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Buffalo, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - The Buffalo Sabres have signed forward Tyler Ennis to a multi-year contract.
Terms for the restricted free agent were not disclosed, but the Buffalo News and NHL Network have reported the deal to be worth $23 million over five years.
Ennis led the Sabres last season with a career-high 21 goals and was the second-leading scorer with 43 points in 80 games. He has ranked among the team's top five in scoring each of the past four seasons.
The Edmonton native, who will turn 25 when the season starts in October, has 69 goals and 97 assists for 166 points in 267 NHL games. He was chosen by Buffalo with the 26th overall pick of the 2008 NHL Draft and made his Sabres debut during the 2009-10 season.


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A critique on Veizer's Celestial Climate Driver
When Veizer summarises in bold type face '(above) empirical observations on all time scales point to celestial phenomena as the principal driver of climate', he neglects to discuss the fact that the stratosphere has been cooling, which at higher levels is consistent with an enhanced greenhouse effect (most of the cooling in the lower stratosphere is related to changes in ozone) but inconsistent with enhanced solar activity and his CRF-hypothesis. Another argument Veizer uses to support his hypothesis is that the correlation between the proxy indicators for CRF is better correlated with 'climate' than between CO2 and climate. Yet he does not provide any references or justify his argument. I find this statement rather puzzling, as it seems to me that there is a good correlation between the CO2 and temperature proxies such as can be seen in Veizer's own figure 7. The same seems to be the case in Fig. 1 below:
Fig.1: A comparison between CO2 and CRF indices with temperature proxy. Superimposed is the Beryllium-10 (blue). All curves are standardised. (paleaoproxy.R).
If we're looking at the last century, then there is a sulphate aerosol "blip" that worsens the CO2-T correlation. But there are also times when there are distinctive features in the CRF proxies in Veizer (2005) figure 8, when there is no corresponding response in the temperature (figure 7 of Veizer, 2005). Actually, I do not see much resemblance between the CRF-proxies presented in the paper and the temperature proxy, and there is no quantitative statistical analysis of their correspondence. Thus, the above statement appears to be a value judgement, rather than an objective observation. Along the same vein, the paper claims there is a good degree of correspondence between the timing sunspot minima and minima in precipitation curves in Veizer (2005) figure 16. I do not find his (hand waving?) arguments convincing. Note, the paper does not offer any quantitative statistical analysis on the correspondence of these curves. Nor does it discuss how the CRF-proxies may have been affected by past variations geomagnetic field, which clearly would degrade any correlation between CRF and climatic indices. It should be noted that proper attribution studies don't just do correlations, they are rather more sophisticated. There is the possibility of the presence of a common cause that may have affected the various isotope records (representing both CRF and 'climate'), and Veizer does not even mention the possibility that the deposition efficiency of these may be affected by climate itself (e.g. circular reasoning).
At other times, the discussion misrepresents the current knowledge when comparing only the clouds' albedo effect with the CO2 forcing, and not the net effect including the absorption of long-wave radiation (p. 14, 2nd cloumn). The Veizer (2005) paper also tends to make strong statements based on controversial papers (eg. Soon and Baliunas, 2003; p .20, 3rd column – several editors left the journal after it was published because they felt it was flawed). I find Veizer's reference to other work very selective. The role of CRF as a driver for climate is indeed controversial, and this fact is not acknowledged in the paper.
On a more technical note, an R-script gcr.R is available from this site which helps you retrieve the CRF-data over the Internet and plot the data. Please use it, play around, and see for yourself. Another script, paleaoproxy.R is also available here, and is makes Fig. 1 above.
Richardson et al. (2002), "Long-term trends in interplanetary magnetic field strength and solar wind structure during the twentieth Century", J. Geophys. Res., Vol 107, A10
Veizer, J. (2005) "Celestial Climate Driver: A Perspective From Four Billion Years Of The Carbon Cycle", Geoscience Canada, vol 32, no. 1, 13-30.
30 June 2005
Addendum: "Celestial Driver" Part 2
In the above post, time permitted us only to discuss a few of Veizer's arguments, focussing mainly on the cosmic ray flux. Here we take a look at some of the other arguments presented in his paper.
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This morning I noticed that my shampoo bottle has a performance claim on it. With a footnote.
And that's when you realize that maybe the eight straight days of rain, clouds, and snow combined with too much to do may be having an effect on you.
Preserves up to 78% More Haircolor* On the back of the bottle, the footnote only says "Compared to leading professional products." And just to make sure you understand it, it's in English, Spanish, and French.
But how was the test run? How much shampoo was used? Did it work the same on brunettes as blondes? How many days or weeks were involved? Who were the competitors? How exactly was that 78% computed? Did they make sure to round down?
Whether it's shampoo or servers, it's only fair that you tell us the whole story. Oh, by the way, it's on my bottle of conditioner too.
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Spring Styles
March 21st, 20120
The weather is definitely getting milder. The daffodils are up and the bees and wasps are making their presence known. We got off quite lightly, winter wasn't too bad at all, with only one spell of very snowy weather. Anyway the advent of spring means one thing for Bravissimo, more gorgeous styles of lingerie coming in and these fabulous new designs and colours. They will put you in the right mood for the coming months, before even stepping out into the sunshine.
The Polkadelic Bra by Bravissimo is available in pink spot. It is an underwired plunge, without padding, as this type of plunge seems to be a firm favourite with our Bravissimo ladies. It is super pretty, with floral embroidery on the cups, contrasted with a darker pink polka dot, it is also finished off with cute yellow diamante trimmed bows. The combination of yellow and pink just makes you think of Easter and would be a perfect Easter present to yourself. This bra also creates great shape, one customer has commented that 'The shape is really lovely, (upfront and round)' There is also additional lining in this style, for sizes GG to J cups, which gives extra support. The Polkadelic bra, is also available with matching briefs or thong.
The Ashlee Bra by Freya, is just gorgeous. It is available in mouthwatering sorbet and is based on the Deco shape, which is an extremely popular style. It is an underwired moulded plunge and, the reason why you ladies love it so much, is that it gives amazing cleavage and fantastic shape. The colour is a beautiful new addition for spring. It is available to buy with matching shorts and a thong.
We have raved about this next bra before, as it is so pretty, but flirty too, but now the Paige Bra by Miss Mandalay, comes in the delicious lemon/vanilla, which gives it a fresh spring look. The Paige Bra is a balconette shape and comes in a semi sheer fabric, which is contrasted with cute bows and a frill trim. It creates a lovely shape under clothes and offers great support. The matching briefs and gorgeous frilly thong gives this set the wow factor.
We would just like to wish our sister brand Pepperberry, a very Happy 1st Birthday, and we'll be celebrating with a blog later in the week!


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"I looked at the statutes and spoke to the attorney general's office," he said. "This was a very unusual set of circumstances, and this is the law that most closely applied to the situation."
But if they find that the girl is mentally competent and she gets on the stand and testifies that she was doing what she wanted to do and the boyfriend was doing her bidding then they would have to drop the charges against him. And the way people are these days they will probably find something to charge her with then. Just a waste of the courts time and tax payers money.


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'Of course the Sabres can't play game without a player going down with injury. Dimitri Kalinin took a hit from Brad Larsen and suffered what appears to be a shoulder or back injury. The Sabres had no further details except that Kalinin will go for an x-ray when they return to Buffalo.'
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Attn: Johnny Isakson… Please Call Your President!
posted at 7:49 pm on August 12, 2009 by Dafydd ab Hugh
Yesterday, we wrote about Sen. Johnny Isakson's (R-GA, 76%) lunkheaded misunderstanding of Sarah Palin's "death panel" remark: In his anti-Palin hysteria, he imagined she was talking about "living wills" and the "end of life directive." Isakson thought that Palin was saying those amounted to euthanasia — when in fact, she was talking about the health-care rationing that inevitably results from a single-payer, government-run system… which itself is the inevitable and intentional end result of the putative government "option."
It was an incredibly humiliating mistake for Isakson, exacerbated by its provenance: Isakson never even troubled to read what Palin herself actually wrote on her Facebook page, relying instead on the caricature by an anonymous telephone caller. (Perhaps Isakson should be made to sit in a corner of the Rotunda with a conical dunce-cap on his head, and write a hundred times on the chalkboard, "I will not rely upon unknown third parties when a primary source is available.")
I read a fantabulous Power Line post yesterday that accurately explained what Palin was talking about; alas, I cannot give credit either to John Hinderaker, my favorite blogger on my favorite blog, because the best part of the post was written by an unnamed "knowledgeable reader" corresponding with Hinderaker:
[S]o the only choice is limiting choice and quality….and that in turn requires a de facto single payer accomplished through the subterfuge of dictating the terms of "private" insurance, turning them into all but public utilities, engineering the transfer to the "public option" over a relatively short period of time, and then dictating payment terms to providers through rate setting, service bundling and, most important in this context, the MedPAC council which will determine "quality-adjusted effective" treatment protocols. The net effect is that an elderly person won't get a hip replacement or a coronary bypass….and will have nowhere — in the US — to turn.
The disingenuousness of the left on this point is breathtaking. Perhaps some are just too stupid to get the point….but the issue is NOT euthanasia, living wills etc….that's a pure straw man however insidious the proposal is and however dishonest they have been in covering it up or describing it. The real issue is the MedPAC council….there won't be any actual "death panel" adjudicating case-by-case….there won't need to be!….the MedPac council will set up criteria and rules, more or less in secrecy….rules determined by "experts" and by design removed from Congress to prevent pressure to approve expensive protocols at the end of life….or for "life unworthy of life"….a faceless bureaucracy with a maze of rules will simply be built into the system….diffused responsibility, nobody accountable, just the way it will be, no one can do anything about it.
Well, yeah. What Mr. Anonymous said.
MedPAC — the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission — already exists; it was created in 1997 by the Balanced Budget Act of that same year. Its purpose, in its own words, is "to advise the U.S. Congress on issues affecting the Medicare program."
The Commission's statutory mandate is quite broad: In addition to advising the Congress on payments to private health plans participating in Medicare and providers in Medicare's traditional fee-for-service program, MedPAC is also tasked with analyzing access to care, quality of care, and other issues affecting Medicare.
MedPAC sets a government-enforced price-control system for doctors and hospitals. It's important to understand that medical providers lose money on Medicare reimbursements, which they're forced by law to accept; they make it up by jacking up charges to all other patients. If they didn't have the lifesaver of non-Medicare, non-Medicaid patients on private insurance plans, many doctors, medical groups, and even hospitals would have to shut down, because they simply couldn't afford to practice medicine: We would have fewer health-care providers.
Under the House bill, patients shunted into the "goverment option" will be treated the same as current patients in Medicare; this requires exactly the same sort of price-control commission — whether called MedPAC or by any other name, say ObamaPAC — to make the same sort of decisions:
To decide payments to private health plans participating in ObamaCare and providers in ObamaCare's traditional fee-for-service program; and to analyze access to care, quality of care, and other issues affecting ObamaCare.
Get it? When ObamaCare engorges itself, like the Blob, to engulf and devour all health care, then the new ObamamPAC will make all decisions on what treatments will be covered. An unelected handful of wise men will pick and choose what medical treatment and procedures you and I and everyone else is allowed to receive.
(Everyone but presidents, senators, and congressmen, of course; they will always have their own system — with unlimited treatment, no premiums, and no deductable — at least, none paid by top federal officials; it will be our generous, if involuntary gift to the One and his minions.)
As demand for medical care skyrockets ("it's freeeee!"), and as the number of doctors and hospitals plummet, we will no longer have enough doctors to provide all that demand. Since prices will be controlled by ObamaPAC, the only remaining solution will be rationing, literal rationing. As in, no hip replacements for Granny, no expensive long-term care for Down Syndrome babies, and suchlike.
When Sarah Palin warned of "death panels," she was talking about the miserly ObamaPAC commission, staring at a staggering mismatch between demand and supply, deciding what care will be allowed to which class of patient — not that stupid end-of-life counseling directive.
Well, today we have two followups: First, another charter member of the Duncecap Delegation, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of the Associated Press; and second, a perfect illustration of exactly what Sarah Palin meant — and why she was right all along.
In AP's inaptly labeled "FACT CHECK," Alonso-Zaldivar smirks that there is no "death panel" in the House ObamaCare bill — as if he expected to find a title or section with the name DEATH PANEL, and that its absence is ipso facto proof that Palin is an idiot. But he ruins his own flame by making (you guessed it) the exact, same mistake that Isakson made:
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says the health care overhaul bill would set up a "death panel." Federal bureaucrats would play God, ruling on whether ailing seniors are worth enough to society to deserve life-sustaining medical care. Palin and other critics are wrong.
Nothing in the legislation would carry out such a bleak vision. The provision that has caused the uproar would instead authorize Medicare to pay doctors for counseling patients about end-of-life care, if the patient wishes. Here are some questions and answers on the controversy:
Q: Does the health care legislation bill promote "mercy killing," or euthanasia?
A: No.
Q: Then what's all the fuss about?
A: A provision in the House bill written by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., would allow Medicare to pay doctors for voluntary counseling sessions that address end-of-life issues. The conversations between doctor and patient would include living wills, making a close relative or a trusted friend your health care proxy, learning about hospice as an option for the terminally ill, and information about pain medications for people suffering chronic discomfort.
The Q&A drones on and one, smugly lecturing the (presumably moronic) Sarah Palin — and everyone else worried about ObamaCare — that there is absolutely no cannibalism in the British Royal Navy (kudos and a self-administered backpat to anyone who gets the reference).
I hate to tell Mr. Alonso-Zaldivar… oh, who am I kidding? I love telling him! I rejoice in giddy glee to inform Mr. Alonso-Zaldivar that it is he, not Sarah Palin, who is the dumbass here… because she was not talking about euthanasia, the end-of-life counseling directive, or living wills. She probably has a living will. She was talking about — exactly this, from Bloomberg:
President Barack Obama said his grandmother's hip-replacement surgery during the final weeks of her life made him wonder whether expensive procedures for the terminally ill reflect a "sustainable model" for health care.
The president's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had a hip replaced after she was diagnosed with cancer, Obama said in an interview with the New York Times magazine that was published today. Dunham, who lived in Honolulu, died at the age of 86 on Nov. 2, 2008, two days before her grandson's election victory….
Obama said "you just get into some very difficult moral issues" when considering whether "to give my grandmother, or everybody else's aging grandparents or parents, a hip replacement when they're terminally ill.
"That's where I think you just get into some very difficult moral issues," he said in the April 14 interview. "The chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80 percent of the total health-care bill out here."
Speaking later in the same interview about a different subject, banking regulations, Obama said the following:
Obama also said his economic advisers aren't constrained by ideology or connections to former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. "What I've been constantly searching for is a ruthless pragmatism when it comes to economic policy," he said in the interview.
That is precisely what Americans of all ages, political persuasions, and economic conditions are frightened of, what drives the anger and anguish at town-hall meetings, and what has ground polling support for ObamaCare into the dirt: We fear that when health-care policy becomes "economic policy," due to vastly increased government meddling, leading at last to a complete federal takeover of health care, "ruthless pragmatism" will push ObamaPAC to deny Granny her hip replacement, because she's going to die soon anyway.
It may start by throwing only the terminally ill under the bus (as if that itself were morally acceptable); but when ObamaPAC is mugged by economic reality, it will end by throwing us all under those same wheels… just as similar councils have done in every other country that implemented government-run, government-controlled health care, from Great Britain, to Canada, to Japan, to most of Europe, to Cuba, to China, to the old USSR — and the "new" Russia.
Is this starting to sink into the brains of U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of the Associated Press? It's certainly already percolating through the brains of most Americans (excuse me, mobs of fascist thugs toting Nazi paraphernalia and intimidating the poor victims in the Service Employees International Union)… which is why they're showing up in droves to town-hall meetings, demanding that their representatives listen to them and not vote on either the House or Senate bill… that Congress tear it up and start over. (And I have a suggestion of how, exactly, to "start over.")
Sadly, our congressional "leaders" are neither leading nor even following their constituents; the Democrats who control Congress and la Casa Blanca have chosen instead to get in the way of real health-care reform.
Cross-posted on Big Lizards, which you really should be reading in addition to Hot Air's rogues' gallery…


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After my current dealings with the management of StarFortressProductions (hereafter I will term SFP) I have decided to do a write up review of my initial purchase in 2006 and my current dealings, which I will make known now that did not include recent purchase. I intend for this to be an honest review and I will abide by some rules which are...
1. No profanity
2. No descriptive terms intended to prey on emotion but rather fact based statements.
3. All statements will be truthful and non-inflamatory.
I will supply photographs of my purchase as worn direct from the box. I will also confess that it was my first time wearing a Boba Fett costume, or any costume of the like, and I was wearing some items wrong, if this caused a result in the appearance I will make it known. I'm hoping this thread can be stickied and used by new comers. Again I will make no statements of whether one should buy from them or not, I am simply relating and critiquing my own suit, based on the knowledge I have now of how the suit is supposed to look and comparing it with my initial suit. With that being said, let's move onward.
The purchase I made from Boba Fett Costumes was the "Boba Fett Complete Costume" option in the ROTJ scheme. I will let it be known that this is the cheapest option. They describe it as follows...
"Complete outfit, from head to toe, includes helmet, snorkel, chest plate set, backplate, groinplate set, gauntlets, knees, rocket pack, coveralls, vest, belts, boots with toe picks, ankle tools and gloves, all in BASIC form. (not the metal parts versions, does not include boot spikes or belt devices). Blasters not included. Deluxe version has better paint detailing and replaces resin details with machined aluminum ones, such as knee spikes, helmet ears, rocket details and basic forearm details, tools, and includes belt devices and boot spikes. Mechanical version includes all deluxe items mentioned and mechanical forearms with pop-out blades, pull-out dart on cable, and extending flame nozzle (ROTJ forearms), and rocket pack with multipart missile and grappling hook, and electronic helmet. NO ONE makes an outfit this nice, Except OUTWORLD! "
This option cost $1450.00 USD with $225.00 USD for shipping and handling. I found out later that this was high due to customs fees etc... in that it was coming from the Philippians. I received my boxes ( 2 large boxes) roughly 6 months later. I opened the box, assembled the parts that needed assembly, and here's what I had.
With no knowledge of the costume at first look it's not bad, and in truth is better than any store bought costume. However my complaint list began on that same day as the following happened...
1. The tip of the forearm rocket (the black tip) broke off of the brass colored part, then the brass colored part broke off from the body.
2. Upon attempting to wear the gauntlets, the front latch broke from the left and both latches broke off the right. I ended up solving the issue by riveting a belt/buckle system on the side and painting it the same color as the gauntlet.
3. The jetpack rocket broke from the rod that went into the jetpack body, which I solved by using a connecting dowl that I drilled and expoxied in the middle of the rocket.
4. The harness while in fact able to hold the jetpack, rode up during wear to the level of my throat, causing strangulation. In fact right after this photo was taken I had to quickly remove the jetpack as I was beginning to see spots due to lack of oxygen.
Now a quick break to address the main issue. The option I bought does not use custom measurements, but only small (S), medium (M), large (L), etc... I used their measuring guide and ordered size Large. This being said upon wearing many soft parts did not fit, and did not fit uniformly (ie: all too large or all piece too small)
1. The jumpsuit was tight and barely zipped.
2. The boots were too big. I wear size 9 and had a ton of room left.
3. The girth belt was snug.
4. The flak vest was WAY too big, it is supposed to end about mid-abdomen, mine ended at the waist. I had to fold the bottom up underneath and pin it.
That's the initial review.
Now I will attempt to go part by part.
First off in these photos I have had to change the wookiee braids on the second photo, as the ones they have sent had unravelled as they were made from pieces of short hair and was then braided together instead of woven from longer hair. Also the blaster and toe spikes are homemade and not SFP and as such should not be judged with the suit. Onwards....
-One of the good points is the helmet is lined inside, keeping sweat to a minimum. It fit me nicely and it was one of the pieces that I enjoyed.
1. The most obvious is the upper/lower cheeks are mispainted. They had the upper the lighter green and lower a darker green.
2. The visor is flimsy upon attempting to remove to repaint, it broke easily.
3. The visor was not tinted dark enough and upon wearing one could clearly see the wearer's face.
Collar Plate
1. Obviously made from fiberglass.
2. Screen used the collor bent over the shoulder and connected with the backplate via collar studs. Obviously the studs are simply molded onto the plate and plate does not bend at all.
3. The green color is wrong.
Flak Vest
1. Made from thin material with padding inside.
2. Upon washing the padding crumbles leaving vest lumpy
3. Neck Seal is not at all stiff and upon sweating falls down onto collar
4. Due to size issues velcro is at odd places
5. I Had to add velcro to vest in order to more securely hold armor onto vest
6. Color was bluish grey instead of khaki color used on screen.
Chest and Ab Plates
1. Velcro came off almost immediately. Had to apply hot glue before every troop.
2. The green color is wrong.
3. The dents are not screen accurate.
Shoulder Plates
1. Velcro had to be continually hot glued on.
2. Had to add velcro
Back Plate
1. Green color is wrong
2. Does not attach to collar and tended to give appearance of "wings" when jetpack worn.
1. The blue was too light
2. The rocket attached to the jetpack body via dowel rod, which as stated broke easily.
3. Jetpack is quite heavy and in combination with the harness caused strangualation when worn. To fix I had to sew the buckles from the harness onto my jumpsuit itself.
Flightsuit (Coveralls)
1. Fit snug regardless of ordering L size.
1.Front clasp on left and both on right broke upon initial wearing.
2. Color is off
3. The top of the gauntlet rocket broke into two parts
4. Only included two hoses on right gauntlet instead of screen used three
5. Missing switches,lights, buttons
6. Considerably smaller than screen used gauntlets.
1. Grey/White pattern entirely wrong
2. made incorrectly, if I held my hand flat the glove would take a ball shape as it did not fit like a glove. (pun not intended)
Girth Belt
1. Again tight fit regardless of L size.
2. Was brown instead of ROTJ red
3. Made from yarn like material, upon wearing would bunch up instead of remaining firm
4. Did not fit over top of groin plate as screen accurate should.
Ammunition Belt
1. Black in color instead of screen used brown
2. Green color is wrong
3. Pouches gray not khaki
Groin/Cod Plate
1. Attached together via belt
2. Green color wrong
3. Because of fiberglass material sides did not conform to waist.
4. Belt constructed twisted and as such adjustment made impossible, had to safety pin shorter as it was MUCH too big.
1. darts bigger than screen used
Ankle Spats
1. Gray not khaki
2. Made from flimsy material so has no appearance of thickness.
1. Came with purple and green stripes instead of single black stripe
2. Shape of boot forms shape that is way too wide at toes, almost like clown shoes.
3. caused severe chaffing on legs when not worn with knee socks.
4. caused severe blisters during long wear due to lack of padding and too much room
I soon attempted to contact SFP about these issues and it took me quite a while as their website isn't very helpful, and the number goes to a vendor working with them instead of outworld/SFP themselves. During a conversation I was told that "they could not see how parts were broke because everything was securly packed upon shipping" They informed me that parts that were broken could be replaced but I would have to pay shipping both for the return to them, as well as for the return of the new part to myself. Upon looking at the shipping costs it occured to me that it would be cheaper to get parts from a local vendor than it was to pursue this option. After this contact all further attempts at communication were blocked and ignored on both their website and their ebay store. I was told that I was lying in order to get free stuff and they were blameless.
Over time I have replaced almost 98% of my suit with other makers, and now have a much better, more screen accurate look. Here is the comparison....
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...comparison.jpgAttachment 60183
In the current photo all I have left of my SFP suit is the following....
1. Ankle Spats
2. Knees.
3. Cod/Ab Plate
4. Back Plate
Fast Forward to present.
Upon coming across their Facebook page I noticed they used my photo ( the second one used here) which they obtained from the TDH forums and used it to make a "how not to wear a awesome costume" in which they pretty much made it seem that the entire issue was in the way that I was wearing the suit. No mention of the wrong paint details (ie: helmet) or the shades used. I contacted them, informing them that they were using my personal photo and image without my permission and requested that it be removed. I was then told that they would not, as it was a "warning" and contained no identifiable names etc... I was then told that my prior posts about them were defamation and libelous because I named them. At the time I decided to give them a chance, since they claimed to be "under new management" so I offered to remove my previous posts/photos in exchange for the same. Although they did so, as did I, they then turned and made a statement to the effect that I was another 501st/TDH member that had seen the light and had now come over to their side now that I was not brainwashed/following the SFP is bad bandwagon. They made no acknowledgement that I had in fact a legitimate complaint against them in both what I received as well as how I was treated. Upon a few days after I kept having an unsettling feeling, and decided to release all information and do a write up about my experience with them. In this I will include my FB conversation with them here...
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During this conversation they insist that the boots indeed have a green stripe, that Jeremy Bulloch personally approved their suits, as well as having contracts with Disney, etc... They also told me that they were in the process of legal action against 501st/TDH members that had made libelous remarks against them ( I now take this to mean any negative critique of their product.
Again, I write this not with a vengeful heart, but in the hopes of having the truth come out. If you choose to buy from them then that is your choice, I neither condone nor condemn it. I simply believe people have the right to know what has gone on before so they can make an informed decision with information NOT supplied by the actual company.


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Jeezers- why do people pull off on the interstate when there are exists close by?
Link has map shows they were on interstate shoulder between two exits.Pedestrian hit and killed by semi-truck on I-40 in Jefferson County
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All westbound lanes of I-40 were blocked for several hours.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says the driver of a car had pulled over near mile marker 411 and was standing outside his car when he was struck by a tractor trailer just after 3:00 a.m.
Parts of the man's body were found about a half mile from the accident. The tractor trailer driver did not pull over for another half mile beyond that.
Officials have not reported the victim's identity yet. THP said finger prints will have to be done to confirm the identity.
The truck driver, Paul E. Hilliard, 38, of Sandoval, Illinois, wasn't injured.
Investigators are not yet sure if the victim was standing in the road or on the side of the road at the time of the accident. They say his car had New Jersey license plates.
When asked why it took him so long to stop, the Tennessee Highway Patrol says the truck driver answered he thought he had hit a deer.
All westbound lanes of I-40 were blocked for several hours.
A friend (of a) is an emergency worker and was first on the scene.
Chunks of pink meat for a half mile... he became nauseous.
And it takes a lot to make an emergency worker nauseous.
Why do people stop on the dang interstate when exits are close by?
You have a flat tire- drive slowly on the shoulder to an exit so you are not sitting next to 80 mph traffic.


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St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church
262 West 118th Street (at St. Nicholas Avenue)
This 800-seat neo-Gothic structure was designed by Thomas Henry Poole and opened in 1907. Poole is also responsible for the the 1891 Holy Name of Jesus Church (96th/Amsterdam), the 1894 Lady of Good Counsel Church (232 E. 90th) and the eclectic 1905 Harlem Presbyterian Church (122nd St/Mount Morris Park West). Although not clearly visible in these photos due to the protective netting, the facade is the most acclaimed feature of the church with a Venetian Gothic projecting front porch and a spiked terra cotta headdress. The paired front staircases lead underneath a green-tile vaulted ceiling to an unusually long sanctuary which was also richly ornamented.
The parish was established in 1889 by Rev. John J. Keogan just as this area of West Central Harlem was being developed and when the church opened the parishoners were predominantly Irish. As the demographics and culture of the area changed through the years, the building and parish slowly declined. By 2002, the church only had around 250 parishoners each Sunday and with the aging building needed an estimated $1 million in repairs. (reference)
The archdiocese closed the church in 2003 with plans to demolish the building and construct apartments for seniors. A 2004 lawsuit by former parishoners was dismissed the following year and calls for landmark protection fell on deaf ears. The German stained glass windows were slated for removal and transfer to a new church being built in Dutchess County. When I visited in the Spring of 2008, a demolition permit had not yet been issued, although the church's fate seems inescapable. (reference)
The church's school (just to the East of the church) seems to be doing quite well.
Harlem Hospital has an outpatient center just to the west of the church that includes a methodone treatment facility.
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africa.photography: (not so) random goodness editionPosted: May 27th, 2012 | Author: kamau | Filed under: fashion, globalization, photography, politics, race | Comments Off
Screenshot from Jim Naughten's portfolio site © J. Naughten
Each image, a portrait of Herero tribe members of Namibia, reveals a material culture that harkens the region's tumultuous past: residents wear Victorian era dresses and paramilitary costume as a direct result and documentation of its early 20th century German colonization. Namibia's borders encompass the world's oldest desert. Bleak lunar landscapes, diamond mines, German ghost towns, rolling sea fogs, nomadic tribes and a hostile coastline littered with shipwrecks and whale skeletons comprise the region's striking and haunting natural features. Namibia's geography has witnessed a turbulent and little documented history of human settlement, upheaval and war within a particularly brutal period of European colonization.
Screenshot from Galerie Anne Barrault site. Image © E. Nehr
The spectator is confused. These aesthetical, disturbing photographs make him feel so ill at ease that he is tempted to look away, confronted with the repressed reality revealed by the artist who makes him question the body in society, the body as an " object of socialization"
Ed: Struck by the remarkable colors and tones used to tell the story of these two social/cultural groups.
Screenshot from Its Fine Levine site. Images © P. Galembo and I. Penn
Another Africa and KLV: Diptique Part 3.
Another Africa and K.L.V. have collaborated on a series of diptychs that compare an intensely rich source of inspiration born in Africa with the realms of the worldwide arts and fashion. On view, the ingenuity of African masqueraders, gleaning mother nature's closet to create visually arresting disguises. Juxtaposed with contemporary art and fashion images, the pairings highlight the qualities that connect, complement and contrast, but ultimately celebrate creative ingenuity.
Images © A. Sander and S. Keita
August Sander and Seydou Keita: Portraiture and Social Identity
Within the rather Spartan confines of the Walther Collection Project Space are to be found three worlds: Weimar-era Germany, photographed by August Sanders in his life-long project to record the 'Face of Time', late-colonial Mali, where Seydou Keïta operated a portable portrait studio in Bamako, and, of course, 21st century New York.
Ed: Pairing of bodies of work that are on the surface unrelated.
Image from Gwenn Dubourthoumieu's portfolio site © G. Dubourthoumieu
Gwenn Dubourthoumieu: The Nomad Warriors of Northern Kenya
Screenshot from Ken Hermann's portfolio site © K. Hermann
Ken Hermann: Beauty of Omo Valley
Screenshot from Joey L's site. © Joey L
Ed: "Pastoralist with AK-47″ as visual staple of Horn of Africa documentary photography.


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Cold winter in a world of warming?
Last June, during the International Polar Year conference, James Overland suggested that there are more cold and snowy winters to come. He argued that the exceptionally cold snowy 2009-2010 winter in Europe had a connection with the loss of sea-ice in the Arctic. The cold winters were associated with a persistent 'blocking event', bringing in cold air over Europe from the north and the east.
Last year's cold winter over northern Europe was also associated with an extreme situation associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), with the second lowest value for the NAO-index on record (see figure below).
I admit, last winter felt quite cold, but still it wasn't so cold when put into longer historical perspective. This is because I remember the most recent winters more vividly than those of my childhood – which would be considered to be really frosty by today's standards. But such recollections can be very subjective, and more objective measurements show that the winters in Europe have in general become warmer in the long run, as explained in the German blog called 'Wissenlogs'. If there were no trend, then such a low NAO-index as last year's would normally be associated with even colder conditions over Europe than those observed during the previous winter.
In a more recent press-release, Vladimir Petoukhov and Vladimir Semenov, argue that Global Warming could cool down winter temperatures over Europe, and a reduced sea-ice extent could increase the chance of getting cold winters. Also they propose that cold winters are associated with the atmospheric circulation (see schematic below), and their press-release was based on a paper in Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), which may seem to have a serendipitous timing with the cold spell over Europe during the last weeks. However, the original manuscript was submitted in november 2009 (before the statement made by James Overland) and accepted in May 2010. One could regard the paper more as a 'prediction' rather than an 'explanation'.
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There goes the no-hitter ... And next batter gets a single...
There goes the no-hitter ... And next batter gets a single...
2017 Reds record when I'm attending: 8-52017 Dragons record when I'm attending:
"We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops." - Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran
Is this the first time this series the Pirates have led?
With Reds sporting a MLB-worst 54% success rate in SB, I'm thinking they shouldn't bother at all, regardless of batting order or handed ness of the pitcher. Lord, I didn't know it was that bad.
Reds go 1-2-3 in the 2nd.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Pirates's first batter in the 3rd is on with a base hit.
Good that Bailey didn't allow men on base before the homer. Bad that Reds don't see to hit home runs anymore.
Locke is going to regress something fierce here soon. I hope it starts today.
Homer finding that extra velocity has really allowed him to be effective up in the zone.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Amazing how last year we played great fundamental baseball and never beat ourselves. This year, not so much.
Great pitching there to McCutchen.
Homer's looking pretty good today (despite the one mistake last inning)
Nice strategy having Locke on the base paths all inning....
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The Baby eagle is a good gun, just not as popular as others. Holster selection is limited. Try a couple of manufactures that do holsters for the more "obscure" (no insult) guns.
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Can you post a picture or two of it?
Just received an old F.I.E. Titan .380 cal. Looks in pretty good shape. want to take it apart, but don't know how. Has anyone heard of this brand of gun??
Can you post a picture or two of it?
Is it K.I.E. or F.I.E.? If it's F.I.E. run a search on the internet. I came up with holsters at Cheaper Than Dirt, and magazines at Bob's Gun Shop in Royal Ar. Plus there are more listings that I didn't read.
I have an old wish book that lists the F.I.E. Super Titan 2. A similar design was made by Targa (Tanfoglio) called the GT .380 XE. Is it a dbl column magazine?
I note that they both have an open-topped slide similar to the Berreta and Taurus lines. In fact they look very similar to the Berreta models 84,85 and 86. The 85-B being the dbl column (13 rd) .380, and 86 being the single column (8 rd) models.
That wish book is the 1988 Sportsmans Gun Annual (Harris Publications). They both at that time had an MSRP of around $200.
I would have a gunsmith check it before shooting to ensure that it would be safe. He could also show you how to field strip it for normal maintenance.
Good luck with your search.
I used to have a number of titan .25s and really liked them. I had a super titan .380 and first time I fired it the frame cracked right about where the safety level is located. I had never seen a firearm do that before. I had an opportunity to get another .380 and took it. I would like to know where I could send the cracked one to get it fixed. I like the feel of the super titan.
the FIE titans were one of the original junk guns.... yours needs to be melted down and turned into a door stop or nails or something useful..... fixing your gun is like rebuilding the motor in a yugo....


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Running ... just keep running! Fancy a holiday running in the French Alps?
New Balance. I run with the New Balance 1061 and they accommodate orthotics pretty well.
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they don't lay flat because the midfoot portion of the shoe is (apparently) fairly narrow, causing the arch of the orthotic device to lift. Turns out this is causing some other foot problems.
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Crisp patties of mildly seasoned black beans, crunchy on the outside, smooth and soft on the inside. These are quick and easy to prepare and make an extraordinarily appetizing first course or side dish. Unlike some recipes for fried bean cakes that tend to fall apart when cooked, these hold their shape well because of the cooked cornmeal, or polenta, used to bind them.
*NOTE: see the recipe for Basic Black Beans or use your own recipe. I have not yet tried canned black beans with this, but I believe that, drained, they would work just as well.
Heat the water over medium-high heat in a small sauce pan until boiling. Slowly stir in the cornmeal and salt in a slow steady stream, so as to avoid lumps. Heat, stirring constantly, about 3 minutes, or until the cornmeal has cooked through and forms a solid mass away from the sides of the pan.
In a food processor, add the beans, cooked cornmeal, jalapeños, garlic, and cumin. Process just until a roughly chopped paste is formed.
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Heat 2 tablespoons corn oil in a large skillet over high heat. Place 5 bean patties about 2-inches apart onto the hot oil. Cook 3 minutes on one side, or until crisp and crusty. Flip the patties over and cook the other side until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Continue with the remaining batch of patties, adding more oil if necessary.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Small Pocket Knives
79 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Sounds like "not going to happen because it hasn't happened" thinking and that is just plain wrong and somewhat complacent thinking.
- March 18, 2013 at 12:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
So lets keep and maintain a ZERO INCIDENT track record for these types of items, only thing is, they should only be allowed to be packed in a suitcase that travels UNDER the plane and NOT in the cabin! I, as well as millions of other Americans would feel a lot safer if NONE of these items were allowed in "carry on" bags on the aircraft. I get the feeling that the TSA is making the analogy that...as long as the cockpit is locked/secured from any passenger, it is OK for the passengers to use the items on themselves to inflict pain, just as long as the plane is not forced down.
- March 18, 2013 at 12:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thank you for your dedication to keeping us safe. The stakes are so high when it comes to protecting us from terrorists while trying to avoid being overly restrictive. It's a tough line to walk. I know the dedicated women and men at the TSA are doing their best to make those hard decisions. My prayers are with all of you.
- March 18, 2013 at 1:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
Can you please clarify about the length restriction. For example, I have a Swiss Army pocket knife similar to the first knife show on the left. The measurement shown is from the tip of the blade to the "handle" which includes a section which is not a sharpened blade. The knife I have has a measurement of ~2.5in from the tip to the "handle". The measurement of the sharpened section is ~2.0in. Would that pocket knife be permissible?
- March 18, 2013 at 1:12 PM
- Noah kivesonplanes said...
Does anyone remember the term "box cutter"and how they were used?How long is the blade on boxcutter? Any knife as described can be honed razor sharp Perhaps the pilots behind locked doors don't mind but an unarmed stewardess and/or passenger might. What is the great necessity for a traveler to carry a pocket knife? Dave Gebing, Roseburg, Oregon.
- March 18, 2013 at 1:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
Would it be true to say that the TSA inspectors are going to spend more time measuring theses allowed small knives than if they just kept the present policies in place? How is this going to free up more time to look for more destructive devices?
- March 18, 2013 at 1:26 PM
- John Shannon, MD said...
My concern with 6 cm blades is the bad guy will come up with some way to make the folding knife stay locked (locked blades cannot be carry-on).
- March 18, 2013 at 1:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
Keep up the good work. I view this policy change as proof that the TSA is not a mindless buracracy; rather a progressive government agancy committed to trasnportation safety.
- March 18, 2013 at 1:45 PM
- Gene in Denver said...
The picture of what appears to be a "standard" Swiss Army knife shows the 6 cm limit as being from the base of the blade to the tip. Actually that length is more than 6 cm as the *sharp edge* of the blade is 6 cm. So does a standard SAK pass or not? And concerning poles: I'll assume that hiking/trekking poles fall under skis poles. Realizing that the TSA doesn't oversee this, what can be said about the return international trip from European points? It is not clear that poles can be arrived as carry on from there? The knife policy appears to be reciprocal.
- March 18, 2013 at 2:04 PM
- Anonymous said...
Finally, a sensible decision to resend a ridiculous regulation as regards the small knives. I can once again attach the small Swiss Army knife to my keychain. TSA got two of mine over the years when I forgot about them.
- March 18, 2013 at 2:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
Common sense prevails at last! I can do more damage with my ball point pen than with the small Swiss Army knife.
- March 18, 2013 at 2:12 PM
- Andrew MacKie-Mason said...
Translation: we've been needlessly banning these things for years, but now you should thank us for finally ending our senseless policy.
- March 18, 2013 at 2:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm usually critical of the TSA, but I think allowing pocket knives onboard is a step in the right driection. Knives are no longer a threat to airplanes. I think the allowable knife criteria is too small, but i realize you have to take initiatives like this slowly. Scissors and knitting needles have been allowed for years and there haven't been any attacks with them.
I hope to see more risk based initiatives in the future, since 99.9999999+% of travellers are not risks. This includes eliminating shoe removal and a loosening of liquid restrictions. Other countries don't require shoe removal and no planes have fallen from the sky. The liquid restrictions seem excessive since all of the confiscated liquids are simply thrown in a trashcan next to the checkpoint.
- March 18, 2013 at 2:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
And yet your own boss has stated on the record that the TSA's sixth-of-a-million-dollar AIT machines might very well not find a well-concealed bomb.
«...Would the TSA have been able to identify this most dangerous anomaly in the crotch area, had al-Qaeda managed to build one in the U.S.?
(Pistole) mentioned the TSA's new scanning devices, now in use at about 180 airports.
"The advanced imaging technology gives us the best chance to detect the underwear-type device," he said.
The best chance? "This is not 100 percent guaranteed," he said. "If it comes down to a terrorist who has a well- concealed device, and we have no intelligence about him, and he comes to an advanced-imaging technology machine, it is still our best technology. But it's really an open question about whether the machine, or the AIT operator, would detect the device."»
- March 18, 2013 at 2:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
None of this makes any sense because those knifes can do just as much harm as a larger knife...it can slit someones throat,etc. Yet you aren't allowed to bring larger bottles of shampoo,etc.in a carry on. I think you are making a huge mistake doing this because more is going to be snuck in. I really think this should be rethought through before allowing it. I know the stewardesses, pilots, and passangers are not happy about his and niether am I.
- March 18, 2013 at 2:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
So knives will be allowed in the cabin, but I still can't bring a weeks worth of shampoo and mouthwash in my carry on bag?
- March 18, 2013 at 2:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
ceounivaI'm sorry but you are WRONG on this. A person could be incapacitated if the knife was used to stab the person in the eye. A small knife can be concealed in the hand and the person would not even see the attack coming. Much different than a knitting needle that is much larger and can not be concealed in the palm of a hand.
- March 18, 2013 at 2:47 PM
- Suzanne Smith said...
On behalf of knitters everywhere, I thank you for acknowledging that knitting needs are unlikely to be used as weapons on planes. (Thankfully, ungrateful relatives who turn up their noses at hand-knitted gifts are not at issue here. I have never had a problem bringing my needles on a flight, but I've heard from other knitters that there are inconsistent practices at airports across the US. Can TSA please clarify this issue (again) for its employees and airline passengers? What needles are allowed? Bamboo, wood, metal, plastic? Any maximum length or size? (needle diameter is measured in millimeters and can be as much as 15mm).
Thank you so much for your delightful blog. If only all your screeners were as charming as you.
- March 18, 2013 at 3:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
There is never a threat until someone gets the idea, who would have thought a box cutter can control a pilot in a locked cabin. If there is a way to use the listed items as a threat, you can bet some idiot is planning right now.
- March 18, 2013 at 3:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
The change regarding sporting goods makes no sense. Why allow 2 Golf Clubs but not three? Golf Clubs, Hockey Sticks, Lacrosse Sticks-they should not be allowed on the plane. I play hockey, and I know the argument that says the sticks can't easily be used as a weapon in tight quarters is erroneous. (Not to mention the accidental contacts.) These changes will result in more flight attendants getting injured.
- March 18, 2013 at 4:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
You haven't seen a single incident involving a small knife? Really? How big is a box cutter? I know those still won't be allowed...but really a box cutter and a small knife aren't all that different.
- March 18, 2013 at 4:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
The policy makes sense. In the past I have been asked to get rid of the p-38 can opener (that I got from a can of C-Rats in the 70's while in the RVN); I've pitched nail clippers; and three small leathermen that I forgot were in my work vest. I've read the account of WW2 Medal of Honor winner who, on his way to West Point was hassled severely by TSA, refused to toss his medal in the trash bin. It's about time (12 years is long enough!) for TSA to get real and look for the genuine risks rather than focusing on the easy 'feel good' crap.
- March 18, 2013 at 4:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
I think this is a policy that finally makes sense. I don't carry a fingernail file or a box cutter; however I do have to get into tearfree, impossible plastic and super strong cardboard packaging. The plastic packaging is often sharper and more damaging than a sensible pocket knife that I carry every day except those when I fly. The pocket knife is far less destructive than my fist, elbow, or foot; or, for that matter, a pointed ballpoint pen. It also allows me to clean my fingernails, remove hangnails, and often unscrew things. On occasion I use it to open cans of food. There are times that I have had to use it to remove insulation. I even use it to crop an articl or cut a picture to size. When I don't have it I have no choice: I make an otherwise unnecessary mess. Thanks for an intelligent policy, this time! BTW maybe if I were a robot I could read that crap that must be entered to submit . . .
- March 18, 2013 at 4:54 PM
- Del said...
I'm on a an average of 4 flight legs a week and this is the first sign of reasoned security actions since putting a "real" door on the cockpit. Generally the kind of knife that appears to be on the proposed "allow" list poses less of a danger to anyone on-board than items I routinely carry (ball-point, keys, etc.) It is more important to screen for dangerous people, than common objects. At least targeting screening around elements that have been used for attempted flight disruption makes more sense than continued restrictions on a pen knife.
Many thanks for starting to move to a more efficient and less intrusive security check.
- March 18, 2013 at 5:44 PM
- Susan Richart said...
More damage control, Bob?
- March 18, 2013 at 5:46 PM
- Laura Kliegman said...
Thank you Mr. Bob Burns...very interesting and informative!
- March 18, 2013 at 8:43 PM
- Robert said...
I'm supportive of any loosening of restrictions by the TSA. I think we should get away entirely from expecting this agency to protect us and more toward defending ourselves (not that I want the TSA abolished, we just need to have more of a "Let's Roll" mindset when it comes to security anywhere.)
- March 19, 2013 at 12:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
There have also been zero incidents when toothpaste has been used abroad in airplanes.
And zero incidents with shoes that are not removed abroad for inspection.
And zero incidents with jackets, belts, and laptops.
Remove all those stupid security measures too!!
- March 19, 2013 at 6:31 AM
- Anonymous said...
To those scared out of their wits about small pocket knives on planes, relax. Knives are already there. TSA misses most of them anyway.
Also, don't forget 4" scissors are already allowed, and if the blades are separated, that's two 4" knives with handles.
Anything can be a weapon, if you want to be paranoid or prepared, depending whether you are cowering in fear or defending yourself.
Full soda cans make a nifty projectile and empty ones can be twisted and torn to make a very sharp edge.
Breathe. Think logically and practically. You are not that special and no one is trying to kill you.
There is a 1 in 1,000,000,000 chance or less that the guy sitting next to you on a plane is a terrorist. With those odds, you will be quite safe even if your seatmate carries a small multitool that contains a knife.
- March 19, 2013 at 8:22 AM
- Anonymous said...
Scissors 4 inches from the fulcrum are allowed. Enough said.
- March 19, 2013 at 8:27 AM
- Rosemary Blair said...
I had terrible trouble a while back with sissors. I cut my husbands hair and they where cutting shires. They did take them.
- March 19, 2013 at 11:33 AM
- Susan Richart said...
Let's hear your excuse for this incident, Bob:
Absolutely despicable!
- March 19, 2013 at 12:04 PM
- RB said...
Who protects the public from TSA?
TSA agents 'humiliated' wounded Marine with aggressive inspection: report
This incident should result in everyone at that checkpoint being fired along with the airports FSD, AFSD, TSM and John S. Pistole for allowing TSA employees to do these terrible things.
Nothing short of firing is acceptable to correct this wrong!
Totally unacceptable for TSA to abuse Wounded Warriors!
- March 19, 2013 at 2:53 PM
- RB said...
There is a 1 in 1,000,000,000 chance or less that the guy sitting next to you on a plane is a terrorist. With those odds, you will be quite safe even if your seatmate carries a small multitool that contains a knife.
March 19, 2013 at 8:22 AM
The odds are far greater than you suggest.
1.6 million people fly each and every day in the United States. There have been no terrorist acts against aviation in the United States for over 10 years.
That would be 10 years X 365 days x 1.6 million flyers daily = 5,840,000,000.00 flyers and not one terrorist attack against United States aviation.
You figure the odds!
- March 19, 2013 at 3:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
If you were really constantly revising your policies based on risk assessment, you would end the shoe carnival that no other nation replicates, end the liquids policy since there is no such thing as a viable liquid explosive, and vet rid of your naked body scanners that don't work, have never been independently tested, and have never found a dangerous object. You'd probably also stop you weekly fake-police blotter. I won't hold my breath,though, Curtis.
- March 19, 2013 at 5:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
The TSA aggressive inspection of the wounded Marine at Sky Harbor Airport is despicable. Once again, the TSA is a national disgrace.
- March 19, 2013 at 9:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
Good to know that we are wrong and TSA is right. Good to know that only the radical minority complains about them and that TSA operations are the epitome of Civil Rights and The Constitution.
If only I could believe you, Bob. If only...
- March 19, 2013 at 9:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
"The TSA aggressive inspection of the wounded Marine..."
Right minded people support the actions of TSA on this. For a long time DHS has warned the American people of the terrorist threat from veterans. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
- March 20, 2013 at 11:56 AM
- Susan Richart said...
"Right minded people support the actions of TSA on this. For a long time DHS has warned the American people of the terrorist threat from veterans. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
One sure hopes that this was said with sarcasm and the anonymous poster does not believe it to be true.
- March 20, 2013 at 12:40 PM
- RB said...
Anonymous said...
"The TSA aggressive inspection of the wounded Marine..."
Right minded people support the actions of TSA on this. For a long time DHS has warned the American people of the terrorist threat from veterans. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
March 20, 2013 at 11:56 AM
Only a TSA screener would make such and outlandish statement.
The public does not support the abusive treatment of anyone by the hands of TSA.
This Marine, a Wounded Warrior, was traveling in a group, is wheelchair bound, and presented no threat.
Some TSA screeners should be fired including the senior TSA staff at Phoenix.
- March 20, 2013 at 12:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
Let's hear TSA's version of the disrespect shown when a double amputee veteran tried to go through screening at Phoenix. I'm sure TSA will expound all the normal fairy tales about how they always treat travelers will the utmost respect.
- March 20, 2013 at 1:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
"Right minded people support the actions of TSA on this. For a long time DHS has warned the American people of the terrorist threat from veterans. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
I suppose you also believe that DHS and TSA employees are worthy of taxpaying American's blind trust? If so, YOU ARE NOT in your "right mind".
- March 20, 2013 at 6:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
I think the new knife rule is dangerous and ill advised. Period. The sporting goods relaxation is probably a good thing, how about adding kayak paddles, canoe paddles, fishing rods, etc.?
- March 22, 2013 at 4:05 PM
- Wintermute said...
Anonymous said...
"I think the new knife rule is dangerous and ill advised. Period."
Do you have facts and sources to back this statement up, or is this an emotional response?
- March 23, 2013 at 11:17 AM
- Anonymous said...
Does anyone at the TSA think that the reason we have not had an incident using the previously banned items is due to the fact that they were banned?????? Their thinking is beyond ridiculous as we are still the prime targets for a terrorist attack. In the right hands, the newly allowed items can certainly be used as weapons, yet I must take my tiny bottle of hand lotion from my purse, put it in a plastic bag and load it on the belt. Please wake up!
- March 24, 2013 at 9:02 AM
- Bob Gilbert said...
Thank you for your diligence and for your ongoing review regarding prohibited items to be allowed in carry on luggage and on a person. I believe that it is not the weapon - knife, box cutter, etc. that represents the real danger in air travel or any travel mode. It is the person(s) with bad intent that we must be on the watch for...
- March 24, 2013 at 1:13 PM
- Anonymous said...
You guys have no imagination!
It is very easy to hide a very long blade inside the ski pole. Just push the button, release the external tube-sheath and you have a foot long dagger with a great grip.
- March 24, 2013 at 6:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hey TSA, explain how your "highly trained" agent thought a can of pepper spray was a laser pointer, and ended up assaulting other agents with it by accident at JFK on Tuesday?
- March 27, 2013 at 11:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
Flight Attendants, Pilots, Airlines, TSA Agents...just about every professional organization in the industry is appalled by the new knife policy. Pistole says the policy will speed up security lines. It won't because agents will have to check width, length, locking mechanism of knives. More time consuming then simple confiscation. Pistole says a small knife can't bring down a plane because of new cockpit doors and procedures. Wrong again. There is a human factor. Five terrorists with small knives (as dangerous as box cutters) with those knives at the throats of passengers and Flight Attendants with threat of death would make it very hard for a Pilot to ignore. I am a Flight Attendant. Have been for 35 years. I know in detail what happens inflight and I can tell you that the cockpit is NOT always secure. I can also tell you that a good number of Pilots are married to each other, and often fly together on flights. Ask yourself how you would react to a murderer holding your spouse with a knife to her neck? As crew members we are always reminded by our airline security department that terrorists are constantly watching our procedures. Looking for any window of opportunity. They will take note of these new procedures. Pistole throws out statistics. Worthless....what were the odds on 9/11 of such a thing happening? One in a Million? Higher? It happened. How fast we forget. What would we have said if this new policy was instituted then? Even if it accompanied new cockpit doors and procedures. Few would have supported allowing knives onboard and they would have been right.<It's been postulated that the TSA is not in the business of protecting air crew or passengers. They are in the business of protecting against a plane being used as a deadly projectile. Fine, Then tell the traveling public that. Tell them that a Flight Attendant with a knife to his/her neck isn't your concern. That a passenger in the same situation isn't your concern. Tell them your job is limited to: A terrorist trying to bring down a plane and that's pretty much it.
You might also want to give the public a viable explanation as to why you never consulted any of the professionals in the airline industry before making your arbitrary changes. Tell them why Airline Managements (that looks under every rock in order to improve on time operations) are appalled by this change. Folks, the bad guys are watching. That'snot said to create undue fear. It is true. We all witnessed the horror of 9/11. Yes, the odds of it happening that day were phenomenal. Those odds really haven't changed but we still must be vigilant. Pocket knives do not belong on planes in this day and age. To the moderator. I am curious to see if you allow this post. I expect the TSA to be open to criticism on this issue. If it can't be as a government agency that will be noted and made an issue in and of itself.
- April 1, 2013 at 12:50 PM
- Wintermute said...
Anonymous said...
"Flight Attendants, Pilots, Airlines, TSA Agents...just about every professional organization in the industry is appalled by the new knife policy."
Except security experts. They realize that a knife will never, ever, be able to be used to take over a plane again, and are thus not a threat. They also realize there are dozens of allowed items that are as dangerous as a knife, if not more so.
"Folks, the bad guys are watching. That'snot said to create undue fear. It is true."
Then why go on to invoke the memory of 9/11 after stating this? Unless you're trying to get an emotional response instead of a logical one. The logical one is that there are numerous items as dangerous as knives already allowed (and it's easy enough to obtain a knife INSIDE the "secure area"), and yet the bad guys, who are "always watching" haven't used a single one to attempt to take over an aircraft.
If we're banning everything that's dangerous, we would all have to travel completely naked with no possessions carried on at all, as just about anything can be used as a weapon, including clothing. And even then, people have their hands, feet, and heads to use as weapons. The only way to be 100% safe is to not fly at all.
Is that absurd? Of course it is. But we weigh the risks. Is clothing less risk than exposing my naked butt to the flying public? Probably. And so are small knives.
- April 4, 2013 at 1:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
I honestly think that this knew rule of having pocket knives on planes is incredibly stupid.They are really dangerous if stuck in the neck or eye. I also cant belive that i can bring my knife on board a plane. But NOT my cinnamon apple scented hand lotion. BS is my theory
- April 8, 2013 at 12:30 PM
- Wintermute said...
Anonymous said...
"I honestly think that this knew rule of having pocket knives on planes is incredibly stupid.They are really dangerous if stuck in the neck or eye"
So can a #2 pencil. Do you advocate banning them on board aircraft, too?
- April 9, 2013 at 9:53 AM
- Anonymous said...
I support the TSA's decision to allow pocket knifes. Many citizens carry these knifes for shear utility purposes. It's very annoying when the TSA confiscates these knifes from law abiding citizens who then have to spend another $13+ dollars to replace it. I carry my pocket knife with me everywhere I go and the only place in which this isn't allowed is on one side of airport security. The reason is that these items are seen weapons a person would use to hijack a plane. Prior to 9/11 American's had the idea that the best thing to do in a hijacking situation was to go along with it. In a post 9/11 world we know we can't be complacent with hijackers on an aircraft.
- April 9, 2013 at 12:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
I have been a big fan of the TSA and specifically of Pistole's TSA. I have to say I think this change is ridiculous. Any reasonable individual should be able to think that the terrorists who carried out 9/11 would be able to replicate the results with blades of any size. Can the blades that are going to be allowed slash a throat and kill a person? If so they can be used to high-jack an aircraft.
- April 10, 2013 at 11:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
Why do you need these blades on the aircraft? Why can't you just put blades in your checked luggage? No need to have weapons on the aircraft.
- April 10, 2013 at 11:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Finally, a halfway sensible decision by TSA!
Those of you who wonder about the value of a pocket knife, or of its viability as a weapon clearly have never carried one. A swiss army knife is eminently useful. I use mine multiple times per day, and have carried one daily since age six. (Yes, even in school, as when I was in grade school common sense still prevailed.). Yes, not having it when I travel is a serious inconvenience, and I began checking bags for no reason other than not to have to do without.
For those concerned about their potential as a weapon, you have also clearly never used a non-locking pocket knife. You have to be careful when using them that the blade does not shift away from what you're doing. A good metal bodied pen, or even a disposable Bic is potentially more dangerous, yet it would be ridiculous to stop people from carrying pens.
As several sensible people have pointed out, anything can be used as a weapon by someone with the will and mind set. Even the plastic cup you get with your inflight beverage could be folded over on itself to make a rigid point if someone was so inclined. If we tried to ban every potential weapon, nothing, and no one would be allowed on board, and it would be the end of air travel. And, the terrorists would win.
The only reason airplanes were ever hijacked using a blade in the first place is because at the time, standard practice during a hijacking event was to comply with all requests of the hijacker, and that also at the time, doors to the pilots cabin were not secure. Policies have changed. No one will ever successfully use a blade again for a hijacking because passengers would overwhelm them rather than comply.
That TSA has finally recognized this, and begun to make changes to security policy that reflect reality and focus on more viable threats is the first sign I've seen in a long time that airport security is more than a Maginot line, trying to overreact to past threats instead of adapt and focus on current ones.
- April 12, 2013 at 7:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
TSA may want to rethink this decision given what happened in Boston on 4/15/13. The USA is always going to be a target for terrorists. Do not become complacent. That is what terrorists look for. I am now very scared to even book a flight with my young son because of this pocket knife rule reversal. Wise up, TSA! 10 pocket knives in the hands of evil people is a lot of terror aboard any flight.
- April 16, 2013 at 12:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
The rest of the world was not attacked on 9-11, it was the United States; and only us. If the rest of the world has such a great way of doing things and allowing/permitting small knives on planes; then why do we the United States still re-screen everyone entering the United States? because we do not trust them to do things correctly. This is a bad idea, just going along? Where is the leadership in that decision?
- April 17, 2013 at 5:27 PM
- Wintermute said...
Anonymous said...
"TSA may want to rethink this decision given what happened in Boston on 4/15/13."
I feel for the people in Boston, and hope to run that marathon one day. But I refuse to be terrorized, and hope our elected officials refuse to take knee-jerk measures as a result.
"I am now very scared to even book a flight with my young son because of this pocket knife rule reversal."
Are you also afraid to take your young son to the grocery store? How about sporting events? Or even church? If not, why not? People carry knives, much more dangerous than the ones allowed by the new rule, in those places all the time and, sometimes, even their guns. Besides, with a 70% failure rate, for every 30 or so that Bob posts about being caught every week, 70 more make it on. That should frighten you more that the knives that are allowed on due to the new rule. And yet, no planes falling out of the skies.
- April 17, 2013 at 11:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
Many comments express concern over a small knife "slitting someone's throat..." Perhaps, but the concern on the plane is whether someone could do large scale damage, take down the plane, etc. Yes, one person could hurt another person with a knife, but they couldn't hurt a lot of people.
After all, anyone could walk down the aisle, stop and proceed to grab someone by the head and use the eye sockets like a bowling ball's finger holes. Should we ban trips to the toilet?
Why carry a knife? One, some people don't check luggage. People that ask that question obviously don't find uses for one. I do. But 3.5-4" would certainly be more useful, like for cutting an apple.
Now, what about that shampoo restriction?
- April 18, 2013 at 8:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
As a professional pilot I can attest that allowing any knives, even small, will place our passengers in harms way.
- April 23, 2013 at 10:55 AM
- Jamie Conrad said...
Please rescind the small knife ban as soon as possible. I keep one on my key chain because it's incredibly useful, and I've lost a bunch of them when I've forgotten to take it off. Nobody is going to hijack or bring down a plane with one of these knives. Sure, they're dangerous, but pre-9/11 we did not try to ensure that nothing dangerous could be brought on planes. Our goal should not be to minimize the chance that any bad thing can happen on an airliner. Our goal should be to make sure that a passenger can't hijack or bring down the plane, or kill great numbers of passengers. Beyond that, leave us alone.
- April 24, 2013 at 9:46 AM
- Jamie Conrad said...
Please rescind the ban on small knives as soon as possible. I keep one on my key chain because it's extremely useful, and I've lost several because I forgot to take it off before going to the airport. Pre-9/11, we did not try too ensure that nothing bad could ever happen on an airliner, and we should not adopt that as our goal now. Our goal should be to ensure that a passenger can't hijack or bring down a plane or kill multiple passengers. Small knives can't do any of those things. So leave them and us alone.
- April 24, 2013 at 9:51 AM
- Wintermute said...
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- April 25, 2013 at 12:39 AM
- Anonymous said...
I thought we were going to return to some common sense, but fear, uncertainty and doubt have won out...again. If the 9/11 hijackers had used napkins to suffocate victims, I assume we'd still have a ban on paper products on airplanes. If they'd used dental floss as garrotes, I guess there'd still be a ban on that.
They DIDN'T use little pocketknives (which because of their non-locking blades aren't much of a weapon) but those got banned, while 4" pointy scissors and mechanical pencils and pens and knitting needles and 7" screwdrivers and needle nosed pliers and a host of other items that could have played the same role as the box cutters that were actually used are allowed on planes.
I don't fly on trips of less than about 800 miles because I don't like to check a bag, and it's ridiculous to check a separate bag when all I have in the bag is one little pocketknife.
Let's end the absurdity of allowing 4" pointy scissors, but not allowing pocketknives. Sorry flight attendants, but you're just not using logic when you happily allow one, but not the other.
- April 25, 2013 at 5:18 AM
- Lauren said...
Wow I guess I just missed the mark 4 weeks ago when Logan International held me in the side screening area for 20 minutes to fish out a 1.25 inch pocket knife I didn't know was tucked in my bag. Meanwhile O'Hare didn't seem to mind. Who knows what kind of trouble I could have got in. What an awful waste of time and money the TSA is.
- May 14, 2013 at 2:02 AM
- Anonymous said...
Does the TSA agent have to inform someone if they are taking away a knife? I recently brought a serving set in my carry on that included a butter knife. I was pulled aside in screening. The head agent was called in. He unpacked my bag in front of me and looked at the serving pieces (spoon, slotted spoon, small spoon, fork and butter knife), ran an object around the inside of my bag that he put in a sensor and then repacked my serving set and handed me the bag. All without a word. I was busy catching my other totes and motioning to my family, so I didn't watch every move he made. When I got home, my butter knife was gone....
- May 21, 2013 at 3:42 PM
- Bob Burns (TSA Blog Team) said...
Anon, the TSA Officer absolutely must tell you if something can't go.. They are supposed to give you options to check the item, take it to your car, mail it to yourself, etc. Butter knives aren't prohibited, and the TSO didn't give you your options, so I'm thinking the TSO forgot to put the knife back in your bag. Either way, it would be a good idea to reach out to the airport using our Talk to TSA tool. Go to the bottom right of TSA.gov and you'll see the icon.
Bob Burns
TSA Blog Team
- May 22, 2013 at 9:45 PM
- mws56 said...
There is absolutely no reason to prohibit pocket knives. Millions of them flew on planes prior to 9-11 without any incidents. We need to reduce the intrusive inspections before we fly, and my pocket knife is a start.
- May 29, 2013 at 7:05 AM
- mws56 said...
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- May 29, 2013 at 7:06 AM
- Anonymous said...
A pocket knife is possibly the most useful tool I own, especially when camping or hiking, which I often fly to do. If someone really wants to use something sharp as a knife, they don't need a pocket knife, they could make one out of plastic or take their razor apart once in the air. I for one don't have a false sense of being safe from sharp objects just because tiny pocket knifes are banned.
- June 14, 2013 at 1:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
Is a small tin of corned beef allowed in hand luggage? Because the edge of an opened can is, I assure you, lethally sharp!
We must continue with policies which ensure that the next time some smart-ass uses a corned beef tin (or something equally inventive) to take over Flight 93, the remaining passengers don't even have a nail-file between them to stand in his way!
- June 21, 2013 at 6:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
yeah can u please clarify the length restriction to me please. technology blogs please let me know
- August 7, 2013 at 10:57 AM
- Mark J. England said...
IMO, the Captain's word is law. If he/she says no knives on board ship, so it must be.
- August 28, 2013 at 5:30 AM
- Anonymous said...
Reading these comments makes me think the terrorists have won. I've carried a pocket knife daily for over 50 years and the only person I've every cut is myself. I can't believe the fear level of some people. Carry a Swiss Army knife for a month and if you don't think it's handy stop carrying it. Now it's in my carry-on.
Like I say, they won we are a nation of whimpering pups hiding in the corner.
The sacrifices of the greatest generation have been wasted.
- October 9, 2013 at 12:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
Dear Professional Pilot-
As an Engineer, I can assure you that driving to the airport will place your passengers in harms way.
Lets ban flying all together as the risk of driving to the airport is just too great.
- April 25, 2014 at 11:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
I had a small General Electric money clip with a tiny blade in it that I have carried with me and flown with for 30 years. I had flown with it dozens of times since the TSA started.
They took it away from me in Albuquerque, and I had no time to return to put it in my checked baggage.
Then they proceeded to give me three separate pat downs. Oh, by the way I am a wheelchair user and was dressed in a jacket and tie and very polite.
As they continued to give me more and more full body checks I kept asking why are you doing this. The answer was, because you are in a wheelchair.
- February 9, 2015 at 3:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Dont worry about the fact that you can bring a pocket full of pens and jab them into the necks of people
- August 6, 2015 at 1:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
I too have carried the small Swiss army knife for 30 years- I am a reputable person and in the business of saving lives. My little Knife is a set of tweezers a plastic pick and a small set of scissors- I use it frequently most every day. the blade is not fixed and an inch and a quarter long. the box cutters are a very stable full hand grip deadly device. My little knife would close on my finger if I tried to use it for misdeeds. At the same time they allow scissors with a 4 inch blade- many of these are separable giving a potential terrorist two weapons. I fell this is a sexist discrimination allowing all the little ladies an undeniable advantage. I guess I will have to learn how to get that little splinter out of my finger with a pair of 4 inch scissors. Too bad the TSA doesn't look at the whole person and give some of us a break. I might have to do an emergency tracheostomy with a pen.
- October 30, 2015 at 10:18 AM