical relationship she felt, into her art. As she said to Anita Pollitzer in a letter, " Tonight, I walked into the sunset." Not only did she do that, but she totally merged her personal life with her aesthetic world. She embodied an American concept of freedom rooted in these vast, lonely spaces of the Southwest, devoid of people, but full of wonder, stillness and self-sufficiency. There was an urgency and boldness to her art. Her large centralized objects, sensuous forms, vibrant color, line, and shading, made strong images that were easy to grasp. You feel like you can reach in and touch the flowers, hills, skulls, and bones. In this directness of experience and expression, one almost feels a seemless channel between object, artist and viewer. It is this quality, I think, that is one of the keys to her popularity. This and the extraordinary sensuousness of her forms. Although she always denied the sexual element and references in her work, it was clearly there. But it was never coarse or purient, only an exultant affirmation of life, the unity of man and nature and of spiritual and physical creation. It is awe and wonder and joy, like Adam and Eve in a different kind of garden. One without sin, one with only absolution and glory.
In 1946 O'Keeffe was the first female to be given a solo retrospective at MoMA. She was, by then, one of the most famous artists and figures in popular culture. O'Keefe suffered macular degeneration in her later years, and by 1972, had only peripheral vision. She stopped oil painting but continued to work in pencil and charcoal. Working with an assistant, who was a potter, she did some pottery and a series of watercolors. However, becoming more frail, she finally had to leave her beloved Abiquiu to live in Santa Fe. She died there in 1986 at the age of 98. As well as every artistic honor imaginable, she was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Ford, in 1977. It is the highest honor given to an American citizen. Causing great controversy, she initially left most of her estate to her assistant. Eventually, after much legal wrangling, the bulk of it, found its way to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. It is a wonderful adobe structure with a large and glorious collection of her work.
Georgia O'Keefe, was truly an American original. She conceived and lived and painted a unique life and body of work. It was always on her own terms, and always following the call of her heart and of nature.


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안녕하세요. 알차나라고 합니다. Hello, world. This is Archana.
By day, I'm an instructional designer (formerly a marketer) at an enterprise software company in Silicon Valley. By night, I write all manner of silly things and study Korean (and a little Japanese) on the side.
I accidentally started teaching myself Korean around the end of December 2009. After watching a Korean horror movie (고死: 피의 중간고사) and my first Korean drama (uh, 꽃보다 남자), I fell in love with how spoken Korean sounds. I started looking up a few things here and there and eventually stumbled upon the Talk To Me In Korean podcast. That was the beginning.
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This blog was inspired largely by some other great language-learning bloggers who I've had the pleasure to interact with over the years. I didn't realize there were so many people out there with this passion! I'd love to be a part of the Korean language learning community and contribute in any way I can.
This blog is going to be filled with everything and anything about the languages that I'm studying and/or find interesting. Most likely, it'll end up being a lot about Korean and occasionally about Japanese. A lot of my posts will also probably be about how I self-study languages, so hopefully that'll give other self-learners ideas about how to study as well.
The title of my blog — 반짝반짝 한국어[panjjak panjjak hangugeo] — roughly translates to "shining Korean." Of all the languages I've tried my hand at (and I've tried a lot), Korean shines the brightest in my life.
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ה-API של Microsoft Win32 Internet (WinInet) מספק יישומים עצמאיים עם גישה נוחה לפרוטוקולי אינטרנט רגילים כגון Gopher, FTP ו-HTTP. ה-API של WinInet מופשט את הפרוטוקולים לממשק ברמה גבוהה שמכיר את מפתחי Win32.
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Code Error Message and Description ----- ----------------------------- 12001 ERROR_INTERNET_OUT_OF_HANDLES No more handles could be generated at this time. 12002 ERROR_INTERNET_TIMEOUT The request has timed out. 12003 ERROR_INTERNET_EXTENDED_ERROR An extended error was returned from the server. This is typically a string or buffer containing a verbose error message. Call InternetGetLastResponseInfo to retrieve the error text. 12004 ERROR_INTERNET_INTERNAL_ERROR An internal error has occurred. 12005 ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_URL The URL is invalid. 12006 ERROR_INTERNET_UNRECOGNIZED_SCHEME The URL scheme could not be recognized or is not supported. 12007 ERROR_INTERNET_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED The server name could not be resolved. 12008 ERROR_INTERNET_PROTOCOL_NOT_FOUND The requested protocol could not be located. 12009 ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_OPTION A request to InternetQueryOption or InternetSetOption specified an invalid option value. 12010 ERROR_INTERNET_BAD_OPTION_LENGTH The length of an option supplied to InternetQueryOption or InternetSetOption is incorrect for the type of option specified. 12011 ERROR_INTERNET_OPTION_NOT_SETTABLE The request option cannot be set, only queried. 12012 ERROR_INTERNET_SHUTDOWN The Win32 Internet function support is being shut down or unloaded. 12013 ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_USER_NAME The request to connect and log on to an FTP server could not be completed because the supplied user name is incorrect. 12014 ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_PASSWORD The request to connect and log on to an FTP server could not be completed because the supplied password is incorrect. 12015 ERROR_INTERNET_LOGIN_FAILURE The request to connect to and log on to an FTP server failed. 12016 ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_OPERATION The requested operation is invalid. 12017 ERROR_INTERNET_OPERATION_CANCELLED The operation was canceled, usually because the handle on which the request was operating was closed before the operation completed. 12018 ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_HANDLE_TYPE The type of handle supplied is incorrect for this operation. 12019 ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_HANDLE_STATE The requested operation cannot be carried out because the handle supplied is not in the correct state. 12020 ERROR_INTERNET_NOT_PROXY_REQUEST The request cannot be made via a proxy. 12021 ERROR_INTERNET_REGISTRY_VALUE_NOT_FOUND A required registry value could not be located. 12022 ERROR_INTERNET_BAD_REGISTRY_PARAMETER A required registry value was located but is an incorrect type or has an invalid value. 12023 ERROR_INTERNET_NO_DIRECT_ACCESS Direct network access cannot be made at this time. 12024 ERROR_INTERNET_NO_CONTEXT An asynchronous request could not be made because a zero context value was supplied. 12025 ERROR_INTERNET_NO_CALLBACK An asynchronous request could not be made because a callback function has not been set. 12026 ERROR_INTERNET_REQUEST_PENDING The required operation could not be completed because one or more requests are pending. 12027 ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_FORMAT The format of the request is invalid. 12028 ERROR_INTERNET_ITEM_NOT_FOUND The requested item could not be located. 12029 ERROR_INTERNET_CANNOT_CONNECT The attempt to connect to the server failed. 12030 ERROR_INTERNET_CONNECTION_ABORTED The connection with the server has been terminated. 12031 ERROR_INTERNET_CONNECTION_RESET The connection with the server has been reset. 12032 ERROR_INTERNET_FORCE_RETRY Calls for the Win32 Internet function to redo the request. 12033 ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_PROXY_REQUEST The request to the proxy was invalid. 12036 ERROR_INTERNET_HANDLE_EXISTS The request failed because the handle already exists. 12037 ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_DATE_INVALID SSL certificate date that was received from the server is bad. The certificate is expired. 12038 ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_CN_INVALID SSL certificate common name (host name field) is incorrect. For example, if you entered www.server.com and the common name on the certificate says www.different.com. 12039 ERROR_INTERNET_HTTP_TO_HTTPS_ON_REDIR The application is moving from a non-SSL to an SSL connection because of a redirect. 12040 ERROR_INTERNET_HTTPS_TO_HTTP_ON_REDIR The application is moving from an SSL to an non-SSL connection because of a redirect. 12041 ERROR_INTERNET_MIXED_SECURITY Indicates that the content is not entirely secure. Some of the content being viewed may have come from unsecured servers. 12042 ERROR_INTERNET_CHG_POST_IS_NON_SECURE The application is posting and attempting to change multiple lines of text on a server that is not secure. 12043 ERROR_INTERNET_POST_IS_NON_SECURE The application is posting data to a server that is not secure. 12110 ERROR_FTP_TRANSFER_IN_PROGRESS The requested operation cannot be made on the FTP session handle because an operation is already in progress. 12111 ERROR_FTP_DROPPED The FTP operation was not completed because the session was aborted. 12130 ERROR_GOPHER_PROTOCOL_ERROR An error was detected while parsing data returned from the gopher server. 12131 ERROR_GOPHER_NOT_FILE The request must be made for a file locator. 12132 ERROR_GOPHER_DATA_ERROR An error was detected while receiving data from the gopher server. 12133 ERROR_GOPHER_END_OF_DATA The end of the data has been reached. 12134 ERROR_GOPHER_INVALID_LOCATOR The supplied locator is not valid. 12135 ERROR_GOPHER_INCORRECT_LOCATOR_TYPE The type of the locator is not correct for this operation. 12136 ERROR_GOPHER_NOT_GOPHER_PLUS The requested operation can only be made against a Gopher+ server or with a locator that specifies a Gopher+ operation. 12137 ERROR_GOPHER_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_FOUND The requested attribute could not be located. 12138 ERROR_GOPHER_UNKNOWN_LOCATOR The locator type is unknown. 12150 ERROR_HTTP_HEADER_NOT_FOUND The requested header could not be located. 12151 ERROR_HTTP_DOWNLEVEL_SERVER The server did not return any headers. 12152 ERROR_HTTP_INVALID_SERVER_RESPONSE The server response could not be parsed. 12153 ERROR_HTTP_INVALID_HEADER The supplied header is invalid. 12154 ERROR_HTTP_INVALID_QUERY_REQUEST The request made to HttpQueryInfo is invalid. 12155 ERROR_HTTP_HEADER_ALREADY_EXISTS The header could not be added because it already exists. 12156 ERROR_HTTP_REDIRECT_FAILED The redirection failed because either the scheme changed (for example, HTTP to FTP) or all attempts made to redirect failed (default is five attempts).
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Though they were murdered, the three victims of a triple homicide in 1909 Savannah live on in lore, legend and perhaps even hauntings.
For years, employees of Old Town Trolley Tours had bizarre experiences in a portion of the building where the Gribble house — the scene of the slayings — once stood. Last November, the company relocated to Louisville Road, but the old car barn still belongs to the parent company, Historic Tours of America.
The story of the murders has been added to Old Town Trolley's Ghosts & Gravestones tour, says general manager Charlie Brazil.
"When we decided to move, one of the things we began talking about was, 'Is there something we can do that is related to this story and the high level of paranormal activity?'" he says.
"It's something that we've been talking about loosely for as long as we've been in that building," Brazil says. "There was a lot of weird stuff in that building, which happened to so many people."
Employees Kenny Gresham and Garry Patrick began working with David Harland Rousseau, owner of Savannah Talent Services, which provides actors and guides for the Ghosts & Gravestones tour, to do some research.
"It was astounding to learn how much documentation exists about this event," Brazil says. "There are news articles, all kinds of things. It's really a very evocative story."
The Ghosts & Gravestones tour used to stop at Colonial Park Cemetery, but instead now stops at the old car barn, where the guests get off the trolley and listen to the building's history. "We felt the cemetery portion of the tour was anticlimactic," Brazil says.
"We couldn't find another setting that would be able to accommodate the numbers of people we put through on the tour. The Owens-Thomas House was interested until they found out how many people we were talking about."
Residents living near the cemetery began complaining about all the activity and traffic from tour buses and trolleys. "We said, 'Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could just obviate the cemetery to a drive by and discussion and give guests another exclusive opportunity to go into a place that is really evocative?" Brazil says.
Local paranormal investigators were brought in to survey the car barn.
"Some of their readings were through the roof," Brazil says. "One woman got physically scratched.
"There were tons of EVPs, or electronic voice phenomenon, and a lot of great readings. We said, 'This is the part of our tour that's been missing — the discoveries of paranormal investigating.'"
Many employees had weird experiences in the building.
"We had a mechanic who saw feet literally on the other side of the trolley where he was working," Brazil says. "He slid out and there was nothing or no one there.
"We've had things literally slide across people's desks and all kinds of crazy electronic equipment things happen. We've had trolleys that started by themselves and turned off by themselves, stains on the walls, people who've had their names called, and all kinds of people who have been touched."
There is no greater skeptic than Brazil.
"I'm not much of a believer, frankly, but I definitely felt unnerved at the very least," he says. "At night, the place was really, really spooky."
In addition to the Ghost & Gravestone tour of the building, a new company will offer a full-blown paranormal investigation on a nightly basis.
"This has been done in St. Augustine at the old jail and has been quite successful," Brazil says.
"Guests are going to get two hours inside the building, where they'll train on ghost hunting equipment, including EMF detectors, ghost boxes and the use of laser grid to try to get some good readings."
That company is the Gribble House Paranormal Experience and is owned by Patrick, who also is the depot sales manager for Old Town Trolley and who has done investigations in his native Australia and throughout the United States.
"I said, 'Let me get people in there,'" Patrick says. "In our initial investigation we found crazy things going on."
Twenty people in all participated.
"We got good recordings, including threatening ones, like 'You need to leave' and 'Stop asking stupid questions,'" Patrick says.
"In Savannah, we have walking tours and trolley tours. We don't have the opportunity to go into a building and become ghost hunters. This building doesn't disappoint.
"It's almost impossible to go in there and not have something happen."
Patrick named his business in honor of Eliza Gribble, a victim in the ax murders. "We supply all the equipment, so all people need to bring is a digital camera," he says.
"It starts at 11 p.m. and goes for 2 hours. People are going to get a chill."
In addition to the story of the Gribble house, Patrick talks about the history of the block where it sat, which also included a saloon, stores and former slave quarters that had become tenements.
"We get paranormal activity in the entire building, not just where the house was," he says.
Participants must be over 18.
"There are no kids, no alcohol and we're not interested in tomfoolery," Patrick says. "Guests have to sign a waiver. That's how serious we are."
The current building was erected in 1944, Patrick says. "Old Town Trolley got it in 1995," he says.
"There are many stories that were told, such as the lady in white who walked between the trolleys at night. There were a couple of spot fires that couldn't be explained that happened in the building.
"In the last few years, people saw a dark shadowy apparition in the office area," Patrick says. "There's quite a substantial amount of evidence to prompt us to get serious."
Patrick himself had an unusual experience in the building.
"I was in the very back corner when we had a power outage," he says.
"I was at the switchboard and I thought one of the mechanics was behind me. He said, 'What are you doing?'
"I said, 'I'm trying to fix this switch — would you move out of the light?'" Patrick says. "I turned around and nobody was there."
Photos taken in the building often show orbs with faces in them and strange lights. EVPs include a woman who responds "Hunter" when someone asks, "Maggie, are you here? Maggie?" and another woman speaks in an English accent as Eliza Gribble would have.
"The spirits are very curious about what's going on," Patrick says. "Since we moved out, they've sort of missed people coming in."
Rousseau also has had some strange experiences in the building.
"I was talking with a mechanic after hours one night, and was about ready to close up for the day," he says.
"We were talking about the day's events near Trolley 31, one of the ghost trolleys, which was parked just inside the former property line of the Gribble house. He leaned up against the trolley and for no reason, the interior and exterior lights and engine fan turned on, even though all the lights and the key were in the off position.
"He jumped, I jumped, and as soon as he took his hand off the vehicle, everything cut off," Rousseau says. "He put his hand on it to see if he could get it to come back on, and I did the same. We couldn't recreate it."
The old car barn is an example of a haunting outliving its original location, Rousseau says.
"It really was a horrible crime," he says. "It makes me think there must be something there. Too many employees have seen too many things for there not to be.
"There is too much unexplained."
• The Ghosts & Gravestones tour departs seven nights a week on River Street. Admission is $26 for adults and $10 for children. For more info, go towww.ghostsandgravestones.com/savannah.
• The cost for the Gribble House Experience is $65. For more info, go towww.gribblehouse.com or call 912-856-4316.


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Mayor, fire chief call review good thing
The Portland City Council has received a final review that details needed changes to the city's fire department.
While the review isn't yet complete, 450 pages of research found several issues, but Mayor Michael Brennan and Fire Chief Jerome LaMoria called the review a good thing.
"Those findings are not necessarily surprising to us by any degree, but what it does is lay everything on the table, so we can see it and (it) helps us lay plans for the future," LaMoria said.
The review called the department consistently inconsistent, understaffed and not frugal enough on overtime. The total spent in fiscal year 2012 was $1.85 million.
"It's a very honest review, and we're glad to have it at our disposal and use it to map a future for where we want to be," LaMoria said.
Brennan said he wants the public to know the council is taking the review seriously.
"I think the report should reassure the public that we're really paying close attention to fire services and public safety, and that we want to make sure we're moving in the right direction," Brennan said.
Brennan and LaMoria said they don't want to speculate on the review until they hear from the auditor Monday.
"I really think it's important to hear from the consultant and really understand the full context of how we reviewed the department and the recommendations that he's making," Brennan said.
"It's a great opportunity for us to grow," LaMoria said.
LaMoria said he's encouraged residents to write and comment on the city's website and Facebook page.


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DETROIT – Deliberations in the corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick ended early Monday morning when a juror went home sick.
Jurors were starting their fifth day of deliberations.
They started deliberating last Tuesday.
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Kilpatrick, his father Bernard and city contractor Bobby Ferguson are charged with running a criminal enterprise that relied on kickbacks, bribes and rigged contracts. Kwame Kilpatrick also is charged with fraud, tax crimes and other offenses.
Meanwhile, officials say his monthly $500 payment to Detroit was paid by his mother, former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. Kwame Kilpatrick owes the city more than $800,000, restitution that's tied to his 2008 conviction for obstruction of justice.


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