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New Jersey State Prison
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The New Jersey State Prison (NJSP), formerly known as Trenton State Prison, is a state prison in Trenton, New Jersey operated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections.[1] It accommodated over 1,900 prisoners as of January, 2005.[2]
NJSP operates two security units and provides a high level of custodial supervision and control. Professional treatment services, such as education and social work, are a priority at the facility. The Bureau of State Use Industries operated the bedding and clothing shops that were once located in Shop Hall at the facility. These industries have been relocated to South Woods State Prison.
NJSP also housed New Jersey's death row until the state banned capital punishment in 2007. Its inmates include John Martini, who was condemned for the kidnapping and murder of a Bergen County businessman, and Jesse Timmendequas, who was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 7-year-old Megan Kanka. This crime inspired the passing of Megan's Law, which requires communities to be notified when a convicted sex offender moves into their area. Many states have subsequently adopted similar measures.
New Jersey State Prison is a complex that consists of three separate but interconnected physical plants from three different eras of prison construction that took place on the property. The three sections are: The 1798 Penitentiary House; The 1832 Fortress Penitentiary; The 1982 Contemporary prison facility.
The 1798 NJ Penitentiary House, which was the first State Prison in New Jersey and the third in the nation after the Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia and Newgate in New York City is also the oldest building still in operation as part of an active, working prison in the United States. This allows NJSP to lay claim to being the oldest continuously operating State Prison in the US. The only surviving portion of the 1798 Penitentiary House is the original Front House, which functioned originally as the living quarters for the Keeper of the State Prison, the four Assistant Keepers (The first 4 men who served in the capacity of what we know today as State Correction Officers), the Armory, administrative office space on the first floor and a row of cells for the confinement of disruptive prisoners in the basement. Since the Penitentiary House stopped housing prisoners within a few years after the 1832 Fortress Penitentiary opened, Auburn Correctional Facility can lay claim to having the oldest continuously operating cell house in the US.
After completion and the relocation of the Penitentiary House inmates to the new Fortress Penitentiary compound in 1836, the 1798 facility alternately served as the Mercer County jail facility during construction of their Workhouse in Titusville, NJ, and then as the State Arsenal until 1929, when all National Guard equipment and services that were based there were transferred to the newly completed ANG base at Sea Girt, at which time control of the empty compound was returned to the State Prison. In 1930, all of the Penitentiary House buildings were demolished, with the exception of the Front House, which was remodeled into a residence for the Keeper of the State Prison, a use for which it is still designated today. (2013) The cleared land on which the Penitentiary House cell houses and shop buildings had stood previously were enclosed in a 22 foot high reinforced concrete wall and opened as the Big Yard in 1930. This new, large recreation yard eased the cramped conditions inside the walls of the main compound, which up until that time had limited space to devote to outside recreation.
The second oldest portion of New Jersey State Prison, the Fortress Penitentiary, was constructed between 1832 and 1836, when the inmates from the Penitentiary House next door were moved over. The 1832 facility was constructed on a contiguous plot of land already owned by the State and controlled by the Penitentiary House, under the supervision of the Keeper of the State Prison, and made use of inmate labor during the four years of construction. Consequently, the 1836 Fortress Penitentiary compound is considered to be an addition to the existing State Prison on the property. This assertion is valid because the two compounds coexisted on the same property and were managed and controlled by the Keeper as a prison complex in which the same inmate population worked and were housed. As the State Prison is operated as a unified complex composed of separate distinct compounds today, this conclusion is defensible. In his 1917 Master's Thesis, the late Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes, the noted American historian published a history and analysis of the State Prisons, Reformatories and Penal Institutions of NJ up to that time. His work was an analysis of the application of the various penal philosophies and their successes, failures and changes from 1798 to 1917. He separated the Penitentiary House and the 1832 Fortress Penitentiary into two "Systems" in this work. The reader should note that "System" as used by Dr. Barnes was at that time used as we use "Paradym" today- His "First Prison System in NJ" as applied to the Penitentiary House and "Second Prison System in NJ" as applied to the 1832 facility did not describe two separate prisons nor did it indicate two separate prison agencies. This was a history and description of New Jersey's transition away from the Congregate System of confinement, wherein all persons regardless of age, sex or mental state were simply confined in the Penitentiary House, to the Pennsylvania System of confinement, which consisted of keeping prisoners confined in single cells, completely isolated from other prisoners and the Keepers. The authority and management of the State Prison as an agency did not change- The Keeper as the agency head supervised the Penitentiary House, oversaw and contributed inmate labor to the construction of the Fortress Penitentiary between 1832 and 1836, and supervised the transfer of all inmates from the old to the new compound in 1836 and continued on in the new compound. This construction, transfer and continuation of operations from one side of the property to the other provides a link between the old and new compounds, and demonstrates that the New Jersey State Prison has existed and continuously operated in the same location since 1798. Thus, Dr. Barnes described a change in penal theory and practice, not the abolishion of the old buildings and governing agency and the substitution of a new one. No break in operation or management occurred.
The 1832 facility was expanded several times throughout the 19th Century with new construction adding wings in the years between 1859 and 1907, and larger Shop Hall buildings as well. In 1895-96 when 6 Wing was constructed, the original walls were extended to the corners of the old Penitentiary House compound to enclose that wing as well as the newer Shop Hall building, which heretofore had been outside the main walls.
Capital Punishment was moved from the County Jails to NJ State Prison in 1907, when the first execution was carried out using the new Electric Chair, built by Carl Adams of Trenton, in the shops of his Adams Electric Company. The last such electrocution took place in 1963. In 1979 the Death House (8 Wing), along with the old Hospital wing were demolished to make way for a new Gymnasium.
In 1952, a series of violent revolts by prisoners occurred in the prison in March, April and October, but they were all successfully quelled after lengthy showdowns between prisoners and officers.
Ground was broken for the contemporary facility in 1979, and it was completed in 1982. No additions have been made since that time.
Notable prisoners[edit]
- Max B (2009–present) Rapper/former member of Byrdgang.[3] Refused a 10 year plea deal hoping to beat the charges and return to rapping. Sentenced to 75 years in prison for felony murder, kidnapping & armed robbery.
- Richard Fran Biegenwald (1940–2008), serial killer who killed at least nine and is suspected in at least two other murders. Operated in Monmouth County, New Jersey in the early 1980s
- Rubin Carter (1957-1966, 1967-1985), boxer wrongly convicted of murder. He was released in 1985 and went on to become an activist for the wrongly convicted.[4]
- Richard Cottingham (1946–present), serial killer from New Jersey who tortured, killed and dismembered at least six women and possibly many more from 1967 to 1980
- Charles Cullen (1960–present), New Jersey's most prolific serial killer. Admitted to killing at least 35 people while working as a nurse in numerous New Jersey and Pennsylvania hospitals.
- Bruno Hauptmann, for the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's toddler son.
- Peter Kudzinowski (1903–1929), sentenced to death for murdering children
- Richard Kuklinski (1935–2006), mafia hit man known as "The Iceman" who was connected to the Gambino crime family.[5]
- Joseph Kuklinski (1944–2003), younger brother of the contract killer Richard Kuklinski. He was convicted of raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl at the age of 25.
- Robert O. Marshall (1939–present), Originally sentenced to death for hiring a hit-man from Louisiana to kill his wife, his sentence was commuted to life in prison
- Joseph Vincent Moriarty (1910?–1979), numbers racketeer
- Jesse Timmendequas (1969–present), who was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 7-year-old Megan Kanka, which led to the passage of Megan's Law.
- John Martini (1930–2009), kidnapper and murderer of Bergen County businessman Irving Flax in 1989. Martini and accomplice picked up the ransom money, murdered Flax and were able to give the FBI the slip. Arrested several days later.[6][7][8][9]
- Edgar Smith, convicted murderer
- Lloyd Woodson, sentenced to 14.5 years in 2012 for attempted armed robbery (second degree), possession of a firearm for unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a rifle, possession of a defaced firearm, possession of hollow-point bullets, and possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines.
- Robert Reldan, Convicted and sentenced to life in prison on two counts of rape and murder in 1979. Number of victims could be as high as eight.
- NJSP has been parodied as the Alderney State Correctional Facility in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV.
- ^ "NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON THIRD AND FEDERAL STREETS TRENTON, NEW JERSEY." New Jersey Department of Corrections. Retrieved on September 9, 2010.
- ^ Total residents in New Jersey State correctional institutions and satellites on January 11, 2005
- ^ Max B
- ^ ""Rubin Carter." 2014. The Biography.com website.". biography.com.
- ^ "Inmate Search: Richard Kuklinski". New Jersey Department of Corrections. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- ^ "Kidnapped From His Fair Lawn Home". Fairlawn News. Spring 2004. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
- ^ "September 1999 Executions". www.ProDeathPenalty.com. Retrieved October 21, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Inmate Search: John Martini". New Jersey Department of Corrections. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
- ^ Katherine Santiago (September 10, 2009). "Death of killer John Martini brings victim's widow small comfort". www.NJ.com. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- A History of the Penal, Reformatory, and Correctional Institutions of the State of New Jersey: Analytical and Documentary, Harry Elmer Barnes, MacCrellish & Quigley Company, Trenton, NJ 1918
- Trenton State Gazette, Trenton Evening Times, Sunday Times Advertiser, various articles between 1890 and 1979.
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In mid-October of 1989, Kurt Cobain was in Europe holding a plastic basin full of vomit. The puke belonged to Tad Doyle, the 300-pound former butcher from Idaho who, at the time, had found mild success with his grunge band, Tad. Nirvana and Tad were out on a 42-day, 37-show European tour together, and dealing with Doyle's gastrointestinal malfunctions had somehow become one of Kurt's daily responsibilities—he would go on to name the song "Imodium," later retitled "Breed" on Nevermind, after Doyle's antidiarrhea medicine.

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16.12.05 - By Travis Marks: Fight results from the Lou Dibella promoted Broadway Boxing series held in the Hammerstein Ballroom: Junior Welterweight Dimitry Salitas hand was raised as the winner by veteran referee Steve Smoger after a tough battle against journeyman Robert Frankel. The scores for this unanimous decision win were 97-92 and 96-93 (twice) all in favor of Salita. From ringside in appeared that Frankel controlled the action and was also credited with a knock down in the first round. This was not one of Salitas finer performances but nevertheless his record improved to 24-0 (14 KOs).
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Catholic Parish Outreach, a Catholic Charities program, is celebrating 34 years of serving Wake, Franklin, and Johnston counties. We provide emergency food assistance and, when possible, small children's clothing and baby items, such as formula and diapers. CPO does more than just distribute food and children's clothing. The pantry gives hope to its clients by treating them with dignity and respect. Clients see volunteers coming together with one purpose - to help them. CPO also provides a food stamp outreach program and a resource list of other assistance throughout the community. It is a model throughout the state of how to serve the less fortunate in our communities. The kindness of CPO's supporters makes a difference in the lives of our clients long after the food we provide is gone. Any help you can give is deeply appreciated. We hope that you take the next step to learn more about CPO and how to help. Thanks!
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Diabetes Health Center
Diabetes and the Risk of Fad Diets
Meal Replacement Diets continued...
The Slim-Fast plan involves eating six small meals/snacks every day -- with three involving Slim-Fast products. The rest of the day, you're on your own to choose healthy meals. No foods are forbidden; you can still eat your favorites. However, lean protein, fruits, and vegetables are emphasized.
The products take the guesswork out of portion control, says Nonas.
"A person with diabetes can do a Slim-Fast diet," she explains. "What's important is that you're eating healthy meals, eating smaller portions, eating fruit and vegetables, and getting some exercise. You also need to monitor your blood sugar."
One word of caution: "You must take into account the number of carbs in those products," Gidus tells WebMD. "You may need a shake plus a banana. Also, just because something is low-carb doesn't mean it's good for you. There's the danger of going too low."
Also, if you're eating six small meals a day -- instead of three - adjust your insulin or medications to allow for this change. That's why discussing any of these diets with your doctor is an absolute must.
Extreme Liquid Diets
These are all-liquid meal replacement products - generally, 800 calories or less for daily intake.
For these diets to be safe, you and your doctor must closely monitor your blood sugar and fine-tune your insulin and medications. Using the products can result in an average total weight loss of 44 pounds over 12 weeks. In the long run, that weight loss can improve obesity-related medical conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. But in the short run, these diets are risky for people with diabetes.
"Generally, with these liquid diets, four 200-calorie shakes a day are allowed -- and that's all," says Gidus. "But those shakes aren't just low-calorie, they're also low-carb. When you add up the carbs, it might not be enough for you. I don't recommend those diets for people with diabetes."
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Therioshamanism: Eating, Wearing, and Hugging Animals; Or, Why Omnivores and Taxidermists Have Feelings
The other day on my Tumblr, I reblogged a set of images featuring "pet animals" on one side and "food animals" on the other, with the statement "Why love one but eat the other?" in the middle. They were from billboards that ran in Toronto a couple of years ago. The message, of course, is that we shouldn't eat chickens, pigs, and cows because they're animals just like puppies and kittens are; it's an attempt to turn people to vegetarianism or veganism.
I don't think I gave the desired response. For one thing, I have reasons for not going veg*n. I'm an obligate omnivore due to various quirks of my body and its metabolism; I even have it on doctor's orders that I need a reasonable amount of meat protein because I tend to get sick otherwise, even on a well-balanced vegetarian diet. And I don't respond well to attempted guilt trips masked as appeals to emotion, especially when they present only one true way for everyone to do something. So I decided to respond with some non-rhetorical reasons why we eat cows and not cats:
Because generally speaking herbivores taste better than carnivores. Also, we've spent centuries selectively breeding cows, pigs, and chickens to be meatier and tastier, while we haven't done that with cats and dogs. And it's easier to raise herbivores as food behaviorally, especially because we have bred them to be more docile.
And it's also cultural. There have been and still are cultures in which dog and cat meat is acceptable; it's just that in Western cultures, where this sort of ad campaign pops up, it's not acceptable. If you talk to anyone raised on a farm, though, you know that farm kids are raised with the idea that some of the animals end up as food, and that you can be attached to them and care for them and still accept that fact. If they're from a hunting family they often learn that the same deer they hunt are also beautiful animals that can be admired, and this doesn't have to be a contradiction. On a farm, you're closer to life and death than people who shop at the grocery store and have never raised their own meat or gone hunting. I didn't grow up on a farm itself, but I grew up in a rural area with lots of farms, and with the reality that if I am going to eat, something has to die, whether animal, plant, or fungus.
I have had people ask me before, "How can you say you love animals when you have dead ones all over your home? How can you appreciate them when you support killing and eating them?"
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In July 2009, Adrienne temporarily joined the Leadership Institute to finalize the development and launch of the CampusReform.org, a social network for conservative and libertarian college students.
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Loews Launches Social Reservations
Friday November 15th, 2013 - 10:02AM UJ
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NEW YORK, NY—Loews Hotels & Resorts launched Loews Hotels Social Reservations, a booking tool that allows guests to book hotel stays directly via Twitter.
From Tuesday, November 19th, Loews will add Twitter as a distribution channel for 16 of its properties (excluding the Orlando hotels), allowing the booking process to take place in an entirely new platform.
To complete the booking, consumers type #BookLoews in a tweet to @Loews_Hotels to express interest and will be prompted by one of the brand's Travel Planners to start a Twitter conversation. As soon as the guest is ready to make a reservation, the Loews Travel Planner will tweet them a link to a secure chat conversation to process personal and payment information in a secure, PCI-compliant, digital environment.
"As we continue to evolve and build on our social media strategy, we are focused on meeting the needs of travelers throughout each stage of the travel continuum," stated Piper Stevens, director of social media, Loews Hotels & Resorts. "When it comes to reservations, we recognize that giving consumers the option of booking efficiently on a network where they are already engaging on a daily basis is going to set us apart and grow our consumer base in a meaningful way."
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I Don't CareThose heart-wrenching feelings have long since passed
Of togetherness, of love
Later came the shock of agony
Which I have rose above
Now I see you on the floor
Cold and bumpy to the touch
Remembering the last time I saw you
And how I used to feel so much
Remind me of the days of holding hands
Fingers entwined between fishnet gloves
Passionate, tender moments, exchanging hot kisses
With a girl I used to love
You are round and brown with little black bumps
A cute smile painted for a face
You had a match worn by another
But that was in another place
I don't think much of her anymore
She doesn't come to mind
And I believe it's for the better
To leave the past behind
Maybe she still thinks of me
Running my fingers through her hair
Maybe she still has those photos
But I honestly don't care
I don't know who she's with or where she is
Or if she's got a new madame
But I don't really want to know
Because I don't really give a damn
All I know is that I'm fine
And what's meant to be will be
I've l
MamaMama, you're not home anymore
You don't pick up the phone
You keep on promising it'll be okay
And wondering why I feel alone
But brother's stressed and so am I
I'm so scared, but I don't show it
Daddy's stressed because it's all ending
I wish I could pretend not to know it
I hide in my room and I close the door
Blasting my stereo
So I can drown out the sound of the fight,
You two shouting on the floor below
I know that you do deserve much better
I know he doesn't treat you right
But that doesn't soften the ache in my eyes
When you're arguing every night
You keep making promises
But you don't follow through
You say you'll be back by nine
But you walk through the door at two
Doors keep slamming and people keep yelling
I don't know why I can't cry
But I can't shed a single tear
Even when I try
He blames you for everything
From the divorce to my grades
He doesn't know that he's the reason
Why my motivation fades
I remember when I trusted easily
I remember when I believed
But I am not resig
UsedClinging on to something
I know is no longer true
This love is going to kill me, but
I can't let go of you
"Honey, either you end it now and it hurts,"
Were the words my best friends said to me,
"Or she ends it later and it hurts so much worse"
But in the end, you were the one to leave
Mine is not the first love to be shattered
Or the first heart to be torn
These are not the first scars on my wrist
That I have ever bore
You are not the first one
By whom I've been abused
You may be a fucking tool,
But I'm the one being used
You're kicking my heart in the ass with cleats
You won't ever know how it feels
To walk a mile in my shoes
But you couldn't if you tried; they're five-inch heels
They all said I deserved someone better for me
That I was a diamond in the rough
I gave you my fucking everything
I guess in the end, it wasn't enough
Mine is not the first love to be shattered
Or the first heart to be torn
These are not the first scars on my wrist
That I have ever bore
You are not the first
Until You Found MeUntil I found you,
Love was a path of broken lies
Until I found you,
Nobody saw me through your eyes
Until I found you,
I couldn't know what to feel
Until I found you,
I thought this love could not be real
I didn't know what I truly lacked
I didn't know if I should go back
I didn't know if I could survive
I didn't know if I could feel alive
When it came to love, I didn't know who to trust or what to believe
Until you found me
Until I found you,
I thought all hopes of love had died
Until I found you,
Countless seas of tears I cried
Until I found you,
I was lost with nowhere to turn
Until I found you,
Love's fire just made me burn
I didn't know what I truly lacked
I didn't know if I should go back
I didn't know if I could survive
I didn't know if I could feel alive
And when it came to love, I guess I just didn't know who to trust or what to believe
Until you found me
Isn't it funny how we look back on our pasts
And we don't cry anymore?
Because when we lost old love that didn't last
We e
Bridget and Emily on HomophobiaEMILY:
My mom found out you're a lesbian. She forbid me from going to San Fran for college with you. I chewed her ass. I can go again now. She got all high and mighty and lectured me about how she'll "not have me become a lesbian" and blah blah blah.
I hate this place so much, Bridget. Don't worry, I defended you with my life. I'm proud to call you my friend. She can't take that from me.
Emily, that means more to me than you will ever know.
What irks me is that some of my friend's parents feel that because I like girls, it means that I'm some kind of creep out to turn all her female friends, which isn't true in the slightest. The same thinking could be used in reverse; A lot of my friends are straight, both males and females. That doesn't mean that me spending time with them is going to make me heterosexual.
Thank you so much. I really hope I get to see you soon... I love and miss you so much, Thank you for defending me.
It's what I had to do. You'r
SomedaySomeday, you'll accept me
Someday, you'll understand
Someday you will be happy for me
When you see me hold her hand
Someday you'll both realize
Just how happy I could be
If you would give me and her a chance
You can't know how much it would mean to me
You didn't ever have to go through this
Yet you think it's just a phase
But I'd bet you would both understand
If you know how it feels when she holds my gaze
Mother, I wish you'd accept me the way I am
So I could say how I feel for her aloud
Daddy, you look down on this now
But someday, you'll see why I'm proud
I wish that you knew how much courage it took
Just for me to come out to you
You want me to be a good, straight little girl
Well, this isn't about you
I don't need your approval to feel this way
You cannot control my world
I don't need your input, because I already know
...that I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS GIRL!
Mom and Dad, hear me out
I am your daughter, the lesbian
Although I can't say that I like girls
Because I only have eyes for on
The First Time...When I first s a w you...
I was afraid to m e e t you.
When I first m e t you...
I was afraid to k n o w you.
When I first k n e w you...
I was afraid to l i k e you.
When I first l i k e d you...
I was afraid to l o v e you.
When I first l o v e d you...
I was afraid to t e l l you.
When I first t o l d you...
I was afraid to h o l d you.
When I first h e l d you...
I was afraid to k i s s you.
When I first k i s s e d you...
I was afraid to h a v e you.
When I first h a d you...
I was afraid to l
It HurtsDid you believe me when I told you that,
That it didn't hurt at all?
You're a fool, my dear, for listening.
Is that why you let me fall?
Did you kill me just for saying
That it hurt not for a minute?
Did you believe my heart unbreakable,
That my heart just wasn't in it?
Why are you hurt when I say
That I was hurt as well?
It's impossible not to hurt,
Not after how we fell.
IT HURTS, my dear, my once-love,
And it's not unreasonable to.
Stop turning your guilt to anger.
I can hurt because of you.
So, yes, I hurt. Accept it,
And accept it with great care.
You'll have to face it someday:
You're in my heart,
And you'll be forever there.
Because of youTo me, you are my everything
and my heart continues to love you
so I've opened myself up to pain
of heartache and senseless wandering.
I've let myself continue to dream
and I submerge myself in fantasies
that shall appear only in the darkness of night.
Butterflies in my stomach whenever I see you,
may it be in my dreams or in real life.
And you make me smile inside
even if you cannot see...
just because you're there.
A Friend Like YouA Friend Like You
Not many people can do what you do
To listen and care and talk and help
But you're always here,
When I need some of your time
And all I can do is give you these lines
I wish I could give it all back
With a hundred times more
Because it's more than I could ever deserve,
Even more than I asked for
So I thank you with all of my heart,
For keeping that wide, open door
I thought I would never find
A true friend like you
I never thought we'd be this way
I thought it would never last
But it has all stayed together,
The heartache left in the past
This is all that I have
To give you my love in return
Please know how grateful I feel
And just in case we one day grow very far
Just look up, and we might be looking at that same star
Make It TrueI'm not the best at goodbye's.
I'm sitting here trying not to cry.
This is just a simple way to say.
I wish you weren't going away.
I can't admit how I feel.
I'm too afraid this isn't real.
There are so many things I want to tell you.
But the second I say it out loud will make it true.
I can't tell you how I feel when you kiss me.
How it ties me down but sets me free.
I can't tell you about the fluttering inside.
Or how I think about you a lot of the time.
How I wish you could understand.
But I guess I've done all that I can.
I just wish you could open your eyes.
Or how I wish I could put down my pride.
So I'll keep it all to myself.
An un-read book upon the shelf.
Because the second I say it out loud will make it true.
I can't tell you how much I love you.
MemoriesI close my eyes,
And see you there,
Smiling like,
You use to.
But then you fade,
And disappear,
As my memories,
Leave me.
You're gone now,
Far away,
And I wish,
I could remember.
Your sweet smile,
Your kind laugh,
I miss you,
Loving HateI want to love you, but I can't.
I want to kill you with a thousand kisses.
And suffocate you my lust.
Hold you hostage in my arms forever,
And by no means ever let you go.
I want to drown you with eternal love.
But I end up burning with fiery passion.
I want my lips to poison you with selfless venom.
Can you feel me spreading through your veins?
Killing all that you once were .
Leaving you with nothing but the pain.
I want to strangle you with the chains that bind our love to hate
And let my tears wash away the pain.
I want to stab an arrow through your heart
And awaken the emotions that you rarely show.
Emotions that lie deep inside,
Which only pain can set free.
The fire in your eyes burns with endless might.
And I wonder if they burn with hatred or passion.
I know the quicker the fire starts, the weaker you become.
I see your flaw, and being weaker I attack.
Words are my weapon,
They won't kill you, but they'll cut deep.
The fire quickly crumbles, leaving nothing but ashes.
And all
When true love dies...I told myself I was gonna do it right
if I could just have you in my life again.
But I was wrong, you broke my heart
just like you did back then.
I thought second chances meant
to start over new and get things right.
Now I know thats a bunch of bullshit,
you only go through the same pain twice.
I shouldnt have let you wander
and let your love go astray.
All the freedom that I gave you
only made you go away.
I trusted that you would stay loyal,
you told me that youd always be honest.
Well, we can see how well that worked out
you went and broke your promise.
Dont you say that I didnt care
because I gave you room to breathe.
I only let you do what you want
because I didnt want you to leave.
All I ever wanted
was a little bit of your time.
You barely gave me any,
but I gave you all of mine.
Its the little things that matter;
thats what we used to promise each other.
But now youve gone and let me down
to share that promise
A Love PoemYou made me smile and laugh
You made me want to be better
To run farther,
To love harder
You made me love to fall
I wanted to be the one to hold you
I want to tell you I love you
I want to kiss you in the rain
Sometimes it burns
Every time I think of you
The pain, the boredom they stop
And suddenly I'd be content to lie still for awhile
If only I could feel your heart against mine.
I'm not a good person,
And this isn't a good poem,
I don't always speak the truth,
But this time it's true:
I love you.
Are you still mine?I wonder, are you still mine?
It's been a while since we see each other,
It's been some time since we kiss each other.
I wonder, are you still faithful to me?
You said you would wait for me but you're a man.
Are you being honest when you say you love me?
Are you still keeping the promise of not breaking my heart?
I don't know what to think about it.
You play with my mind like if you know it for years.
You play with my heart and you make it disappear.
You play with my soul like if you were some god.
You play with my body like if it was a toy.
Sweet revenge one day I'll have,
if I ever find out you were not mine.
One year together and has been a hell,
but still good the memories that we share.
Allot has happen between us that I can't forget,
Hope your still faithful like once you said.
If the promise you made, it has been already broke,
you heart will be mine and you soul will be stolen.
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Work 24/7… because we CAN?!!?!!
Just because we can, should we? Be connected to our work 24/7, that is?
The advances in digital technology have been truly amazing –enabling us to be connected, well, constantly. With our ability to check email at 2:00 AM, receive phone calls while traveling wherever we are, and hold real time video meetings with clients halfway across the globe, the velocity of progress has grown exponentially. And our abilities to determine our engagement levels become more challenging.
The big challenge for us is that there is enough work, information, and business "stuff" to occupy our every waking minute. So, we know we need to turn it off. Now, just how and when?
How is pretty simple. Just turn it off. Shut the computer down. Turn the smartphone off. Silence the alerts. Just turn it off!
Remember, we are the thinking ones here. WE can decide that we CAN turn of the electronica. IT does not control us – it is the other way.
So, when you decide your workday is over, let it be over. That chapter of the day is done. Kaput. Believe that it was a job well done and let it go. Transition to a new activity, a new engagement, a new thought pattern.
Breaking from one task to another is healthy. By shutting down your workday so that you and your spouse can have a truly enjoyable dinner can be energizing and fulfilling. Turning the blackberry off as you walk in the door signals to you that it is play time with those anxiously awaiting kids.
To keep both activities "open" essentially serves each only partial attention. If you've conversed with someone who was checking his or her smartphone at the same time, you know what I mean. They weren't all there.
It can be stressful to try to serve two masters at the same time; you can feel like you're robbing one or cheating the other. Not to mention the rework that can result from not fully engaging the first time.
My best advice is to engage activities in time chunks, and to separate. Shut it down, then open it up. Don't keep it running 24-7. It'll wear you down.


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Ham video debut on the ISS
While amateur radio enthusiasts have been able to communicate with astronauts on the International Space Station since its inauguration in 2000, a new digital amateur television (DATV) transmitter installed in the Columbus laboratory will add a visual element to those conversations, the European Space Agency announced on Monday.
For the past 14 years, people on Earth have been able to communicate with the ISS crew using standard radio equipment, the ESA said. The DATV system was developed by Kayser Italia and arrived at the station last August on board Japan's space freighter. It was then connected to an existing S-band antenna in the Columbus laboratory.
The video signal works like standard TV broadcasts in that the crew members will not be able to see their audience, but they will be able to hear their questions and comments over the regular amateur radio system. The sessions have to be brief, as the connection requires a direct line of sight. Since the ISS travels at speeds of more than 17,000 mph, it quickly passes through the field of view of Earth-based amateur stations, the agency said.
The crew finished commissioning the set-up for the device on April 12, and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins was the first member to broadcast over what has been dubbed Ham TV. He took part in a video chat with ground stations in Livorno, Casale Monferrato and Matera, Italy.
The ESA explained that they have contributed five ground antennas and equipment to the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) organization, which can be easily transported and repositioned as needed in order to receive video from the ISS when it flies overhead. When linked together, the agency said that the station is capable of providing up to 20 minutes of contact at any given time.
According to ARISS, the Ham Video transmitted operates with a Canon XF-305 camera. It has download frequencies of 2.422 GHz and 2.437 GHz, contingency frequencies of 2.369 GHz and 2.395 GHz, and a DVB-S like signal. Other characteristics include a DVB-S like signal (without PMT tables), symbol rates of 1.3 Ms/s, 2.0 Ms/s, FEC of 1/2, video PID of 256, audio PID 257 and RF radiated power (approximately 10 W EIRP).
"Ham TV will add to ham radio for space educational purposes, offering schoolchildren the chance to talk and see astronauts in space with simple equipment," the ESA said. "Anybody can still hail the Station via radio and, if an astronaut floats by the always-on receiver, they might just pick up and answer the call."
Google+ community
While I'm finishing up the Puxing/Wouxun review I started a Google+ community to discuss Chinese ham-related products. These could be (but not limited to) radios, test equipment, accessories, kits, spare parts or components.
I also plan to invite manufacturers and sellers to join, which will give members the opportunity to give feedback and ask questions.
There's a fine line between information and SPAM; this will defined in more detail later in time.
Puxing PX-UV973 vs Wouxun KG-UV8D (I)
Normally I review radios separately, but this time I will make an exception. Both the Puxing PX-UV973 and the Wouxun KG-UV8D are a new breed of Chinese radios. Both have two independent VFOs, both are cross-band capable. In part one I will discuss some of the gory details, but focus a bit more on theory.
Independent VFOs
In order to be cross-band capable, you need two independent VFOs. The idea itself is far from new: the Standard C520/C528, manufactured from 1989 until 1993, could do it too. The concept of independent VFOs and cross-band repeat capability was abandoned in favor of models with only one oscillator, which were much cheaper to produce. Modern radios are still dual-band, but can't listen to both bands simultaneously, nor do cross-band repeat. Instead we got dual watch radios, which switch between both bands on regular intervals to check for activity.
Not only are dual band / dual watch radios much cheaper to produce, you will also avoid a number of technical pitfalls. Cramming two transceivers into one package is the easy part, making sure these two transceivers won't influence each other in some negative way is another thing. That's hard, very hard, especially when you combine two amateur bands like 2 meters and 70 centimeters. Ever calculated the third harmonics of 145 MHz?
Limited usability
Cross-band capability makes sense in a number of situations, but in a hand held? A hand held is supposed to be just that – a portable transceiver. In the best of circumstances your little (negative gain) antenna will be about 2 meters above ground, in the worst case scenario (clipped to your belt) around 1 meter above ground. Cross-banding from such a low altitude is rather pointless.
In order to put the system to good use, you will need to connect the radio to an outdoor antenna, preferably as high above ground as possible. In that respect a cross-band system is no different from a normal repeater system: antenna height is everything. While this will ensure that range problems will be solved, it might introduce another problem: receiver overload. Whether this is a problem or not depends on a lot of factors (design, RF pollution in the area), but so far all hand helds I've seen can't match the filtering of most mobile radios.
Problem 1: harmonic suppression
If there's any situation in which you don't want to see harmonics at all, it is in these cross-band capable radios. To my surprise both Puxing as well as Wouxun nailed this.
- Puxing PX-UV973: -76dBc on VHF, -65dBc on UHF
– Wouxun KG-UV8D: -65dBc on VHF, -64dBc on UHF
Third harmonics and above undetectable.
Winner: Puxing.
Problem 2: sensitivity
A cross-band capable radio needs much better RX filtering. Better RX filters however will also introduce a certain amount of insertion loss. Because of this – and assuming both manufacturers did it right – I expected these radios to be less sensitive than we got used to.
- Puxing PX-UV973: -120 dBm on VHF, -120 dBm on UHF
– Wouxun KG-UV8D: -122 dBm on VHF, -121 dBm on UHF
Winner: Wouxun.
To put this in perspective: there have been a number of radios reviewed here what could pull of an astounding -129dBm. This means that both radios discussed here have sacrificed about 6dBm in order to get the filtering right. Before you look at these numbers in disgust: less sensitivity is far better than crappy filtering.
Problem 3: preventing both oscillators of interfering with each other
Here both radios fail miserably. For some reason both manufacturers weren't able to to get this right, resulting in an awful lot of spurious emissions up and down the carrier.
The problem is most evident when you're receiving around the third harmonics of your transmit frequency. Because my test frequencies are always 145 MHz and 435 MHz (mid-band for European hams), it was impossible to miss.
This is how 145 MHz signals looks like on the spectrum analyzer:
This image is valid for both radios. When you change the RX frequency, the distance between the peaks will change. When you lower the RX frequency enough the peaks will eventually disappear from the screen. Before you think that the problem is gone — nope. As soon as you adjust the frequency span of the analyzer, they're back in town. The peaks got smaller and smaller eventually, but never disappeared completely.
This behavior is a problem, a really big problem. If you prefer clean signals under all conditions, these radios are not for you.
(to be continued)
Fixing the "Wouxun Memory Loss" bug
Remember the various posts about Wouxun handhelds losing memory contents? Although the chance of encountering this problem seems to be remote, it does happen. A small component (a 24C64 serial memory IC) can give up in time.
The good news: it can be repaired/replaced at almost no cost (about 60 cents). The bad news: you need to be comfortable with working on small components and must have the tools to do it. If you don't, have it done by someone with more experience.
The complete repair guide can be read in detail on Mike Mercury's, which is the website of Tim N8NQH.
Link to a Chinese eBay seller (10 pieces for $2.38): http://www.ebay.nl/itm/290951221455


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The Studs Won't Stop
Nicole Richie has already Twitpic'd hers and Mary-Kate Olsen was spotted wearing hers on the way to JFK. The latest iteration of the studded leather jacket, that is—this one from Katie Nehra's Simone label. The L.A.-based designer is picking up left-coast fans, as they say, left and right. But the latest admirer of the Fall '10 style ($1,080), a cropped moto jacket with exaggerated lapels, is none other than Patti Smith. After hearing that the singer-turned-Just Kids memoirist was lusting after the jacket (spotting it on one of Nehra's friends in Manhattan), the designer made sure to rush a jacket for Smith into production. "You can custom-order the jacket any way you want," Nehra said, pointing to the exaggerated studs and last name emblazoned on the back of hers. "But for Patti, I'm going to leave all those decisions up to her."
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