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When it comes to salesmanship, there's not much to separate politics from a vacuum cleaner, denture cream or light beer.
A good product is always convenient — though not altogether necessary. More important is the confident face that closes the sale.
For months, supporters of next year's transportation sales tax referendum in metro Atlanta have wondered who will be the public personalities behind a multimillion dollar push for the 10-year tax.
Two metro leaders, one Republican and the other Democratic, may have just been drafted — by the Legislature's decision last month not to move the vote from the July 31 primary.
In the 10-county area that makes up the new metro Atlanta tax region, the heads of eight county commissions will be up for re-election in 2012.
But only in Cobb and DeKalb counties have the fortunes of the T-SPLOST been tied to the political futures of specific individuals.
In Cobb, County Commission Chairman Tim Lee has picked up a GOP primary challenge from former chairman Bill Byrne, generated by Lee's participation in the negotiations that will produce a final list of $6 billion in road and rail projects by mid-October.
"I was put in this position. I didn't select to be in this position. The [state] legislators wrote me into this process, and I'm now having to deal with it," Lee said in an interview Wednesday.
The big issue in Cobb is commuter rail. Some critics of the T-SPLOST package argue that a 10-mile rail extension from downtown Atlanta, across the Chattahoochee River and one mile into Cobb's Cumberland area is too little. Others argue against the need for rail altogether.
Lee has eight days to decide whether to push for any Cobb change to the T-SPLOST list. Only after the final list is compiled on Oct. 15 will he decide whether to endorse the final product. But he confessed a certain inevitability.
"Whether I'm promoting it or not, I am going to be tied to it by the mere fact that I'm on the [Atlanta Regional Transportation] Roundtable and part of the process," Lee said. "So if I'm going to be tied to it, I might as well help guide the opinion that folks have."
Byrne, who left the Cobb chairmanship in 2002 to run for governor, said he'll crank up his campaign to retake the office in January, challenging the constitutionality of a law that could require the collection of a sales tax within the entire 10-county region — even if Cobb voters turn it down.
"It will be the powerful, big-money people against the little folk," he said.
Marietta Mayor Steve "Thunder" Tumlin has been mentioned as a third GOP candidate, but his candidacy sounds unlikely. "Right now, I've got my options open, but I'm loving my job as mayor," he said.
In DeKalb, County CEO Burrell Ellis may also be thrust into the role of reluctant champion of the transportation sales tax. While in the middle of a Democratic primary that determines whether he should keep his job.
But in DeKalb, there's no hesitancy over whether commuter rail is needed.
"I'm not pleased at all where we have come out on the transit piece. There are certain pockets of the region that are just absent — and that is the south and southeastern part of the region," said DeKalb County Commissioner Lee May, a Democrat who represents south DeKalb — and is thinking about a run against Ellis for CEO.
"I'm very concerned about the direction of the county," May said. "I'm giving it some consideration."
More immediately, May said he's troubled by the lack of funding on the T-SPLOST list for an eastward MARTA line along I-20.
"The political dynamic is, if DeKalb County doesn't overwhelmingly support this T-SPLOST, the thing will not pass," May said. "As it stands now, with the absence of the I-20 rail project, it will fail miserably in DeKalb County. Which means the kiss of death for the T-SPLOST in the 10-county region."
Early objections from DeKalb have resulted in $225 million toward an I-20 route. May says that's not enough. But Ellis says it may have to do.
"I've said all along — let's erase the jurisdictional boundaries, and let's look at the traffic patterns. Let's look at where the highest concentrations of people are, and let's look where the employment centers are," Ellis said.
Money currently allotted for the I-20 route might be enough, with some leveraged federal dollars, for light rail — or a bus rapid transit arm, the county CEO said.
But Ellis is prepared to argue that DeKalb County does pretty well under the current T-SPLOST list. MARTA, which DeKalb has helped fund for three decades, is fortified. A new rail line from MARTA's Lindbergh Center station to the Clifton Corridor and Emory University area is a route with national significance — and a pathway to jobs for residents of south DeKalb, Ellis said.
"I don't think we ought to throw the baby out with the bath water," Eillis said. "What's on the table right now, given the resources we have available, is smart."
Like Cobb County's Lee, Ellis said he'll wait for the final list. But also like Lee, Ellis indicated he'll probably end up betting his political career on the T-SPLOST vote.
"I think you're going to have to have some visionaries who are willing to take some risks in order to see the region advance," he said.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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September 21st, 2011
6:39 pm
How many $ BILLIONS will be thrown away due to MARTA's mismanagement and CORRUPTION?
September 21st, 2011
6:44 pm
The tax referendum is toast right now. How much money will be allocated for Gwinnett's bus "Transit" system? $100 bonus to the first person who can verify that they have seen more than three people on any one bus. Great use of taxpayer-dollars, I say.
September 21st, 2011
6:51 pm
Am I to believe that there will be a portion of the collected tax to be used for the "Oval Tract" that is entirely enclosed within the Atlanta City Limits? I believe it is loosely called the "Beltline." I would reference it as the Atlanta "WasteLine" as it would benefit not one person in North Fulton County or any of the core metro counties. What is the purpose of having others pay for a "transit system" (?) that benefits only a few?
September 21st, 2011
6:53 pm
How many billions of dollars will be thrown away to engineering firms, contractors, land speculators, etc. who then turn around and pad the campaign coffers of polititians who will keep this going for eternity?
September 21st, 2011
7:23 pm
MARTA management is the problem. Period.
September 21st, 2011
7:55 pm
I would suggest Mr. Tim Lee begin to prepare his resume. Between the TSPLOST, the property tax increase and the water hike he has made his bed and now must lie in it. It does not matter how much the Cobb Chamber has, they simply do not have the votes to win this one. Lee will pay the price for them.
The people/voters will rule the day on this one. Per Mr. Lee's complaint he was forced to be on the board, never once did I hear him object when the legislation was being pushed.
September 21st, 2011
8:30 pm
Some of these ol' boys are so behind the times and out of date in their thinking that they think all we need to alleviate the horrendous traffic problems in the metro is to add a few more stage coaches to the line.
September 21st, 2011
8:48 pm
TSPLOST is dead inCobb County. Cobb commuters just don't care about light rail to the city. It does not solve the traffic problems they face every day.
September 21st, 2011
9:12 pm
they are all crooks on the take.
September 21st, 2011
9:26 pm
I sure hope the voters don't vote the tax down, after all…..MARTA employees need to keep up their gym memberships and spa treatments….and God forbid they should pay for those perks out of their own pockets.
September 21st, 2011
10:57 pm
September 21st, 2011
11:04 pm
For the Beltline naysayers: So when you get into Atlanta on some sort of transit… how are you going to get to your destination? The Beltline lets you get places, not just to 5 Points!
It fits into the ARC regional transportation plan, and is a part of a planned future network of light rail systems that will allow people to reduce their dependency on automobiles and imported oil.
If you think a portion of the TSPLOST money spend on a small piece of the Beltline doesn't serve you well – alternative transportation has to all start somewhere. The Beltline is a project that exists, and is being built, not something that has to be created. It is easier, and more cost efficent to build on something that is already in progress than starting anew.
No sane person thinks a light rail system that goes from Kennesaw to Cumberland Mall would get much ridership… but make that line continue into the city …. and you open up all sorts of possibilities.
Besides, do you think the folks in Atlanta really like subsidizing sprawl generating road widening projects outside of town? Really???? So why should they just think the TSPLOST should be all about roads? We have enough extra-wide roads and exhaust belching behemouths in town. We need clean air and healthy life styles – not untold wasted hours sitting behind the wheel!
The interstate highway system wasn't built all at once – it took many years, with pieces being constructed and spliced together. We have something sorta nice now – however crowded. That's how all transportation systems are built, so you have to look into the future, and a bigger picture than your local neighborhood. Localized thinking does not solve regional issues – it makes them worse.
Building more roads will never solve congestion – and is guaranteed to create more pollution.
Roads, by the way, are seriously subsidized by everyone's taxes – why not give the public some alternatives for their money?
September 21st, 2011
11:09 pm
Yeah, everyone should live within their means – and pay for what they use….
So for gasoline to be priced fairly to pay for the total cost of roads – it would be $10-12/gallon…
We need to stop subsidizing roads!
September 21st, 2011
11:18 pm
"The big issue in Cobb is commuter rail. Some critics of the T-SPLOST package argue that a 10-mile rail extension from downtown Atlanta, across the Chattahoochee River and one mile into Cobb's Cumberland area is too little. Others argue against the need for rail altogether."
The rail line that is being proposed to run from the MARTA Arts Center Station to the Cumberland/Galleria is NOT a commuter rail line, it is a LIGHT RAIL line. There is a marked difference between light rail and commuter rail, they are NOT one in the same, please do NOT confuse them as there is already enough ignorance about different modes of transportation in the Atlanta Region.
The proposed Midtown-to-Cumberland light rail has become such a lightning rod because it revives and advances an unpopular proposal to run light rail trains up through an aging automobile-oriented development-dominated corridor along Cobb Parkway as opposed to running commuter rail luxury liners on the existing CSX tracks that parallel the gridlocked I-75 corridor that run right by the Cumberland Mall area via Vinings on the way to Smyrna, Marietta, Kennesaw, Acworth (and Woodstock, Holly Springs, Canton via the existing Georgia Northeastern Railroad tracks north from Marietta that parallel the gridlocked I-575 corridor).
The refusal to consider a larger COMMUTER RAIL plan that encompasses the ENTIRE I-75/575 corridor along existing rail infrastructure combined with simple road improvements to US 41/Cobb Parkway, Windy Hill Road, South Cobb Drive & East-West Connector is the reason why the upcoming T-SPLOST proposal will go down in flames in Cobb County.
Heck, the $856.5 million-plus that it will take to construct the light rail line that will only run one mile into the county to a sagging Galleria Mall could be used to widen every major roadway in the county and implement COMMUTER RAIL on the existing CSX tracks at less cost than that one line and there would still be plenty of money leftover to spare.
September 21st, 2011
11:24 pm
Commuter rail service on the existing CSX tracks that span the entire distance of the county from Vinings to Acworth combined with the widening of US 41/Cobb Parkway from four to six lanes would be a HELLUVA LOT MORE effective at alleviating congestion off of Interstate 75 than a $856.5 million-plus light rail line that would only run one mile into the county in its initial stage.
September 21st, 2011
11:42 pm
how about a 5 year tax instead of 10? Don't trust anyone in office or the GDOT to give them a 10 year tax.
September 22nd, 2011
12:32 am
The transit proponent of transportation in the Atlanta Region does NOT even have to be financed with tax dollars.
Transit (light rail, heavy rail, commuter rail, buses, etc) can and should be financed with bonds paid back with adequately-priced fares as opposed to be being heavily dependent solely upon sales and property taxes inadequately-priced rockbottom low fares only.
Transit, if properly and competently managed, can and should pay for itself, seeing as though people have to pay fares into the system to use it and that it can recoup its money through fares.
Local surface roads and FREEways that cannot charge tolls to help pay for their construction and operation should be paid and financed with taxes.
September 22nd, 2011
3:12 am
Again, I see nothing on 25% of this tax going into the counties general fund. Why don't you tell the people the whole truth?
September 22nd, 2011
6:36 am
"How many billions of dollars will be thrown away to engineering firms, contractors, land speculators, etc. who then turn around and pad the campaign coffers of polititians who will keep this going for eternity?"
And how do you expect the projects to be designed and built? Thrown away?
For those who say the politicians are crooked, where is your proof? Not just your opinion, but proof that will stand up in a court of law?
Those against commuter rail only extending north to Cumberland, do you know that the Interstates were built in stages? And they weren't built to their present laneage? Progress comes in stages. And when the cost of gas goes up won't you complain (and whine) about it and not having an alternative means to travel? With roads the price of land and construction is huge for expansion. With transit, esp rail, you just add more railcars or reduce the interval between trains/buses!
Bug: I think the % is 15 not 25. But you are right. No mention at public meetings about what/how the 15% will be used for!
Finally, how do the naysayers expect transportation improvements to be implemented and paid for? Or do you want to continue to sit in traffic and breathe bad air the rest of your shortened life?
September 22nd, 2011
7:28 am
Two words: GA 400. Who would vote for a penny tax when when the State lied about removing the tolls. They will lie about removing the tax too.
September 22nd, 2011
7:28 am
Two words: GA 400. Who would vote for a penny tax when when the State lied about removing the tolls. They will lie about removing the tax too.
September 22nd, 2011
7:46 am
The idea that the beltway will be a commuter line is patently absurd. I have lived in midtown Atlanta for over 30 years. Because of the nature of my business, I have worked throughout the Atlanta region and have interacted with people who commute between every point on the map.
The beltway is crazy expensive and will suffer huge cost overruns. The wheeling and dealing in land purchases have been well documented, and no sane person would expect that to cease. The money already allocated to the permanent staff — currently 75, I believe — has been overspent by a large percentage. The Beltway is simply a vanity project for a small subset of intown residents. It goes nowhere and would have few riders other than tourists and weekend visitors from the suburbs.
September 22nd, 2011
8:19 am
Sure would be nice if these two and all the other 'salesmen' were honest enough to stand up and send this defective bill back to the General Assembly in exchange for a REAL North Georgia Transit Bill.
That so many of the 'projects' have turned into road improvements that should already be covered by fuel taxes (that need to be raised) is shameful. Building 20th century rapid transit to actually connect municipalities around North Georgia should have been consistently occurring for the last 20 years. Patching up a few intersections and adding a lane here and there will not ameliorate the negligence of 'leaders' in the 'villes' for the last quarter century.
Send this back to the General Assembly, remind them what is necessary and see if they have the gumption to do the right thing on the second try.
Why is it we in the South are content to hold down last place as a Civilized portion of the United States.
September 22nd, 2011
8:21 am
Of course, a new bill could allow for additional financing from the huge amount of commerce generated by the empty 4 lanes built throughout south GA during sonny's absent reign.
Just a tidbit for those who wonder where the DOT money disappeared to over the last decade.
September 22nd, 2011
8:52 am
Any tranportation problem we have is only unaffordable because a child-monkey named W led Atlanta, and the world, into this socially-divisive double-dip recession which is further dividing the haves from the half-wits. Spain and France used the centuries to show the world how to bankrupt a nation with war for war's sake. Any media-spun military-industrial ideology can get the easily-hyped citizens of any revisionist-educated country to support a war. You only need to create national characters like Christopher Columbus, George Washington, and Aaron Burr and then threaten your children until they learn how to spell those names. Our educators would have us believe that those three guys are heros. In truth, they were the three worst presidents we ever had. Schoolkids everywhere have been taught nonsense in a generation-wide conspiracy to form new soldiers for new wars in an unending supply of cannon fodder for the Saudi Military Machine.
And that's just a natural born fact. They say nothing really changed after 911. Really? W cut and run from Saudi Arabia. Osama wanted W to take our troops out, and the coward monkey-child named W did.
I'd call that change.
September 22nd, 2011
9:13 am
Why risk killing TSPLOST for one MARTA project on Cobb's project list?
The Art Center to Cumberland light rail will trash the dreams of a whole region. Cut the project.
September 22nd, 2011
9:18 am
For years I've listened to those Cobb and Cherokee people whine about their "hard earned tax dollars" going to other places in the metro area. Now they want me to tax myself to build them roads? Let 'em build their own darned roads.
September 22nd, 2011
9:19 am
@Mike H.: My husband rides the bus, usually out of Buford. He rode the one that leaves from Discover Mills last week and said it was "standing room only." People do use the Gwinnett County buses.
September 22nd, 2011
9:21 am
[...] For the first time since the formation of MARTA in the late 1960′s, the Atlanta region is being asked to think as a region. And that may prove to be a challenge. The transportation project list is being drawn up by our political leadership, and this appears to be proving difficult. Political careers on are on the line. [...]
September 22nd, 2011
9:35 am
If we keep wanting all our tax money to be spent upon ourselves, totally in our local community, we'll NEVER solve regional issues. It will be impossible.
The totally local approach does work if you only work in your house you built with your own trees, and work only for yourself, providing services only to yourself, raising your own food, drawing your own water, generating your own power, and providing all those necessities of life to yourself, from your own resources on your own property, using absolutely nothing, ever, from outside sources. It works if you never use anything outside your property or ever go anywhere. Realistic? Sure, that's how many people see themselves – and it is not possible to exist in our society in that manner.
How many government jurisdictions are totally self contained? Do all your residents do everything in your municipality? How many live, shop and work totally in your county/town?
That's why a REGIONAL approach to these issues is necessary.
Personally, if I had it my way, there would be very, very little money spent on roads in the TSPLOST. Several counties have SPLOSTed many miles of nice wide roadways, and it hasn't helped (Sorry Cobb… you have some very nice roads, but you're the poster child on that one).
Widening roads only temporarily solved local transportation issues, but did nothing for connections to other areas in the region. Now, those roads are jammed again, and what are we proposing? Yeah… make 'em even wider (and so on… and so on….)
The problem is that there are no viable regional transportation options in this area besides automobiles.(at least for most folks). Without alternatives, people don't have a choice, people can't behave efficiently, and when a crisis comes to that mode of transportation – things get really bad.
That's why a regional solution is necessary….
OK…. soapbox off….
September 22nd, 2011
9:43 am
just vote NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
September 22nd, 2011
9:46 am
Jim, it's Light Rail, not Commuter Rail. There's a BIG difference between them.
September 22nd, 2011
9:57 am
Our state, counties and municipalities are throwing money down the drain trying to get TSPLOST passed. Folks, it's dead, ain't no way it's gonna pass, anywhere. Number One, a good portion of the money generated by a 1% tax would be wasted by our less than candid politicians, and Number Two, we cannot trust our less than candid politicians when they say, "It's only for ten years". Number Three, we don't need to throw any more money into that "Bottomless Pit" called MARTA. Cobb and Gwinnett, you don't want it, trust me.
September 22nd, 2011
10:02 am
Who says we (the silent majority of the state) wants all this new transit for growth? I think the metro Atlanta area is populated enough. We do not have a long term water solution to support more growth. Push growth to the southern part of the state.
September 22nd, 2011
11:02 am
Merry Go round, you probably have never ridden mass transit in your life and probably take a scooter to the refrigerator. I live in Buckhead and have no doubt that the entire city would utilize the Beltline. NOT just the south side of the city. I as well as my friends and neighbors would take it every chance we get. CARS ARE THE PROBLEM. TRY something different. NO MORE ROADS. NO more stupid parkways and subdivisions and strip malls and GIANT Wal-Marts and Auto zones PLEASE! I'll VOTE YES
September 22nd, 2011
11:09 am
I'm tired of paying for Cherokee and Cobb and Henry county to drive on our roads and use our infrastructure and police just for them to drive back out to their Bedroom communities of fat people with diabetes, large cokes, golden corrals, sweat pants, and gas stations.
September 22nd, 2011
11:27 am
@ Will the last Democrat…
RIGHT ON! Please consider taking over the ARC, you've got my vote!
September 22nd, 2011
11:30 am
the beauty of this TSPLOST vote is the rest of GA is not stuck with the stupidity & arrogance, plus ignorance, of the citizens of the Atlanta Metro Area. If you guys boot this, and the rest of the state passes it, then the rest of the state benefits & hopefully more jobs move out of this area.
September 22nd, 2011
11:31 am
Gwinnett – yeah, that is reality. YOU are paying so much for it – please tell us YOUR income and what YOU paid in taxes last year, and see if you get any sympathy.
September 22nd, 2011
11:32 am
also, all you no voters, when you gripe about the unemployment rate, remember you cut your nose off in spite of your face.
September 22nd, 2011
11:34 am
I am confused as to why the ARC is do determined to pass this T Splost. I am curious to see what government could do without the use of splost. I have seen millions of dollars of splost go to just repave the roads after they are built. The splost is nothing but a slush fund that government officials rely on because they can't live within their means. How is all this infrastructure going to be maintained throughout its years. IT WON"T. We need visionaries who see to globalized world and that means if they want to pass this thing I would be ok with it if the ARC gave at least $100 million to the ports authority to deepen the Savannah Harbor. This deepening is the future of GA. The container size will double with post panamex ships to 12,000 containers per ship. Traffic is Traffic. It has nothing to do with the roads, minus a few engineering blunders, and has everything to do with just basic population growth. They are going to pass this thing and then bond a huge portion of the proceeds to get a large sum up front and it won't be shovel ready costing the taxpayers thousands in interest. We need sustainable growth by means of revenue producting activities which can be blanketed from the State all over Georgia. You can't build rails etc in hopes of being able to maintain that infrastructure. We have been down that road before. No pun intented.
September 22nd, 2011
12:07 pm
We might lose Burrell Ellis and the SPLOST might likely fail. Awesome! Best news I have heard all day.
September 22nd, 2011
12:16 pm
I would like to know where all the gasoline tax on one gallon of gas are spent. Isn't infrastructure construction and maintenance the reason for this tax?
September 22nd, 2011
12:21 pm
More Breaking News On Massive County Sales Tax For RoadRunners……A unknown Spokesperson for " Moving Fast Though Cobb" said the idea of a 10 county road tax is perfect for Sissy local political county Republican leaders to hid behind because it forces them to be two face like most Republican leaders
September 22nd, 2011
12:24 pm
I think the Atlanta region needs the increased transportation development, but I'm disappointed because this tax will NEVER pass. Too much of it is spent on transit instead of roads, and most of the voters in the region do not use transit. Sadly, this is a huge waste of time because the politicians forgot about us voters.
September 22nd, 2011
1:06 pm
This needs to pass bottom line. Too many of y'all are thinking locally and not regionally. So scared of change that you'd rather complain about traffic while you sit to yourself in your car then have the option of taking a train to your destination, even if just to a park and ride lot near your home. Cobb and Gwinnett think they are too good for MARTA but both have terrible transit systems THAT STILL CONNECT to Atlanta and MARTA! The same folks y'all are scared of that will take the MARTA bus and train into your areas and steal from you can just take the MARTA bus and train and transfer to Cobb's CCT or Gwinnett's GCT and steal from you.
The surrounding area doesn't want to pay taxes for transit but want your roads paid for, right? We have to make our fair high enough to cover operations so you make your gas high enough that it's not mostly taxes for roads. That would be what… 10 maybe 15 bucks per gallon.
Stop comming into Fulton or Dekalb and tearing our infastructure up with your cars and not helping pay. Using MARTA to commute in but then don't want to pay. I would even go as far as saying pay for what you use. Most use the train so pay a 1/2 cent tax. It will go to extending only MARTA rail there. That's what most would want anyway since they don't want the big bad MARTA buses!
You even hear the argument that they don't want to pay the tax because it probably will go past the 10 years. Hears a thought, stop voting the same Tea Partiers into office for them to keep doing the same things. This is a RED state incase you have forgotten. Every election though when a Democrate runs they are put down and talked about and never elected.
You reap what you sow. Keep being anti-transit and non-Democratic. Let keep widening roads, which doesn't work clearly, and voting the same kind of people into office, which the same folks that voted them in complain about them then go right back and vote for them or someone with the same ideas. Lets see how far metro Atlanta gets and how much we are going to lose!
September 22nd, 2011
1:44 pm
@Bryan — MARTA supporter
September 22nd, 2011
1:06 pm
You still haven't answered my question – What MARTA department is paying you?
September 22nd, 2011
1:49 pm
For all the folks wondering what the big deal is about the Beltline—simply–it is a TAXPAYER PAID infrastructure for developers and builders to make a killing on the Beltline skyrocketing property values, retail space and condos that will spring up around it. —-pure and simple.
It's all a money hoax, folks.
September 22nd, 2011
3:00 pm
@November 6, 2012
September 22nd, 2011
1:44 pm
I did. None! Sorry if I'm just an educated young person that wants Atlanta to succeed and know the importance of having an efficient transit system.
Now the question is what backwards thinking Tea Party organization do you lobby for? I'm sure it's one that nows nothing about the benefits of transit in a major metropolitan area like Atlanta and probably not even in the core. Probably in some run down rural county that doesn't even matter to the success of a major area like this.
September 22nd, 2011
3:15 pm
CSX will not allow commuter rail on the same line as frieght rail, thats why light rail is pruposed for the Cobb Line. The BeltLine is a great project that will help the entire region since it will move people around the inner core of atlanta. Ever wonder why the 3 biggest employment centers are close to MARTA? Because businesses want to give their employees and customers the option of taking MARTA. I ride MARTA everyday and purposely do not drive to Cobb or Gwinnett counties because I do not want to suport an area that does not support MARTA and every Olive Garden is the same. Vote YES and extend transit into the suburbs so those poor car-dependant people will stop complaining about traffic!


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Rape is one of the most common crimes in Egypt.[1] Marital rape is not illegal in the country. By 2008, U.N. quoted Egypt's Interior Ministry's figure that 20,000 rapes take place every year, although according to the activist Engy Ghozlan (ECWR), rapes are 10 times higher than the stats given by Interior Ministry, making it 200,000 per year.[2] Mona Eltahawy has also noted the same figure (200,000), and added that it was before the revolution, today the number is actually higher.[3]
Rapes have been carried out during festivals and the Egyptian protests, it includes the public rapes carried on women, and the female journalists.[4]
Rapes are usually not reported in Egypt, due to the fear of social rejection and culturally it's not accepted.
Rania Hamid from Centre for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA) says that no one comes and tells that they have been raped, saying "Girls consider it to be quite enough that a few people know about the rape." Rania Hamid further describes the problem, that even if a girl would reveal that she has been raped, the whole issue would take form of honour, she said that "There are problems of honour. Sometimes a brother or cousin may kill her, saying 'you wanted this, you encouraged this, you're not honourable, and what is that you are wearing'?... Of course it's not her fault, but who are you going to tell that to? The girl or society?"[2]
According to the US State Department country report, "honour crimes" are not actually illegal in Egypt.
Farah Shash, a psychologist explains that young boys are rarely stopped or opposed by their parents for molesting girls publicly, it's because the children always saw the same behavior around them. Shash further adds that "Often, families will just laugh".[5] According Seif el-Dawla who runs a center in the country told that "Sexual molestation and harassment ... is routine for women who come across police".
Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights (ECWR) has called the problem "social cancer" and suggested that dress code is not deterrent at all. ECWR carried out a survey in 2008 which found that 83 percent of Egyptian women and 98 percent of foreign women within Egypt had experienced sexual harassment at some time, and only 12% had went to police for complaining such issue. Over 62% of Egyptian men admitted harassing women, and 53% of Egyptian men have blamed women for 'bringing it on.'[6]
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality in May 23, 2013, reported that estimated of 99.3% of Egyptian women said they faced some form of sexual violence.[7]
In some of the cases, rape has been connected to some religious issues.[8] Activists reported that Muslim Brotherhood pays for raping women and beating men.[9]
Security forces[edit]
There are incidents in which military men had raped a civilian.[10] On April 2014, it was reported that the Egyptian police was using rape as a weapon against the political dissidents, in relation to this report, one of the victim had raised the issue during the first judicial hearing, although the victim's complaint was ignored.[11]
Child sexual abuse[edit]
Child rape has been reported.[12] Egypt remains one of the most common country for forced marriage as well as child marriage, along with Saudi Arabia, Yemen. An Egyptian TV series named Burying Girls Alive, shown on one of the satellite channels during Ramadan, it shows an old man simply buying a teenage girl by taking advantage of poverty.[13] The rape of Coptic Christians children by Islamists has also been documented during President Morsi's rule,[14] so has abduction of minors for the purpose of forced marriage.[15]
During protests[edit]
During the ongoing Egyptian protests, rape has been carried out publicly.
CBS correspondent Lara Logan revealed in her 60 Minutes program that she and her CBS crew were arrested and detained for one night by the Egyptian Army on 3 February 2011, while covering the Egyptian Revolution. She said the crew was blindfolded and handcuffed at gunpoint, and their driver beaten. They were advised to leave the country, but were later released.[16] On 15 February 2011, CBS News released a statement that Logan had been beaten and sexually assaulted on 11 February, while covering the celebrations in Tahrir Square following Hosni Mubarak's resignation.[17] In Logan's own words, they raped her with their hands, while taking photographs with their cellphones. They began pulling her body in different directions, pulling her hair so hard she said it seemed they were trying to tear off chunks of her scalp. Believing she was dying, she was dragged along the square to where the crowd was stopped by a fence, alongside which a group of women were camping. One woman wearing a chador put her arms around Logan, and the others closed ranks around her, while some men who were with the women threw water at the crowd. A group of soldiers appeared, beat back the crowd with batons, and one of them threw Logan over his shoulder. She was flown back to the U.S. the next day, where she spent four days in the hospital. She was contacted by US president Barack Obama when she arrived home.[18] CBS said it remained unclear who the attackers were, and unlikely that any will be prosecuted.
A female 22 year old Dutch journalist was gang raped by 5 men in the protest.[4]
On 3 July 2013, it was reported that about 91 women were raped and sexually abused in Tahrir Square in 4 days.[19]
Such incidents don't seem to be opposed by the government or officials, but instead they seemed to have gathered support. Report by Nina Burleigh quotes Egyptian Salafi preacher Ahmad Mahmoud Abdullah, who said "women protesting in Tahrir Square 'have no shame and want to be raped."[7]
After revolution, about 50% of women have reported more harassment. 44% said that harassment remained is same as it was before, while, over 58% of men surveyed have told that harassment has been increased after revolution.[20]
Eid al Fitr assaults[edit]
There are several accounts of a heightened number of sexual assaults and rapes taking place during Eid al Fitr in 2006 in Egypt, some noting as well the precautions being taken to prevent a recurrence of such problems.[21][22][23][24] Subsequent reports indicate that this phenomenon continues to cause concern,[25][26][27][28] one Egyptian journalist writes, 'The Eid al-Fitr holiday following this year's Ramadan brought its usual share of sexual harassment'.[29] An Egyptian group founded to protect against sexual assaults, 'described Eid al-Fitr as a "season for harassment"',[30] and the prevalence of such attacks 'a trend that has become associated with Eid al-Fitr celebrations in recent years'.[27] Again in 2013, the same allegations surface in Cairo and Tanta.[31][32][33] Public discussion of the problem in Egypt has been reported to be difficult.[34] 2014 saw lower rates of attempted harassment, and activists reported women and girls were more confident that assaults would be punished since amendment of the penal code earlier in the year.[35] 6 arrests were reported in Eid.[36]
- ^ "Egyptian woman goes public about alleged police rape in rare TV interview". Associated Press. 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
- ^ a b "EGYPT: Are attitudes to rape beginning to change?". IRIN. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
- ^ How Safe is Egypt After the Revolution?, April 26, 2012
- ^ a b "Dutch female reporter gang-raped by 5 men in violent Egyptian protests". NY post. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
- ^ "Egypt's sexual assault epidemic". Al Jazeera. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
- ^ "Hundreds of Cairo teens arrested for 'flirting': police". breitbart.com. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ a b "Gang rape, the dark side of Egypt's protests". CNN. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
- ^ "Egyptian police torture and beat believer in attempt to force her reconversion". Mission Network News. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
- ^ "Muslim Brotherhood 'paying gangs to go out and rape women and beat men protesting in Egypt' as thousands of demonstrators pour on to the streets". Daily Mail. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
- ^ Egypt: Military Impunity for Violence Against Women | Human Rights Watch
- ^ Egyptian police 'using rape as a weapon' against dissident groups | World news | The Observer
- ^ "Punishment rape in Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood - The Commentator". thecommentator.com. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
- ^ "Child marriage: legalised rape?". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
- ^ Abdelmassih, Mary (2013-02-02). "Abducted Egyptian Christian Girl Possibly Smuggled to Libya". Assyrian International News Agency. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ Abdelmassih, Mary (2013-02-03). "Egyptian Christian Girl, 13, Abducted By Muslims". Assyrian International News Agency. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ Kamer, Foster. "Lara Logan's Egypt Interrogation Tell-All". Esquire.
- "TIME Exclusive: CBS's Lara Logan and Crew Detained in Cairo As Violence Escalates". Time magazine. 3 February 2011.
- Charlie Rose Interview with Lara Logan, see 3:30–4:00, 7 February 2011.
- ^ Stelter, Brian (15 February 2011). "CBS Says Lara Logan Suffered 'Brutal' Attack in Cairo". The New York Times.
- ^ "Lara Logan Assaulted During Egypt Protests". CBS News. 15 February 2011.
- ^ "NINETY-ONE women protesters raped and sexually abused in Tahrir Square in just four days". Daily Mail. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
- ^ "Women in Egypt suffer more sexual violence under Islamist rule". Alarabiya. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
- ^ "Cairo street crowds target women". BBC News. 2006-11-01. Archived from the original on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ "The Widespread Plague of Sexual Harassment in Egypt". Al Akhbar English. 2012-09-20. Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ^ Ali, Mohammed (2008-10-21). "Taking on Sexual Harassment, a Social Phenomenon in Egypt | Al Jadid Magazine". Aljadid.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ^ "Sexual Harassment Takes Center Stage Again in Egypt". Ikhwanweb. 2007-07-05. Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ^ "Al-Ahram Weekly | Egypt | Unsafe streets". Weekly.ahram.org.eg. 2008-10-15. Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ^ "The latest developments of the case of sexual harassment in Cairo". World Pulse. 2012-10-29. Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ^ a b "Sexual assaults in Egypt mar Eid holiday". Al Arabiya. 2008-10-05. Archived from the original on 2013-08-12. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
- ^ "Movement plans patrols to counter sexual harassment during Eid". Egypt Independent. 2012-09-17. Archived from the original on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ "Egypt is starting to take sexual harassment seriously". The Guardian. 2012-09-05. Archived from the original on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ "Several arrested as sexual harassment surges in Cairo". Egypt Independent. 2012-08-21. Archived from the original on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ "'I witnessed harassment' volunteers catch 8-10 yr olds in the act". Ahram Online. Archived from the original on 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ^ "Egypt activists try to stop holiday sex harassment". USA Today. 2013-10-26. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
- ^ "Victim of harassment killed in Tanta: Shoft Taharosh group continues monitoring sexual harassment during Eid". Daily News Egypt. 2013-08-10. Archived from the original on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ "Sex Harassment Is Off-Topic for Egyptian Ramadan". Womens E news. 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
- ^ "Anti-sexual harassment initiative intervenes in 35 incidents during Eid". Daily News Egypt. 2014-07-31. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ "Six arrested in Egypt over sexual harassment during Eid". Al Arabiya. 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
Further reading[edit]
- "Egyptian woman goes public about alleged police rape in rare TV interview". Fox News. 2010-08-06.

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Love is pain
Chapter 1
Bella's pov
I was sitting in the cafeteria with my hood on, Angela, Erik, Jessica and mike were all siting at the table with me talking to each other, I was silent,
Ever since Edward left me for Tanya, I felt numb, like I have no feeling now
The rest of the Cullen's were sitting at their table, even though Edward and I broke up, they stayed in Forks
But now they ignore me, or glare at me like a piece of trash, but i didn't care, they would always be family to me.
Edward and Tanya were absent today; I shuddered at the thought of what they could be doing right now.
Angela was looking at me with concern, I was getting sick, I never felt well now
"Bella are you ok" Angela asked, all of my friends eyes were on me now, and from the corner of my eyes I could see the Cullen's head snap in my direction, they were paying attention.
"I'm fine Ang" i paused" it's just a fever" I said while covering up a cough
"Maybe you should go home Bells, you don't look good" Jessica said with a concerned face
"No, I feel fine "I said, then there was a pain in my head, I laid my head on the table the chill helped out a little
"Plus ill miss out on all the class work" I told them my head was still on the table, my eyes were closed
"i can get the work for you" Erik said
"Ya Bella, you need to go home" Mike said from across the table
"But ....... "I was cut off by Angel
"Don't worry Bella, I'll go to all of the classes' and help Erik get the work" she told me
"But I don't think I can drive home" I paused" unless you want me to get into a car accident" I said
I sat up in my chair leaning my head against Eric's shoulder, he pat me on the bake and Angela, gave me a concerned look
"Why don't you call Jacob Black" Angela said I could see the Cullen's eyes narrow in my direction now, some were even glaring.
Ever since I and Edward broke up, I have gotten closer to Jake; we were best buddies now,
But a couple weeks ago, he stopped hanging out with me, because he was sick, he had mauno or something
" I don't know Angela" I said
"Just try Bella" she said while handing me her cellphone, I signed
I took her cell and dialed Jacob's phone number.
It took a while but he finally answered the phone
"Hello" Jacob said
"Jake Hi its Bella" I said in a low whisper
"Bella, are you ok, what' wrong" he asked concerned
"Jake, I don't feel well could you come and pick me up at school. I don think can drive home" I said my eyes closed again, the headache was getting worse by the mint
"I'll be right over Bells hold on" he said ,and then the line was gone
I hung up and gave the cell back to Angela
"Is he coming "she asked
"He coming" I said while cuffing
Erik hit my bake slightly, and I put my head on the table again, wishing for the pain to stop
A couple mints later I heard the cafeteria doors open up, and there was a high pitched laughter Tanya and Edward
Every time I saw theme, they were Kissing, hugging, or snuggling, It would kill me inside, but I ignored the pain
They went over to the Cullen table, as soon as they saw Tanya and Edward a smile grew on their face, I remember when that used to be me, I signed and drank more water.
The cafeteria doors opened up again, this time there were three footsteps,
I looked over to see that it was, Jacob, Quil and Embry
They all looked different there hair was cut short, they had an identical tattoo on their arms
I could see that they were now taller, and more build, all of the boyish fetchers where gone
Which was replaced, by a teenage boy or young man's features.
Jake looked 18 or 19, so did Quil and Embry
They walked towards our table; everybody in the cafeteria was staring at theme. And the Cullen's including Tanya was glaring at them, what was there problem. They didn't do anything bad
Erik helped me up, and I walked over toward Jake and his friends
"Bella I missed you "Jake said while giving me a hug around the waist he almost picked me up
He felt worm and safe, which was good, because the cafeteria was freezing me to death
He pulled away, and then Quil and Embry gave me a hug
"Dang Bella you look like Hell" Embry said, Quil shoved him playfully and apologized
"Sorry Bella my friend is an Idiot" Quil said with a smile
I laughed just a little" come on; let's get you home "Jake said while putting his arm around my waist. To help support me up,
At that moment I felt fain, I stumbled a little, it was dizzy and foggy
Jake caught me and pulled me towards his chest" Belles are you ok" he asked
"No" was all I said, and then I felt someone sweep me off of my feet,
"Jake "I grumbled" put me down "i wined
He didn't respond, but there was a grin on Embry and Quills face, as they both bumped fist
Soon the darkness took over, and I snuggled up into Jake's chest, I felt loved and safe again,
And I could feel rooking movement, and quiet whispers of my best friend
End chapter 1, tell me what you think about it =)R&R
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Ch 4
Alice pov
We were on the plane going back to forks because Carlisle and Esme future disappeared
I was sitting next to jasper my head lying on his shoulders
Tanya was sitting with Edward, I tried to smile about theme being together, but there was something Rong
It didn't fell right; it gave me this dead feeling
Seats away, I heard her talking about Bella with her sister
They were laughing about her
It didn't feel good herring things about hurt, it made me hurt in side
Emmet Jasper and Rose said nothing they were silent but smiling and the jocks
But could tell by looking in their eyes that they were upset like me
Jasper glanced at; he grabbed my hand then gave it a squeeze
"Are you ok?" he whispered with worried eyes
I gave him a smile "fine, don't worry"
He smiled then peeked me on the lips and turned to Emmet
Then I turned to the window and glanced out, I just got a bad feeling
That someone close to me and to the family, is going to get hurt
Bella pov
The Cullen kids were coming back, my eyes widen
Esme and Carlisle stood in front of me worried eyes
I ran past theme they fallowed after me
They shouted my name, tears ran down my face, I can't face theme, not right now
" Bella, where are you going?!" Carlisle shouted
I turned around to glance at my second parents
"I can't stay here" I trailed off" they don't like me and Edward is with Tanya" I choked out
They looked in shock and guilty now
"I could never see theme living together so close, it would kill me "I finished my sentence and got into my truck
I drove away tears running down my face, were would I go now
As I drove out there drive way I spotted their cars
It felt like slow motion as we passed cars
They didn't pay attention to me they were all smiling
As I passed Alice car she noticed me a frown on her face then she turned her head away and I did the same
Then and there, I knew that I hand nothing else to do but Run, I had to get away from Forks
To many memories lingered here, I now wished that Edward would have never saved me that day
If a life without my parents, the Cullen's and Edward….Edward, I can still remember loving words that he would whisper to me at night, I was truly going to miss him
As I pulled up at my old house, I couldn't help but smile, still tears came out, and this would always be my house
If I was leaving ,I would have to do it tomorrow ,I still had to say goodbye to all of my real friends, I would miss theme ,but it was for the best, I hated putting theme in pain, it was shelf's of me
Letting myself into the house, I noticed that the place was still the same, Jacob had told me that Sam Uley and some of his firmed, were going to pack the stuff up and move it into a storage or Jacobs place
Jacob's place was cramped already, I couldn't imagine, how packed it would be with me living there
Running over to the kitchen I open up the Cabinet and saw the money jar, usually that where we put the money for groceries, but Charlie would have no use to it now, so there was no harm in taking it
I grabbed the money and quickly contend, there were only 900, but it would have to do, I ran up to my room and started to pack Items that I would need, like clothing maybe a couple books, I grabbed my I pod and shoved it into the bag, then grabbed another bag, I rushed down to the stars and packed food
But I only grabbed things that wouldn't need heat, like can foods and stuff that were still sealed in plastic
I ran back up to my room to grab something, when I noticed Charlie's room and tensed, I never went into his room, I don't think he ever used it
I walked over to his room and opened up the door, to my surprise it was clean, the bed was fixed a family photos was on the stands, walking over I pulled it out, it was a picture of me, Charlie and Renee, they were smiling and I was still a baby, raped in my mothers and fathers arms, I smiled
From the corner of my eyes' noticed something shiny, it was Charlie's gun, my hand shook as I grabbed it, maybe this would come in handy one day, there was an open drawer and I noticed a box of bullets just lying in there, I also picked that up, then ran out of my father's room
The day passed by and it was finally night, I felt lonely, knowing that Edward not even Charlie was going to be in the house tonight, I was balled up hiding in my sheets, waiting for the pain to end, my arms were around my chest, keeping my heart from falling out
The next morning I bolted up from a nightmare, my heart nearly beating it way out, when I was calmed enough, I threw on a pair of pants and convers, I grabbed my blue tank top and jacket then slipped it on
Checking in the mirror, I looked like hell, bags ley under my eyes my heart was a mess, but who cared
I grabbed all of my bags and threw theme into the back of my truck then there a blanket over the bags, I didn't want anyone looking at the bags, and then I drove to school…for the last time
End Chapter R&R
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A veteran of the animation industry, Robert Crawford studied animation in the UK before specializing as a film Optical and Rostrum Camera operator. He completed over 500 commercials, 70 documentaries, and four feature films before the digital era brought an end to the tactile experience. Robert has now completed 24 animated feature films from Heavy Metal and Pink Floyd's The Wall to Mr. Peabody and Sherman and How To Train Your Dragon 2. Currently Robert is a Head of Layout at DreamWorks Animation.
Film Director Chris Kenneally is this year's Hors-Jeu keynote!! Chris Kenneally has been working in the movie industry since 1998. He's a writer, a director and a producer. In 2012 he wrote and directed the critically acclaimed documentary SIDE BY SIDE which features host and producer Keanu Reeves interviewing luminaries on the current state of filmmaking. Chris has been the post production supervisor on many films and most recently worked on HBO's TRUE DETECTIVE.
L'Agence Française pour le Jeu Vidéo (AFJV) and eCap Partner (an M&A advisory firm dedicated to managers and shareholders in the digital industry), recently published an infographic shining a light on the key figures related to the video game industry in 2013 in France and around the world. The article states, amongst other things, that video games have strengthened their leading position in the global cultural industry thanks to mobile gaming, and that the "freemium" model has surpassed the premium model in 2013. To know more: http://goo.gl/BNaFBM
This year Ludia had the pleasure of participating in the Montreal International Game Summit (aka MIGS) as a bronze partner, and it was a HUGE success!! For those of you who aren't familiar with the MIGS, this is the biggest professional video games industry event in Canada and on the East Coast!
Here are some of the event highlights:
We learnt lots of important things about the gaming industry
Photo credit: MIGS
We met lots of interesting people
Photo credit: MIGS
We came together united for the industry
We talked about the jobs we are passionate about
We showed off our art skills
And, we got to eat candy for breakfast and not feel guilty about it
Photo credit: Laurent Michel Tremblay
A big thank you to the MIGS and to all of those who made this event possible. We would also like to thank those who came by the booth to say hello. It was a true pleasure to meet all of you!
See you next year!
For an overview of hors-Jeu, Ludia's conference which focused on the future of digital entertainment.


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Artholic | Travelholic | Dix-huitièmist. Art historian in progress & moonlighting as a gradstudent cliché in New York City
Left: Ellsworth Kelly, Yellow over Dark Blue, 1964-5Right: Mark Rothko, Yellow, Blue and Orange, 1955
Ellsworth Kelly met Rothko at a party in MoMA in 1961. Postwar American painters are not my field of specialty but I think that it may be suggested that Kelly is making an overt reference to Rothko in this work.
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RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis. (WSAU) -- Motorists traveling Highway 29 in the Wausau area will have to drive through some lane restrictions starting next Tuesday.
Construction crews plan to replace some pavement and the bridge decks on the Wisconsin River crossing between Rib Mountain and Rothschild. Traffic will be reduced to a single lane in each direction, and speeds will be reduced.
Local residents that typically cross Highway 29 on Sunrise Drive will have to go several miles out of the way most of the summer, but that phase of work doesn't start until June 10th.
A construction information meeting is set for Tuesday, April 29th at the Rothschild Village Hall, starting at 5:00 p.m. This multi-phase project includes several repairs and improvements in this stretch of Highway 29 that will cost 18.8 million dollars and reach completion in May of 2017.


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The Citystar 125 replaces the old Peugeot Elystar 125, but unlike its sibling it comes with a modern style and a longer range of high tech features designed to improve its efficiency and rideability.
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The third Sukhoi Superjet 100 (S/N 95004) has completed cold-soak trials in Yakutsk, in Russia's Far East, and returned to the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) flight-test center in Zhukovsky, the manufacturer announced last month.
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The third Sukhoi Superjet 100 (S/N 95004) has completed cold-soak trials in Yakutsk, in Russia's Far East, and returned to the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) flight-test center in Zhukovsky, the manufacturer announced today.
Best known as a producer of the Sukhoi Su-30MK series of heavy fighters, Russia's Irkut Corp. is looking to the commercial sector to provide the backbone of its future. The MC-21 airliner project is now in development and Irkut recently selected a series of Western systems suppliers as it moves toward a projected first flight date in 2014.
Sukhoi's long-anticipated fifth-generation multirole fighter is nearing the start of flight trials as work continues on the prototype aircraft, the famed Russian aircraft builder's chief executive confirmed at the Paris Air Show yesterday.
Irkut Corporation is evaluating tenders from Western engine, avionics and systems suppliers for its proposed new MC-21 family of narrowbody airliners. The Russian airframer (Hall 4 Stand C114) wants the first of the new model to enter service in 2016, and it intends to offer variants with capacity of 150, 180 and 210 seats.
The Russian government has bailed out the MiG Corporation after it lost more than $300 million last year and reported total debts of $1.25 billion. Twenty-four MiG-29 SMTs that were built for Algeria will be bought instead by the Russian Air Force for $690 million. Another $417 million will be provided through an issue of additional shares, so that MiG can be integrated debt-free into Russia's United Aircraft Corp. (UAC).
AVPK Sukhoi's ambition to use U.S.-built avionics on the Russian Regional Jet appear dashed due to an apparent lack of interest on the part of both Honeywell and Rockwell Collins. Honeywell, developer of the Primus Epic avionics software implicated in the certification delay of the Embraer 170, simply failed to respond to Sukhoi's request for proposals, according to the Russian company.
Airbus Freighter Conversion (AFC), the joint venture established in March 2007 by EADS EFW, Airbus, United Aircraft Corporation and Irkut, yesterday signed a firm contract to convert 30 Airbus A320s and A321s into freighters for Netherlands-based lessor AerCap.
Boasting an order book amounting to $4.6 billion, Russia's Irkut Corporation reported here at Farnborough profits of $165 million on revenues that exceeded $1.3 billion last year. The total is three times more than the net profit it registered in 2006, according to Oleg Demchenko, president of the Irkut Corporation. He also announced that Irkut held a 15 percent share of Russia's arms exports in 2007.
The backlog of orders for Sukhoi's Superjet 100 regional airliner passed into three figures yesterday when Russia's AviaLeasing signed a heads of agreement for 24 of the 95-seat model and options for 16 more. Here at Farnborough today, Sukhoi is expected to announce a breakthrough order from a Western operator.


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Download the AAJ 2013 Submission Guidelines
Other publications and websites come and go, but the American Alpine Journal has been recording new climbs since 1929. Please become a part of climbing's permanent history by sending us your new-route reports. All AAJ reports are published at our website: aaj.americanalpineclub.org. And most appear in our annual edition. Publishing this 400-page book requires a year-round effort, and so we need your report as soon as possible!
The AAJ tries to be the journal of record for documenting the "world's most significant climbs." We seek reports and stories on all new routes worldwide (most often these are big routes encompassing a long day or more on the climb itself). We sometimes report a repeat ascent if the peak or route has not been climbed in many years; if there have been major changes in conditions on the mountain; if the style is new (e.g., first free ascent); if the ascent was exceptionally fast; if it was the first winter ascent; or if the report supplies vital information for future climbers. We do not publish reports on first "national" ascents (e.g., the first American or Italian or Japanese ascent). We also don't cover first women's ascents, handicapped climbs, or similar recognitions. Sometimes, however, we break our own "rules."
How to write a report:
Reports for the "Climbs & Expeditions" section of the AAJ are typically 250-500 words long. The prime goals are to document history and to provide information that helps future climbers in this region, but we prefer a good story, too! Here is a simple way to remember what should be included in the report:
How was it?—please tell the story of your trip…very briefly!
What?—name of peak and route.
Where?—exactly where is it? Country, mountain range, route line, maps, etc.
When?—dates of the expedition.
Who?—names of climbers.
Why?—why did this climb interest you?
How hard?—difficulty of the climb, using whichever grading system you prefer.
Please send your reports as soon as possible! We will post them online as soon as they are edited, and we will need them in a timely manner to ensure that they can be used in the printed book.
Other news:
Did you learn of other new routes in the region where you climbed? Please tell us about climbs and climbers we may not have heard of. You are our most valuable source of information!
Submitting photographs to the AAJ:
We want pictures showing the peak/wall and the route. Good "action" shots are welcome. If we publish a photo showing the route, we'll need to have the route line drawn in; if possible, please include other existing routes that are visible on the photo—but only if you're sure where they go.
Feel free to first email smaller low-resolution scans (.jpg/JPEG are best). Please draw in your line if you can. We may later ask you to submit a higher resolution image for publication. Publication requires at least 300 dpi (120 pixels/cm) at the size the photo is printed. A full-page photo in the AAJ is 5×7 inches (13×18 cm). However, some photos in the Climbs & Expeditions section are smaller. If this is confusing, just ask us questions or send what you have, and we'll let you know if we need anything different.
Where to send reports and photos:
Erik Rieger (North and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia): firstname.lastname@example.com
Lindsay Griffin (Himalaya, Karakoram, China, Greenland, Antarctica, Bolivia): email@example.com
Dougald MacDonald (Russia, Krygyzstan and other CIS countries, Middle East, Europe): firstname.lastname@example.com
FTP site: If you have FTP software and are sending big photos or many photos, please consider using our FTP site. Email us for our FTP settings.
Original slides: If you are sending an original slide or image showing the route you climbed, please include a print copy of the image (laser scans work well and are cheap) with your route line drawn in. Do not draw on the original image. If other routes are shown in the image, please indicate this. If you know with certainty where those routes go, please draw them in as well. Please contact us by email before sending anything by snail mail.
Maps: Maps are welcome for more remote regions. We have limited space, but whenever possible we will include a map to less-known peaks. These can also be helpful to the editors even if the map is not published. Photocopies and PDFs are fine. We may publish the map on our website unless you ask us not to.
Topos: The AAJ is building an online topo library. Please send your topos of new routes, preferably electronically.
Rights (copyrights) for photography and text in the American Alpine Journal:
The AAC copyrights the entire annual AAJ. However, authors and photographers retain all rights to re-use their individual contributions. The AAC retains the right to utilize your submitted text and photographs in AAJ-related publications in print or on the web with no compensation. (Published photographers will receive a complimentary copy of the AAJ.) Permission will be requested from authors and photographers for any publication of their work outside the AAC. Since authors and photographers retain all rights to their work, you may re-use it without permission from the AAC. The American Alpine Club is a non-profit organization devoted to mountaineering, the conservation and study of mountainous regions, and representing the interests of climbers.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Thanks from the AAJ team,
Dougald MacDonald, Erik Rieger, Lindsay Griffin


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The Town of Walpole is seeking qualified applicants for a part-time (16 to 18.25 hours/week) dispatcher position on a revolving schedule of 2 evenings per week, 4pm-12 midnight shift. Must be a HS graduate, have excellent public relation skills, a positive attitude; computer experience is desirable.
Preference will be given to those applicants that are 911 and EMD certified, plus have public safety dispatcher experience or have completed the 40 hour telecommunicator training.
Starting salary is $19.40/hour. Send a cover letter with a resume and an employment application (available via www.walpole-ma.gov) to the Town of Walpole, HR, 135 School Street, Walpole, MA 02081 by 2/11/13. AA/EEO.


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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The National Institutes of Health will study brain tissue from late Chargers great Junior Seau, whose suicide two months ago raised questions about possible long-term cognitive problems faced by football players due to repeated concussions, authorities confirmed Friday.
Seau's next of kin directed the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office this month to release the preserved tissue for further examination, according to Sarah Gordon, a spokeswoman for the local agency. Gordon said she had no information on the purpose of the tests.
In a prepared statement, the NIH acknowledged the transfer of the one- time star linebacker's remains.
"The National Institutes of Health ... is not directly involved in an analysis of (Seau's) cause of death, but physicians at NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke conduct research on traumatic brain injury and have agreed to carry out an analysis of the autopsied tissue," the agency stated. "In order to protect Mr. Seau's children's right to privacy, NIH will not discuss the status of the tissue or any subsequent findings."
The affable and approachable Seau killed himself May 2 with a gunshot to the chest at his Oceanside home, shocking family, friends and legions of fans.
Research pointing to links between multiple concussions and serious depression among football players has fueled speculation that the 43-year-old Seau may have succumbed to despair brought about or worsened by such brain trauma.
Considered one of the best linebackers ever, Seau was chosen to play in 12 consecutive Pro Bowls as a Charger.


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I am not a religious person, and I'm most certainly not spiritual either. Both of these statements get me into trouble in polite society, especially when they are coupled. Apparently I'm not the only one, as anybody who has used an online dating service will readily testify. Typically, these web sites allow you to specify your religious beliefs (and to express a preference for the religious beliefs of your prospective dates). Try simply checking the "atheist" box (if there actually is one), and you'll be waiting a long time for your matches. But if you describe yourself as "spiritual but not religious" your chances are markedly improved (though the problem now is that you'll see a lot of new agey types showing up in your inbox). Why?
Despite the fact that more and more people are comfortable "coming out" as atheists, the word is still very much associated with being immoral, or at the very least amoral. This, of course, despite the fact that there is neither logical nor empirical reason to draw that conclusion. Ever since Plato's Euthyphro dialogue, philosophers have agreed that gods are simply irrelevant to morality, regardless of whether they exist or not. And of course modern sociological research shows that atheists are just as moral as religious believers. Still, the stigma persists.


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Yet still too far away to run.
So close, you sent flows through the open sun.
There's a world between, just outside each.
I can feel you rears coming down, as you walk to the clouds.
A smile upon you faceas you turn and wave Hello, You know we'll meet again someday.
the sky is brighter since, in the big open bay.
My heart is beating rapidly now, it is so loudl.
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This Exquisite Forest, An Online Collaborative Animation Project
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This Exquisite Forest is a online art project that lets the public build collaborative animations on a specific theme (video). Anyone can start a theme, or "tree," with a short animation and written guidelines. Others can then bui…
This Exquisite Forest, An Online Collaborative Animation Project I wanna get involved with this. I think it's a fascinating idea.
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The man who made Justin Bieber.
When Scooter Braun, the manager of Justin Bieber and a stable of other pop stars, was growing up, his favorite comic-book hero was Superman. "I liked everything he stood for," Braun, who is…
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In the matter of Apple's $1 billion verdict over Samsung, we've already had two separate, yet [equally important PR statements](http://www.imore.com/apple-samsung-comment-1-billion-us-jury-verdict0. Since then, a Samsung executive has…
Jury Reaches Verdict In Samsung Vs. Apple Trial
Juli Clover, appadvice.com
The nine-person jury that will be deciding the fate of Samsung and Apple in their ongoing U.S. trial has just reached a verdict.
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For everybody that told me Samsung was far superior to the iPhone. Looks like Apple rocked Samsung 's
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Woman Attempts To Walk A Slackline Between Two Speeding Trucks
Justin Page, laughingsquid.com
In the amazing The Ballerina Stunt, female world record-holding highliner Faith Dickey attempted to cross a slackline connected between two Volvo FH series trucks driving at high-speeds before they entered a tunnel. The stunt was…
Woman Attempts To Walk A Slackline Between Two Speeding Trucks Watch this amazing video!
When We Mistake Our World
Stuart Kauffman, npr.org
We mistake our world.
With an arrogance born in part of science's triumphs since Newton, in part of the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, modernity, we mistake our living, human world.
More importantly, we mistake ou…
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Apple Is Now Worth More Than Any Other Publicly Traded Company Ever
Bryan M. Wolfe, appadvice.com
Apple is now the most valuable publicly traded company of all time. Earlier today, Cupertino's stock price hit $660.41, with a market cap of $618.94 billion. This beat Microsoft's value of $618.89 billion recorded on December 30, 199…
Apple Is Now Worth More Than Any Other Publicly Traded Company Ever
New Study Finds iPad Owners are Younger and Richer than their Android Peers
PadGadget, padgadget.com
By Lory | August 7, 2012 | No comment yet
Data analysis company comScore just released its monthly syndicated report on tablet ownership. The numbers are in and it turns out that iPad owners are younger and wealthier than Android-based tablet…
New Study Finds iPad Owners are Younger and Richer than their Android Peers