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Why I'll Never Buy Another Gould's BF30 Pump Controller or …
Posted on 28. Mar, 2011 by Chris in Plumbing
I thought of calling this post The Diminishing Returns of Increased Complexity but it sounded a little dry and impersonal …
Over the last decade I have become fairly knowledgeable about our water supply; where our water comes from, and how it gets to us. This hard won knowledge has been gained trying to provide a potable water supply to my house.
We were incredibly naive when we bought 10 rural acres outside of Kamloops just over 10 years ago. The property already had a well on it but we never bothered to test it prior to purchasing the land. We installed a submersible pump in our newly acquired, 500′ deep well only to discover that the well was so marginal (well under 1/3 gallon per hour) that it was virtually impossible to supply enough water for our family of five. We bought the most water-efficient appliances we could find (I could also call this post why I'll never buy another Asko clothes washer …), but still struggled to provide enough water for all of our needs. Our kids were in cloth diapers at this time, and not being able to finish a load of laundry a day was challenging!
We quickly abandoned this first well and dug a surface well on our property. A surface well can be significantly less expensive to setup than a deep well, and we could not afford to drill another deep well at the time. Our surface well was essentially a 14′ long, 4′ diameter steel culvert sunk into the ground. The bottom 3-4′ of the culvert was perforated with small diameter holes so that ground water seeped into the well through a filter bed of gravel. This well provided adequate water but was not without problems; the water level fluctuated seasonally so that on a couple of occasions the well was close to going dry, and our ground water had a high iron content that resulted in heavy reddish stains in all of our water fixtures. Stephen (our son) also contracted a campylobacter infection soon after switching to this well, a serious concern with contaminated surface water. In fact, in BC it is no longer permissible to dig new surface wells for residential water systems, you are required to use deep wells. I do not necessarily agree with these new regulations; a surface well is perfectly safe … once you know what you are doing.
Our final water solution on this property was to dig a new deep well (360′ deep) that had an acceptable flow rate. We pumped the water from this well into a 1500 gallon cistern (underground water tank). The cistern buffered the well and allowed us to use more water than the well was capable of producing over short periods of time, allowing us to do multiple loads of laundry and flush toilets, cook and drink throughout the day … heaven! During the night (when we used no water) the cistern would slowly be refilled from the well. This system worked remarkably well. Unfortunately for us we only got to use it for a few months as we installed it just before selling the property. We actually put this new system in to sell the property. It is very difficult to get a mortgage on a property without a reliable water source, making the land harder to sell.
Prior to moving to our business property (where we are today) we drilled a new deep well (130′ deep) and tested its flow. We were positively giddy to learn that this new well had a flow in excess of 30 gallons per minute. For residential water use this flow rate is far in excess of what is needed. 'Never again!', we crowed to each other would we forgo flushing the toilet so we could finish a load of laundry!
In fact, the flow rate from this well is so good we decided to install a fairly sophisticated water system capable of supplying 5 gallons per minute of water on demand. Our reason for this was simple. We operated a small wood manufacturing business outside of any fire protection district. We wanted the safety of knowing that if we hooked up two fire hoses in a fire emergency there would be adequate pressure to use both hoses at the same time. After some deliberation we eventually went with a Gould's 3 phase submersible pump and a Gould's BF30 pump controller sourced from Aggressive Pump out of Kelowna, BC. The installed system delivered on its promise … when it worked.
Over the last three years we have once again found ourselves without water for a few days to over a week at a time. In the past lack of water was simply due to a lack of water … recently this lack of water has been due to the unreliable, complex and difficult to maintain equipment pumping the water. The BF30 pump controller is a technological marvel; it is a digital controller that converts single phase AC to 3 phase AC electricity, allowing it to start and stop the water pump without the torque associated with typical units. Torque is hard on equipment; it can weaken and even break the drop pipe that the submersible pump is suspended on. In a deep well a broken pipe minimally means an expensive repair bill, and at worst means that your expensive pump is now an unrecoverable paper weight at the bottom of the well. I freely admit it now, as an engineer I was completely seduced by this sexy technology. After over a decade of living in the sticks I was finally rejoining the digital age!
We started having issues with the pump controller fairly soon after installation. Periodically, we would lose water pressure. The best description I have is that the digital controller was 'hung'; we had to turn off power to the controller, wait 5 minutes and power the unit back on. After cycling the power, the system would operate normally again … a little like working with older versions of the Windows operating system.
The real problems started towards the end of the first year. We realized there was no water coming out of our taps one day and went to investigate. The BF30 immediately troubleshot the problem, the pressure transducer (essentially a pressure monitor that tells the system when water pressure is too low) had failed. Initially I was impressed. I did not need to diagnose anything; no hours spent crawling around in small pump room enclosures, no getting wet and no getting dirty. I called the installer of our system and requested a new pressure transducer. After some confusion identifying the part I discovered that the transducer was not stocked locally and had to be shipped out. The delay did not overly concern me as I assumed I would be able to override the automatic operation of the controller and manually toggle the pump so that we could get some water for flushing toilets and cooking. I was surprised to discover that the controller could not be overridden … without a functioning pressure transducer the controller would not start the pump. We were reduced to bottled water we brought on site while waiting days for the new transducer. We were told that a physically proximate lightening strike could cause the transducer to fail. We did not have a storm around the time of our failure, and were never really sure what caused this failure.
Towards the middle of the second year we experienced our next major problem. Once again the controller tried to diagnose the problem and reported a problem with the pump and associated wiring; a possible short or open circuit. Armed with this information I checked the wiring and pump resistance and found no indications of problems. After several discussions with the technical support at Aggressive Pump we came to the conclusion that the fault lay in the controller. The original pump installer insisted that we pull and inspect the pump; no indications of failure were found in the wiring or the pump during this inspection (although I do not believe the pump was even inspected after all of that). Finally, Aggressive Pump replaced the pump controller under warranty. The replaced pump controller fixed the problem but we continued to have to occasionally reset the system.
Our final failure occurred last month. This time the new pump controller simply went dead … there was no self-diagnosis. Neither Aggressive Pump nor the equipment installer were able to tell us what was wrong, nor were they willing (or able?) to offer a solution to the existing system. They did offer to sell us a new pump (under a new warranty?), but we had no interest in this option; the system has proven to be unreliable and at the end of another three years we would potentially be faced with another expensive controller replacement.
The technical phone support person from Aggressive Pump did imply that these problems were probably caused by external factors, and raised the possibility of line noise from BC Hydro (our power utility). These comments were only made at the end of our relationship and were not raised as a possible issue prior to this, nor was any information provided about the failure of the original unit.
My own opinion is that a claim of power spikes or line noise in the supply voltage causing failure is an indication of poor equipment design. None of the other digital equipment in our household has experienced problems; we have had computers, digital thermostats and pianos all older than this equipment, and all of them continue to function flawlessly. Why is this the only piece of equipment so prone to failure? I did notice that in the second controller we received, the ability to bypass the pressure transducer and pump water manually was included. I am not sure how long this controller has been manufactured, but it seems to me Goulds is still working the design kinks out of it.
Water systems are not maintenance free, and I expect to have periodic problems and maintenance issues. However, not being able to bypass common problems (like a failed pressure switch), perform field repairs or diagnose problems makes an unpleasant situation nasty.
We are consistently seduced by technology as a quick and effective fix to our latest problems. We are digging deeper wells so that we can continue to access water from depleting aquifers. Deeper wells increase the cost and complexity of pumping water; bigger drilling rigs, heavier electric wire and more powerful pumps are some of these costs. Reduced ability of the home owner to repair and replace these items due to well depth and technological complexity are another cost; we lose self-reliance and control in this situation, and are left to the mercies of professionals and experts. Increasingly, there is an argument to be made that our return on increased technological complexity to solve our problems is at best marginal and possibly negative. We are losing more than we are gaining.
Possibly, the solution to aquifer depletion is not increased well depth, but evaluating our water needs and reducing our consumption. Also, increasing our reliance on harvesting and storing rain water, and allowing aquifers to replenish.
9 Comments to "Why I'll Never Buy Another Gould's BF30 Pump Controller or …"
Mar 28th, 2011
Oh, the water woes my Mom went through on the farm before she sold it. A surface well that had supplied plenty of good water for years went dry, so she had another surface well dug that did the trick for a while longer, but then that one went dry (ground water table getting lower and lower and lower…). She wanted to sell the farm, but like you said, noone is going to buy 70 acres without a proven source of water on it, are they? So she bit the bullet and got the well drillers in. 200 (250?) or so feet into it, there was still nothing, and you know they charge by the yard drilled. So far, she had a $10,000 dry hole. Fortunately, the well driller guys took pity on her and said that the muck they were bringing up was wet and they figured if they went a little more they'd hit something. The guy said he'd only charge her for the extra drilled if they actually hit water. It was about 50 feet later they hit a gusher, much to her relief (she had been hauling water for 3 months at that point and was about ready to check herself into the loony bin).
Wells are going dry all over the valley, it seems, and, as you say, people need to think carefully about their water use. That's why at her new place in town she went with drought resistant landscaping (when she finally DID some landscaping… ) instead of the thirsty lawns all her neighbors have. She says some people commented that it looks like a gravel heap, but her drought resistant plants and shrubs are taking hold year by year and providing a little green while using very little water and being low maintenance to boot. I guess water supplies in Barriere are rather fragile, but even in the driest times when town council has to restrict water use (for lawn watering, etc.) people will sneak out at night and douse their lawns like crazy. I'm not sure what it will take for people to shake the old habits…
Mar 28th, 2011
They blamed electricity grid "line noise"? Really? Shouldn't a controller be robust enough to handle a bit of voltage fluctuation? Shouldn't it be designed for real-world conditions?
Mar 29th, 2011
To be totally clear the company selling the controller feels that something was wrong with the line voltage being supplied to the unit. Some suggested potential problems were: lightning strikes, downed trees on the BC hydro lines, voltage spikes and 'noise' on the BC Hydro lines.
I asked the obvious question … why are none of my other sensitive electronic devices (computers, digital thermostat, digital piano …) also left on all of the time experiencing problems? There was no real answer to this, but the company was also not prepared to replace the unit under warranty.
Nov 16th, 2011
Just curious… Did I miss something at some point? Is there a reason you didn't want to rely on rainwater for everything? Do you not get enough rain over the year? I thought the earthships had a system for making sure rainwater was good for drinking. In New Zealand, I know they drink rainwater with very minimal treatment.
Thanks, love the blog!
Nov 16th, 2011
Two reasons …
The first is simply that the well pre-dates the earthship and is also used for the business on this site. Given that this system already exists (and in fact the water line passes through the floor space of the earthship) we saw no good reason not to hook it up. This means that when finished we will have two distinct water systems; the well and the roof catchment.
The second reason is the building code and convention. We are building under a permit and the well is covered by existing regulations, a water catchment system is not … having well water simplifies the regulatory process in that you are not having to approve a non-standard potable water system.
Nov 16th, 2011
Two reasons …
The first is simply that the well pre-dates the earthship and is also used for the business on this site. Given that this system already exists (and in fact the water line passes through the floor space of the earthship) we saw no good reason not to hook it up. This means that when finished we will have two distinct water systems; the well and the roof catchment.
The second reason is the building code and convention. We are building under a permit and the well is covered by existing regulations, a water catchment system is not … having well water simplifies the regulatory process in that you are not having to approve a non-standard potable water system.
James Stout
Aug 9th, 2013
Question. Have you found a replacement controller or method to pump your water? My BF30 controller just went out and the repair place wants $2400 to replace. Looking for better options.
Aug 14th, 2013
We replaced the BF30 controller and 3 phase pump with a single phase 1/2 hp pump. Our needs had changed … we no longer absolutely required the capacity provided by the 3 phase pup and I had the 1/2 hp pump and associated controller from a previous well … I did not want to fix the BF30 only to have it fail again in a couple of months.
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Thank goodness there is a Krispy Kreme in the state, but I have to be reasonably near it to buy my favorite melt-in-your-mouth doughnuts. As a result, it's been several months since we've been west of the city where I can get my Krispy Kremes.
So, having never attempted doughnuts making before, I decided it was about time to try....especially when this recipe for "Mom's Raised Doughnuts" hit my inbox on Saturday.
I made regular doughnuts with holes and then deep fried the holes, too. The doughnut holes actually turned out better and rose nicely during the 2nd rising. The others, well, they tasted good but they looked...um...different. The Girl called out to he brother and asked if he wanted to try an onion ring doughnut. Perhaps they will do better in warmer weather...
I much preferred the doughnut holes (The Girl said they were heaven) but some of them just refused to flip over in the oil. I had to hold them in place so they would cook properly. I did wind up tripling the glaze recipe since the batch made 20 regular doughnuts as well as about 30 doughnut holes (the original recipe said it would make about 2 dozen regular doughnuts) and I double glazed many of the doughnuts.
This was a very tasty treat that took care of my Krispy Kreme craving for now...I might have to try filling some of the doughnut holes with raspberry or lemon...
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- Joy said...
those look so tasty! We'll have to try that recipe. We've made these in the past, and they're pretty good too. :)
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I've got that BHG issue! I'll have to try those. I'm more of a yeast doughnut person but I do enjoy those powdered sugar minis you can buy. I'd rather make my own...in large batches :)
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Until recently, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, or SWIFT, were competitors when it came to creating identification codes for business entities.
But they have just entered into a marriage of convenience which could propel them into the coveted role of the operator of a non-profit utility which will issue a global standard ID for a trading counterparty endorsed by none other than the U.S. government.
When the newly created Office of Financial Research late last year issued a request for proposals for a not-for-profit organization to come forth to create and distribute new standard global business entity codes DTCC and SWIFT said they would work together. DTCC would be the facilities manager to cleanse and validate the information backing the LEIs while SWIFT would create and distribute them as the registration authority.
Just a few months ago DTCC, the umbrella organization for clearing and settling U.S. securities, threw its hat in the ring to establish is own global identification code for business entities when it acquired Avox.. It's a former subsidiary of the Deutsche Borse, which issues its own identification codes for business entities called AVIDs and helps several dozen financial firms validate and cleanse information on business entities with which they trade and settle securities.
SWIFT, the La Hulpe Belgium based messaging network and bank-owned consortium, also issues its own codes for business entities called BICs.Thats short for Bank Identifier Codes but they apply to lots of other financial firms as well.
Because there are far too many counterparty codes right now issued by far too many different firms OFR needs to come up with a single code or standard if it wants to fulfill its regulatory mandate under the Dodd- Frank financial reform legislation to monitor systemic risk in the U.S. financial market.
In separate proposals, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission also said they wanted to require market participants to use unique legal identifiers. Such identifiers could be produced by an internationally recognized standards settling body and used for all reporting of swap transactions.
Now the question becomes can DTCC and SWIFT pull it off?
In its comment letter to the Treasury SWIFT says it will align itself with DTCC but in a separate letter, DTCC cites the potential for either AVIDs or BIC codes to be the identifiers.
Sounds like the relationship with SWIFT isn't really exclusive but semi-exclusive.
And the new DTCC-SWIFT alliance isn't the only game in town. The Association of National Numbering Agencies, the trade group representing several dozen national numbering agencies worldwide, has recommended its own ID codes; so has CUSIP Global Services, the U.S. national numbering agency. CUSIP, managed by Standard & Poor's, issues CABRE and D&B codes, and is a large global information firm which has its own identifiers.
Last but not least there is a new darkhorse: GS1, the international organization best known for developing bar codes in the retail market, wants to leverage its expertise in other industries.
Brett Lancaster, managing director for securities initiatives in the Americas for SWIFT and Paul Janssens, Senior Product Manager, Legal Entity Identifiers, Securities and Treasury Markets, SWIFT spoke with Securities Technology Monitor on Monday about SWIFT's new relationship with DTCC and its plans to expand the BIC code to accommodate the OFR's requirements. Before joining SWIFT in August 2010, Lancaster was vice president of the global corporate actions business unit at DTCC.
Q: What does the new relationship with DTCC offer you that you couldn't bring to the table yourself?
Janssens: Based on the current estimates there will be about 2.5 million business entities to be identified. While we are a registration agency for BICs, DTCC has the capability to do the data scrubbing and validation we do not. We are talking about a tremendous amount of additional on the ground work required to fact check and update the data behind the new codes. DTCC's subsidiary Avox does do that today through its UK office for the data files of several banks.
Q: Aren't you concerned about the potential competition from AVID which DTCC cited as an alternative in the same letter it cites you?
Lancaster: We believe that SWIFT is DTCC's first choice to take the LEI forward. Avox's underlying database is comprehensive, and already stores a number of identifiers for each entity including AVID, CABRE and DUNS (D&B's) ID code. However, none of these identifies are accredited by the International Standardization Organization (ISO).
While Avox has a proven capability to undertake legal entity data scrubbing and validation, SWIFT is already the registration authority for ISO and the BIC is already an ISO standard known as ISO 9362, and widely used within the financial market. In our affiliation with DTCC, we envision that SWIFT would be remain the registration authority for the new BICs and DTCC, through Avox, would do the remainder of the data scrubbing and validation work with Avox's staff. We recognize that we're not the only players in town, but because we're basing our solution on an identifier that's already a formal standard, and already widely used, we believe that this will have the smallest implementation cost for the industry.
Q: Why then does DTCC need SWIFT? If it has just data scrubbing and validation capabilities it could easily create a new identification code on its own couldn't it.
Lancaster: DTCC plays a critical and central role within the U.S. market, and that the push from the OFR is driven out of the U.S. However, we live in a global market and both the industry and the regulators cite that we need a global solution. Global in terms of the firms that are stored in the database, global in terms of reach of the solution, and global in terms of complying with local data privacy laws. SWIFT is based in Europe and DTCC based in U.S.
Both are non-commercial companies governed by the financial industry. Together, we are uniquely positioned to address this industry problem. We have used this collaboration model before, For example, we continue to work very closely together in tackling the Corporate Actions problem, so we know it will work.
Q: How do you plan to improve the current BICs to meet the requirements of OFR?
Janssens: We would need to remove some of the intelligence out of the BIC code. That means making the code neutral and persistent over time irrespective of corporate action events like a name change of the institution. The core record attributes such as legal name, address and country of registration will be maintained without the need to change the code.
Q: Isn't it also important for regulators to understand the relationship between the business entity and its parent or affiliates?
Janssens: The answer really depends a lot more on politics than technology. The OFR has indicated that information in the LEI code needs to be public while the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission have also said that they want a LEI code but that should include corporate hierarchical information. At issue is that some jurisdictions such as Switzerland will not allow that type of information to be made public so it's a matter for the regulators and the financial industry to work out in advance as to whether or not the LEI should have corporate hierarchies embedded.
Q: What resources have your board of directors allocated to your enhancement of the BICs and work with DTCC considering that you have just finished a cost-cutting program?
Lancaster: Yes, we are just completing our LEAN program which makes the firm more efficient. However despite the changes, SWIFT's overall goal to service the industry remains unchanged. Our board of directors has recognized the urgency and importance of this work and has already approved our decision to move this initiative forward. We have created a new role of head of reference data within our securities and treasury markets team. In his new role Patrik Neutjens will have strong support from SWIFT standards and securities initiatives teams centrally in La Hulpe and across three regions- Americas, EMEA [Europe, the Middle East and Africa] and Asia.
Q: In what ways do you think your enhanced BIC code will be better than say CABRES, the GS1 codes or other identifiers?
Janssens: Tthe OFR has said that the LEI utility should be organized as a non-profit entity and governed by the financial industry. None of the other firms submitting articles can say that. As for the specific attributes of the BIC code, there is room for improvement on all of the codes proposed but ours is the closest to what the OFR is asking for. It is an existing ISO standard widely used as an identifier by the world major financial firms and BICs are already available for use through in a public database. Also, SWIFTs operational capability, resilience and security for distributing the codes will be critical in setting up the LEI utility.
Q: How are you preparing to scale up for the massive volume of LEIs that will be required and for the new types of firms you currently don't service?
Janssens: Of the 100,000 BICs, only 10,000 are for SWIFT members; the rest are for institutions not connected to the SWIFT network. As for scaling up, there will be a transition phase.
The SEC and CFTC have estimated they will initially need only 40,000 identification codes and the OFR will also not be requiring all of the ID numbers at once. In addition, there will be one of the two ways in which the identifiers will be issued.
In the first instance called self-registration, the business entity will ask for the ID number and in the second the systemically important firms or the regulators can provide us with their lists of counterparties or regulated entities and we will provide the universal, numbers. In the second instance it will be far faster to issue the new LEI codes because of the contribution of lists at once. Expanding the capacity for the LEI utility will be in the processing of the requests as the essential criteria for adoption of the LEI utility is "quality."
Q: Of the 40,000 identification codes for swap counterparties cited by the CFTC and SWIFT, how many has SWIFT currently issued in the form of BICs and how quickly can you issue the remainder?
Janssens: At this time it is difficult for us to give a specific number until we have mapped the lists. Obviously, the largest financial firms such as investment banks and brokers do have a BIC code but we don't know how much that represents in percentage to the total population.
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Human trafficking victims are often found in street prostitution where they are forced to provide commercial sexual services by a controller or "pimp." Pimps force adults and minors to sell commercial sex on the streets by means of physical abuse, threats, lies, manipulation, and false promises. Victims are often expected to earn a nightly quota, ranging from $500 to $1000 or more, all confiscated by the pimp. Victims are typically U.S. citizens, including adults, girls, boys, and transgender youth. Although less common, immigrants may also be victimized.
A service provider began working with a 16-year-old girl who had recently been removed from a situation of pimp-controlled sex trafficking. The girl had been with the same pimp since she was 14 years old. The pimp controlled several underage girls, and he forced them to prostitute on a two block area. The pimp used cell phones to monitor the girls, and watched them from a car while they solicited johns. A 19-year-old young woman, who had been recruited by the pimp when she was 15, assisted the pimp with monitoring and recruiting the young girls. Previously the 16-year-old had been arrested for solicitation, but her pimp always paid her bail and she would return to him. Recently, she had again been arrested, but this time she disclosed information about the pimp, and was referred to a shelter facility for services.
*Based on calls received by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center. Identifying details have been changed to protect confidentiality.
When does it become trafficking?
Street prostitution becomes trafficking when a pimp uses force, fraud and/or coercion to maintain control over the person providing commercial sexual services and cause the person to engage in commercial sex acts. An individual engaged in street prostitution under the age of 18 is considered a victim of sex trafficking regardless of the presence of force, fraud or coercion. Common means of control include:
Force – Physical or sexual abuse, often in the form of repeated rapes by one or more people to create submission; confinement to the residence; restrictions on movement and communication to family and friends.
Fraud – False promises of a better life through the trafficker presenting as a boyfriend or caretaker figure.
Coercion – Threats of harm to the victim or victim's family; threats to shame the victim by revealing the commercial sex to his or her family and others in the community; verbal, psychological and emotional abuse; nightly quotas; confiscation of birth certificates and other identification documents; forced dependency on the pimp or controller; rumors of or witnessed violence at hands of traffickers; cycle of rewards and punishments; convincing the victim that police/service providers will only see the victim as a "prostitute" and will arrest and not assist the victim; threats of deportation if victim is a foreign national.
*The above list is not comprehensive or cumulative. One element of force, fraud or coercion may be present, or many.
Violence and Assault – Victims of street prostitution are particularly vulnerable to violence and assault from "johns." Although victims of sex trafficking in street prostitution are commonly monitored by a controller or "pimp", the controller is often less visible and therefore more difficult for police to investigate. Typically, individuals victimized by this network are also trained to lie to police and service providers about the existence of a pimp, and they may present themselves as independently in prostitution.
Social Stigma – The negative social stigma attached to prostitution is commonly exploited by traffickers in order to prevent victims from revealing the ways in which they are being abused and hurt. Survivors of street prostitution recount instances where family or the public treated them differently, limiting their ability to find help and access services in a non-judgmental environment.
Glorification of Pimps - Pop culture glamorizes pimps in music, movies, and video games that are directly marketed towards youth. Such representations hide the violent and abusive nature of pimping, and often fail to describe the ways in which pimps engage in behaviors that meet the very definitions of human trafficking.
Statistics Snapshot
- Estimated number of men, victims must have sex with daily: 1 – 15 men daily
- Standard quota per night: $500 to $1,000 or more per night
- Minors as young as 12 years old are recruited into prostitution in thse United States


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We—two white men—write this letter conscious of the fact that the color of our skin means we will likely be taken more seriously. We write this knowing that because people of color are thought to be too biased to speak objectively on issues of race, our perspective in this context will be privileged. We write this aware of the history of colonization, genocide, and slavery upon which this country stands, which has created this oppressive reality.
We write this letter to the organizers and participants (ourselves included) of #OccupyWallStreet out of great love for humanity and for the collective struggles being waged to save it. We write this letter because of our support for this nascent movement, in the hopes that with some self-reflection and adjustment, it may come to truly represent "the 99%" and realize its full potential.
#OccupyWallStreet has shown itself to be a potent force. The movement—which we consider ourselves part of—has already won great victories. New occupations spring up across the continent every day and the movement for true democracy and radical social change is gathering steam worldwide.
According to the main websites associated with #OccupyWallStreet, it is a "one people, united," "leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions," and an "open, participatory and horizontally organized process." In other words, it professes to be the universal protest against the greed and corruption rampant in our society, open for anyone to join and shape.
But a quick survey of the movement so far shows that that the good intentions outlined do not reflect the reality of the situation. There is indeed an organizational structure and a core group that makes leadership decisions in #OWS (and we think this is a good thing). They are the media team at the media command center, the committee facilitators and the people who have been actually occupying the park for the past three weeks. One only needs to take a good look around to see that the leadership and the core group—which has managed to attract enormous national and international media attention—is overwhelmingly white (and largely male) and as a result the voices and perspectives of #OccupyWallStreet reflect that reality more generally.
Luckily, some people who have felt excluded or erased from "the 99%" have spoken up, alerting us to the notion that the anti-corporate occupation in Liberty Park may not be as welcoming to all as its image of consensus-bound activists, non-hierarchical structure, and free food has suggested to many (see http://bit.ly/q9q10C; http://bit.ly/oABMbQ; and http://bit.ly/oTBcfs for some examples).
One striking example of the marginalization of non-white voices within the movement was seen at the march on Friday against police brutality. Because this march was organized by activist groups in conjunction with #OWS, it was by far the most diverse rally yet. But towards the end of the march, when organizers were speaking to the group at One Police Plaza, a black woman near the speakers was clearly agitating for her voice to be heard. Despite the line of white people speaking before her, a white #OWS organizer spoke to the crowd and informed them that within a few minutes, the march would be over and everyone should leave peacefully. Of course, that meant that as soon as he was finished speaking everyone got up to leave. As the black woman (the lone black voice speaking in a march against police brutality) got up to speak, her voice was lost because by that point no one was paying attention.
In this case, the marginalization was not intentional: a PSA was made to inform people to ensure the rally's peaceful closure. But most racial marginalization is indeed "unintentional." In this case the silenced black woman was going to speak about her close relative, who was killed by police. She was the only person speaking with a personal relationship to police brutality at a level almost unimaginable to the people occupying Zucotti Park, and her voice was not heard.
This unintended marginalization is occurring daily at #OWS. We know this may be hard for some people to understand. Of course, who could expect us to understand what it is like to be reminded of your skin color every time you leave your home? Who could expect white people to understand that the spaces we feel so comfortable in may feel exclusive or even hostile to people of color? After all, we are never told; we are not forced to learn that our skin color is related to our social status; and we are not taught black and brown history, so many of us do not know how we got here—and cannot imagine it any other way.
But as Audre Lorde wrote, it is not the responsibility of the oppressed to educate the oppressors about our mistakes. White people may not be to blame for the privileged position we occupy, but we must be accountable for the liberties and benefits we enjoy at the expense of our black and brown brothers and sisters.
We would like to add our voices to the chorus of constructive critiques coming from communities of color. We believe the white people of #OccupyWallStreet need to understand something: the feelings of economic insecurity, political powerlessness, and lack of support that have brought so many of us to the protests at Liberty Park have been lived by many of the people of color in this country for centuries. Without an active effort to address racial issues from the core of #OccupyWallStreet, the protest will fail.
The People of Color / Unified Communities working group at #OccupyWallStreet was created on October 1, 2011. Their e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com, their website is pococcupywallstreet.tumblr.com and they meet every Sunday at 3pm in Zucotti Park. Let's be truly revolutionary allies and firmly support them to bring a racial analysis to the core of one of the most potent people's movement in our country today—before it is too late.
The Occupy Wall Street movement may have thought it broke new ground when the NYC Transit Union joined their movement, but that ground just tipped the Richter Scale with news that United States Army and Marine troops are reportedly on their way to various protest locations to support the movement and to protect the protesters.
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But for those who believe that protests are only worthwhile if they translate into quantifiable impact: the lack of organizational sophistication or messaging efficacy on the part of the Wall Street protest is a reason to support it and get involved in it, not turn one's nose up at it and join in the media demonization. That's what one actually sympathetic to its messaging (rather than pretending to be in order more effectively to discredit it) would do. Anyone who looks at mostly young citizens marching in the street protesting the corruption of Wall Street and the harm it spawns, and decides that what is warranted is mockery and scorn rather than support, is either not seeing things clearly or is motivated by objectives other than the ones being presented.
When members of the loose protest movement known as Occupy Wall Street began a march from the financial district to Union Square on Saturday, the participants seemed relatively harmless, even as they were breaking the law by marching in the street without a permit.
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Frank's dead and gone...well, maybe not GONE... *SUPERNATURAL FRERARD*
The funeral passed in a blur. I sat staring at the black casket seated at the front of the church, as Mikey tried to comfort me in vain. I got up and delivered the eulogy, letting the words slide off my tongue like butter, not thinking about what I was saying. We all lined up to say our last goodbyes to the lifeless body laying on a bed of satin. Minutes passed, and it was my turn, staring at his face, beautiful even in death. A single tear ran down my cheek as I whispered my final "I love you" and kissed his soft forehead one last time.
The coffin was taken outside to the cemetery adjacent to the chapel. The coffin was lowered gently into the predug hole. I turned away as the dirt was layered down ontop, unable to watch them bury my baby. Instead, I closed my eyes and turned my face into the gently drizzling rain that feebly attempted to wash away the misery of the day.
Finally, the sounds of dirt falling and shovels working stopped. The crowd of black garbed mourners slowly dispersed. I made my way to my car and got in.
As I drove home, I stopped at a liquor store and bought some vodka. I had not allowed alcohol to touch my tastebuds in years, but it seemed like an appropriate time to pick the habit back up. There was misery that needed drowning.
When I arrived at the small apartment me and Frank had shared, I poured myself a shot of the newly acquired liquid. I gazed at the conjoined kitchen and living room I was standing in as I knocked the shot back. Frank's possessions were still strewn around since I could not bring myself to clean them up.
After I had consumed my first shot of the clear drink, I poured myself another. I repeated this process until the just purchased bottle was about halfway gone. At that point, I didn't have enough coordination to pour myself anymore, or even stand. I slid down the counter I had been leaning against, and passed out on the floor.
When I woke up, I had a throbbing pain in my temples and stars in my eyes. "Frank, I groaned, calling out to my boyfriend in the hope of him bringing me some pain killers. Then I remembered that he was gone. Fresh tears pricked my eyes, and I resigned myself to just lay on the cold, slick floor until the hangover passed which I knew from experience could take hours. Then I heard something so wonderful, I doubted I was even awake.
"Gerard," I heard a soft, oh so familiar voice call from my right, "Gerard, I'm trying to get through the barrier. Say something if you can hear me."
"Frank," I nearly whispered, not daring to believe my own ears, "Is that you?"
I heard of cry of joy from where I had heard the voice. "You can hear me!" it exclaimed, "They all said I wouldn't be able to do it. And yes, Gerard, it's me. It's Frank! I'm here again! Oh god, I miss you so much, honey. The afterlife ain't all it's cracked up to be, not without you here."
I felt a single tear of complete joy run down my cheek and said, "I miss you so damn much baby. It's only been a week, but it feels like a lifetime without you by my side. The other guys all feel the same way. We miss you so fucking much."
I turned my head to the side to try to get a glimpse of Frank, but saw nothing. "Can I see you?" I asked, "Or are you just a voice?"
"I'm just auditory right now," Frank sighed, "I'm trying to achieve visible form, but it's difficult doing just this." He paused for a moment, and I could almost see him standing there, his thinking face on. "Maybe if we go to where I was buried," he said slowly, "Maybe it'll be easier since I'll be closer to my human form."
I was already ecstatic beyond belief just being able to hear his voice again. The thought of being able to see his gorgeous face again, full of joy and life, had me on the verge of breaking into tears again, this time from joy.
"Let's go!" I practically yelled, pulling myself up off the floor, ignoring the crippling pain in my head. I threw on a jacket and grabbed my car keys u=in about five seconds flat.
"You're certainly eager aren't you?" I heard Frank laugh. "I can see you, y'know."
"So you saw me passed out on the floor earlier?" I asked, suddenly feeling ashamed.
"Yes," Frank said, obviously trying to keep emotion out of his voice. "But I don't blame you. I would have done the exact same thing."
i didn't think that was true, but I was grateful for Frank's understanding anyway. I simply nodded in response and opened the door to my apartment, went down to the garage and got into the car. I guess Frank must have followed me, since when I popped in a Misfits CD, I heard him singing along. We drove like that all the way to the graveyard, him singing, and me listening to the voice I never thought I'd hear again, except in recordings.
When we finally arrived at the small church, Frank said, "Yep, this is the place. I can feel me close by. Can you take me to my grave?"
"Sure," I answered, getting out of the car and looking around. Luckily, the cemetery was deserted, save for a few pigeons.
I quickly strode through the rows of headstones. I wondered if any of these people's loved ones had gone through what was happening to me. I liked to think that my situation was unique, but I knew that was probably untrue.
I quickly found Frank's grave, the newest on the lot. I heard Frank sigh in content next to me.
"I can feel it," he said, "The bridge is stronger here. You see, there's a wall between this world, and the world I belong in right now. It's pretty hard to break. But if you can find a crack, you can seep through. And basically when you're near your human body or remains, if you were cremated, that crack can become wider."
I nodded along to his words, then saw a faint shimmering from the direction his voice was coming from. I turned towards it, and gasped in shock and delight. I could see the faint outline of a short man forming in the glow.
"It's working," Frank said, "I can show you myself now. And don't worry, I look fine. Not a scratch from the car crash on me."
The outline was growing stronger now, more definitive. I started to be able to see details like muscles and skin tone. Then the faint markings of his facial features came into view. Then they became more distinct. Then I was able to see his deep, brown eyes, dancing with life once more.
I could feel the tears of joy falling from my eyes now, and his appeared to be moist too. He smiled at me, and I smiled back, feeling happier than I ever had before.
I reached out to touch his cheek, but stopped myself, unsure. Frank nodded and said, "I can achieve full form, but only here. Once we leave, I may be able to retain my shape, but you won't be able to touch me."
With those words, he lunged forward and crashed his lips against mine. Fireworks exploded in my head, and I couldn't believe what was happening. I never thought I would feel these sensations again. After Frank had died, I was done with love. But now he was back, if just in a cemetery, and it would be okay. I wrapped my arms tight around my Frankie, my Frankenstein, my midget, my baby, my boyfriend, my everything...he was here.
A/N: So that's what I've been writing instead of RLS!(which I WILL work on over the weekend) I've had the idea for about 6 months now, but just got around to writing it. Please, please, PLEASE R&R. I'm really proud of this, and I wanna know what y'all think.


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Bootsanator said...
I also like fishing a lot. Even though I have some serious issues with Old Man Barlo.
I've gotten 5 wedding rings from the man. 5. and Still NO Fishing Hat. I've done that daily sooooo many times, most days it's the only one I ever do, I've gotten multiple eyes of the sea, couple nobles' monocles (no "2" ring yet, but i'll probably see that before i see a damn hat).
My only consolation is that he was kind enough one day to give me a crocolisk. For that, he saves himself from my unending wrath. Not that I can do much to a friendly NPC, but i was getting ready to go find someone with a private server just so i could kill him. Well, not really. But his random number generator sure is crappy for me.
Super Guest Man 9000 said...
The RNG is a cruel mistress. I've gotten several Eyes of the Sea, Two fishing hats, and two of the croc pets. Hate me!
Bootsanator said...
/tar Super Guest Man 9000
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RMIT University has collaborated with Clarinox Technologies to develop a new approach to the biggest issue in the embedded systems industry - debugging complex designs.
Real-time and embedded systems have become a necessity in almost every aspect of daily life, driving smart products such as mobile phones.
The research by wireless electronic solutions provider Clarinox and RMIT has led to a flexible and portable system tool designed to address a range of technical limitations, making everyday systems more reliable.
Dr Paul Beckett, Senior Lecturer in RMIT's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and collaborator on the project, said a large proportion of those embedded systems were life-critical and time-sensitive.
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"Finding bugs is like counting black cats in a dark room at midnight.
"A debugging tool such as the one developed by Clarinox is like turning on the light - you still have to find them, but they're a lot easier to spot."
Trish Messiter, CEO and director of business development at Clarinox Technologies, said embedded systems drove all smart products.
"From mobile phones, to home appliances, to engine ignition systems, to vital sign sensors, the debugger that we describe is a tool to help the engineers make these devices more reliable," Ms Messiter said.
The joint paper that arose from the research, Plug-in Based Debugging for Embedded Systems, was published recently at the annual conference on Real Time Embedded Systems held in Singapore.
The project is an outcome of the ongoing relationship between Clarinox and RMIT, which has included Clarinox's involvement in embedded courses, from guest lectures to thesis and industrial project supervision.
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PUNTA GORDA Fla.- A 36 year old homeless man, Ernestro Castro was arrested and charged with aggravated battery after he attacked another man with a machete in February of this year. The man he attacked was armed with an ax. Castro admitted in a Charlotte County courtroom that he had armed himself that day. He was also asking the judge to rule that he was exercising his rights under the Florida stand your ground law when he used that machete to attack Zon McCoy.
However, as a stand your ground case, this one has a twist, the victim is still alive. The stand your ground law has been exclusively applied in cases where someone died. Thursday, a very much alive McCoy testified that he chased down and confronted Castro with an axe after a confrontation at a homeless camp. Public defender Casey Clough used to opportunity to pick McCoys testimony apart and question his credibility. Even going so far as to accuse McCoy of lying under oath.
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Video is fully online. What's the best way for ad marketers to get in on the action?
Talk is cheap. It's easy to discuss video and how it works online, but what about producing it? Yes, money makes it easier. But a lot of money has been wasted on the medium for lack of a little knowledge.
Much of the online video revolution occurred at either end of the execution spectrum. The range is almost pure formula: super-duper epic budgets with top talent and expensive post-production at one end; some teenager with a camcorder lighting a bottle rocket off from his delicate orifice at the other end. (Yes, it's on YouTube. But I'm not including the link.) No matter what money is spent, it ends up online. Anyone can see it for free.
So where do you fit in, and how do you get it done? Whether you're a local business owner who's cranking up the video camera and iMovie or a marketing professional trying to figure out which agency, off- or online, should run your next video project, you've got a big decision to make.
A major factor is media cost, whether it's local cable, online video placement, or something else. You've got to scale production dollars and time to your media budget.
I'm biased, of course, but you should always engage a professional. The do-it-yourself approach can be charming, but often you're only fooling yourself. Not that I'm one to inhibit the inner Kubrick or Spielberg in all of us, but let's crawl before we sprint.
The right venue for your ad is important, and at a local level things have changed. Local and regional online publishers have opened their doors to online video. Though it may seem somewhat expensive, it's a great opportunity for a local merchant to stand out from the competition. Whether it's a full-on media buy or an introductory offer from the publisher, you should always make the most of it and take a measured approach.
If you're thinking of doing it alone, here's a quick video spec so you know what to deliver to your online publisher or local production studio:
This may seem a little technical, but just knowing this is a good start. You might be turned away if you show up with a camcorder tape, a script, and a bad copy of your logo.
If you're a marketing professional with a new project, and you pick up the phone to call your agency but hesitate about which one to call, you're not alone. Independent production companies are working with Internet agencies to add a layer of polish often not readily available to them.
Full-service agencies (including interactive) are a good bet. Most internal production departments know the Internet is the way a lot of work is going to go. They don't want to be left out of the party.
You're likely to get a great result from a great agency. And you should always judge the depth of your relationship with your partners before you start the advertising Armageddon.
It also helps to know what to expect. This column explains what makes a great rich ad.
The big reason you should be smarter about the whos and whats of online advertising is because none of this is going to get any easier. As complexity increases, developing the most rudimentary knowledge of how to make an online video paves the way for solid, effective use of it in the coming years.
The new online video dilemma is a formidable one when you're spending relatively big money to place the ad. The days of cheap Internet advertising are over. Whether you're stumping to sell local goods or working on an international campaign, video is great, but a great video is better.
Dorian is off this week. Today's column ran earlier on ClickZ.
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What is your biggest fear?
What is your biggest fear? Why? What have you done to over come it?
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Aug 24 2013: Death itself,from my background education,I never got any positive education about death untill a few years ago,I read some psychological books or books about good education,about life how we deal with...I started to be inspired something.But it is still very vague to define or understand well death itself...
Only thing I can say:I am on the way to search what is the so called:death,as well as life.
Aug 30 2013: Hi Dear Chris Kelly,exactly the Tao does explains very deeply about death conciousness.But we didn't learn too much about it when we were studying at school,probably just learned some others ideas about Tao from elder people.Infact all ideas about that were vague for me.So far,we our schools' education don't pay so much about Tao ideas yet.But teaching in action is more effective than curriculum.It seems HongKong or Taiwan is doing a good job about ancient chinese culture transmiting.
Yes,u are right,it depends when I could be conscious what I learnt.
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