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The Trans African Concession motorway seems endless. It melts away into the distant horizon, shimmering under the African sun, linking countries and people. With high hopes we set off on this road; leaving the comfort and safety of the little guesthouse in Malelane to cross the borders, get our first stamps in our crisp, new passports and visit the city of Maputo. We spoke of the prawns, (which we all love as you must have guessed) and the coconuts, while I reminisced a journey to a war torn country of some fifteen years ago.
I told them of the barefoot AK47 wielding soldiers who had harassed us then, threatening to unpack our luggage laden booths. Barely men, they were and could promptly be silenced with a few cigarettes. I assumed that the new country would be different. I could not have been more mistaken.
I had done some reading on the country before getting there. Unfortunately the handbook brought out by the government on the wonders of Mozambique failed to mention that it was law that every vehicle passing through the borders be accompanied by the registration papers. Neither the SA border post nor the Mozambican one mentioned that to us either. Had we known of this regulation, we would have complied, and it would have saved us considerable trouble.
We drove on though in blissful ignorance taking in the sights of the grass huts at the roadside, the impoverished people who pushed heavy wagons of water along the road. A few had the luxury of donkeys to do the carting, but even the donkeys had the look of misery about them. We looked at the half-demolished buildings that lined the roadside, at the many buildings that had fallen into a state of disrepair, at the general hospital; that cried out for a fresh coat of paint.
We got to the circle that would take us onto the main road of the city, and instead of going straight ahead into the throng of milling people - goods atop their heads, children on bicycles, goats and chickens, we ended up on a quiet side street and smack in the middle of a roadblock. We were singled out, naturally, damned that GP registration.
The officer greeted us in Portuguese, we were bewildered already. He then switched to broken English, asked for my husband's driver's licence, which was duly presented to him. He then asked for the vehicle registration papers. We did not have them.
He rambled on for the next ten minutes telling us that it is regulation for all vehicles to have them. He then threatened us saying that he would have to confiscate the vehicle, impound it at the police station until someone could arrive with the necessary papers. We were scared. My husband tried explaining that we were from Gauteng and staying in Malelane for the weekend. It would be impossible for us to comply. He then asked my husband to get out of the car, led him aside and told him that he would allow us to go, if we would pay a 1.5 million metical or R500-00 fine. We agreed.
After my husband handed the money over, he asked for a receipt (just shows how naïve we are). He told the 'officer' aka highway robber that this way he'd have something to show any other officer who'd stop us asking for the papers again.
"I can not give you a receipt," he responded. "You have to go to the Police Station to get one." By now, I was seething, hating everything about these officers, from their grey school boy trousers, to the very official looking buckle on their belts. We had effectively had R500-00 stolen from us and contributed to the rampant corruption that had clearly become a lot more organised in the new Mozambique.
We set off once more on the potholed road, into the city centre, feeling deflated and cheated, our minds increasingly inclined towards leaving the God forsaken country. We began on the main road to make our way out of the city, when we were once more accosted by a officer. He could not speak English, but managed to convey to us that he would take our car keys from us, if we could not present the car's papers to him. We tried explaining that we had just paid a R500-00 fine. He then said that he'd be fining us R50-00. We paid him. I was so angry by now that I wanted to choke him when I saw him squash the notes and slip them into his schoolboy trousers. I hated the country then, and all that it represented.
Our hearts skipped a beat each time we saw 'officers of the law' along the road, fearing that more money would be taken from us, or worse. Finally we passed the toll plaza and were on the TRAC motorway once more. As we passed the factories that were familiar, their names being well known by every South African, I felt somehow that they had betrayed us. I felt that my own government had let us down too, by failing to warn us, or even assist us with temporary papers, for they could easily have ascertained whether we were driving a stolen vehicle, having the technology at their disposal to do so. I felt cheated, helpless, disempowered.
On the way back, I mulled over the impact that the actions of these dishonest officers would have on the country. The greatest would be that it would weaken the economy. We left without spending a penny. No one can underestimate the value of tourism for any country. Their actions would be damaging in ways that it would hurt the most vulnerable of their society – the suffering masses.
The roads of Maputo have potholes that could rival craters in their city centre. The people live in such squalor, such abject poverty, that it makes our own squatter settlements look good by comparison. Tourism could help change all that. But if the government doesn't get their act together and become a bit more 'untypical' of Africa, I don't see that happening, The Portuguese exploited the indigenous people. But these self same people are now being exploited by their 'Heroes' – the people who fought for their emancipation.
Never in my life have I felt happier to see a member of the SA Defence Force than I was that morning, as we crossed over into SA once more. I didn't even mind the mangy bucket that I had to step into before entering SA proper. I would gladly have kissed ground.
We left Mozambique R800-00 poorer (R150-00 travel insurance and R12-00 levy per passport on entry at the Mozambique side – plus tip for the guy who helped us out added to amounts mentioned previously). We had gained nothing but the record for the shortest visit to Maputo -ever - and were left longing for the prawns and fresh fish even more. Durban, here we come!


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RACHEL HILL AND HERMAN BROOKS, of Kalamazoo, a daughter.
YVETE SHEALY AND KEN FOTIS, of Kalamazoo, a daughter.
JEAN AND BERGELINE FLORVILUS, of Berrien Springs, a son.
CHANTELLE HAMPTON AND AARON PITTS, of Kalamazoo, a son.
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VANESSA MORENO AND SILVERIO HERNANDEZ, of Bangor, a son.
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Christina Cuenca has a rooting interest in tonight's "People's Choice Awards" because she'll get to meet the chosen.
A model-actress who attended Archbishop Hannan High School and Louisiana State University, Cuenca won an online vote to become Ms. People's Choice for this year's broadcast.
Her principal duties as such involve delivering trophies to the podium for presentation to the winners. She'll also be at the center of a special makeover tie-in with one of the show's sponsors.
All-in-all, it's guaranteed to be a pretty glam outing. Nominees and/or expected attendees range from Sandra Bullock to Steve Carell to Tim Gunn to Taylor Lautner to Jim Parsons to Kate Walsh. Cuenca is most excited about possibly sharing some personal space with Lautner and Parsons.
All of which should serve to officially send Cuenca's star rising higher than that of her semi-celebrity father: New Orleans Saints superfan Mack the Quack, the Who Dat Clown.
"He's a ham, I'm a ham," said Cuenca, who also shares the diehard Saints-fan gene with her dad.
"You can't grow up in New Orleans and not be a Saints fan," she said. "It's illegal. Your parents would disown you."
A native of St. Bernard Parish, Cuenca launched her career as a child extra in the New Orleans-shot 1993 NBC made-for-TV movie "Silent Cries." Later breakthroughs came in national TV commercials. Cuenca also won Miss Louisiana USA 2006 and has traveled globally for modeling jobs. She now lives in Hollywood half-time to better pursue entertainment-industry work.
"I do kind of everything, but mostly commercials," she said. "That's my bread and butter.
"As soon as Katrina hit I moved out here. I had nowhere else to go, and why not? I got an agent right away and started doing pretty much everything."
Her biggest acting job so far has been a small role in a 2007 season episode of HBO's "Entourage."
"Drama and Turtle are shopping at the Costco for supplies for the party they're having that night for Drama's brother," she said, describing the scene. Drama "doesn't want anyone to mess up his new condo, so he's just buying people celery to eat and lots of baby wipes so no one makes a mess."
Hence Costco Girl's one line: "You think you guys have enough baby wipes?"
"I was as nervous as anything," Cuenca said. "It was my first line on a show that I actually watched. I'd done a little acting here and there -- an independent movie you can find on www.imdb.com, but I won't reveal it -- so it was a huge deal.
"I had never gone through the whole process of what it takes to make a TV show. I'm glad it was a small part (because) it prepared me for what's to come."
For the record, the indie film Cuenca worked in was 2002's "Blood Feast 2: All You Can Eat," playing a character named Misti Morning.
Also for the record, Cuenca is not quite as blindly optimistic about the Saints post-season chances as her father.
"I don't want to be a negative fan, and I'm not," she said. "They do better when I'm negative, so that's my attitude. I'm hoping for the best and expecting the worst.
"They can do it. They've got all the weapons. Everyone needs to be healthy.
"I just need to close my eyes and peek through my fingers."


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An article I chanced upon Thursday was poignant, dealing with couples remaining together because they simply can't afford to split in the current economy. But what it didn't touch on was the possibility of two corporations being forced together by the same atrophying economics.
You know about the tattered courtship of mining giants BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP ) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP ) . BHP had been preening its feathers and unsuccessfully courting its British rival for about 18 months. But last month it backed off on the basis of plunging commodities prices.
But fear not. Their failed dating game could result in another corporate marriage. I'm willing to crawl out on a limb and predict at least the strong likelihood that, largely because of the BHP-Rio Tinto non-merger, aluminum producers Alcoa (NYSE: AA ) and Aluminum Corp. of China (NYSE: ACH ) -- Chinalco to its friends -- could ultimately be headed down the isle.
You may recall that, because it was able to outbid Alcoa for Canada's Alcan last year, Rio Tinto is now the world's second-largest aluminum producer. And you probably also remember that earlier this year, Chinese steelmakers were concerned that a BHP-Rio Tinto combination could push then-skyrocketing iron ore prices to the vicinity of the moon. In part as a result, Alcoa and Chinalco teamed up for a 9% stake in Rio Tinto.
Their obvious objective was to position themselves to thwart the big mining combination. More recently, however, it had appeared that Alcoa was ideally positioned to acquire some or all of Rio Tinto's aluminum assets in the event the two bigger companies got together.
Now, though, all that is history. Aluminum prices have plummeted almost overnight, Alcoa's shares are down 80% from their 52-week high, and the value of a Rio Tinto stake has plunged by about the same amount. So what's a good aluminum producer to do?
Alcoa, like metals and mining companies across the globe -- including copper producer Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX ) -- is cutting production and endeavoring to ride out the storm. But something tells me that it's not crazy to imagine a Chinalco-Alcoa wedding.
Oh sure, there'd be the need to gain approval for a Chinese purchase of major U.S. assets, but even that doesn't appear to be an insurmountable obstacle. The combination would provide the pair, who already have a history of cooperation, with an opportunity to cherry pick their most efficient operating facilities at a time when cost cutting is the name of the game.
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text: Two days after I fiddled with the list settings, we get our first false positive in years. ------- Start of forwarded message ------- Subject: Auto-discard notification From: uk-lispers-bounces at alu.org Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:00:22 -0800 To: Lispers in the UK <uk-lispers at alu.org> From: p2.lisp at googlemail.com Subject: Re: [uk-lispers] Reduced moderation effort for uk-lispers At 1:43 PM +0000 12/1/13, Nick Levine wrote: >[...] >Lack of traffic is, I reckon, for neither of the reasons you >suggest. Rather, there is almost no "lisp in the UK" activity to >discuss. Although for nearly 30 years, I have used lisp almost every working day ... mostly in the UK if recently not for the UK, in my wee world it can sometimes feel as if there aren't many (any!) UK lisp users about. That seems especially the case when seeking able people with lisp, design and business skills for paid work. Isn't the nature of a lot of lisp work that the people doing it are scattered about the world, that geographical location is of diminishing significance. We have many tools to hand which support and encourage communication, sharing, collaboration. The key ingredient is often trust. Beside I can't think of much that makes any lisp work in the UK be intrinsically British (other than documentation spelling perhaps). I've been meaning to get up to London to a uk-lispers meeting for ages, if only just to show support, but it's quite a slog after a day's work from Kent where I am. Besides beer and car driving don't mix so well. I was hoping for the coincidence of a meeting and when I happen to be in London anyway, I don't think that's happened yet. From back in the day when I hosted BSUG (British Symbolics Users Group) for some years, through assorted conferences and other get togethers, I've grown the impression that most with lips interest come and go in the way a sack of potatoes might, that is passively waiting to be served and pampered as if someone was selling something (ie. using meetings like a walk through a shopping mall, with no sense of contributing anything). Perhaps valid in the days of big bribing lisp vendors, but not so these days. That has dimmed my interest in reaching out to other lispers, besides I'm not really a CS sort. But y'all just getting enough oomph to meet at a pub seems so stand-out proactive, that I've been hoping uk-lispers might catch on and grow. A reason why I tend not to post lisp stuff anywhere in public is that I've had too many experiences of know-it-all college kids megaphoning offensive messages when they jump to ignorant conclusions and run away with their imaginations. And on the other end of the scale, I'm a great believer in the value of colloquial conversation, and that can all too often be out of tune with the pedantic (quasi autistic) style of most pros who have climbed the pecking order in software engineering. Meanwhile I communicate in private with a few lisp users that are scattered around the world. These are people that I have learned to trust to keep my dirty laundry to themselves. After all, the reason for reaching out is often because we're stuck, confused, ignorant, misguided, lost, jumped to the wrong conclusion, being an idiot, and generally showing the opposite of the grand side of ourselves. That may be fine, even fun for the ingenue, but doesn't look so good for those who earn a living using lisp. Gossip in a pub could be just the ambiance that I'd relish, but distance has been a killjoy. Anyway, apologies for the verbosity, but I just had to raise hand in response to Nick's assertion/question. - peter


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JACKSON, MI – On the heels of the Jackson City Council voting to repeal its controversial trash ordinance and construction within her ward, council member Laura Dwyer Schlecte said she wants to talk to her constituents.
Jackson City Councilwoman Schlecte, 4th Ward, is set to hold a neighborhood meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, at Ganson Street Baptist Church, 637 W. Ganson St.
"I want to talk to residents about the garbage ordinance repeal and construction that is going on in my ward," she said. "Really, anything they wish to talk about is open for discussion. That's what neighborhood meetings are for."
Jackson City Council voted 5-1 to repeal a trash ordinance earlier this month, after opponents of the ordinance put forward a petition to put the regulation to a public vote.
The ordinance would have had Jackson residents pay for and use a trash hauling company contracted with the city. Currently, residents are free to choose between any number of trash hauling companies to haul their garbage.
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Located in Sabie, Valley View Lodge offers views of the Drakensberg Mountain range. The lodge is within 1 hours' drive from the Kruger National Park and boasts a tropical garden, outdoor swimming pool and terrace. Elegantly decorated rooms feature a private entrance and offer views of the garden or pool. Each room contains a fan, small fridge and tea-and-coffee-making facilities. Guests can watch satellite TV in the guest lounge. Free Wi-Fi is available in the rooms and in public areas. Valley View Lodge serves Continental breakfast daily in the breakfast room and a few restaurants serving a variety of cuisines can be found within 500 meters. Guests can enjoy a refreshing swim in the pool and relax on the terrace which overlooks the garden. Surrounding attractions include Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Bourke's Luck Potholes and God's Window is within a 2 hours' drive. An airport shuttle can be arranged upon request and the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport is 61 km away. Περισσότερα
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Mass-produced electronics enclosures rarely incorporate any wood. And if they do, that wood usually falls into one of two categoriesfaux or imitation. But real wood, as well as a wide variety of other decorative materials, could soon become a more popular way to dress up molded plastic parts, thanks to technology developed by Inclosia Solutions.
Inclosia, a business unit of Dow Plastics those designs and supplies electronics enclosures, two years ago introduced its EXO method for adding decorative skins to plastic housing components. The company started with fabrics and then moved onto real and synthetic leathers. Last month, it expanded its materials line-up with the introduction of wood and metal skins (see list below). Wood in particular gives these enclosures a real hand-crafted look similar to what you might find on a classic wooden boat or very expensive car, says Tom Tarnowski, a mechanical engineer and Inclosias business manager.
But make no mistake; these new wood- and metal-skinned enclosure components do lend themselves to mass production. In fact, Tarnowski says the process generally wont make sense until production volumes reach at least 20,000 pieces. Thats because EXO technology boils down to a two-shot injection molding process that requires sophisticated tooling, molding machines, and processing know-how. While the two-shot molding itself isnt new, Inclosia has developed some proprietary innovations that allow the process to work with relatively delicate fabrics and veneers. To take one example, Tarnowski says the company has found ways to design around the CTE mismatches between the plastic substrates and decorative skins. Our expertise involves knowing how to tailor the overmolding process to the various material combinations and part geometries, he says.
Whatever the decorative material, the EXO process consists of three key steps: It starts with the robotic or manual placement of a precut fabric, wood, or metal insert inside the mold cavity. The first shot of plastic, typically a rigid thermoplastic like PC/ABS, is then injected onto the back of the decorative material. The second shot of plastics, usually an elastomer, finally encapsulates the edges of the first two materials, creating the finished part. Tarnowski notes that the encapsulation short can be either proud or flush relative to the skin, and the size of the encapsulation can vary depending on styling goals.
The EXO process does have a few variations, depending on the type of decorative material and the shape of the part. For example, some material combinations require an adhesive or adhesion promoter between the decorative skin and the first shot of plastic. In all cases, the typical bond strengths between the decorative skin material and its substrate exceeds 10 pli, Tarnowski reports.
Working With SkinsThe part geometries possible with EXOs latest decorative materials tend to relate more to the usual constraints of thin-walled-plastic parts than to the wood or metal. For example, Tarnowski says the that the practical size limits for the EXO process are based on the realities of injection molding. And hes reluctant to rule out too many design possibilities this early in the game. Every time I say, We cant do that, someone in our lab figures out a way, he says. In general, though, flat components with absolutely no curved edge for the encapsulation represent the worst-case scenario.
Still, the choice of decorative skin material do imposes a few design constraints. Wood veneers, for instance, do best in parts without deep draws or complex curves. And EXO parts with wood have a minimum total thickness of 1.3 mma figure that includes the veneer, underlying plastic, and any adhesives.
Parts skinned with thin metal sheets or even foils can go even thinnerdown to as little as 1.0 mm. And unlike the wood veneers, some of the metal skins can be pre-formed to allow deeper draw parts and more complex curves. Metal skins may also provide some benefits beyond the purely decorative. Inclosia researches are looking into the possibility of using the EXO method to provide EMI shielding. EXO metal can be used for shielding but may require grounding to the electronic components, Tarnowski says, adding that there could be other functional uses related to wear and friction.
EXO metal could play a structural role too, perhaps enabling thinner plastic wall sections. As Tarnowski explains, the stiffness of an EXO part is determined primarily by the plastic substrate material and design. Stiffness comes from the plastic, he says. In fact, the plastic helps avoid the oil-can effect that you would get from using a thin metal alone. But he goes on to argue that thin metal skin can contribute to the plastic parts structural performance--because the addition of metal skin increases the distance from the structures neutral axis and thus improves its bending stiffness.
With the metal and wood capabilities launching just last month, Inclosia has not yet delivered any enclosures that sport the new skin materials, but the company has worked up a variety of prototypes and models. During a recent meeting, Tarnowski handed out working USB thumb drive prototypes with wood and metal trim. And the company has likewise constructed wood- and metal-clad models of notebook computers and mobile phones. Tarnowski says the latest EXO technology is currently in the hands of a few large consumer electronics makers, and he expects that the first wood-trimmed products will appear by the end of 2005.


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James Ng, a minister from Burton, and Darren Roberts, an accounts manager from Warrensville, will be contestants this week on episodes of the game show "Let's Ask America." It airs at 7:30 p.m. weekdays on WEWS Channel 5.
Ng will appear on Monday's episode. Roberts is a contestant on Wednesday's episode.
Each "Let's Ask America" episode features four contestants competing from the comfort of their homes via web-chat. Vying to win up to $50,000, the contestants answer polling questions about a wide variety of topics. The weeknight program's host is Kevin Pereira ("Attack of the Show").
The show's description: " 'Let's Ask America' polls America about fun and irreverent topics to find out what people are thinking (e.g. Which of these shows did a group of bikers say they'd choose to watch for an entire year? a) 'Dr. Phil,' b) 'Days of Our Lives,' c) 'The View'). Then, all the contestants have to do is correctly predict the answer. The prize money increases with each question. There are three rounds and at the end of each round, the contestant with the lowest cash total is eliminated from the game. In the final round, the last remaining contestant can wager all or part of their winnings on the big 'question of the day.' "
"Let's Ask America" was developed by Jeff Apploff ("Don't Forget The Lyrics," "Take Me Out"), Todd Stevens ("Friends," "Mike & Molly") and the late Jim Paratore. Apploff, Stevens and Jack Martin ("Deal Or No Deal," "Take Me Out") are the show's executive producers. It is produced by Telepictures and paraMedia inc and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.


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Patient Zero, The Dragon Factory, The King of PlaguesNow available together for the first time, don't miss the beginning of Jonathan Maberry's New York Times bestselling series about intrepid warrior, Joe Ledger, and his death-defying missions with the Department of Military Sciences in books 1-3 of this spectacular series! Join Joe and his Echo Team as they face off against sub-human horrors and villains that Ledger's team set out to make sure the
Joe Ledger (Book 6)For years the Department of Military Sciences has fought to stop terrorists from using radical bioweapons—designer plagues, weaponized pathogens, genetically modified viruses, and even the zombie plague that first brought Ledger into the DMS. These terrible weapons have been locked away in the world's most secure facility. Until now. Joe Ledger and Echo Team are scrambled when a highly elite team
Joe Ledger (Book 9)Dogs of War: Robots are no longer science fiction. Autonomous, programmed to react like animals: fast, relentless, deadly. From microscopic nanobots to massive self-guided aircraft. This technology is here, it's assessable, and it's dangerous. What's even scarier is that almost anyone can get their hands on it.A freelance terrorist uses the latest generation of robot dogs to deliver WMDs into
Joe Ledger (Book 3)Saturday 09:11 Hours: A blast rocks a London hospital and thousands are dead or injured… 10:09 Hours: Joe Ledger arrives on scene to investigate. The horror is unlike anything he has ever seen. Compelled by grief and rage, Joe rejoins the DMS and within hours is attacked by a hit-team of assassins and sent on a suicide mission into a viral hot zone during an Ebola outbreak. Soon Joe Ledger and the
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some questions on isonic 115 & soinc 85
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some questions on isonic 115 & soinc 85
Hello Kevin,
I own an isonic 115 (for rs6 8,4 & 7,2) and a sonic 85 (for rs6 6,2).
Could you please tell me -for my weight (75kg) and height (1.74m)- where I should ideallly place my mastfoot and footstraps, and what fins (brand/sizes) would be perfect for the different sail sizes.
I find the isonic very sticking to the water with the rs6's (even when fully downhauled) compared to the rs5's. Also I have the impression that the standard fins (both for isonic and sonic) tend to have too much friction when sailing at higher speeds...
I was also wondering if you sail with your boom lower (with smaller harness lines) or higher (with longer ones)?
Many thanks in advance!
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|By Monoe (Monoe) on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 03:30 pm: Edit
Two questions...
-I play the guitar. I'm not a god, but I think I'm better than most 17-year-olds who say 'I play the guitar' - I give it lots of practice each day, and I taught myself. I'm told that sending in a recording only works if you're Juliard material. I've been advised to write a song and send in the sheet music. How else might I allude to this ability of mine, which I think sets me apart from many other applicants?
-I have all this college essay energy right now, but no way to expend it (I'm a junior)...I don't want to start composing essays without knowing the exact prompt, because I can't "twist" essays of mine once they are written (I write them too exactly) and because I want to say specific things about each school I'm applying to. Do any of my schools not change essays each year? Bard, Amherst, Wesleyan, Middelbury, Harvard, Brown
Thanks, guys.
|By Eyesclozedtight (Eyesclozedtight) on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 04:45 pm: Edit
my best friend is really into guitar as well and he and some of my other friends started a band. to all of the private schools he applied to he sent a copy of their EP, and i think he even talked about his band in one of his essays too. he got into his top choice which was LMU, so i guess it didn't hurt.
|By Monoe (Monoe) on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 04:56 pm: Edit
Well, as for concrete things relating to the guitar, I will have done the following by the time I apply:
-gotten hired to play for people waiting in lines to tour tall ships
-played for 250 people at a Rotary Convention (which I went to as a representative of my Interact club, so, doublewhammie)
-recorded in a serious recording studio one song (and hopefully more this summer) and although I won't send this song in, will just mentioning it be a plus?
|By Baltodad (Baltodad) on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 07:40 pm: Edit
Colleges like essays that don't use the same old stereotypical subjects.
My son managed to fit most of his essays around his guitar playing (self-taught, and just for his own enjoyment). Since he was applying to engineering schools, it was a nice change for the admission folks.
For essays with longer word counts, he got into talking about the electric guitar's marriage of art and physics, and how that mirrors the practical and artistic sides of his own brain.
Don't bother sending a song unless: (1) you want to be a music major, or (2) it's a quirky liberal arts college (Reed; Bard).
|By Monoe (Monoe) on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 07:41 pm: Edit
Yeah, that's pretty much what they tell me. Thanks.
|By Tropicanabanana (Tropicanabanana) on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 11:40 pm: Edit
Write them now. Trust me, you'll be able to use it for a few of your colleges. I wrote 3 during the summer and used all 3 for all 11 colleges I applied to.
|By Monoe (Monoe) on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 10:16 am: Edit
I have jotted down a few notes, but I'm slightly confused. Do colleges want a narrative that shows something about me, or do they want me to actually talk about myself?
I.E. "I rolled out of bed and strapped on my Nikes; I couldn't stop thinking about Moby Dick"
"I love to wake up and usually I wear Nikes; I like to read"
|By Interesteddad (Interesteddad) on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 11:34 am: Edit
>> I have jotted down a few notes, but I'm slightly confused. Do colleges want a narrative that shows something about me, or do they want me to actually talk about myself?
Here's one old dad's opinion:
It's not a question of what colleges want. It's a question of how you can best "pitch" yourself. I've read essays written both ways that worked.
As a corollary, I would not use the exact prompts as the starting points for your essays. That, of course, is what you want to do in an English Lit essay. But, this is different. You want to start by figuring out the two or three qualities or experiences that YOU want to emphasize on your college application -- the things you want to serve as your "identity" in the application process. Then, figure out how to apportion the available essay prompts to present those "bullet points".
For example, at most schools, you will be using the common app and a supplement. The essays will be:
a) a short essay on your most meaningful activity
b) a short essay on why Acme College is an ideal fit for you.
c) a open-ended personal statement essay that can be essentially on any topic you like. Some schools couch this in a "flakey" prompt like "Write page 123 of your autobiography", but it's the same question.
In general, I believe that most high school seniors would be more likely to write a decent narrative with action that reveals something about themselves -- easier to avoid the trap of platitudes and grand, sweeping, pronouncements.
Just one idea on a guitar essay. You could use guitar playing as a metaphor. For example, an essay could be an ode to the flat 7th -- that wonderfully ambiguous note. Bend it up to a 7th and you've got the quintessential sound of formal Western music (maybe it makes you think of your academic side). Bend it down to a 6th and you've got the twang of American rural music (maybe a metaphor for athletics?). Play the flat 7th and you've got the quintessential sound of gospel, blues, and rock n' roll (a metaphor for your free sprited side?)
|By Monoe (Monoe) on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 11:48 am: Edit
Thanks a lot - that is helpful! I'm not at all worried about the writing, the word choice, the flow - I'm a writer. I just want to make sure I present the topics in the correct format to let colleges know who I am. I am thinking about these for what you call my 'identity':
-playing guitar
-reading dictionaries
-having dreadlocks
-writing, reading
About that last one - some of my best writing comes of love, but is this not appropriate for college? I'd like feedback on my proposed 'identity.'
Thanks so much!
|By Cooldude (Cooldude) on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 01:04 pm: Edit
i disagree with Baltodad u definately should send the song in, coz the adcoms want to see the level of ur dedication and talent. I distinctly remember reading an article about this in which most colleges preferred it if u sent in a tape. As for me i'm into drumming and am definately going to send in a studio recorded solo.
(btw if u are planning to send one it better be recorded in a studio, i doubt adcoms would like a buzzy tape with poor sound quality.)
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Where: C.T. Branin Natatorium, 2323 17th St. N.W., Canton. Call 330-438-2739.
Tickets: $16 each division all-session swimming ticket. Diving $8. Participating schools have priority.
Wednesday - Division II girls diving, 9 a.m.; Division II boys diving, 2 p.m.; Thursday - Division I girls diving, 9 a.m.; Division II boys and girls swimming preliminaries, all events, 5 p.m.; Friday - Division I boys and girls swimming preliminaries, all events, 9 a.m.; Division II boys and girls swimming finals, all events, 5 p.m.; Saturday - Division I boys diving, 9 a.m.; Divsion I boys and girls swimming finals, all events, 4 p.m.
Defending state champions: Division I - Cincinnati St. Xavier boys, Upper Arlington girls. Division II - University School boys, Hawken School girls.
Division I boys: Cincinnati St. Xavier won its fourth straight state title and 33rd overall a year ago, winning only one relay on a disqualification. That kind of depth will be on display once again as challengers Toledo St. Francis DeSales, Upper Arlington, Cincinnati Moeller, St. Ignatius and Hudson figure to contend. Firestone senior Mark Belanger will try to double in 100 and 200 freestyles, winning both events at Cleveland State district. Centerville senior Josh Brooks edged St. Ignatius senior Derek Hren a year ago in the individual medley. Hudson sophomore Ross Palazzo is in the mix in highly-anticipated event. Palazzo and Hren will square off again in the breastroke, Hren second in that event last year. Palazzo has top time this year. Solon duo of sophomore Grant Pinchot and senior Ryan Carson need big efforts in butterfly. Boardman senior Ryan Bailey won at CSU district and has top time in fly. Cuyahoga Falls senior Andrew Appleby won backstroke at CSU and will also go in 100 free. Beavercreek junior Henrik Pohlmann is main foe in backstroke. Hudson senior Ryan Hutcheson won 500 free at CSU and needs big effort to crack top eight. North Canton Hoover set relay marks at CSU district in 200 and 400 events. The Vikings come in with top times, but St. Ignatius, Xavier, Mayfield and Strongsville are in the mix. Solon and St. Ignatius will have to go against St. Francis DeSales and Xavier in medley relay. Hudson junior Alex Obendorf will defend his diving title on Saturday morning. Nordonia junior Stephen Romanik has put together an outstanding season after winning CSU district. Brunswick senior Ty Talley and Avon Lake junior Tyler Nock will challenge. New Albany sophomore David Dinsmore and Powell Olentangy Liberty freshman Cameron Thatcher come in with top marks.
Division I girls: Upper Arlington won its eighth straight title and ninth overall a year ago, with Cincinnati Ursuline Academy the runner-up for a 13th time. It figures to be much the same this year, with Mason and Fremont Ross posing as challengers. Walsh Jesuit freshman Lauren Heller won 200 free at CSU, with Copley sophomore Madison Myers and Hudson junior Paige Kelly in the top three. Mason junior Zoe Thatcher is main foe in 200 after second-place effort a year ago. Thatcher has top time in 200 and defends 500 free with dominating time of 4:47.26, nine seconds faster than second qualifier. Kelly won 500 at CSU in 5:00.36. Firestone senior veteran Katie Miller won individual medley two years ago and was third last year. She returns in IM against tough field, with junior Alisabeth Marsteller from Ursuline as top qualifier. Miller was second in backstroke last year and will be in deep against Springboro freshmen Hannah Whiteley and Marianne Kahmann. Massillon Jackson senior Chase Kinney defends 50 free title, with Strongsville junior Molly Washko looking to move up after finishing second to Kinney last year. Shaker Heights senior Lauren Vavruska and Brecksville senior Clare Savage need big efforts in 50. Kinney was second in 100 free and goes against defending champ Gracie Long from Upper Arlington once again. Hudson senior Connie Gan and Euclid junior Sam Lisy face tough field in butterfly. Washko, sixth in butterfly last year, comes in with top time. Walsh senior Danielle Margheret, Div. II champ as a sophomore, has not lost in breaststroke this season and will challenge. Upper Arlington and Ursuline are strong in all three relays, with Strongsville having best upset shot in medley. In Friday diving, Solon senior Sivan Mills, winner at CSU district, Walsh Jesuit sophomore Kailey Francetic and Strongsville sophomore Julia Oppedisano will vie for top eight slots. New Albany sophomore Estee Pryor comes in with top numbers.
Division II boys: Getting a fifth straight title is going to be tough for University School. The Preppers won one relay a year ago to hold off Dayton Oakwood, but that does not look to be enough as Oakwood returns a veteran club. Still, US will not go down without a fight. Chagrin Falls and Hawken will score their share of points. Hawken senior Micah Simpson was second in both 100 and 200 freestyles last year. He will get challenge from Orange senior Jack Nee in 100 and Oakwood senior Cliff Goertemiller in 200. Nee has big shot in 50 free with top time, returning champ Ronnie Bolden from Bishop Hartley the one to watch. Chagrin Falls senior Austin Quinn has to go against Oakwood sophomore Patrick Mulcare in both individual medley and backstroke. Wilmington senior Josh Quallen and Bolden will duel in butterfly. Oakwood has four top times in 500 free, CSU district winner Henry Senkfor facing a very tough challenge. Walsh Jesuit junior Ben Boshkos, breaststroke winner at CSU, faces tough event, along with US senior Gordon Wong and Hawken junior Elijah Spiro. The Preppers have top qualifying times in medley and 200 relays and stand second to Oakwood in finishing 400 relay. Oakwood did not have a 400 relay last year after disqualification at district. It allowed US to retain title by 6.5 points. In diving, US junior Noah Sterling will once again have to go against CSU district champ Alex Gonzalez from Canton Central Catholic. Cuyahoga Heights senior Brandon Rosolowski was third at CSU.
Division II girls: The battle will be for second place as Hawken is primed to win its state record 15th consecutive title. The Hawks have won all 13 Division II titles, 16 of the past 17 state titles and 22 overall. Only St. Xavier (33) in boys swimming and St. Edward wrestling (27) have won more state championships. Cincinnati Indian Hill, Cincinnati Mariemont, Dayton Oakwood and Granville will duke it out for second. The Hawks have the top seeded time in the 200 and 400 relays, and will score in the opening medley against top seed Granville. Gilmour Academy will challenge in 200 and 400 free relays. Returning senior champions Sarah Koucheki in the individual medley and butterfly; Carrie Bencic in the 200 and 500 freestyles; and Marissa Cominelli in the backstroke have more titles in sight. Koucheki will get IM test from Oakwood sophomore Sydney Lofquist and Cominelli one from Indian Hill freshman Elizabeth Drerup. Hawken senior Kaitlyn Cerne goes against Bencic in 500 and Koucheki in butterfly. Bay junior Elizabeth Auckley was fourth in butterfly and third in backstroke a year ago. Gilmour Academy junior Macie McNichols, off CSU district wins, returns as defending 50 and 100 free champ. She will get 50 test from sophomore Iman Eulinberg from Hathaway Brown and Lima Shawnee junior Emily Murphy. In the 100 free, sophomores Allie Wooden from Cincinnati Country Day and Claire Gilmore from Mariemont will challenge. In diving, Rocky River freshman Ryleigh Tuck-Macalla, CSU winner, and Fairview senior Alice Clark carry area hopes.


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Sorry, but I'm not interested.--LeafShinobi (talk) 23:37, August 3, 2013 (UTC)
Simple...it's an unofficial name, made by the staff while an official one doesn't show up...when that happens, then you can add kanji to it...also make a discussion title and sign your talkpage messages. Darksusanoo (talk) 04:11, August 8, 2013 (UTC)
- Again you forgot to sign...Darksusanoo (talk) 04:16, August 8, 2013 (UTC)
Thanks haha I take it your African and black too but yeah nice to see another African American on the wiki we got a couple haha and take part in our discussions and stuff we'd like your input --Root根 13:30, August 16, 2013 (UTC)
- why do you have a heat problem? and did you create a naruto fanon wiki which had like a purpleish theme and the background was minato and obito? --Root根 13:47, August 16, 2013 (UTC)
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Because one already existed with the correct translation: Six Red Yang Encampment. ~ Ten Tailed Fox 05:24, August 18, 2013 (UTC)
- All of that is speculation and wouldn't go in the page anyways. ~ Ten Tailed Fox 05:39, August 18, 2013 (UTC)
- Apparently your Japanese isn't that good. Tobirama actually says "Onmyōton". Onmyōdō means the "The Way of Yin and Yang" and is an old Japanese art of divination and sorcery. We don't enter fan speculation into articles. Just what we saw. I'd suggest leaving it at that. ~ Ten Tailed Fox 05:58, August 18, 2013 (UTC)
- Okay, you're either trolling or have no understanding of Japanese at all. Most Japanese is written in Kanji. Onmyōdō (陰陽道) means "The Way of Yin and Yang", which is an occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements. Onmyōton (陰陽遁), which can be also romanized as "In'yōton", are words that Kishimoto made up, with "onmyō" (陰陽) meaning "yin and yang", and "-ton" (遁) meaning a release of nature. Where as "-do" (道) means "the practice of", or, conversely, "the way of". Notice the kanji spellings? They're two different words with two different meanings. Do not come here pretending to know something you don't, because you might meet someone who actually does who will call you on it. You're not the only one that has read Naruto beginning to present, most on this site have. Doing so doesn't make you an expert either. Your description of the technique and its mechanics are false. That's all there is to it. That's why they're not being added. ~ Ten Tailed Fox 06:13, August 18, 2013 (UTC)


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Pirates claim Claggett off waivers; move Ascanio to 60-day DL
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The Pirates claimed right-hander Anthony Claggett off waivers from the Yankees on Thursday and ended Jose Ascanio's season by moving him to the 60-day disabled list to make room for Claggett on the 40-man roster.
Ascanio had thrown a simulated game on Tuesday and had been expected to throw one more and then be cleared to pitch in the final week of the season. Now, however, he has been shut down. After being traded to the Pirates from the Cubs on June 30, Ascanio made just two appearances. He allowed two earned runs in 2 2/3 innings.
The Pirates are considering sending Ascanio to pitch in winter ball, though that decision will hinge on how his right shoulder, which has been bothered with inflammation, continues to heal.
New York designated Claggett for assignment 10 days ago to clear its own roster spot. He made two appearances for the Yankees this season (his only time in the big leagues) and allowed 10 earned runs on 11 hits in 2 2/3 innings.
An 11th-round pick in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft, Claggett spent the rest of the season with Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre. There he made 39 appearances (five starts) and finished 7-7 with a 3.07 ERA. In 82 innings, he walked 32 and struck out 43.
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Wow, another great player, boy Neal's just stockpiling talent, the rest of the league better look out
I smell a championship.
And it smells like Claggett.
I don't know much about these 2 players, but I think the Pirates have a lot of good players right now, but they just can't buy a win. Has there been any talk about replacing John Russell, any other major league team would have fired him by now, what keeps him there?
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The pirates are getting a gem in Claggett. Being a die hard yankee fan, I have seen him in Scranton and he can hold his own. He can now join the other ex-Yankees as a fellow Buc.


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Rick Jackson, the former Syracuse University player, is missing practices and games while in camp with the Golden State Warriors.
Jackson, a 6-foot-9 forward who played at Syracuse from 2007 to 2011, has a sore right Achilles. He has not played in the Warriors' first five exhibition games during the preseason.
Jackson didn't even make the trip to Golden State's game in Denver on Monday. The Warriors' next game is Friday night against Portland. After that, Golden State will wrap up the preseason with a Monday game against the Los Angeles Clippers and a Tuesday game against the Phoenix Suns.
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Tech Support: Lindy Hemming on dressing Bond... and Bane
Lindy Hemming -- who surely has the best name ever for a costume designer -- may have won an Oscar over 12 years ago for the fussy Victorian finery of Mike Leigh's "Topsy-Turvy," but the Welsh-born veteran's reputation these days rests on decidedly more modern-day gear. It may not be as Academy-friendly a niche, but Hemming has become something of an expert in the art of dressing the action hero -- or even, in one very famous case, the superhero.
Hemming is the woman who saw James Bond through two contemporary redesigns: boarding the franchise with Pierce Brosnan on 1995's "GoldenEye," she also clothed the character's rougher reincarnation as Daniel Craig in 2006's "Casino Royale." She's also responsible for Lara Croft's painted-on silver bodysuits in the "Tomb Raider" films, and did wardrobe duty on one of "Harry Potter" films.
Perhaps most notably of all, however, she's the person Christopher Nolan chose to refashion Batman for the 21st century -- though it's more likely her iconic interpretation of the Joker's famous green-and-purple ensemble in "The Dark Knight" that landed her a Costume Designers' Guild award (in the fantasy category, though the beauty of the film's costumes was precisely their non-fantastical nature) as well as a BAFTA nod. (The Academy, ever shy of contemporary work in the category, couldn't go there.)
Two of these franchise associations will keep Hemming much in the spotlight this summer. Naturally, we'll see the latest extension of her Gotham City wardrobe next month in "The Dark Knight Rises" (more on that in a bit), but James Bond will also be keeping her busy: she may not be working on "Skyfall," but she's curating a blockbuster exhibition at London's Barbican center on various aspects of 007 design, in honor of the franchise's 50th anniversary. (With five credits, she's the longest-serving costume designer in the films' history, so she's more informed on this subject than most.)
Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style runs from 6 July to 5 September, handily coinciding with the Olympic Games: there couldn't be a better time to run an exhibition on this most British of cultural exports. Costume will obviously be extensively featured -- yes, Ursula Andress's white bikini from "Dr. No" included -- but the exhibition will also cover production design, storyboards, gadgets and visual effects across all 22 Bond films, making it a must for all series fanatics lucky enough to be in the British capital this summer. I'm planning a visit.
Speaking exclusively to Clothes on Film, Hemming offered this taste of what the exhibition has to offer:
"Very few costumes from the early films were kept, and not much of anything else, however Sir Ken Adam, the great production designer, had saved much of his design output, so we had that, plus we decided to re-create some of the iconic items, like Honor Blackman's gold waistcoat from Goldfinger (1964), some very beautiful early evening dresses, and as everyone by now knows, some exquisite tailoring re-creation by Anthony Sinclair for our Sean Connery mannequin.
When I was designing for Bond I took great joy in referencing the clothes from past films, or the colours. Most notably, I attempted my own take on the iconic white bikini worn by Ursula Andress in Dr. No (1962) while designing Halle Berry's orange bikini and belt from Die Another Day (2002), and with Daniel Craig's trunks from Casino Royale (2006) being a nod to Sean Connery's pale blue poplin pair worn in Thunderball (1965), which are being re created for me by Sunspel. The white bikini has been loaned to us for the exhibition and it is the first time it has been exhibited."
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Meanwhile, while browsing for Hemming-related scraps, I also came across this brief interview she gave to British GQ magazine back in March, in which she discusses her upcoming work on "The Dark Knight Rises" -- with particular emphasis on Tom Hardy's Bane character. Most of us have now seen the striking, distinctly unseasonal (though, according to the magazine's fashion know-it-alls, "surprisingly on-trend") military sheepskin overcoat that looks to be the character's signature garment, and Hemming explains the inspiration for it as follows:
"Bane was meant to look like a cross between a dictator and a revolutionary... I designed the coat myself - it took a year. We took inspiration from a Swedish army jacket and a French Revolution frock coat and amalgamated the two. It was a pain to have made, because in LA shearling is not their sort of thing: there weren't the tailors who could work with the fabric."
Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne will remain in his regular Armani tailoring, while Hemming promises that "few changes" have been made to the bat suit. Business as usual, then: the villains don't only get the best lines, but the best clothes too.
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FORT WAYNE, In. (www.incnow.tv) --- A man described as having suicidal tendencies has been shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with Fort Wayne Police in a north side subdivision.
The incident unfolded about 8:20 this morning in the 77-hundred block of Weymouth Court, when police responded to a disturbance involving a man with a semi-automatic handgun inside a residence who was believed to be suicidal.
Police say they have had previous contact with the individual.
According to officials, Initial information indicated that a resident at the home was under the influence of a mind- or mood-altering drug(s), and he was behaving irrationally.
We're told police retreated from the house the man was in when he produced the weapon. He then left the house and got into a car, attempting to flee. Officers say the man tried to run over them as he was fleeing, shooting at police, who returned fire, killing him.
In the exchange, bullets hit nearby homes. No police or other residents were hurt.
Police Chief Rusty York was immediately on the scene when the incident unfolded. The fatal police action shooting today was the second in a week involving city of Fort Wayne Police.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Hau Shun Liu, 96, of Graniteville, a retired restaurateur and chef, died Mondayin Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton.
Born in Shanghai, China, Mr. Liu traveled to Hong Kong and Brazil before immigrating to Maryland in 1967.
According to family, he and wife, the former Hau Laon Tsu-Tsang, opened the first Chinese restaurant in Martha's Vineyard, which they operated together for about four years before settling in Manhattan in 1971. The couple relocated to Graniteville in 1988.
After moving to Manhattan, Mr. Liu worked for several years as a chef for CBS-TV in that borough before retiring in the mid-1970s.
In his leisure time, Mr. Liu enjoyed playing mahjong, visiting his grandchildren and cooking.
"He always cooked for everybody," said his son, Paul.
His wife of 60 years, Hau Laon, died in 2007.
Surviving, along with his son, Paul, are two daughters, Angela and Xia Fen Liu, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be Friday at 10 a.m. in the Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home, Port Richmond. Burial will follow in Ocean View Cemetery, Oakwood.


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When the New Orleans Police Department's lead investigator in the Danziger Bridge case agreed to be interviewed by federal authorities in early 2009, he offered them a storyline of the police shooting that was riddled with holes, according to an FBI supervisor who headed the federal probe.
"There were some very specific areas that just didn't make sense to me," Bryson said in federal court.
The purpose of the January 2009 meeting with Kaufman was "to lay the groundwork," letting him explain what he had done on the case, Bryson said. Four FBI agents and three attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice attended the meeting. The tone was conversational, Bryson said.
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At that early stage in the federal probe, Bryson said, she thought the investigation would center on whether the police used improper force in the incident. Police shot six people on the bridge, two of them fatally, six days after Hurricane Katrina.
By the end of Kaufman's interview, Bryson thought the probe should also take a critical look at the NOPD's own investigation into the matter. She assigned the case to Special Agent William Bezak, who has attended every day of the trial and is expected to testify.
Bryson, the former head of the civil- rights squad in the FBI's New Orleans division, focused her testimony almost entirely on what Kaufman told federal investigators during their interview.
Kaufman, a retired homicide detective, is accused of helping to cover up the shootings on the bridge. Four other current and former police officers -- Kenneth Bowen, Robert Gisevius, Robert Faulcon and Anthony Villavaso -- are also accused of participating in the shootings and helping to make them appear justified afterward.
Five other former New Orleans police officers have pleaded guilty in the case.
During cross-examination, Kaufman's attorney, Stephen London, argued that Bryson and the FBI were unfairly playing armchair quarterback, second-guessing an NOPD investigation that occurred amid a major disaster. He portrayed the FBI as an agency with limitless funds and investigative tools, completely unlike the city's cash-strapped police force.
He also sought to distance Kaufman from some of the NOPD reports, and noted that Kaufman's initial interview with federal agents occurred more than three years after the incident.
The interview lasted four hours and was informal in nature, Bryson testified. In it, Kaufman detailed how a supposed eyewitness, Lakeisha Smith, waded through water and sought him out near the Friendly Inn motel, at the western base of the bridge, Bryson recalled.
Kaufman described her as "attractive, well-kept," and noted that she "could have been a stripper," Bryson said.
Kaufman also told the FBI that Smith had told him that the Madison brothers, both of whom were fired upon by police, had looted items from the motel. Later, Smith was quoted in NOPD reports as stating she saw Ronald Madison, who was killed by police gunfire, reach into his waistband and turn toward the street, while running from police.
However, during the interview with the FBI, Kaufman said Smith didn't see the shooting, she said.
"It just felt a little odd," Bryson said of Kaufman's retelling. "His description of her was so complete, you could almost see her in front of you."
Kaufman never got a phone number or an address for Smith and didn't obtain a Social Security number or any other contact information. Prosecutors allege she doesn't exist, and other police officers have testified that Kaufman fabricated her identity and storyline.
They have said the same is true of another purported witness, James Youngman, who supposedly gave an account to Kaufman that would help justify the officers' actions. A Times-Picayune story in February 2007 noted that a reporter could find no evidence that Smith or Youngman existed.
Kaufman allegedly told the FBI he didn't have paper or pen to document Smith's account at the scene, though he supposedly wrote Youngman's birth date on his hand.
Bryson said other aspects of Kaufman's story aroused her suspicions.
For example, Kaufman allegedly described a bedside interview at the hospital with members of the Bartholomew family, who were wounded by police gunfire, as being genial.
"It was extremely surprising to see that he would describe it as a wonderful, comfortable interview," Bryson said.
Kaufman's former colleague Jeffrey Lehrmann testified that the statements made by the Bartholomew family were fabricated by police to fit a police storyline.
Bryson also testified Tuesday that Kaufman skipped several basic investigative steps. Though a group of NOPD officers in a large panel truck were allegedly under fire, Kaufman acknowledged in that 2009 interview that he never checked for bullet holes or marks on the truck.
"It would be something, at a minimum, to look at," Bryson said.
In addition, Kaufman said he picked up a gun from the scene the day after the shooting, but he admitted he didn't recover any additional evidence, such as shell casings, according to Bryson. That decision was confounding, Bryson testified, as she believed an experienced investigator like Kaufman would think to collect physical evidence as soon as possible.
While defense attorneys pressed Bryson about the fact that the NOPD's crime scene technicians weren't available, she testified that some of the dozens of officers who ended up at the bridge should have collected the evidence themselves.
London also noted that when FBI agents visited the Danziger Bridge with Kaufman after his interview, they neglected to bring a camera or scour for evidence that might have still remained on the ground, years after the shooting. He suggested that FBI agents should have taken photographs of parts of the bridge that Kaufman pointed out for them, such as a spot where he claimed to have found a gun.
Bryson said they didn't bring a camera.
"Anything criminal about what you didn't do?" London asked.
"No," Bryson responded.
"But it is criminal what he didn't do, right?" he asked.
"Yes," Bryson replied.
Overall, Kaufman seemed confident in his 2009 interview, Bryson said. He "didn't question any" of the police officers' actions and "thought they had done nothing wrong."
Bryson said she and federal agents didn't immediately confront Kaufman about the case -- "I did not have enough facts," she said -- though he would later be developed as a key suspect in an alleged cover-up.
Bryson's testimony also provided a peek into how the federal probe into the shootings came to fruition. The FBI assigned an agent to monitor an earlier investigation of the shooting which was spearheaded by the Orleans Parish district attorney's office. In that case, seven officers were indicted on murder and attempted-murder charges in December 2006.
The federal investigation began in the fall of 2008, after the state prosecution was dismissed.
Later in the day, jurors in the case heard from a ballistics expert with the Louisiana State Police, who testified about the evidence that was eventually collected from the bridge. A former NOPD crime technician previously testified that more than a month after the shooting she collected a variety of bullet casings from the grassy area next to the eastern side of the bridge, near where a group of civilians had been shot.
Nine of the casings came from an AK-47 shot by Villavaso, while nine other casings could be linked with an AK-47 used by Bowen, said Patrick Lane, the firearms expert. Bowen's Glock handgun could also be linked to two .40-caliber casings, he said.
Four shotgun shells retrieved from the scene matched a weapon used by Faulcon, he said.
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