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In the Albany (NY) Pine Bush, trespassing ATVs kill the wild "bushes" called wild Blue Lupine, and so they ultimately kill the endangered Karner Blue Butterfly that depend on the bushes. In 1998, the Albany (NY) Times Union (article below) described the "serious" ATV problem in the Albany Pine Bush ecosystem that supports the endangered Karner Blue Butterfly. Since that time, hundreds of thousands of new ATVS have been sold in the United States to people who own no land of their own to ride upon, and ATV sales are on the increase.
"The Karner blue butterfly is slowly losing its fight to survive in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, one of the species' last remaining natural habitats in the United States. The killer: humans. The latest tool of destruction: the all-terrain vehicle. The azure-winged butterflies, about the size of a quarter, are being threatened by burly ATVs illegally churning through the property, Pine Bush officials said Tuesday. As they pop wheelies and spin doughnut-shaped grooves into the earth, ATV riders are also mowing down the wild blue lupine, the only plant that Karner caterpillars eat, said Preserve Steward Joel Hecht. ``If you impact the plant, you're going to directly impact the Karner blue butterfly,'' he said. This region was once home to hundreds of thousands of the flying blue lepidoptera... Now, there are only a few hundred in the Pine Bush. ... The species is listed by the federal government as ENDANGERED. ATVs aren't permitted in the 2,400-acre Pine Bush, said Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Ranger Joseph Hess, the lone DEC officer patrolling the preserve. But morning and weekend joy riders ignore posted signs. Anyone caught riding a vehicle over Pine Bush land could face a $100 fine and up to 15 days in jail, Hess said. ... 'Without intervention, they will be lost.''"
Albany (NY) Times Union, September 2, 1998, by Paul Zielbauer. (Title/subtitle: "ATVS A MENACE IN KARNER BLUE'S BACK YARD Vehicles threaten butterfly's food source in Pine Bush, officials say")
See also "GOODBYE KARNER BLUE"
("New England's only wild population" of the endangered Karner blue butterfly "appears to have died out")
The "lone ranger" in the Albany Pine Bush has not been cloned, nor has he evolved the super-human ability to enforce the law in all parts of his territory at the same time. But the ATV industry has been busy flooding the land with ATVs. ATV manufacturers have knowingly placed ATVs into the hands of people ready willing and able to intrude upon any and "all" unguarded public or private land.
"Industry-wide ATV retail sales increased during the first quarter [of 2001] in spite of the concerns of a slowing economic environment." (April 17, 2001) http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/NYS/PII/reports/pii_010514.pdf
"American Honda's ATV sales also soared in 2000, ending the year at 211,152, an increase of 29.6%. Once again Honda exceeded the ATV industry's healthy growth rate of 18.8%, strengthening Honda's already dominant number one market share position of 32.6%."
Dealers for Arctic Cat Corporation advertise: "2002 Arctic Cat 90 -- New this year!! A smaller ATV just for kids!!" http://www.livingstonsarcticcat.com/Arctic_Cat_ATV_four_wheelers.htm
"The problem isn't the guy who rides an ATV around his yard and uses it to haul a few trees or work around the farm, it's the yahoo mentality out there that you can rip and roar with these things and the more you tear up someone's property the more fun it is"
New York's RULES FOR OPERATION OF ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES are prescribed in the Vehicle and Traffic Law, including section 2403. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/nycodes/law128/art82.html
The NY Rules (statute above) and brochures distributed by the NY DOT state:
"To operate an ATV on private land, you must have permission of the land owner or lessee. If you receive permission, make sure you know the boundaries of the property, and respect any special restrictions or requests of the land owner."
The laws of New York state, though sufficient on their face, have failed to curtail ATV trespass by a hard-core subculture that is growing in numbers. Public police forces generally (and perhaps properly) place greater priority on dealing with other offenses (such as theft of ATVs). The People of the state of New York simply could not afford to pay for the amount of Police time that would be necessary to control the ATV trespass problem. Not even for the sake of protecting the endangered Karner Blue Butterfly has Albany or the state of New York increased the police presence in the Pine Bush, and 'Without intervention, they will be lost." Police resources are limited. Albany's Common Council President, Helen Desfosses, explained: "In addition to Albany's important efforts to get more police onto the streets, .... citizen involvement is crucial to crime prevention." (http://www.albanycouncilpres.com/Articles/albany-future.shtml) It is obvious to many that if the ATV problem is to be effectively controlled, citizen-enforcement of the law must be undertaken by those who recognize their civic duty, and who are informed of the privileges and risks of volunteering. The risks of such personal confrontations are great. Many Police Officers have been run-over by ATVs while trying to stop or apprehend ATV offenders. Even the youngest ATV riders are fully aware that ATVs can be used as Dangerous Instruments useful for unlawfully resisting arrest and escaping from custody.
"Man on ATV shot after running over officer" (in Florida)
http://www.polkonline.com/stories/070600/sta_man-shot.shtml (AP 7/06/2000)
"Teen Arrested For Running Over Deputy: A 16-year-old accused of running over a Davidson County deputy with an all-terrain vehicle was arrested. Investigators said that Deputy Chris Stillwell was attempting to stop the teenager when he was struck by the vehicle. The teen was reportedly the driver of the ATV. There is no word on the condition of the deputy. The teen is in the Davidson County Jail under a $75,000 bond."
Yahoo News, October 11, 2001 (No longer posted on web) ThePiedmontChannel.com
(Landowner run over by 4-wheeler)
(Charges filed in ATV chase case)
"ARROWHEAD LAKE - A 19-year-old man, who allegedly led Arrowhead and Locust Lake Village development security on an ATV chase, has been charged with two counts of criminal trespass and two counts of operating an ATV on private property."
(Blown engine ends ATV chase)
Audubon Magazine reported:
"The 500 combat missions flown by Colonel George Buchner over Vietnam didn't prepare him .... Buchner found trespassing ATV operators popping wheelies in his private trout stream. When he demanded their names, one rider dismounted and attacked him, breaking his nose. When he fenced his posted stream and property, ORV operators cut the wire and pulled the stakes. When he reinforced the stakes with cement, they knocked them down. … [H]e received death threats, his streetlights were shot out, his mailbox smashed, his driveway seeded with broken glass, the eight-strand fence on his Christmas tree farm cut in 88 places, and his wife run over. "Robin was screaming," he said, "and the guy calmly cranked up his machine and finished running over her. He'd come through multiple barriers, multiple posted signs, three fences, and a gate. She had a hematoma extending the length of her leg." In July 1996 Buchner confronted two trespassing ATV operators, one of whom knocked him down. "Basically, [ATV]s ran me out of Michigan," Buchner told me from his Arizona home."
New York state statutes provide ample power to landowners to exclude ATV trespassers and to volunteers to defend public and private property from damage, and to make arrests:
"6. A person may, pursuant to the ensuing provisions of this article, use physical force upon another person in defense of himself or a third person, or in defense of premises, or in order to prevent larceny of or criminal mischief to property, or in order to effect an arrest or prevent an escape from custody. Whenever a person is authorized by any such provision to use deadly physical force in any given circumstance, nothing contained in any other such provision may be deemed to negate or qualify such authorization."
NY Penal Law 35.10(6) http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=82anda=12
Fortunately, NY law provides alternatives to personal confrontation. The highest Court of New York has declared that landowners have a common law privilege to "destroy" the "instrument of trespass" (e.g., vehicle) used by "defiant trespassers" to enter posted private property. People v. Kane, 142 N.Y. 366, 37 N.E. 104 and 131 N.Y. 111. Accordingly, NY Penal Law Sec. 35.05 provides: "Unless otherwise limited by the ensuing provisions of this article defining justifiable use of physical force, conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal when:1. Such conduct is ... authorized by law...." Therefore, it seems that it is lawful for landowners in NY (and other common law jurisdictions) to defend their premises by deploying nails-in-boards, caltrops, roadspikes, etc. as is customarily done in other states, and at parking lots in NY state. Road spikes, caltrops, spiked fences, etc. deployed at a perimeter are generally considered to be "non-lethal" force:
http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=004B4h (After "Yet another death", farmers/landowners deploy nails-in-boards to fight ATV trespass)
As noted, peaceful landowners in the US are stopping trespassing AT-Vehicles in the basically the same way that Police, parking lot owners, and drive-in movie theaters stop other types of vehicles, by lawfully placing NAILS (road spikes) in their paths.
Farmers seemingly have perfected the technique:
"I would start by posting the property 'Danger!!-- Private Property -- Keep Out!!'(big red letters are nice...) for a week or two, and then I would proceed to sink some nice holes in the ground on either side of the roads and drive. Fill 'em with concrete and set a hasp into it. Get a nice big board, like a 2x12 cut to span between the two hasps. Drive some nice ten-pennies into them thickly, and then put screw eyes at either end. Chain the boards to the hasps with padlocks. After they've lost a few tires, they may rethink their route. You can easily unlock one end and drag it at a right angle out of the way when you want to get thru for field work, then lock it back up at night. -- Julie Froelich, December 06, 2000."
Commercially manufactured Road Spikes like Antech Co's Guardian (http://www.antech.com/Guardian/TC/IG%20CB.html) or DeltaScientific's SabreTooth and Doorking's Model 1610 traffic spikes (which can do much more tire damage than simple round nails) are currently employed at gates of the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge campgounds (http://pixie.simplenet.com/motorcycles/rcr-iv/reports/rep100.txt ) and at the Great Swamp Watershed in NJ (http://www.greatswamp.org/gsmappg1.htm ), and at numerous parking lots, airports, and drive-in theaters and numerous private properties around the country.
See: DeltaScientific's SabreTooth http://www.deltascientific.com/gallery13A1_1.htm ("The Sabre Tooth will puncture all pneumatic tires including steel belted radial and large truck tires.")
"Provides extremely effective one-direction unmanned traffic control by puncturing the tires of errant vehicles." (http://www.antech.com/Guardian/TC/IG%20CB.html)
Doorking's Model 1610 traffic spikes: http://www.agwaccess.com/doorking2.html
PMG's very expensive "roadspike" product has also been marketed for "perimeter control" for security purposes:
Comercially manufactured caltrops (called "PORTABLE ROADBLOCKS") are recommended for "use with extreme caution and discretion" to "protect private property." http://www.spymall.com/catalog/gadgets-index.htm
"The 4-wheelers are trespassing and causing damage and death to pets. Here in NC the police are slow to respond (often 2 hours later) they say its a low priority issue. I asked about the boards with nails. On your "privately" owned and "posted" land you can lay boards down and if they have nails in them well it is on your land. (officially). Unofficially if the trespassers get hurt most will sue. And with our "liberal" courts the landowner is about 75% sure to loose. Wish the odds were better."
A California decision offers a ray of hope with regard to landowner liability issues. A CA court construing language in a landowner immunity statute similar to language in NY General Obligations Law sec. 9-103, concluded that a justified use of physical force against a trespasser was a lawful "use of" land and therefore not a "willful" act depriving the landowner of immunity. Similarly, the NY Court of Appeals has decided that the placement of a brightly painted cable stretched across a private road to exclude trespassers is a lawful condition or use of land. Spiked fences are common in NY cities.
Concealment of nails-in-boards on private property may be necessary, since ATV Trespassers illegally destroy gates, fences, log-barriers, and anything else that is placed by landowners to keep them off of private property:
"ARSON. A male on Rutland Way, Stephentown, said his vehicle, which was parked along a trail to deter ATV use, was damaged by fire. Officer: Trooper Steve Kovaleski." Albany (NY) Times Union, Police Blotter (Wed. July 28, 1999 p. F2)
The ATV Trespass problem is serious and pervasive throughout the US.
Off-roader's Observation:
"The Forestry Service is putting up fencing and closing trails to try to keep the ATV crowd from making "spider-trails", I wish they would realize that they are the reason so many of the trails and private lands are being closed. It is not all of them but it seems like a large majority of the ATV crowd has no respect for the land that they ride." http://www.psychowheeling.com/custom4.html
ATV rider bragged to friends about setting farmer's barn on fire.
Farmer considers posting land after strawberry crop is burned by ATV trespassers:
"Underwood and fire officials believe the culprits accessed the property using an ATV.... There were ATV tire tracks leading to and from his property. The farmer has had problems with ATV's riding through his strawberry fields before, but until now has refused to deny anyone passage across his property to adjoining land. ... 'Over 99.9 percent of the snowmobile people are great. They generally police themselves. ATV users -that's a different story.' ... All "NO ATV" signs will remain where they lay, said the landowner, simply because the abuse is a year-round event. 'I've called several wardens in the past to report ATV-abuse problems and the response time was at least five hours.'"
ATV trespassers have torn down fences, punched landowners in the face, and run completely over a landowner's wife! ATV trespassers Kill cats, geese; destroy trees, crops, etc. ATV trespassers tear up land, topple power poles, close snowmobile trails, chase landowners out of their home states, and burn their cars.
http://webusers.warwick.net/~u1001223/Articale1/Article1.htm (ATVs INVADING)
(Landowner is fed up with the ATV rodeo that has wrecked his lawn. "They've got no respect for people's property now.)
http://www.pocahontastimes.com/news0426.html#7thstory (Town overrun by ATVs)
(ATVs turning town into 'war zone')
(EFFECTS of ATV'S on HIKING TRAILS and WILDERNESS AREAS)
(Nature pays the price as ATVs hit Minnesota's woods)
(ATV Trespass damage in VT municipal forest)
(Snowmobilers say ATVs are tearing up trails)
The National Forest Service has come under criticism from constructing "tank traps" to exclude motorized vehicles (e.g., ATVs) from the lands at Targhee that it has been charged with securing against such trespass. "the obstacles bear an uncanny resemblance to those used in World War II and the Persian Gulf to stop American armored vehicles." "the Targhee Tank Traps [are] earth berms up to 15 feet high, backed by pits up to 15 feet deep" "The traps were authorized by the local Forest Service administrator, Jerry Reese, following Dombeck's directive to restrict public access to public lands in the national forests." "The dangers posed by the traps were made clear in a field hearing of Chenoweth's Forestry and Forest Health Subcommittee, held February 13 in Rexburg, Idaho. At that hearing, Brent Robson, a county commissioner from Tetonia, Idaho, testified to his potentially life-threatening encounter with one of the tank traps. Robson, an experienced snowmobiler, told the committee he was at the front of a small group of snowmobiles when his vehicle was violently thrust up into the air. He came to rest in a pit with a broken back." http://www.heartland.org/environment/may99/traps.htm
According to Representative Helen Chenoweth "The surface of some roads was ripped to a depth of three feet to prevent motorized access. Nearly 400 miles of roads were obliterated by placing six to eight foot high earthen barriers in the roads" http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/resources/hii55181.000/hii55181_0.htm
The berms were installed after "gates" proved ineffective to prevent ATV "trespass."
Citizen's Arrest in NY is authorized and regulated by NY Criminal Procedure Law Article 140 and the use of force and even deadly force for the purpose of effecting such an arrest and maintaining the safety of the citizen performing it, is authorized by Penal Law section 35.30(4) and 35.10(6). See statutes at: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=82anda=12
New York Criminal Procedure Law (CPL) sec. 140.30 (1) provides:
"Subject to the provisions of subdivision two, any person may arrest another person (a) for a felony when the latter has in fact committed such felony, and (b) for any offense when the latter has in fact committed such offense in his presence."
In NY, private citizens have the "same authority" to make arrests of factually "Guilty" offenders as do police officers. Police have a legal duty to make arrests. Private Citizens have a civic and moral duty to make arrests. It is however extremely important to completely understand every limitation and all the regulations and duties applicable to arrests by private citizens as prescribed in Criminal Procedure Law Article 140. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=25anda=22
It is very important that one undertaking a Citizen's Arrest also have a thorough knowledge of the Laws which define arrestable offenses, since private citizens may only arrest factually "guilty" offenders, and may not arrest merely upon reasonable belief nor probable cause.
See NY RULES FOR OPERATION OF ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES
A violation of these Rules is an "offense" for purposes of authorizing a private citizen to arrest an ATV operator without a warrant. See, VTL sec 155 and PL 10.00(2)
"For purposes of arrest without a warrant, pursuant to article one hundred forty of the criminal procedure law, a traffic infraction shall be deemed an offense." VTL sec 155
In general, the word " 'Offense' means conduct for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment or to a fine is provided by any law of this state or by any law, local law or ordinance of a political subdivision of this state, or by any order, rule or regulation of any governmental instrumentalityauthorized by law to adopt the same." PL 10.00 The term "offense" therefore means any felony, misdemeanor, violation, or traffic infraction defined by the law of the state of New York. Penal Law sec 10.00 (1-6). http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=82anda=5
Landowners in states like NY where citizen's arrest of ATV trespassers is lawful generally discover that ATV riders who will ride on any "new trail" they hear about without knowing the owner or even asking for permission will usually resist arrest, and try to flee or run over the landowner: http://www.atvtime.com/steelriders/Features/Others/DoWhat.html
What happens in NY when the ATV operator who is engaged in an arrestable offense or is fleeing from the scene resists a lawful citizen's arrest?
Penal Law, sec. 35.30, titled "Justification; use of physical force in making an arrest or in preventing an escape", provides:
"4. A private person acting on his own account may use physical force, other than deadly physical force, upon another person when and to the extent that he reasonably believes such to be necessary to effect an arrest or to prevent the escape from custody of a person whom he reasonably believes to have committed an offense [in his presence, see CPL Article 140] and who in fact has committed such offense; and [after giving due notice of the grounds for the arrest] he may use deadly physical force for such purpose when he reasonably believes such to be necessary to:(a) Defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of deadly physical force."
"The right of a law enforcement officer [or a private citizen] to make an arrest necessarily carries with it the right to use some degree of physical coercion or threat thereof to effect it." Frazell v. Flanigan, 102 F.3d 877 (7th Cir. 1996), quoting Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 396 (1989).
When arresting offenders riding ATVs, it is important to be aware that the ATV can be used as a dangerous instrument against the person making the arrest.
In NY, forcible "conduct" such as "Menacing" (PL 120.14), "which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal" when committed "in defense of himself or a third person, or in defense of premises, or in order to prevent larceny of or criminal mischief to property, or inorder to effect an arrest or prevent an escape from custody." Penal Law 35.10(6).
Penal Law sec 120.14, titled "Menacing in the second degree" prescribes:
"A person is guilty of menacing in the second degree when [without justification]:1. He or she intentionally places or attempts to place another personin reasonable fear of physical injury, serious physical injury or death by displaying a deadly weapon, dangerous instrument or what appears to be a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm."
However, many states, including NY, while not authorizing the USE of Deadly Force in defense of possession of land (i.e., premises), nevertheless do provide that an occupant may use necessary non-deadly force (including "threatening" to use deadly force, i.e., "menacing"). For example, Arizona's statutes explicitly authorize landowners to "threaten to use deadly physical force" in defense of land. Arizona Revised Statutes 13-407.
Similarly, New York statutes provide that a person "may use any degree of physical force, other than deadly physical force, which he reasonably believes to be necessary for" the listed purposes e.g., defense of premises, persons, arrest.
NY Penal Law sec 10, Definition (11) provides: ""Deadly physical force" means physical force which, under the circumstances in which it is used, is readily capable of causing death or other serious physical injury."
Menacing with an unloaded deadly weapon, or with a dangerous instrument, and even firing a warning shot AWAY FROM the trespasser, and threatening to use deadly force, etc. are not Deadly Physical Force (because each is not endangerment). Therefore each such act would be lawful in NY when such a use of non-deadly force is necessary and lawful under article 35 of the NY Penal Law. See:
People v. Davis, 72 N.Y. 2d 32, 530 N.Y.S.2d (1988).
PEOPLE v. CHRYSLER, 85 N.Y.2d 413, 649 N.E.2d 1162, 626 N.Y.S.2d 18 (1995) ((http://www.law.cornell.edu/ny/ctap/085_0413.htm)
NY Case in point:
"A Canajoharie, New York, car thief's efforts were put in park after a potential victim pressed a shotgun to the criminal's throat. Daniel J. Stetin foiled the crime after awaking for work and discovering his car already running outside. He grabbed a shotgun and went to investigate, while his wife grabbed the telephone and dialed 911. Confronted by an armed and angry Stetin, the crook rested quietly on the ground and waited for police to arrive. (The Sunday Gazette, Schenectady, NY, 5/21/95)"
There was no apparent USE of "deadly physical force" here (unless the shotgun had a hair-trigger and/or the safety was OFF), only a lawful and apparently necessary and sufficient "threat" to use such deadly force. Note: If the man who owned the car stood in front of it, and if the thief had attempted to escape by driving over the car's owner, the car's owner would have had the right to prevent that escape involving vehicular assault, by using deadly physical force (i.e., shooting). This is because the law, in support of citizens who place themselves in positions of peril to arrest guilty offenders, provides that the private citizen "may use deadly physical force for such purpose [to effect an arrest or prevent an escape] when he reasonably believes such to be necessary to:(a) Defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of deadly physical force." There is no duty to retreat while performing a citizen's arrest. PL 35.10(6); 35.30(4).
For other interesting articles about purported citizen's arrest see:
(ATV posse traps man, rescues girl)


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When staying overnight the weekend of December 1 & 2 at Whispering Pines Bed & Breakfast, be sure to visit Zoar for their annual 'Christmas in Zoar'. For only $7 admission it will include all the events and buildings that are open. Other activities include strolling carolers, musical entertainment, private home tours and artisans selling their Christmas crafts.
Of course a visit from Santa, a workshop for kids, live reindeer, horse-drawn wagon rides, food and beverages. Their will also be a candlelight church service on Saturday at 5:15 pm in addition to a tree lighting ceremony at 6.
I'll look forward to seeing you soon,
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Laws, Regulations & Annotations
Property Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2017
Revenue and Taxation Code
Property Taxation
Part 0.5. Implementation of Article XIII A of the California Constitution
Chapter 3.5. Change in Ownership and New Construction After the Lien Date
Article 5. Transmittal of Supplemental Assessments to the Auditor
Section 75.40
75.40. Transmittal of supplemental assessment to auditor. When the period for claiming exemption has expired, and any exemptions have been processed, the assessor shall transmit the supplemental assessment to the auditor including the following information:
(a) Name and address, if known, of the assessee.
(b) The parcel number or legal description of the property.
(c) The tax rate area in which the property is located.
(d) The new base year value of the property with the value for the land separated from the value for improvements.
(e) The value of the property on the current roll, or the roll being prepared, or both.
(f) The exemption applicable, if any.
(g) The net supplemental assessment after exemption.
(h) The date of the change of ownership or completion of new construction.
History.—Stats. 1983, Ch. 1102, in effect September 27, 1983, deleted "or filing an application for reduction" after "exemption" in the first sentence, added "actual" before "amount" in subsection (h), and added subsection (i). Stats. 1984, Ch. 946, in effect September 10, 1984, added "supplemental" before "assessment" in subsection (g); deleted former subsection (h), and relettered former subsection (i) as subsection (h).


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Institutional Development Grant Awarded to National University of Vietnam-Hanoi
December 6, 2011
Congratulations to the Department of Anthropology, National University of Vietnam-Hanoi, recipient of the 2011 Institutional Development Grant. This renewable grant -- providing $25,000 per year for up to five years -- will enable the development of a doctoral program in anthropology at the University, which currently has an active undergraduate and Masters level program. The Foundation is very excited to support this venture and the growth of anthropology in Vietnam.
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Milton Caniff's first involvement in the comics field dates from 1922, when he began working as an illustrator for some local newspapers. At age 25, Caniff was hired by Associated Press, and brought to New York in 1932. He ghosted on features like 'The Gay Thirties', before taking over the panel cartoon called 'Mister Gilfeather' from Al Capp in September 1932.
photo ©1945 King Features Syndicate
Caniff was handed the assignment of a children's adventure strip called 'Dickie Dare'. Influenced by such strips as 'Flash Gordon' and 'Brick Bradford', Caniff took Dickie on the ride of his life.
Early Terry and the Pirates sample
It was Joseph Patterson at the New York Daily News who noticed the 'Dickie Dare' strip and quickly hired Caniff for a new adventure strip called 'Terry and the Pirates'. The strip made its debut in October, 1934. In the beginning, the comic was fairly rough, until Noel Sickels, who was hired to produce the strip 'Scorchy Smith', helped Caniff iron out the wrinkles.
The Dragon Lady, from Terry and the Pirates
Their collaboration - and Caniff's later solo flight - produced some of the most memorable strips in the history of the medium. They also did advertising work together, such as the 'Mr. Coffee Nerves' character, using the pen name Paul Arthur.
During World War II, Caniff produced, besides 'Terry', the comic strip 'Male Call' for the G.I. Newspapers only. It featured Miss Lace, a sprightly pal to every homesick soldier and sailor away from the U.S. 'Male Call' was Caniff's donation to the war effort; he took no money for it. He retired the strip in 1946.
In early 1947, Caniff, aching for more control of his comic creations, jumped to the Chicago Sun - Times and created 'Steve Canyon', a strip about an air-transport pilot seeking adventure.
Although 'Steve Canyon' was an immediate success, the strip never matched 'Terry' at its best. 'Steve Canyon' ran for 41 years and died with the artist in 1988. The final strip, on June 4th, was a two-panel tribute, signed by 78 cartoonists.
photo ©1966 The Newspaper Enterprise Association
Gaining the highest regard of his peers, Caniff earned the very first Cartoonist of the Year trophy awarded by the National Cartoonists Society in 1946, and eventually received the Reuben award for his work in 1971.
The impact Milton Caniff had on comics cannot be overestimated; he was the first cartoonist who brought realism, suspense and sensuality into comics and he inspired many artists with his beautiful drawings, earning him his nickname, "the Rembrandt of the comic strip." An image from one of Caniff's 'Steve Canyon' pages was used by Roy Lichtenstein to create his own painting, 'Mr. Bellamy' (1961).
Milton Caniff photo © Jean-Luc Beghin.


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The San Francisco SPCA will participate in Spay Day – an international day of action to promote the spaying and neutering of pets. On Spay Day, the SF/SPCA offers a discounted rate for spay and neuter surgery for only $20.10. In addition, they will provide microchipping and nail trim treatments free of charge to support pet health in the community.
Throughout the day, veterinarians from the Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center will be available to discuss pet health tips.
Nearly 1.5 million pets have been spayed or neutered during Spay Day's first fifteen years, helping to drive efforts to control pet population. Appointments for this year's Spay Day have been fully booked.
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text: Reading between the lines of Joe D's interview on 97.1 this afternoon gives me a lot of hope. He basically said in not so many words that a couple of deals may be consumated. I am going gaga wondering what this deal includes but he gave no indication with what teams that he is talking with. It's very hard to get a read when you are listening on the radio, you miss the body language i.e. I do hope that something is in the mix and, with all the the Mello conversations being bandied about, we may be part of a blockbuster deal, one in which we won't end up with Carmelo, but maybe a pretty good player or you folks favorite player Capp Spayce. If anyone listening to Joe D came away with a different interpretation lets discuss. I am a rabid Pistons fan right now so my mind may not be right.


text: Ken Holland, the Red Wings GM, has been famous throughout the NHL for his acquisitions at the trade deadline. Making the rich, richer. The Red Wings are perennially in the Elite of the NHL, and Holland, always seems to make his team better, right at the deadline, for a stronger push into the playoffs. Memorable pick-ups of the past are: Chris Chelios, Robert Lang, Ken (Red Light) Wreggett, and Igor Larionov... just to name a few... which really is just a few of the great pick-ups Holland has made in the past. The guy really is a wizard. But in the "New NHL"... the Wings were forced to cut their payroll in half... and have been living life within $500,000 of the salary cap all season. Even though no one expected the Wings to be able to do much, many Red Wings fans held their breath in anticipation of what the Wizard may be able to pull off. Turns out, it was pretty much nothing, although he really didn't have much to work with. With the loss of Jiri Fischer, Defense was a small question mark... and Goal-tending is a big question mark... Manny Legace is having a very stellar season, compared to previous years, but has traditionally not been strong in the playoffs. And Chris Osgood is a proven Stanley Cup winner, but Coach Mike Babcock seems to have little faith in him. So most Wings fans were hoping for something along the lines of a Goal-tending change at the deadline. Here's what Holland did: He traded little used Defenseman Jamie Rivers to Phoenix for a 7th round pick in the 2006 draft. And they traded a 2007 4th round pick to Pittsburgh for a decent Defenseman Cory Cross. Cross isn't going to make a huge contribution, however, they are expecting him to make the regular rotation as a 5th or 6th defenseman. So, much to the chagrin of Wings fans, there were no fireworks. No praising of Holland's genius... But he did have this to say in the Detroit Free Press: "We weren't looking to do anything significant," Holland said. "Why do something significant? I think we've got five, six, seven players on our team that can play better. ... I still think as a team and individually, we can raise our game. So, again, why look to make a major overhaul at this stage of the game?" And last time that I looked, the Wings were bouncing between 1st place and 2nd place with the Carolina Hurricanes... So, maybe Holland knows what he's doing.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by BillLaimbeer, Jan 14, 2010.
Amare ...sigh.
I'd rather have David Lee as PF, he's cheaper and has the same production, if not better than Amare. Rip+Tay for Allen, Boston would be foolish to turn this offer down, then you have the money to sign Lee in the offseason or even Amare for that matter.
I'm with you on this Ryder. Amare gets his numbers off of feeds from his little Canadian point guard. Lee gets his digits from boards, loose balls, etc. The Pistons are much better at generating loose balls and offensive rebounds than they are at generating assists. Lee is younger, fits the system better and is half the price. Do the Pistons have any players that the Knicks would even want though?
Well his contract expires at the end of the season, there is no way Pistons get him via trade, only way is to unload Tay/Rip/Max for cap space. That's why I suggested a Rip+Tay for Ray Allen's 18 mil $ expiring contract. I really think Boston would accept it.
If they traded for Stoudamire and let him walk they should have the $$ to sign Lee, no?
That's why it's important to actually get Amare via trade. If he works out GREAT!!! If he doesn't we now have the necessary money to go hard after David Lee. Ray Allen and Amare are both expiring contracts. Now I'll be the first to admit that I am skeptical of a Nash-less Amare, but we need help badly upfront, even minus Nash Amare can still shoot, drive, catch, finish and hit FT's better than any big on our roster right now. I don't think he's worth the 17-20M he'll want in an extension but hey right now everything is speculation, be nice to see it come to fruition.
That brings up a good point - is Joe interested in Amare (long-term) or in the cap space?
I think it's similiar to the AI situation, if he brings some serious game and fills a void he's a long term solution, if not, he's cap space; it's seems like a great chance to (a)Shed Tayshaun for something and (b)Get a good look at how well one of this summers top Free Agents would fit in with this team.
Steve Nash!!!! Are you forgetting he'll be teaming with one Rodney Stuckey here in Detroit?
I am surprised Kgreg slipped up on this one. He has repeatedly insisted that Stuckey is thee purest and most natural quintessential point guard.
I keep having to double check during the games to make sure I'm not watching Hoosiers.
As far as David Lee is concerned I've heard the same arguments about his game as I've heard about Amares. "Inflated stats due to system, cant play with his back to the basket...blah blah" Honestly, either one! We cant be picky.
If you listen closely during a Pistons game, you can hear Coach Kuester saying, "Four passes before every shot!". Remember when Kuester benched Austin Daye earlier in the season because he broke the "four pass rule" and the Pistons had to play the final few minutes with just four players?
I think we may be on to something here. Anyone know if Jimmy Chitwood is available? We could always use another SG.
We already run the "picket fence" for Rip so it's hard to tell most of the time.
Stoudemire did average 20 points the year prior to Nash rejoining the Suns (04). So, while Nash certainly gets him easier shots, I definitely don't think he completely relies on Nash for his scores (ala Shawn Marion). Amare is a gifted athlete (albeit not what he was in 2005) and he has that 15 foot jump shot that he didn't have in 2004. He doesn't operate in the post much, but he can face up and beat most bigs off the dribble. Stoudemire is a fine offensive player, without a doubt, but his lack of basketball IQ and inability to defend the paint certainly don't make him someone worth breaking open the bank for, especially since it's far from as given that we would be able to resign him. I definitely wouldn't give up our draft pick this year and I would be hesitant to give up Daye/Jerebko either. Maybe one, but not both.
Y'all are killing me!!!!! 'Quintessential Point Guard'......ROTFLMBO!!!!! That is my new name for Rodney Stuckey, The Quintessential One
Bosh, Boozer, Amare, Lee blah blah blah... :deadhorse Everybody on this forum at a minimum will be quite pleased if we sign any one of those guys, and any one of those guys will make this a better team. There will still be a few people who will continue to mourn the loss of Amir and making the case over and over again how Amir is a better player than Amavid Boszer once you run Amir's stats through some quantum equations and fourier transforms.
Great post. I never thought I would hear about Fourier transforms ever again since graduating.
I agree with everything you said about Stoudemire. I'd be very heistant locking him up at the max for a number of years. Sure, he hasn't had any problems with his knees recently, but I'd still be slightly nervous. And his career almost ended last season with the eye injury. We don't want another Elton Brand. As for giving up Daye/Jerebko, I'd have no hesitation packaging them up. Are they really part of the nucleus, or just solid role players that can be found anywhere? I'm leaning towards the latter.
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text: This is how young players are suppose to react when given a chance.... take it and run with it.... still is raw and is missing asignments here and there, but his energy is great and makes things happen. Another dude by Max.... the only player that was on the floor tonight that didn't out rebound him was bynum. I'd say that no matter who starts that Amir needs to be getting strong mins off the bench by his play the last two nights and Max can go sit deeper on the bench.... Its getting depressing how unactive he's getting. Only other thing I was saddened by was the Offense of the bench in the 4th, there effort on the def end was solid but they were settling on jumpshots way to much on the offensive end. they needed to continue to attack the basket.


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|Kmax...size range? number of crew? price range? Have you checked the bluewater boat list sticky at the top of this thread?
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Hey comrad. We're just looking to do some south pacific and pacific NW cruising. Looking in earnest for the right vessel at a good price. Any ideas?
Mucho Gracias, Kmax
|Kmax...check he date. It was 2005 and he's been gone for over a year. Welcome aboard!
Hey Dave:-)
Did you end up buying the morgan? Was the mast step ok? Did everyting check out? Curious because we're just looking at one now.
PS...if you did get this boat did you end up doing any blue water cruising in her?
Cheers, Kmax
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Morgan 35
Thanks for the advice on the cabin sole, I''ll add it to my list of things to inspect. The mast step seems like a problem to inspect but I''ll do what I can. I haven''t actually seen this boat I''m going on pictures and word of a friend, I''m going to inspect it in a week or two. As far as the bridge clearence the best I can get from the available info it''s 40'' the draft is 4''3" board up and 6'' board down.
Does anyone know a good surveyor in the northern MD area? - Thanks, Dave
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If there is bilge access close enough to the step, you may be able to view it. My Morgan only had a small access to the bilge, closer to the engine compartment. It could be used to inspect where the CB penant attached to the CB. I ended up replacing the cabin sole, and put in better access to the bilge. That reminds me. You or your surveyor should pay attention to the cabin sole. Mine was 3/4" ply laminated on both sides with glass w/ a teak and holly floor above that. Water wicked into the plywood and the from the edges and the glass held the water in, allowing the floor to become pretty spongy.
Morgan 35
If memory serves right (it was approx 15 yrs ago) I pulled a floorboard up aft of the mast and peered fwd with a flashlight. It was far away but I could see the aft side of the step. Now that I think about it that boat was the deep draft (5'')version without CB. I''m guessing the CB version couldn''t been seen this way.
What''s the draft and bridge clearance of the 35'' CB model?
Morgan 35
Realistically, it would be pretty difficult to inspect without unstepping the mast and shining a flashlight down the hole in the head floor where the mast goes through to the step.
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Thanks for the replys, I''m still in the negotiating stage with this boat and I will have a survey done. The mast step, rudder post and stuffing box will get a close look. From what you say the mast step will be hard to inspect, what is the best way to access that area? As it is an older (I don''t like to say old)boat I plan to do a lot of upgrading, as long as the basic boat is sound it will fit my needs perfectly, short crusing on the Chesapeake maybe down the ICW to FL. I''m semi retired, work 6 to 8 months out of the year. From what you indicate it will sail like my Pearson 35 that I sold 10 years ago and that will be fine for me. Thanks again for the replys. - Dave
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I am the proud owner of a 1970 Morgan 35, Hull No. 63. I bought the boat 5 years ago, but raced on it for about 20 years with the prior owners.
I agree with the mast step comment. Mine now has essentially a steel I-Beam that the mast sits on. I have not had any blistering problems. It''s a freshwater boat an the hull has been awlgripped. I''ve replaced pretty much the entire electrical system with home run wiring, a new panel, etc.; replaced the head, seat cushions, lifelines; installed opening ports and have done a lot of cosmetic stuff.
These boats are built like the proverbial brick you know what. Charlie Morgan knew how to design a boat. Pretty lines. We still race it occasionally in PHRF and do pretty well. In its day, we won the Pt. Huron-Mackinac race 3 times. So, the boat will move, particularly off the wind. (Can get a bit squirrely in heavy air with a chute. The rudder, IMHO, is a bit short, but that is probably necessary given the CB design. The prior owners added about a foot to the rudder to keep it from broaching with a chute, but it scared the heck out of me to see that rudder protruding about 6 inches below the keel, so I shortened it up a bit.) The keel-CB combo won''t point with newer designs, but is not awful. Now we mainly go day sailing with occasional 2-3 day cruises. A comfortable boat to sail with a nice cockpit.
Mine has an Edson wheel that was added when it was new. It takes up a fair amount of the otherwise large cockpit and isn''t positioned to give a great steering station.
Mine still has the old workhorse Palmer M-60.
I agree, not much info on the boat available on the Morgan site. Some aspects of the 35 are like the 34. But there are some significant differences.
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But those on the front lines of preventing teen pregnancy were surprised - and pleased - to learn that the state also saw one of the nation's most dramatic drops in that rate from 1991 to 2012, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2012, New Hampshire had a birth rate of 13.8 per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19. That's a 58 percent drop from the rate in 1991, which was 33.1 per 1,000 teens.
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Nashua's teen birth rate from 2010 to 2012 was 21.6, with 177 births among a population of 8,202.
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And "not surprisingly," he said, about 42 percent of teen births in that time period were to girls who had not yet completed high school.
The CDC report estimated a cost to taxpayers, for every child born to a teen mother, of $1,700 per year from birth to age 15. By that calculation, it estimates that $12 billion was saved in 2010 alone, as a result of the 45 percent drop in the teen birth rate from 1991 to 2010.
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Laflamme said health policy experts face tough decisions about where to allocate limited resources."We always have this choice in New Hampshire where we're choosing between picking somewhere that might have a very high rate but very few teen births ... or a place where maybe the rate is lower but perhaps their population is larger and more concentrated, in a city.""If we put resources in a more densely populated area, then we can affect more lives with those resources," he said. "We have this balancing act."
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Nice job on that, bro!! :thumbsup They haven't even hit the stores yet down here in FL. :lol What is the overall measurement?
looks good mate; deefo need to get me hands on one
FS Pilot - theres a whole thread on this regarding length
overall its a bit smaller than the MR most reckon - about 6 inches overall length wise, and by 10% on most bits.
the most noticeable is the stock being way to short, but IMHO modd-able
I got one a few days ago and just got finished painting it. If I remember correctly it's 33% smaller than the full size blaster.
Having one of these at a convention you'd probably be laughed out of the room, but just at a Halloween party it's a nice cheap alternative.
That should be good for a mini-boba kid lol nice paint job!!!
Thanks Heatshock :thumbsup I'll be on the lookout!
theyre at target selling fast im in fl also
great pic by kalkamel next to an actual webley casting - kal, if you want me to remove lmk!
passable I think if you mod the stock. even better if you mod the barrel as well.
afterall, why most people wouldnt laugh TK out the room with their Hasbro mods surprises me as well, but they dont. for a hyperaccurate nut - a big no-no. but for a costumer..... well just maybe, or at least I am definately gettin one and having a go at it myself before dismissing it!
FS pilot - heres the other thread I was taling abt - http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showt...s-Fett-Blaster
theres a pic of the Hasbro next to a MR in post #26
rofl - no offence meant or taken mate
but I DO mean it abt the E-11's modded from a Hasbro (I have one too, but I added like an inch to the barrel) - they look quite wrong with just added greebs. but I cant afford anything else, esp.ly since the Hasbro is perfectly acceptable 501 clearance wise.
someone else was saying that next to a hyperfirm, the Hasbro is just ridiculously undersized.
think the bare minimum of lengthening the stock will make a world of difference. The one in the pic I provided is comepltely un-modded
Paint job looks good. Bottom line these are being made for kids, they are small... fun to play with? Yes. Accurate for costuming or collecting? No. :)
Nice job othe weathering. looks fantastic
I recently bought the hasbro fett blaster and found that there was a bit to much flex between the pistol grip and the stock so I dismantled the stock and filled the gaps with car body filler. the weapon now feels more sturdy as well as a bit more weighty.
Good Paint job!!
Quick how did you do it? Why is trigger not painted?
Just got one of these to paint today. Could you give some clues on your process for painting? It looks awesome!
For me I took apart the stock and left the pistol part together scuffed everything up painted with flat black, then add rust but there are other ways this was for a child and didnt really need to get in depth, my personal blaster is painted completely different way and youd need to get the whole blaster apart as it might get wet inside
I just got one but I can't seen to get the barrel or the handle apart. :confused
It dosen't make sense... HELP!
I don't wan't to ruin the electronics cause they seem pretty awsome.
Thanks, Darth.
I had to pick one of these up (along with the helmet) when I saw them on sale at Target.
They are pretty cool.. a bit small of course but still cool to say the least... picked one up yesterday for a variant I'm doing for next year's Cons...
Just a fyi: thats not a real webley casting.
It could have some webley parts, but it looks like a sculpt. The grip, and d bracket are for sure not webley. I didnt disect it, but thats not a webley.
Id like to take one of these and make a pistol out of it. Would make a great merc sidearm.
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What about health dept laws? I make homemade cheese and at one time thought about going more big time but the laws(at least here) are really strict. You cant sell it out of your kitchen, you have to have a building dedicated to just that. There are time limits on how quickly you must process the milk. You cant sell any raw milk or raw milk products yada yada yada.... Are there restrictions like that on honey? I realize the laws are probably different all over I was just wondering generally. Do you have to bottle the honey with in a certain time frame? keep it a certain temperature? can you bottle it from home??Do most backyard beek sell their excess or give it away?


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It would be worth it to me to butt-stroke that pos!! With a nice metal plate Mauser!!
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It would be worth it to me to butt-stroke that pos!! With a nice metal plate Mauser!!
I like many here have given the possible scenarios much thought.
One of the questions that I keep coming back to is...
I know there is a certain faction in DC that despise America and are working hard to destroy it, but for the successful implementation of some of the scenarios, IMO... it would required unimaginable and realistically impossible levels of absolute conspiracy and 100% involvement of government members not to be exposed.
While I believe some of those in DC to have evil intent, I also believe there are still representatives that love our country like we do and would be publicly and loudly ringing the warning bell.
So, is it possible they are all in on it, or those that are not are afraid to speak, or is it possible that we are the recipients of psychological warfare by the evil ones, or a little of each?
the facts are as such--
we have huge refugee camps being built all over north america and in some other parts of the world.
the UN is involved with these facilities and oversees their construction.
we have FEMA with a huge budget and it is on a building and spending spree. this budget is much larger that needed for just preparing the homeland for storms and the like. (yet when their needed to help with storm related problems FEMA pretends it is broke--??)
we have DHLS also on a buying spree. billions of rounds of ammo and armored trucks and the DHLS ain't the ARMY so what is going on here?
and we have a corrupt administration that is going to 'reform" immigration and make it easy to become a US citizen/serf.
and we got all these damned apartment complexes going up. to me it looks like with the generations of citizens dieing out , there is a surplus of housing at least out here.
so why all the new apartments and where is the $$ coming from for them??
the government is obviously planning to deal with some huge population influx. the question is who are they going to import to the USA?
given the country is BROKE it looks like an obscene waste of huge amounts of money we don't have provided there is nothing to it--
the sad thing is that is the best case scenario---
Conspiracy theories come and they go.. Who killed Kennedy?
My .02. I do not look at it so much as a hostile takeover. Hell a takeover of what, their already in charge.. Not much left to really take over..
No, it is that damn debt clock I keep staring at... A major news break of a restructuring of our monetary system as we know it.
A serious natural disaster in our country. Riots this summer with the Trayvooon Martin case coming up..
Food riots, disaster riots, anti Govt. fed up with Feinwit riots.. A leader in the Black House, telling us to fire a shotgun off our balcony if we hear noises.
Americans read, they have T.V.s... Their getting sick of corrupt politicians. Both damn parities.. Nancy in her jet $5.8 million $$ flying over, while Americans are eating out of dumpsters.. Golf with Tiger this afternoon perhaps?
Tin foil.. We shall see? But they are going to need a place to put people, who do not conform..
I heard that there is a planeload of somalies every day coming in.
Boy the airports and docks would be overloaded trying to get 100 million moslems into the country.
Kids and people are working there.. Life is on the upswing.. What do they all want? "I want to come too America, where the streets are paved with gold. Where we can be free, life is great."
You try. Sit them down.. They will not listen to me, the parties over kids, stay home..
With our present administration, we are gong down the damn tubes rapidly, sadly..
What the hell ship do they think their getting off. Good luck.. Welcome too America, what our scum politicians have left of it.
Sorry your not feeling well Tim;........................................I wondered why they postponed bike week................. Heh..Heh
Get well soon! Beer sales are down.
I'm not insinuating what is being reported is tin foil hattery, far from it.
To the contrary, I have zero doubt there is a huge shit storm rapidly headed our way that is inescapable.
They know they have through their greed and incompetence set in motion events that will cause a collapse , they also know that the reckoning day can not be delayed much longer and when Americans find out just how badly they have been screwed, it will likely result in mass civil unrest.
I've been aware of the potential and the high probability for years and have been preparing accordingly for it in every aspect within my ability.
I just think some of what we are seeing is beyond their abilities and is nothing more than posturing, a false show of force to attempt to dissuade those planing resistance.


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• To provide, on an internationally comparable basis, a timely update of annual national accounts data to internal and external users for analytical purposes.
• To provide a forum of international exchange on national accounts standards, in order to improve the relevance of SNA 93 and enhance international comparability.
Objectives and outputs
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• Main series of the SNA database are presented using an "indicator" approach in the publication National accounts at a Glance, focusing on cross-country comparisons. In this publication each indicator is associated to a text which explains in general terms of what is measured and why.
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• Annual National Accounts (ANA)
Economics Department Analytical Data Base (ADB)
• Management, co-ordination and provision of statistical data sets in support of Economics Department work described under Theme 1 (Economic Growth, Stability and Structural Adjustment). Primarily as input to the Economic Outlook assessment process, ensure timely and consistent updating of the body of largely macroeconomic statistics and calculation of subsidiary concepts necessary for corresponding analytical activities. Checking methodological soundness and consistency of data definitions against the analytical needs of the Department and in particular Country Desks. Development and maintenance of related programmes, definitions and procedures and associated metadata systems in support of analytical users.
Objectives and outputs
• Maintains relevant Analytical Data Bank in support of relevant needs of ECO's macro analytical work, notably with respect to the data needs of the OECD Economic Outlook. In conjunction with STD and other statistical groups, co-ordinates, manages and extracts the relevant annual and quarterly data sets from available sources within the OECD (mostly STD), National Administrations and related publications. The primary database covers a range of statistical concepts relevant, in particular, to the assessment of the world's economic situation and developments in member country economies. These include a wide range of national accounts, wage, price and labour force, fiscal and financial accounts, exchange rates, international trade and balance of payments concepts reported on a variety of frequencies. Basic definitions and requirements are those of the economists in the Policy and Country Studies branches. The relevant statistics are used routinely in the analysis incorporated in documents for the Economic Policy and Economic Development Review Committees and are reported as supporting material in the corresponding OECD publications - the twice yearly OECD Economic Outlook and the OECD Country Survey series. The Economic Outlook data set is also disseminated as an OECD data product.
Non-member countries involved in the activity
• Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa
• Economics Department Analytical Database
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General aspects
• New indicators to help monitoring analysis will be introduced. Main technical changes in the past and coming year relate to the continuing migration to the ADB to ECO's time series data management system, incorporating direct links to in-house source data bases and the MetaStore system, the integration of Economic Outlook publications data base within the OECD.Stat system and the incorporation of relevant production metadata within MetaStore for internal and external use. Migration to a new support (PROGNOZ).
Data management
• Development of metadata link based HELP system within data management system, revisions to control and access rights for users outside of ECO.
General Government National Accounts
• To provide, on an internationally comparable basis, a timely update of annual national accounts data for the sector of general government and sub-sectors to internal and external users. This covers detailed revenues and detailed expenditures by function of general government and subsectors.
Objectives and outputs
• The project on general government national accounts began in September 2003. There are three objectives of the project: (1) improve the transmission to and dissemination by the OECD of timely and detailed data on general government; (2) enhance the comparability of the major aggregate results for general government such as general government deficit/surplus and/or general government debt.
• Data are made available to member country government agencies on OLISnet thanks to OECD.Stat and to the public through dissemination in OECD.Stat and tables freely available on Internet.
Non-member countries involved in the activity
• Russian Federation, Slovenia Former
• Annual National Accounts (ANA)
Main Developments for 2013
General aspects
• Extension the collection of data for EE countries, in particular for Brazil, India
Household Assets and Liabilities (annual and quarterly)
• This data collection aims at better knowing the households' behavior vis-à-vis risks and enables studies on the distribution of households' wealth. It refers to the SNA sector S14 – Households.
• An additional questionnaire is sent yearly to OECD countries in parallel with the OECD/Eurostat joint questionnaire on Financial Accounts.
Objectives and outputs
• The database has been updated up to 2011 for all OECD countries.
• A better coverage of financial and non-financial assets and on detailed liabilities currently transmitted by OECD countries has been achieved.
• Quarterly data received from most OECD countries have been added to the database and stored in the QASA browser for the first time in 2012.
Non-member countries involved in the activity
• Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation, South Africa
• Household Assets and Liabilities
Main Developments for 2013
General aspects
• It is expected to continue to improve the level of details (assets and liabilities) of the database and to extend the geographical coverage to non-member countries (Russia, Key Partner countries).
• If resources permit, quarterly data will continue to be processed and, if so, they will be used to calculate financial indicators.
Data collection
• Improvement in the level of details
OECD Financial Dashboard
• The recent financial and economic crises have underlined the importance of monitoring financial activity and position of the various institutional sectors of national economies.
• The OECD Financial Dashboard has been created to respond to users' questions and needs for relevant indicators based on timely, frequent and comparable financial statistics.
Objectives and outputs
• The financial indicators are constructed from financial accounts and from financial balance sheets to analyse the behaviour and performance of the various institutional sectors and to carry out cross-country comparisons.
• Eleven financial indicators derived from financial balance sheets, national accounts and the institutional investors' assets datasets have been added to the Dashboard in 2012.
Non-member countries involved in the activity
• Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, South Africa
• OECD Financial Dashboard
Main Developments for 2013
General aspects
• New financial indicators for the Households' sector will be added to the Financial Dashboard in 2013.
Data collection
• Collection of 2012 financial accounts and financial balance sheets data which enable the calculation of financial indicators for the year 2012.
Quarterly National Accounts
• To provide a real time update of member and non-member countries' sets of quarterly national accounts to internal users, mainly the OECD Economics Department. Quarterly national accounts constitute a significant input into the OECD's macro-economic modelling and forecasting work.
• To provide external users a selection of key long time series from countries' quarterly national accounts, some area totals and a consistent and internationally comparable set of data for analytical purposes.
Objectives and outputs
• The OECD Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) database presents data collected from countries on the basis of a standardised OECD/Eurostat questionnaire based on the international system of national accounts (SNA 1993, SNA 2008). It contains, as from 1960 whenever possible (and even before for a few countries), a wide selection of the accounts produced by the 34 member countries and Key Partners.
• Work is concentrated on producing relevant, reliable, consistent, comparable and timely quarterly national accounts data.
• The QNA publications contain a selection of the accounts most widely used for economic analysis: GDP - expenditure and output approaches (current prices and volume estimates), GDP income approach (current prices), Saving and net lending (current prices), Gross fixed capital formation (current prices and volume estimates) broken down separately by type of asset and by institutional sector, Disposable income and Real disposable income components, Population and Employment, Compensation of employees by industry, Employment by industry, Household final consumption expenditure (current prices and volume estimates) by durability and by purpose.
Non-member countries involved in the activity
• Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation, South Africa
• Quarterly National Accounts (QNA)
Main Developments for 2013
General aspects
• Continue to extend the coverage of the database by the inclusion of new accounts/series provided by countries.
• Expand the geographical coverage of the QNA database by including more updated data from Key Partner countries and remaining G20 countries (Argentina and Saudi Arabia).
Quarterly Public Sector Debt
The Public Sector Debt Statistics Database was launched in December 2010 and was initially focused on developing and emerging economies, and is now being expanded to the advanced economies. The launch of the database is one of the recommendations in the G-20 Data Gaps Initiative (Recommendation 18). This Initiative has been endorsed by G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors and also by the IMF's International Monetary and Financial Committee.
The request covers total general government and public sector debt, broken down by details on instruments, maturity, the residence of creditor, and currency. While data are generally recorded at nominal value, there is a supplementary item for data on debt securities to be shown at market value. Data are to be provided for the various institutional levels, specifically central government, general government, and, if possible, the public sector, where available.
Objectives and outputs
Collect detailed and comparable quarterly data on the General Government Debt, the Central Government Debt and more broadly the Public Sector Debt for all OECD countries.
Since January 2013, 33 OECD countries have provided detailed data on General and Central government debt. Russia participates in this initiative as well.
Non-member countries involved in the activity:
Argentina, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa
Quarterly Public Sector Debt (7PSD)
Main Developments for 2013
General aspects:
All OECD countries except Chile provide the OECD/WB/IMF with quarterly data on Public Sector Debt.
Eurostat participates in this initiative for some EU countries by prefilling the PSD questionnaire with Maastricht debt data.
National Accounts
Quarterly Sector Accounts (Financial part)
To provide financial quarterly sector accounts data of member and non-member G20 countries for internal and external users.
The G20 Recommendation 15 has identified Sector accounts (annual and quarterly) as essential statistics to monitor economies.
The OECD is responsible for collecting and disseminating detailed quarterly sectoral accounts for OECD member countries and other non-member G20 countries.
Objectives and outputs
The collection of data relating to Quarterly financial accounts and quarterly financial balance sheets, launched in 2011, and stored in the new QASA browser, will continue in cooperation with ECB (for EU countries).
The aim is to better cover all OECD countries, including EU countries, and, when data are available, also key partner countries.
Non-member countries involved in the activity:
Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation, South Africa
Quarterly Financial Accounts and Financial Balance Sheets
Main Developments for 2013
General aspects:
Some improvement are expected regarding non-EU countries. For EU countries data, which are transmitted by the ECB once validated, it is hoped that pending problems will be rapidly solved.
Data collection:
It is expected to improve the coverage of this database (countries, sectors and instruments) and to solve issues relating to the ECB cooperation
National Accounts
Quarterly Sector Accounts (Non-Financial part)
To provide non-financial quarterly sector accounts data of member and non-member G20 countries for internal and external users.
The G20 Recommendation 15 identified Sector accounts as essential statistics to monitor economies.
The OECD is responsible for collecting and disseminating detailed quarterly sectoral accounts for OECD member countries and other non-member G20 countries.
Objectives and outputs
Continue to collect non-financial Quarterly Sector Accounts (QSA) data for EU countries in close collaboration with Eurostat; Collect non-EU QSA data through standard questionnaires.
Release publishable QSA data in OECD.stat and feed the IMF PGI- website with the G20 QSA data.
Non-member countries involved in the activity:
Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa
Non-financial Quarterly Sector Accounts
Main Developments for 2013
General aspects:
Continue collecting data from non-EU countries which have not yet transmitted data to the OECD through the standard questionnaire.
Extend the release of QSA data on OECD.Stat with new publishable data.
Continue to feed the IMF PGI-website with G20 QSA data.
National Accounts
STAN Input-Output database
To provide a comprehensive database for cross country analyses of industrial structures, the interrelationships between consumers and producers, and the interactions between countries (e.g. as regards outsourcing and trade flows).
Objectives and outputs
The current OECD input-output database is based on detailed national accounts estimates of economic activity and interrelationships within economies. The database is based on an ISIC Rev.3 and is consistent with the latest system of national accounts (SNA93). Data for 33 OECD countries and 11 non-member countries are currently available, with latest data for many countries referring to 2005 with tables also available for most countries for 2000 or nearest year and for the mid-1990s.
Non-member countries involved in the activity:
Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Chinese Taipei, Cyprus, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Other, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia Former, South Africa, Thailand
STAN Input-Output database
Main Developments for 2013
General aspects:
Expand the country coverage (e.g. non-OECD EU countries).
Use latest Supply-Use tables (SUTs) to produce harmonised I-O tables for 2008-09. especially for EU countries.
Continue to develop and improve the Inter-Country I-O (ICIO) model which combines the I-O tables, Supply-Use tables and bilateral trade by industry data to produce the key underlying source for production of Trade in Value Added (TiVA) indicators.


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